Martyrdom of Polycarp 16.2

Anonymous · Martyrdom of Polycarp · ca. 156–160 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Polycarp was an apostolic and prophetic teacher and the bishop of Smyrna, whose words all came true.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:334

ὧν εἷς καὶ οὗτος γεγόνει ὁ θαυμασιώτατος μάρτυς Πολύκαρπος, ἐν τοῖς καθʼ ἡμᾶς χρόνοις διδάσκαλος ἀποστολικὸς καὶ προφητικὸς γενόμενος, ἐπίσκοπος τῆς ἐν Σμύρνῃ καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας. πᾶν γὰρ ῥῆμα, ὃ ἀφῆκεν ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐτελειώθη καὶ τελειωθήσεται.

English · Claude translation

Among these elect was this man, the most wonderful martyr Polycarp, who in our own times was an apostolic and prophetic teacher, bishop of the catholic church in Smyrna. For every word that he uttered from his mouth was fulfilled and will be fulfilled.

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Source: Lake, LCL 25:334 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · 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 5:1041a (found by text match)
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.
Topics: Church office

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Translation notes

The digital text has a full stop after “his mouth” (αὐτοῦ); the sentence evidently continues, and the translation follows the sense.

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Mart. Pol. 16.2 (PG 5:1041a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/16/2/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 16.2 (PG 5:1041a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/16/2/).

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