Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle and Evangelist Matthew 1:24
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Work: Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle and Evangelist Matthew
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Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle and Evangelist Matthew — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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Then the king, having ordered more soldiers to come, and the bed to be brought from the palace, which had a great show of gold, he ordered the apostle to be laid on it, and carried to the palace. And the body of the apostle was lying as if in sleep, and his robe and his tunic unstained by the fire; and sometimes they saw him on the bed, and sometimes following, and sometimes going before the bed, and with his right hand put upon Plato’s head, and singing along with the multitude, so that both the king and the soldiers, with the crowd, were struck with astonishment. And many diseased persons an…
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- Martyrdom of the Holy and Glorious Apostle and Evangelist Matthew — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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