Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 21:14

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 40, footnote 9 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Polycarp (HTML)

The Martyrdom of Polycarp (HTML)

Chapter VII.—Polycarp is found by his pursuers. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 435 (In-Text, Margin)

His pursuers then, along with horsemen, and taking the youth with them, went forth at supper-time on the day of the preparation with their usual weapons, as if going out against a robber. And being come about evening [to the place where he was], they found him lying down in the upper room of a certain little house, from which he might have escaped into another place; but he refused, saying, “The will of God be done.”[Acts 21:14] So when he heard that they were come, he went down and spake with them. And as those that were present marvelled at his age and constancy, some of them said. “Was so much effort made to capture such a venerable man?” Immediately then, in that very hour, he ordered that something to eat ...