Martyrdom of Polycarp 15.1

Anonymous · Martyrdom of Polycarp · ca. 156–160 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: The fire was lit, and the writers saw a marvel they were spared to report.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:332

Ἀναπέμψαντος δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀμὴν καὶ πληρώσαντος τὴν εὐχήν, οἱ τοῦ πυρὸς ἄνθρωποι ἐξῆψαν τὸ πῦρ. μεγάλης δὲ ἐκλαμψάσης φλογός, θαῦμα εἴδομεν, οἷς ἰδεῖν ἐδόθη· οἳ καὶ ἐτηρήθημεν εἰς τὸ ἀναγγεῖλαι τοῖς λοιποῖς τὰ γενόμενα.

English · Claude translation

When he had offered up the Amen and finished the prayer, the men in charge of the fire lit it. And as a great flame blazed up, we saw a marvel, we to whom it was given to see; and we were preserved in order to report to the rest what happened.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:332 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · 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 5:1040c (found by text match)
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Martyrdom

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Mart. Pol. 15.1 (PG 5:1040c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/15/1/).

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Mart. Pol. 15.1 (PG 5:1040c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/15/1/).

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