Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian 1:5
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Work: Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian
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Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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And the fame of the teaching of John was spread abroad in Rome; and it came to the ears of Domitian that there was a certain Hebrew in Ephesus, John by name, who spread a report about the seat of empire of the Romans, saying that it would quickly be rooted out, and that the kingdom of the Romans would be given over to another. And Domitian, troubled by what was said, sent a centurion with soldiers to seize John, and bring him. And having gone to Ephesus, they asked where John lived. And having come up to his gate, they found him standing before the door; and, thinking that he was the porter, t…
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- Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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