To the Romans 5.2

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Romans · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Ignatius hopes the beasts will be quick to devour him.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:232

ὀναίμην τῶν θηρίων τῶν ἐμοὶ ἡτοιμασμένων καὶ εὔχομαι σύντομά μοι εὑρεθῆναι· ἃ καὶ κολακεύσω, συντόμως με καταφαγεῖν, οὐχ ὥσπερ τινῶν δειλαινόμενα οὐχ ἥψαντο. κἂν αὐτὰ δὲ ἄκοντα μὴ θελήσῃ, ἐγὼ προσβιάσομαι.

English · Claude translation

May I have joy of the beasts that have been prepared for me, and I pray that they may be found prompt with me. I will even coax them to devour me promptly, not as with some whom they were afraid to touch. And if they are unwilling and refuse, I myself will force them.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:232 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · 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 5:692a (found by text match)
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Martyrdom

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Ign. Rom. 5.2 (PG 5:692a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/5/2/).

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Ign. Rom. 5.2 (PG 5:692a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/5/2/).

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