Second Chance for Ardiaeus

A Platonic Reference in Matthew 22

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ID21571484
AuthorsJan M Kozlowski (0000-0003-0760-6120, Jan Marcin Kozlowski is the Head of the Department of Classical Literatures and Languages and an Associate Professor in the Institute of Classical Philology at the University of Warsaw, Poland.), Krzysztof J Sykta (Krzysztof J. Sykta is an independent Scholar, Warsaw, Poland.)
Year2026
Volume42
Issue1
Pages60-64
Publication date2026-05-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueToronto Journal of Theology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0826-9831 • E-ISSN: 1918-6371
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/tjt-2026-0010
OpenAlexW7162660661
LanguageEN
References cited10

Recent scholarship has identified linguistic and narrative parallels between Matthew 22:13 and Plato's Euthyphro 4c. This article points to further formal and contextual similarities and also highlights parallels with Republic 615e–616a, describing the afterlife punishment of Ardiaeus. It argues that Matthew 22:13 contains a clear allusion to Plato, likely drawing on both passages. In this light, the guest without a wedding garment may be read as an Ardiaeus redivivus given a second chance, which he fails to use

Afterlife · Allusion · Narrative · Parallels · Scholarship · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classical Philosophy and Thought · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

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