 Away with the godless !" But when the pro-consul urged him further, " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee." " Six and eighty years," the old man replied, " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse him, my Lord"...  Brief History of Ancient Peoples - עמוד 262מאת Joel Dorman Steele - 1881 - 312 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Lives - 1799 - 440 דפים
...release thee!" Looking on his judge with a stedfast countenance, the aged saint replied, " Six and eighty years have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good, and how could I 11 curse him, my Lord and my Saviour?" The proconsul threatened to throw him to the... | |
 | 1864 - 822 דפים
...still urged him to renounce Christ, and thus obtain his liberty. Polycarp replied, " Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He has done me nothing but good, and how could I curse Him, my Lord and Saviour ?" In answer to the reiterated entreaties of the proconsul,... | |
 | August Neander - 1847 - 500 דפים
...farther. " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee." " Six-and-eighty years," the old man replied, " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse him, my Lord and Saviour !" The proconsul still persisting to urge him, " Well,"... | |
 | August Neander - 1849 - 778 דפים
...farther, " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee." " Six and eighty years," the old man replied, " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse him, my Lord and Saviour !" The proconsul still persisting to urge him, " Well,"... | |
 | Lyman Coleman - 1852 - 676 דפים
...replies, " I shall not do as you advise me." "Swear, curse Christ, and I release you." "Sixty and eight years have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good; how, then, can I curse him, my Lord and my Saviour." At the stake, when they were about to bind him, he... | |
 | 1853 - 566 דפים
...release thee !" Looking on his judge with a steadfast countenance, the aged saint replied: "Sixand-eighty years have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good, and how could I curse him, my Lord and my Saviour ?" The proconsul threatened to throw him to the wild... | |
 | August Neander - 1854 - 786 דפים
...farther, " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee." " Six and eighty years," the old man replied. " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse him, my Lord and Saviour !" The proconsul still persisting to urge him, " Well,"... | |
 | Christian martyrdom - 1855 - 404 דפים
...curse Christ," said he, " and I release thee !" " Six and eighty years," replied the venerable man, " have I served him, and he has done me nothing but good, and how could I curse him, my Lord and Saviour?" The proconsul still persisting in his entreaties,... | |
 | William Dool Killen - 1859 - 700 דפים
...remained unmoved. When called on to curse Christ he returned the memorable answer — " Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He has done me nothing but good; and how could I curse Him my Lord and Saviour 1 " " I will cast you to the wild beasts," said the Proconsul,... | |
 | S. Phillips - 1860 - 406 דפים
...injunction of the pro-consul, " Swear, curse Christ, and I release thee !" exclaimed, " Six and eighty years have I served Him, and He has done me nothing but good ; and how could I curse Him, my Lord and Saviour?" Thus showing himself to have been a Christian at... | |
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