# To the Smyrnaeans 2.1

- Author: [Ignatius of Antioch](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/ignatius-of-antioch/)
- Work: [To the Smyrnaeans](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/) (*Ad Smyrnaeos*)
- Date: ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:252–254; 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)
- Also in: PG 5:708b–709a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/2/1/

Summary: Christ truly suffered and truly rose, against those who say he only seemed to.

## Greek text

Ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα ἔπαθεν διʼ ἡμᾶς, ἵνα σωθῶμεν· καὶ ἀληθῶς ἔπαθεν, ὡς καὶ ἀληθῶς ἀνέστησεν ἑαυτόν, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἄπιστοί τινες λέγουσιν, τὸ δοκεῖν αὐτὸν πεπονθέναι, αὐτοὶ τὸ δοκεῖν ὄντες· καὶ καθὼς φρονοῦσιν, καὶ συμβήσεται αὐτοῖς, οὖσιν ἀσωμάτοις καὶ δαιμονικοῖς.

## English translation (Claude)

For he suffered all these things for our sake, so that we might be saved; and he truly suffered, just as he also truly raised himself, not, as some unbelievers say, that he suffered only in appearance (it is they who exist only in appearance!). And as they think, so it will happen to them: they will be bodiless and demon-like.

## Scripture references

- John 10:18: echo, medium confidence

## Translation notes

- “Raised himself”: compare John 2:19; 10:18.
- “In appearance” (τὸ δοκεῖν): see the note on Ign. Trall. 10.1.

## Citation (SBL)

Ign. Smyrn. 2.1 (PG 5:708b–709a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-smyrnaeans/2/1/).