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| Chapter XI.—No threats have any effect on Polycarp.
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Chapter XI.—No threats have any effect
on Polycarp.
The proconsul then said to him, “I have wild
beasts at hand; to these will I cast thee, except thou repent.” But
he answered, “Call them then, for we are not accustomed to repent
of what is good in order to adopt that which is evil;449
| 449 Literally, “repentance from things
better to things worse is a change impossible to us.” |
and it is well for me to be changed from what is evil to what is
righteous.”450
| 450 That
is, to leave this world for a better. | But again the proconsul
said to him, “I will cause thee to be consumed by fire, seeing thou
despisest the wild beasts, if thou wilt not repent.” But Polycarp
said, “Thou threatenest me with fire which burneth for an hour, and
after a little is extinguished, but art ignorant of the fire of the
coming judgment and of eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly. But
why tarriest thou? Bring forth what thou wilt.”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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