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Chapter V.—I desire to die.
From Syria even unto Rome I fight with
beasts,850
| 850 Comp.
1 Cor. xv. 32, where the word is also used
figuratively. | both by land and sea, both by night and day,
being bound to ten leopards, I mean a band of soldiers, who, even when
they receive benefits,851
show themselves all the worse. But I
am the more instructed by their injuries [to act as a disciple of
Christ]; “yet am I not thereby justified.”852
May I enjoy the wild beasts that are prepared for me; and I pray
they may be found eager to rush upon me, which also I will entice to
devour me speedily, and not deal with me as with some, whom, out of fear,
they have not touched. But if they be unwilling to assail me, I will
compel them to do so. Pardon me
[in this]: I know what is for
my benefit. Now I begin to be a disciple. And let no one, of things
visible or invisible, envy853
| 853 In the shorter recension there is ζηλώσῃ, and in the
longer ζηλῶσαι; hence the
variety of rendering, but the translation is by no means certain.
| me that I should attain to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross;
let the crowds of wild beasts; let tearings,854
| 854 Some deem this and the following word
spurious. | breakings, and dislocations of bones; let cutting
off of members; let shatterings of the whole body; and let all the
dreadful855
torments of the devil come upon me: only
let me attain to Jesus Christ.
From Syria even unto Rome I fight with
beasts,856
| 856 Comp.
1 Cor. xv. 32, where the word is also used
figuratively. | both by land and sea, both by night and day,
being bound to ten leopards, I mean a band of soldiers, who, even when
they receive benefits,857
show themselves all the worse. But I
am the more instructed by their injuries [to act as a disciple of
Christ]; “yet am I not thereby justified.”858
May I enjoy the wild beasts that are prepared for me; and I pray
that they may be found eager to rush upon me, which also I will entice to
devour me speedily, and not deal with me as with some, whom, out of fear,
they have not touched. But if they be unwilling to assail me, I will
compel them to do so. Pardon me [in this] I know what is for my benefit.
Now I begin to be a disciple, and have859
| 859 In the shorter recension there is ζηλώσῃ, and in the
longer ζηλῶσαι; hence the
variety of rendering, but the translation is by no means certain.
| no desire after anything visible or invisible, that I may attain
to Jesus Christ. Let fire and the cross; let the crowds of wild beasts;
let breakings, tearings, and separations of bones; let cutting off of
members; let bruising to pieces of the whole body; and let the very
torment of the devil come upon me: only let me attain to Jesus
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