Martyrdom of Polycarp 19.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:338

διὰ τῆς ὑπομονῆς καταγωνισάμενος τὸν ἄδικον ἄρχοντα καὶ οὕτως τὸν τῆς ἀφθαρσίας στέφανον ἀπολαβών, σὺν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις καὶ πᾶσιν δικαίοις ἀγαλλιώμενος δοξάζει τὸν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα παντοκράτορα καὶ εὐλογεῖ τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν σωτῆρα τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν καὶ κυβερνήτην τῶν σωμάτων ἡμῶν καὶ ποιμένα τῆς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας.

English · Claude translation

Having overcome the unjust ruler by his endurance, and so received the crown of incorruptibility, he rejoices with the apostles and all the righteous, and glorifies God the Father Almighty, and blesses our Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of our souls, the Pilot of our bodies, and the Shepherd of the catholic church throughout the world.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 25:338 · 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 5:1044b (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.

Scripture

1 Pet 2:25 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Christology, Eschatology

Notes

Translation notes

“The unjust ruler” may be the proconsul or the devil.
“Pilot” (κυβερνήτην): the helmsman of a ship.

Cite this passage

Mart. Pol. 19.2 (PG 5:1044b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/19/2/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 19.2 (PG 5:1044b; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/19/2/).