Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 22:28

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 306, footnote 3 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Justin Martyr (HTML)

The Martyrdom of Justin Martyr (HTML)

Chapter V.—Sentence pronounced and executed. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2648 (In-Text, Margin)

Rusticus the prefect pronounced sentence, saying, “Let those who have refused to sacrifice to the gods and to yield to the command of the emperor be scourged,[Acts 22:25-29] and led away to suffer the punishment of decapitation, according to the laws.” The holy martyrs having glorified God, and having gone forth to the accustomed place, were beheaded, and perfected their testimony in the confession of the Saviour. And some of the faithful having secretly removed their bodies, laid them in a suitable place, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ having wrought along with them, to whom be ...

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 4, page 100, footnote 4 (Image)

Tertullian (IV), Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen

Tertullian: Part Fourth. (HTML)

On Modesty. (HTML)

Of Martyrs, and Their Intercession on Behalf of Scandalous Offenders. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 989 (In-Text, Margin)

... to condone (offences) which are to be reserved for God, by whom those (offences) have been condemned without discharge, which not even apostles (so far as I know)—martyrs withal themselves—have judged condonable? In short, Paul had already “fought with beasts at Ephesus,” when he decreed “destruction” to the incestuous person. Let it suffice to the martyr to have purged his own sins: it is the part of ingratitude or of pride to lavish upon others also what one has obtained at a high price.[Acts 22:28] Who has redeemed another’s death by his own, but the Son of God alone? For even in His very passion He set the robber free. For to this end had He come, that, being Himself pure from sin, and in all respects holy, He might undergo death on behalf of ...