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| Chapter VIII.—Polycarp is brought into the city.
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Chapter VIII.—Polycarp is brought
into the city.
Now, as soon as he had
ceased praying, having made mention of all that had at any time come in
contact with him, both small and great, illustrious and obscure, as well
as the whole Catholic Church throughout the world, the time of his
departure having arrived, they set him upon an ass, and conducted him
into the city, the day being that of the great Sabbath. And the Irenarch
Herod, accompanied by his father Nicetes (both riding in a chariot439
| 439 Jacobson deems these words an
interpolation. | ), met him, and taking him up into the chariot,
they seated themselves beside him, and endeavoured to persuade him,
saying, “What harm is there in saying, Lord Cæsar,440
| 440 Or, “Cæsar is
Lord,” all the mss.
having κύριος instead of
κύριε, as usually
printed. | and in sacrificing, with the other ceremonies
observed on such occasions, and so make sure of safety?” But he at
first gave them no answer; and when they continued to urge him,
he said, “I shall not do as you advise me.” So they,
having no hope of persuading him, began to speak bitter441
words unto him, and cast him with violence out of the chariot,442
| 442 Or, “cast him
down” simply, the following words being, as above, an
interpolation. | insomuch that, in getting down from the
carriage, he dislocated his leg443
| 443 Or, “sprained his ankle.” | [by
the fall]. But without being disturbed,444
| 444 Or, “not turning back.” | and as
if suffering nothing, he went eagerly forward with all haste, and was
conducted to the stadium, where the tumult was so great, that there was
no possibility of being heard.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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