# To the Magnesians 5.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Magnesians](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/) (*Ad Magnesios*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:200; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/5/1/

Summary: Life and death lie before everyone, and each goes to his own place.

## Greek text

Ἐπεὶ οὖν τέλος τὰ πράγματα ἔχει καὶ πρόκειται τὰ δύο ὁμοῦ, ὅ τε θάνατος καὶ ἡ ζωή, καὶ ἕκαστος εἰς τὸν ἴδιον τόπον μέλλει χωρεῖν·

## English translation (Claude)

Since, then, things are coming to an end, and the two lie before us together, death and life, and each is going to go to his own place;

## Scripture references

- Acts 1:25: allusion, medium confidence
- Deut 30:15: echo, medium confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Magn. 5.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-magnesians/5/1/).