Martyrdom of Polycarp 12:2
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Work: Martyrdom of Polycarp
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Martyrdom of Polycarp — Kirsopp Lake 1912 English translation
When this had been said by the herald, all the multitude of heathen and Jews living in Smyrna cried out with uncontrollable wrath and a loud shout: "This is the teacher of Asia, the father of the Christians, the destroyer of our Gods, who teaches many neither to offer sacrifice nor to worship." And when they said this, they cried out and asked Philip the Asiarch to let loose a lion on Polycarp. But he said he could not legally do this, since he had closed the Sports.
- Source
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — Kirsopp Lake 1912 English translation
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- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- grc
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- Chapter 23 includes the alternative Moscow conclusion as labelled by Lake.
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