 | Earl John Russell Russell - 1873 - 398 pages
...The Proconsul urged him further, ' Swear, and I release thee ; blaspheme Christ.' Polycarp replied, ' Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He...I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?' The Proconsul threatened to expose him to the wild beasts. ' It is well for me,' said Polycarp, ' to be speedily... | |
 | John Ashworth - 1873 - 284 pages
...and took him before the Proconsul, who commanded him to reproach Christ. The old man replied, — " Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me the least wrong ; how then can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour ? " " I have wild beasts ready, and... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1875 - 516 pages
...spectators, rising above each other, and, with his eyes uplifted to heaven, said, " Away with the godless! " The Proconsul urged him further—" Swear, and I release...Proconsul again commanded him to swear by the Genius of Cajsar. Polycarp replied, by avowing himself a Christian, and by requesting a day to be appointed on... | |
 | Maurice Lothian - 1876 - 316 pages
...Polycarp suffered martyrdom. He was offered his life if He would blaspheme Christ; but he replied, ' eighty and six years have I served Christ and He has...wrong. How can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour.' The fire was thereupon kindled. Many other early writers give similar testimony to that of Polycarp, so... | |
 | 1877 - 418 pages
...He was burned alive, about AD 166. When required to revile Christ, the venerable martyr exclaimed, " Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me the least wrong; how then can I blaspheme my King and Saviour?" PERGAMOS (Rev. ii. 12-17) was tne capital... | |
 | Robert Hardy Brenan - 1884 - 140 pages
...Blaspheme Christ, and I release thee,' said the heathen proconsul ; upon which the aged bishop replied, 'Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me wrong ; how can I now blaspheme my King and my Saviour!' Thus the aged martyr confessed, 'Man does not live by bread... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1885 - 728 pages
...Blaspheme Christ," said the proconsul, " and I release thee." " Eighty and six years," said the old bishop, "have I served Christ, and He has never done me wrong; how can I blaspheme my King, my Saviour ? " Thus he was " faithful unto death," and thus he received the crown of life. Such is... | |
 | Thomas William Thomas - 1885 - 238 pages
...magistrate, who had said to him, " Curse Christ, and I will set you free," was this, " Eighty -and-six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me wrong ; /tow then can I curse Him, my King and my Saviour ? " And the noble confessor of Jesus died, bound... | |
 | Joshua Hall McIlvaine - 1886 - 444 pages
...Christ, and I will set thee at liberty." To this, and much more of like import, Polycarp answered : " Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me any harm : how, then, can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?" Failing in his exhortations, the Proconsul... | |
 | John Coleman Adams - 1890 - 216 pages
...and sacrifice, and he would be safe." But to all the entreaties and commands Polycarp made reply, " Eighty and six years have I served Christ and He has never done me wrong ; how then can I blaspheme Him now, — my King and my Saviour." The officers threatened him with the wild... | |
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Swear, and I release thee ; blaspheme Christ." — " Eighty and six years have I served Christ, and He has never done me wrong : how can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour? 
