The Martyrdom of Polycarp, 6

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[1] And when the searching for him persisted he¹ went to another farm; and those who were searching for him came up at once, and when they did not find him, they arrested young slaves,² and one of them confessed under torture.

[2] For it was indeed impossible for him to remain hid, since those who betrayed him were of his own house, and the police captain who had been allotted the very name, being called Herod,³ hastened to bring him to the arena that he might fulfil his appointed lot by becoming a partaker of Christ, while they who betrayed him should undergo the same punishment as Judas.

The Martyrdom of Polycarp. . . 1913.

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The Martydom of St. Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna (English) (The Martydom of Polycarp. The Apostolic Fathers with an English translation by Kirsopp Lake. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd. 1913)

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Martyrium Polycarpi First1KGreek (Martyrium Polycarpi. The Apostolic Fathers, Vol. 2. Lake, Kirsopp, editor. London: William Heinemann Ltd.; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1917.) — 6 focus

[1] Καὶ ἐπιμενόντων τῶν ζητούντων αὐτὸν μετέβη εἰς ἕτερον ἀγρίδιον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐπέστησαν οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτόν: καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες συνελάβοντο παιδάρια δύο, ὧν τὸ ἕτερον βασανιζόμενον ¹ ὡμολόγησεν.

[2] ἦν γὰρ καὶ ἀδύνατον λαθεῖν αὐτόν, ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ προδιδόντες αὐτὸν οἰκεῖοι ὑπῆρχον, καὶ ὁ εἰρήναρχος, ὁ κεκληρωμένος τὸ αὐτὸ ὄνομα, Ἡρώδης ἐπιλεγόμενος, ἔσπευδεν εἰς τὸ στάδιον αὐτὸν εἰσαγαγεῖν, ἵνα ἐκεῖνος μὲν τὸν ἴδιον κλῆρον ἀπαρτίσῃ Χριστοῦ κοινωνὸς γενόμενος, οἱ δὲ προδόντες αὐτὸν τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ἰούδα ὑπόσχοιεν τιμωρίαν.

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The Martyrdom of Polycarp

1. His betrayal

2. Literally children, but constantly used for slaves; the South African use of boy is an almost exact parallel.

3. The writer desires to bring out the points of resemblance to the Passion of Christ. The coincidences are remarkable, but none are in themselves at all improbable.

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