πᾶς ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται καὶ ὁ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται → for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted (Luke 14:11)
they bound all the soldiers by the most solemn oaths
