A Violent Man Chastised

Ὅτι βδελύσσεται Χριστὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας τῶν αἱμάτων, οὐκ αὐτοὺς δὲ μόνους φημι, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάντας τοὺς οἰκοῦντας σὺν αὐτοῖς, ὡς οὐκ ἐπεξιόντας ταῖς αὐτῶν κακουργίαις, δείκνυσιν ἐπὶ Ἡρώδου. Μετὰ γὰρ τὴν τοῦ Βαπτιστοῦ μιαιφονίαν καταλιπὼν ἀνεχώρησωεν. Εἰ τοίνυν μη καὶ σαυτὸν καὶ πάντας τούς ἐν τῇ πόλει τῆς Ἡρώδου βούλει τυχεῖν τελευτῆς, μεθ' ὦν καὶ οἶκός σου καὶ παῖδες ἀφανισθήσονται, παῦσαι τῆς ἀνηκέστου μανίας. Τί μάτην ἐπείγῃ κακῶς ἐξολέσθαι; Ἅγιος Ἰσιδορου Του Πηλουσιωτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολή ΣΛΓ', Ἀναστασιῳ

Christ detests men of blood and I say He detests not only them but everyone who associates with them, for their evil deeds will not be unpunished, as was seen with Herod. For after the wicked murder of the Baptist He withdrew. If then not only yourself but all your people do not wish for Herod's end, with those of your house, even your children being destroyed, stop this fatal madness. Why should you make haste to a wretched end? Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 233, to Anastasius