Martyrdom of Apollonius (complete)
Greek text: Gebhardt 1902 (OCR made for this site).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Martyrdom of Apollonius (title)
0Gebhardt, 44
Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου xai πανευφήμου ἀποστόλου ᾿Απολλὼ τοῦ καὶ Σακκέα.
Martyrion tou hagiou xai paneuphēmou apostolou ᾿Apollō tou kai Sakkea.
Martyrdom of the holy and all-praised apostle Apollonius, also called Saccas.
Notes and citation
Summary: Title of the account.
- The Greek calls the martyr Apollos (Ἀπολλώς), also Sakkeas; he is known in the West, from Eusebius, as Apollonius. “Apostle” is an honorific title in this text.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): Ἠαρτύριον → Μαρτύριον; ᾿Απολλώ. τοῦ xal Σαχχέα. → ᾿Απολλὼ τοῦ καὶ Σακκέα..
Cite (SBL): Act. pref. (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-0). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 1
1Gebhardt, 44
Ἐπὶ Κομόδου βασιλέως γεναμένου διωγμοῦ κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν Περέννιός τις ἦν ἀνθύπατος τῆς ᾿Ασίας. ᾿Απολλὼς δὲ ὁ ἀπόστολος, ἀνὴρ ὧν εὐλαβής, ᾿Ἅλεξανδρεὺς τῷ γένει, φοβούμενος τὸν χύριον, συλληφϑεὶς προσήχϑη. Οὗ προσαχϑέντος Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν" ᾿Απολλώ, Χριστιανὸς εἶ;
Epi Komodou basileōs genamenou diōgmou kata tōn Christianōn Perennios tis ēn anthypatos tēs ᾿Asias. ᾿Apollōs de ho apostolos, anēr hōn eulabēs, ᾿Halexandreus tǭ genei, phoboumenos ton chyrion, syllēphϑeis prosēchϑē. Hou prosachϑentos Perennios ho anthypatos eipen" ᾿Apollō, Christianos ei?
When a persecution had arisen against the Christians under the emperor Commodus, a certain Perennis was proconsul of Asia. Apollonius the apostle, a devout man, an Alexandrian by birth, who feared the Lord, was arrested and brought before him. When he had been brought in, Perennis the proconsul said, “Apollonius, are you a Christian?”
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius is arrested under Commodus and brought before Perennis.
- Eusebius (Hist. eccl. 5.21) places the trial in Rome; Perennis was in fact praetorian prefect. The Greek Acts make him proconsul of Asia. The opening sentences stand before Gebhardt's section 1 and are kept with it here.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble): δ᾽ “πολλὼς δὲ → ᾿Απολλὼς δὲ; «Ἵπολλώ → ᾿Απολλώ.
Extrabiblical texts: Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.21 (Church History; echo)
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Act. 1 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Ναί, Χριστιανός εἰμι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὸν ϑεὸν τὸν ποιήσαντα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν ϑάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς σέβομαι καὶ φοβοῦμαι
᾿Apollōs eipen; Nai, Christianos eimi, kai dia touto ton ϑeon ton poiēsanta ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tēn ϑalassan kai panta ta en autois sebomai kai phoboumai
Apollonius said, “Yes, I am a Christian, and for that reason I worship and fear the God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them.”
Acts 4:24 (echo, medium confidence) · Exod 20:11 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius confesses that he is a Christian.
- The formula echoes Exod 20:11; Ps 146:6; Acts 4:24.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): ᾿“πολλὼς εἶπεν" Ναί → ᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Ναί; πώντα → πάντα.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 2 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 3
3Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνϑύπατος εἶπεν. Μετανόησον πεισϑείς μοι, ᾿Απολλώ, xci ὄμοσον τὴν τύχην τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Κομόδου τοῦ αὐτοχράτορος.
Perennios ho anϑypatos eipen. Metanoēson peisϑeis moi, ᾿Apollō, xci omoson tēn tychēn tou kyriou hēmōn Komodou tou autochratoros.
Perennis the proconsul said, “Repent, Apollonius, be persuaded by me, and swear by the Fortune of our lord Commodus the emperor.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis demands an oath by the emperor's Fortune.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; section numeral 3 misread as a letter; OCR slip): ὃ Περέννιος ὁ ὠνϑύπατος → Περέννιος ὁ ἀνϑύπατος; Meravóqoov → Μετανόησον.
Cite (SBL): Act. 3 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 4
4Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς δέ, ὁ καὶ Σακχκέας, εἶπεν· Ἄκουσόν μου νουνεχῶς, Περέννιε, περὶ σεμνῆς xai νομίμου ἀπολογίας μέλλοντος ποιεῖσϑαί co, τὸν λόγον. ὁ μετανοῶν απὸ δικαίων xci ἀγαϑῶν καὶ ϑαυμασίων ἐντολῶν τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἀϑέμιτος καὶ ἀνόσιος xoi ἀληθῶς ἀϑεός ἐστιν" ὁ δὲ μετανοῶν ἀπὸ πάσης ἀδικίας καὶ ἀνομίας καὶ εἰδωλολατρείας καὶ διαλογισμῶν πονηρῶν καὶ φεύγων τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ ὅλως μὴ ἐπιστρέφων ἐπ᾽ αὐτά, ὁ τοιοῦτος δίκαιός ἐστιν,
᾿Apollōs de, ho kai Sakchkeas, eipen; Akouson mou nounechōs, Perennie, peri semnēs xai nomimou apologias mellontos poieisϑai co, ton logon. ho metanoōn apo dikaiōn xci agaϑōn kai ϑaumasiōn entolōn tou ϑeou aϑemitos kai anosios xoi alēthōs aϑeos estin" ho de metanoōn apo pasēs adikias kai anomias kai eidōlolatreias kai dialogismōn ponērōn kai pheugōn tas archas tōn hamartēmatōn kai holōs mē epistrephōn ep᾽ auta, ho toioutos dikaios estin,
Apollonius, also called Saccas, said, “Listen to me attentively, Perennis, since I am about to make before you a serious and lawful defense. Whoever repents of the just, good, and wonderful commandments of God is lawless, impious, and truly godless; but whoever repents of all injustice and lawlessness and idolatry and evil thoughts, and flees the beginnings of sins and does not turn back to them at all—such a one is righteous.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius distinguishes true repentance from apostasy.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): εὔτεν᾽ "dxovaóv μου - → εἶπεν· Ἄκουσόν μου; ματανοῶν → μετανοῶν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Act. 4 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 5
5Gebhardt, 44
καὶ πίστευσον ἡμῖν, Περέννιε, ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀπολογίας, ὅτι τὰς σεμνοπρεπεῖς καὶ λαμπρὰς ἐντολὰς μεμαϑήκαμεν ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ ϑεοῦ, τοῦ γιγνώσκοντος πάντας τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
kai pisteuson hēmin, Perennie, ex autēs tēs apologias, hoti tas semnoprepeis kai lampras entolas memaϑēkamen apo tou logou tou ϑeou, tou gignōskontos pantas tous dialogismous tōn anthrōpōn.
And believe us, Perennis, from this very defense, that we have learned the solemn and splendid commandments from the Word of God, who knows all the thoughts of human beings.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians learned their commandments from the Word of God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (section numeral 5 misread as a letter): ὅ καὶ πίστευσον → καὶ πίστευσον.
Cite (SBL): Act. 5 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 6
6Gebhardt, 44
προσέτι δὲ καὶ μηδὲ ὅλως ὀμνύναι, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν πᾶσιν ἀληϑεύειν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ προστετάγμεϑα᾽ ὅρκος γὰρ μέγας ἐστὶν ἡ ἐν τῷ ναὶ ἀλήϑεια, xoi διὰ τοῦτο Χριστιανῷ ὀμνύναι αἰσχρόν" ἐκ γὰρ ψεύδους ἀπιστία, xai OV ἀπιστίαν πάλιν ὅρκος. βούλει δὲ ὀμνύναι με ὅτι καὶ βασιλέα τιμῶμεν καὶ ὑπὲρ τοῦ χράτους αὐτοῦ εὐχόμεϑα: ἡδέως ἂν ὀμόσαιμι ἀληϑεύων τὸν ὄντως ϑεὸν τὸν ὄντα [τὸν] πρὸ αἰώνων, ὃν χεῖρες οὐκ ἐποίησαν ἀνθρώπων, τοὐναντίον δὲ αὐτὸς ἄνθρωπον ἀνϑρώπων ἔταξεν βασιλεύειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
proseti de kai mēde holōs omnynai, all᾽ en pasin alēϑeuein hyp᾽ autou prostetagmeϑa᾽ horkos gar megas estin hē en tǭ nai alēϑeia, xoi dia touto Christianǭ omnynai aischron" ek gar pseudous apistia, xai OV apistian palin horkos. boulei de omnynai me hoti kai basilea timōmen kai hyper tou chratous autou euchomeϑa: hēdeōs an omosaimi alēϑeuōn ton ontōs ϑeon ton onta [ton] pro aiōnōn, hon cheires ouk epoiēsan anthrōpōn, tounantion de autos anthrōpon anϑrōpōn etaxen basileuein epi tēs gēs.
Moreover, we have been commanded by him not to swear at all, but to tell the truth in everything; for the truth in a “yes” is a great oath, and for this reason it is shameful for a Christian to swear; for out of falsehood comes distrust, and because of distrust, in turn, the oath. But if you want me to swear that we too honor the emperor and pray for his rule, I would gladly swear, speaking the truth, by the truly existing God, who is before the ages, whom human hands did not make, but who, on the contrary, himself appointed a man over men to reign on earth.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 5:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Jas 5:12 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians do not swear, but honor and pray for the emperor.
- Matt 5:34–37; Jas 5:12. The editor deletes a repeated article (“the”) before “before the ages.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR garble (the edition prints με ὅτι καὶ); OCR slip): μὲ 1007. xoi βασιλέα → με ὅτι καὶ βασιλέα; Ouóccwa → ὀμόσαιμι; ἐποίσαν → ἐποίησαν; dvϑρώπων → ἀνϑρώπων.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Act. 6 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 7
7Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν" Ὃ λέγω σοι ποίησον xci μετανόησον, ᾿Απολλώ, καὶ ϑῦσον τοῖς ϑεοῖς καὶ τὸν τῇ εἰχόνι τοῦ αὐτοχράτορος Κομόδου.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen" Ho legō soi poiēson xci metanoēson, ᾿Apollō, kai ϑyson tois ϑeois kai ton tę̄ eichoni tou autochratoros Komodou.
Perennis the proconsul said, “Do what I tell you and repent, Apollonius, and sacrifice to the gods and to the image of the emperor Commodus.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis orders sacrifice to the gods and the emperor's image.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (the editor's margin and apparatus leaked into the text): B Mt. b, etc. [ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ προστετάγμεϑα)] Bt. → .
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Act. 7 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 8
8Gebhardt, 44
ὁ δὲ ᾿Δπολλὼς μειδιάσας εἶπεν: Περὶ μετανοίας καὶ ὅρκου, Περέννιε, δέδωκά σοι τὴν ἀπολογίαν, περὶ δὲ ϑυσίας ἄκουσον. ϑυ- σίαν ἀναίμακτον καὶ καϑαρὰν ἀναπέμπω χαἀγὼ καὶ πάντες «Χριστιανοὶ τῷ παντοχράτορι ϑεῷ τῷ κυριεύοντι οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ πάσης πνοῆς, τὴν διʼ εὐχῶν μάλιστα ⟨ὑπὲρ νοητικῶν⟩ καὶ λογικῶν εἰκόνων τῶν τεταγμένων ὑπὸ τῆς προνοίας τοῦ ϑεοῦ βασιλεύειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
ho de ᾿Dpollōs meidiasas eipen: Peri metanoias kai horkou, Perennie, dedōka soi tēn apologian, peri de ϑysias akouson. ϑy- sian anaimakton kai kaϑaran anapempō chaagō kai pantes «Christianoi tǭ pantochratori ϑeǭ tǭ kyrieuonti ouranou kai gēs kai pasēs pnoēs, tēn diʼ euchōn malista ⟨hyper noētikōn⟩ kai logikōn eikonōn tōn tetagmenōn hypo tēs pronoias tou ϑeou basileuein epi tēs gēs.
Apollonius smiled and said, “About repentance and the oath, Perennis, I have given you my defense; now hear about sacrifice. I too, and all Christians, offer a bloodless and pure sacrifice to almighty God, who is Lord of heaven and earth and of every breathing thing—the sacrifice offered above all through prayers, on behalf of the ⟨spiritual⟩ and rational images who have been appointed by God's providence to reign on earth.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians' bloodless sacrifice is prayer, including prayer for rulers.
- “Images”: the rulers, as images of God. “Spiritual” is an editor's supplement (Hilgenfeld proposed νοερῶν, “intellectual”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble of the editor's supplement; OCR slip): Jed τῷ κυριεύοντι οὐρανοῦ; → ϑεῷ τῷ κυριεύοντι οὐρανοῦ; {ὑπὲρ γοητιχῶνν → ⟨ὑπὲρ νοητικῶν⟩.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Act. 8 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 9
9Gebhardt, 44
διὸ καϑ' ἡμέραν κατὰ πρόσταγμα δικαίας ἐντολῆς εὐχόμεϑα τῷ κατοικοῦντι ἐν οὐρανοῖς ϑεῷ ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλεύοντος ἔν τῷδε τῷ κόσμῳ Κομόδου, εἰδότες ἀκριβῶς ὅτι οὐχ ὑπὸ ἄλλου τινός, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ μόνης τῆς τοῦ ἀνικήτου ϑεοῦ βουλῆς, τοῦ τὰ πάντα ἐνπεριέχοντος, ὡς προεῖπον, βασιλεύει ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
dio kaϑ' hēmeran kata prostagma dikaias entolēs euchomeϑa tǭ katoikounti en ouranois ϑeǭ hyper tou basileuontos en tǭde tǭ kosmǭ Komodou, eidotes akribōs hoti ouch hypo allou tinos, alla hypo monēs tēs tou anikētou ϑeou boulēs, tou ta panta enperiechontos, hōs proeipon, basileuei epi tēs gēs.
Therefore, according to the instruction of a just commandment, we pray daily to God who dwells in heaven for Commodus, who reigns in this world, knowing well that it is by no one else, but only by the will of the unconquerable God, who encompasses all things, as I said before, that he reigns on earth.”
1 Tim 2:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 13:1 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians pray daily for the emperor, who reigns by God's will.
- Cf. 1 Tim 2:1–2 (Gebhardt's margin); Rom 13:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): διὸ xa? ἡμέραν → διὸ καϑ' ἡμέραν.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Act. 9 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 10
10Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν· Δίδωμί σοι ἡμέραν, ᾿ἡπολλώ, ἵνα συμβουλεύσης σεαυτῷ περὶ τῆς ζωῆς σου.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen; Didōmi soi hēmeran, ᾿hēpollō, hina symbouleusēs seautǭ peri tēs zōēs sou.
Perennis the proconsul said, “I give you a day, Apollonius, so that you may take counsel with yourself about your life.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis gives Apollonius a day to reconsider.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): εἶπεν" - Δίδωμί → εἶπεν· Δίδωμί.
Cite (SBL): Act. 10 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 11
11Gebhardt, 44
Καὶ μεϑ᾽ ἡμέρας τρεῖς ἐχέλευσεν αὐτὸν ἀχϑῆναι. ἦν δὲ πολὺ πλῆϑος συγκλητικῶν καὶ βουλευτικῶν καὶ σοφῶν μεγάλων. καὶ κελεύσας αὐτὸν κληϑῆναι εἶπεν" ᾿Αναγνωσθήτω τὰ ἄκτα ᾿«πολλώ. καὶ ἀναγνωσθέντων αὐτῶν Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν: Τί συνεβούλευσας σεαυτῷ, ᾿Απολλώ;
Kai meϑ᾽ hēmeras treis echeleusen auton achϑēnai. ēn de poly plēϑos synklētikōn kai bouleutikōn kai sophōn megalōn. kai keleusas auton klēϑēnai eipen" ᾿Anagnōsthētō ta akta ᾿«pollō. kai anagnōsthentōn autōn Perennios ho anthypatos eipen: Ti synebouleusas seautǭ, ᾿Apollō?
And after three days he ordered him to be brought. There was a great crowd of senators and councillors and great scholars. And having ordered him to be called, he said, “Let the acts of Apollonius be read.” When they had been read, Perennis the proconsul said, “What counsel have you taken with yourself, Apollonius?”
Notes and citation
Summary: Three days later the record is read and Apollonius is questioned again.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble): rollo; → ᾿Απολλώ;.
Cite (SBL): Act. 11 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 12
12Gebhardt, 44
ὁ δὲ ᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Μένειν με ϑεοσεβῆ, καϑὼς ἐν τοῖς ἄχτοις λογισάμενος ἡμᾶς ὥρισας.
ho de ᾿Apollōs eipen; Menein me ϑeosebē, kaϑōs en tois achtois logisamenos hēmas hōrisas.
Apollonius said, “To remain a worshipper of God, as you determined when you took account of us in the acts.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius resolves to remain faithful.
- The clause is obscure; Gebhardt reports a conjecture making it “as I declared in my defense.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; the article was read as the section numeral 12): δὲ ᾿“πολλὼς εἶπεν: Mévew → ὁ δὲ ᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Μένειν.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 12 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 13
13Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὃ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν" Διὰ τὸ δόγμα τῆς συγχλήτον συμβουλεύω σον μετανοῆσαι xoi σέβειν xai προσχυνεῖν τοὺς ϑεούς, ovg πάντες ἄνϑρωποι σέβομεν καὶ προσχυνοῦμεν, καὶ ζῆν σε μεϑ᾽ ἡμῶν.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen" Dia to dogma tēs synchlēton symbouleuō son metanoēsai xoi sebein xai proschynein tous ϑeous, ovg pantes anϑrōpoi sebomen kai proschynoumen, kai zēn se meϑ᾽ hēmōn.
Perennis the proconsul said, “Because of the decree of the senate I advise you to repent and to worship and adore the gods, whom all of us men worship and adore, and to live among us.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis cites the senate's decree.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble): di τὸ δόγμα → Διὰ τὸ δόγμα.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Act. 13 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 14
14Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· ᾿Εγὼ μὲν τὸ δόγμα τῆς συγκλήτοῦ γιγνώσκω, Περέννιε᾽ ἐγενόμην δὲ ϑεοσεβής, ἵνα μὴ σέβωμαι εἴδωλα χειροποίητα. διὸ οὗ μὴ προσκυνήσω χρυσὸν ἢ ἄργυρον ἢ χαλκὸν ἢ σίδηρον ἢ ξυλίνους καὶ λιϑίνους ϑεοὺς ψευδωνύμους, οἵτινες οὔτε βλέπουσιν οὔτε ἀκούουσιν, ὅτε ἔργα τεχτόνων καὶ χρυσοχόων καὶ τοργευτῶν εἰσιν, γλυφαὶ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ οὐ κινηϑήσονται ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν.
᾿Apollōs eipen; ᾿Egō men to dogma tēs synklētou gignōskō, Perennie᾽ egenomēn de ϑeosebēs, hina mē sebōmai eidōla cheiropoiēta. dio hou mē proskynēsō chryson ē argyron ē chalkon ē sidēron ē xylinous kai liϑinous ϑeous pseudōnymous, hoitines oute blepousin oute akouousin, hote erga techtonōn kai chrysochoōn kai torgeutōn eisin, glyphai cheirōn anthrōpōn, kai ou kinēϑēsontai aph᾽ heautōn.
Apollonius said, “I know the decree of the senate, Perennis; but I became a worshipper of God precisely so as not to worship idols made with hands. Therefore I will not adore gold or silver or bronze or iron, or gods falsely so called of wood and stone, which neither see nor hear, because they are works of carpenters and goldsmiths and engravers, carvings of human hands, and they cannot move of themselves.
Ps 115:4 (113:12 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · Ps 135:15 (134:15 LXX) (echo, low confidence) · Hab 2:19 (echo, low confidence) · Isa 44:9 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius refuses to adore idols made by human hands.
- Cf. Ps 115:4–7; 135:15–17; Hab 2:19; Isa 44:9–20 (Gebhardt's margin).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): εἶτεν" ᾿Εγὼ → εἶπεν· ᾿Εγὼ.
Cite (SBL): Act. 14 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 15
15Gebhardt, 44
ϑεῷ δὲ τῷ ἐν οὐρανοῖς λατρεύω καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ προσκυνῶ, τῷ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ψυχὴν ζῶσαν ἐνφυσήσαντε καὶ πᾶσι τὸ ζῆν xa9' ἡμέραν ἐναντλοῦντι.
ϑeǭ de tǭ en ouranois latreuō kai autǭ monǭ proskynō, tǭ pasin anthrōpois psychēn zōsan enphysēsante kai pasi to zēn xa9' hēmeran enantlounti.
But I serve God who is in heaven and adore him alone, who breathed a living soul into all human beings and pours out life to all day by day.
Gen 2:7 (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 17:25 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius worships only the God who gives life.
- Cf. Gen 2:7; Acts 17:25.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): προσχυγνῶ → προσκυνῶ.
Cite (SBL): Act. 15 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 16
16Gebhardt, 44
οὐ μὴ οὖν ταπεινώσω ἐμαυτόν, Περέννιε, οὐδὲ ὑπὸ τὰ κυλλότερα ῥίψω" αἰσχροπρεπὲς γάρ ἐστιν προσχυνεῖν ἢ τὸ ἰσότιμον ἀνθρώπων ἢ τὸ γοῦν ἔλαττον δαιμόνων. ἁμαρτάνουσι γὰρ ταπεινότατοι ἄνϑρωποι ὅταν προσχυνοῦσι ταῦτα ἃ τῇ ἕξει συνέχεται, λίϑου ψυχρὸν ἔχπρισμα xoci ξύλον ξηρὸν καὶ μέταλλον ἀργὸν καὶ ὀστέα νενεχρωμένα᾽ τίς ὁ λῆρος τῆς ἀπάτης ταύτης;
ou mē oun tapeinōsō emauton, Perennie, oude hypo ta kyllotera rhipsō" aischroprepes gar estin proschynein ē to isotimon anthrōpōn ē to goun elatton daimonōn. hamartanousi gar tapeinotatoi anϑrōpoi hotan proschynousi tauta ha tę̄ hexei synechetai, liϑou psychron echprisma xoci xylon xēron kai metallon argon kai ostea nenechrōmena᾽ tis ho lēros tēs apatēs tautēs?
I will not, then, debase myself, Perennis, or cast myself down before things that are baser; for it is shameful to adore what is merely of equal worth with human beings, or what is even lower, belonging to demons. [16b] For the most abject of men sin when they adore things held together by mere cohesion: a cold block sawn from stone, dry wood, idle metal, and dead bones. What nonsense is this deception!
Notes and citation
Summary: Worship of lifeless objects is shameful folly.
- Apollonius uses the Stoic ladder of things held together by cohesion (ἕξις), growth (φύσις), sensation, and reason (16b, 21–22). Gebhardt divides the section into 16a and 16b.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (the editor's margin and apparatus leaked into the text): Act. 2b. προσκυνῶσι K. → .
Cite (SBL): Act. 16 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 17
17Gebhardt, 44
ὁμοίως λεκάνην Αἰγύπτιοι τὴν παρὰ πολλοῖς καλουμένην ποδονίπταν μετὰ ἑτέρων πολλῶν μυσερῶν προσχυνοῦσιν" τίς ὁ λῆρος τῆς ἀπαιδευσίας ταύτης;
homoiōs lekanēn Aigyptioi tēn para pollois kaloumenēn podoniptan meta heterōn pollōn myserōn proschynousin" tis ho lēros tēs apaideusias tautēs?
Likewise the Egyptians adore a basin, which many call a foot-bath, along with many other loathsome things. What nonsense is this ignorance!
Notes and citation
Summary: The Egyptians adore a foot-basin.
- Perhaps the story of Amasis's golden foot-basin made into a god (Herodotus, Hist. 2.172).
Extrabiblical texts: Herodotus, Hist. 2.172 (Herodotus, Histories; allusion)
Cite (SBL): Act. 17 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 18
18Gebhardt, 44
᾿Αϑηναῖοι δὲ ἔτι καὶ νῦν βοὸς κρανίον χαλκοῦν σέβουσιν, Τύχην ᾿Αϑηναίων αὐτὸ καταφωνοῦντες, ὥστε τοῖς ἰδίοις ⟨ϑεοῖς⟩ εὔχεσθαι οὐχ οἷόν τε· ἃ μάλιστα τοῖς πεποιϑόσιν αὐτοῖς ζημίαν τῇ ψυχῇ φέρειν δοκεῖ.
᾿Aϑēnaioi de eti kai nyn boos kranion chalkoun sebousin, Tychēn ᾿Aϑēnaiōn auto kataphōnountes, hōste tois idiois ⟨ϑeois⟩ euchesthai ouch hoion te; ha malista tois pepoiϑosin autois zēmian tę̄ psychę̄ pherein dokei.
And the Athenians even now worship a bronze ox-skull, calling it the Fortune of the Athenians, so that it is not even possible to pray to their own ⟨gods⟩—things which seem above all to bring harm to the souls of those who trust in them.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Athenians worship a bronze ox-skull.
- The middle clause is obscure and probably corrupt; “gods” is an editor's supplement, and Hilgenfeld proposed “so that they do not think fit to pray to swine.” Gebhardt also reports a supplement saying the skull was set up in a famous place near the statues of Zeus and Heracles.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): ᾿4ϑηναῖον → ᾿Αϑηναῖοι; Τύχην 497.5 ναίων αὐτὸ καταφωνοῦντες") → Τύχην ᾿Αϑηναίων αὐτὸ καταφωνοῦντες,; (ϑεοῖςν εὔχεσθαν οὐχ οἷόν vc. → ⟨ϑεοῖς⟩ εὔχεσθαι οὐχ οἷόν τε·.
Cite (SBL): Act. 18 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 19
19Gebhardt, 44
τί γὰρ διαφέρει ταῦτα πηλοῦ πεφρυγμένου καὶ ὀστράκου ϑρυπτομένου; δαιμόνων δὲ ἀγάλμασιν εὔχονται [ἃ] οὐκ ἀκούουσιν ὥσπερ ἀκούοιεν, (ὥσπερ) οὐκ ἀπαιτοῦσιν οὐκ ἀποδιδοῦσιν. ὄντως γὰρ αὐτῶν τὸ σχῆμα ἔψευσται" ὦτα γὰρ ἔχουσιν καὶ οὐκ ἀκούουσιν, ὀφϑαλμοὺς ἔχουσιν xai οὐχ ὁρῶσιν, χεῖρας ἔχουσιν xai οὐχ ἐχτείνουσιν, πόδας ἔχουσιν καὶ οὐ βαδίζουσιν· τὸ γὰρ σχῆμα τὴν οὐσίαν οὐχ ὑπαλλάττει. καταγελῶν δέ μοι δοκεῖ καὶ Σωχράτης ᾿“ϑηναίων τὴν πλάτανον ὀμνύναι, ξύλον τὸ ἄγριον.
ti gar diapherei tauta pēlou pephrygmenou kai ostrakou ϑryptomenou? daimonōn de agalmasin euchontai [ha] ouk akouousin hōsper akouoien, (hōsper) ouk apaitousin ouk apodidousin. ontōs gar autōn to schēma epseustai" ōta gar echousin kai ouk akouousin, ophϑalmous echousin xai ouch horōsin, cheiras echousin xai ouch echteinousin, podas echousin kai ou badizousin; to gar schēma tēn ousian ouch hypallattei. katagelōn de moi dokei kai Sōchratēs ᾿“ϑēnaiōn tēn platanon omnynai, xylon to agrion.
For how do these differ from baked clay or a broken potsherd? They pray to statues of demons which do not hear, as though they could hear; ⟨as though⟩ they could ask and give back, when they do neither. For truly their form is a lie: they have ears and do not hear, eyes and do not see, hands and do not stretch them out, feet and do not walk. For the form does not change the substance. And Socrates too, it seems to me, was mocking the Athenians when he swore by the plane tree, a piece of wild wood.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 115:5 (113:13 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 135:16 (134:16 LXX) (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Idols cannot hear or act; Socrates mocked them.
- Ps 115:5–7; 135:16–17. The editor deletes a relative pronoun before “do not hear” and supplies “as though.” Socrates swears by the plane tree in Plato, Phaedr. 236d–e.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble with a line number; OCR slip; printed text follows the correction καταγελῶν; the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break): o)x ἀκούουσιν → οὐκ ἀκούουσιν; βαδίζουσιν᾽" 15:0 γὰρ → βαδίζουσιν· τὸ γὰρ; αὐτὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κλεινῷ τόπῳ ἐγγὺς τῆς εἰκόνος Διὸς καὶ “Ηρακλέους) Hi. [ὡς [vs] Bt. τοῖς-οἷόν ve] τοῖς χοϊδίοις εὔχεσϑαι οὐκ οἴονται Hi. → ; κατεγελῶν → καταγελῶν.
Extrabiblical texts: Plato, Phaedr. 236e (Plato (works); allusion)
Cite (SBL): Act. 19 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 20
20Gebhardt, 44
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Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: A gap in the text.
- Gebhardt marks a lacuna here with asterisks. Hilgenfeld proposed to supply “⟨People sin first against themselves when they practice idolatry⟩,” which would give the first step of the ladder continued in 21–22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (section numeral 20 and the editor's asterisks garbled): ?0**, → * *.
Cite (SBL): Act. 20 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-20). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 21
21Gebhardt, 44
ἄνω πάλιν δεύτερον εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἄνθρωποι ὅταν προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτοὶ ταῦτα ἃ τῇ φύσει συνέχεται, τὸ χρόμμυον καὶ τὸ σκόροδον τῶν Πηλουσίων ϑεούς, ἅτινα πάντα εἰς κοιλίαν χωρεῖ καὶ εἰς ὀχετὸν ἐκβάλλεται. ἄνω τρίτον εἰς οὐρανὸν ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἄνϑρωπον ὅταν προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτοὶ ταῦτα ἃ τῇ αἰσϑήσει συνέχεται, ἰχϑὺν καὶ περιστεράν, [Αἰγύπτιοι] κύνα καὶ κυνοκέφαλον, κροχόδειλον xci βοῦν, ἀσπίδα καὶ λύκον, τῶν ἰδίων ἀπεικονίσματα τρόπων.
anō palin deuteron eis ouranous hamartanousin anthrōpoi hotan proskynousin autoi tauta ha tę̄ physei synechetai, to chrommyon kai to skorodon tōn Pēlousiōn ϑeous, hatina panta eis koilian chōrei kai eis ocheton ekballetai. anō triton eis ouranon hamartanousin anϑrōpon hotan proskynousin autoi tauta ha tę̄ aisϑēsei synechetai, ichϑyn kai peristeran, [Aigyptioi] kyna kai kynokephalon, krochodeilon xci boun, aspida kai lykon, tōn idiōn apeikonismata tropōn.
Again, a second time, people sin against heaven when they themselves adore things held together by growth: the onion and the garlic, the gods of the people of Pelusium—all of which go into the belly and are cast out into the drain. [21b] Again, a third time, people sin against heaven when they themselves adore things held together by sensation: fish and dove, dog and dog-headed baboon, crocodile and ox, asp and wolf—images of their own characters.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 15:17 (echo, medium confidence) · Luke 15:18 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some worship plants, others animals.
- The editor deletes “Egyptians” before “dog.” For the belly and the drain cf. Matt 15:17; Mark 7:19. Gebhardt divides the section into 21a and 21b.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ἄγω πάλιν → ἄνω πάλιν; προσκχυγοῦσιν → προσκυνοῦσιν.
Cite (SBL): Act. 21 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-21). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 22
22Gebhardt, 44
ἄνω τέταρτον εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἁμαρτάνουσιν ἄνθρωποι ὅταν προσχυνοῦσιν αὐτοὶ ταῦτα ἃ τῷ λόγῳ συνέχεται, ἀνθρώπους, δαίμονας ὄντας τῇ ἐνεργείᾳ᾽ ϑεοὺς λέγουσιν τοὺς ὄντας τὸ πρὶν ἀνθρώπους, ὡς ἐξελέγχουσιν οὗ παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς μῦϑοι. Διόνυσον γάρ φασιν διασπώμενον xoi ἩΗρακλέα ἐπὶ πυρᾶς ἀγόμενον ζῶντα, τὸν δὲ Δία ϑαπτόμενον ἐν Κρήτη" οἷσπερ dxo- λούϑως συνεζήτηταν τὰ ὀνόματα διὰ τοὺς μύϑους, (δ) ὧν xoi αὐτὰ τὰ ὀνόματα γινώσχεται. διὰ τὸ δυσσεβὲς αὐτῶν μάλιστα παραιτοῦμαι.
anō tetarton eis ouranous hamartanousin anthrōpoi hotan proschynousin autoi tauta ha tǭ logǭ synechetai, anthrōpous, daimonas ontas tę̄ energeią᾽ ϑeous legousin tous ontas to prin anthrōpous, hōs exelenchousin hou par᾽ autois myϑoi. Dionyson gar phasin diaspōmenon xoi HēĒraklea epi pyras agomenon zōnta, ton de Dia ϑaptomenon en Krētē" hoisper dxo- louϑōs synezētētan ta onomata dia tous myϑous, (d) hōn xoi auta ta onomata ginōschetai. dia to dyssebes autōn malista paraitoumai.
Again, a fourth time, people sin against heaven when they themselves adore what is held together by reason: human beings, who are demons by their working. They call gods those who were formerly human beings, as their own myths prove. For they say that Dionysus was torn apart, that Heracles was carried alive onto a pyre, and that Zeus was buried in Crete. In keeping with these myths the names were sought out, ⟨through⟩ which the very names are known. Because of their impiety, above all, I refuse them.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Worship of deified men refuted from the myths themselves.
- The tomb of Zeus in Crete was a stock theme of polemic (cf. Callimachus, Hymn. 1.8–9).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slip; the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break): ἁμαρτάvovcw → ἁμαρτάνουσιν; τὸ roiv ἀνθρώπους → τὸ πρὶν ἀνθρώπους; 4ióvvcov γάρ 4is ἑαυτοὺς ἁμαρτάνουσιν εἰδωλολατροῦντες» Hi. ἄνω] αὐ add. (xal οἱ καρποὶ οἷς τρεφόμεϑα) Hi. «Αἰγύπτιοι eiecit δ παρ᾽ αὐτοὺς cod, corr. K. φασιν → Διόνυσον γάρ φασιν; 4Ζία → Δία.
Extrabiblical texts: Callimachus, Hymn. 1.8 (Callimachus (hymns and fragments); echo)
Cite (SBL): Act. 22 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-22). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 23
23Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπενʼ ᾿Απολλώ, τὸ δόγμα τῆς συγκλήτου ἐστὶν Χριστιανοὺς μὴ εἶναι.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipenʼ ᾿Apollō, to dogma tēs synklētou estin Christianous mē einai.
Perennis the proconsul said, “Apollonius, the decree of the senate is that there are to be no Christians.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The senate has decreed that there shall be no Christians.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Act. 23 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-23). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 24
24Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς δέ, ὁ καὶ Σακκέας, εἶπεν· ᾿Αλλ᾽ οὐ δύναται νικηϑῆναι τὸ δόγμα τοῦ ϑεοῦ ὑπὸ δόγματος ἀνϑρω- πίνου" ὅσῳ γὰρ τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν πεποιϑότας ἀδίκως ἀποχτείνουσιν ἀκρίτως τοὺς μηδὲν ἀδικοῦντας, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον πλῆϑος ὑπὸ τοῦ ϑεοῦ μηκύνεται.
᾿Apollōs de, ho kai Sakkeas, eipen; ᾿All᾽ ou dynatai nikēϑēnai to dogma tou ϑeou hypo dogmatos anϑrō- pinou" hosǭ gar tous eis auton pepoiϑotas adikōs apochteinousin akritōs tous mēden adikountas, tosoutǭ mallon plēϑos hypo tou ϑeou mēkynetai.
Apollonius, also called Saccas, said, “But the decree of God cannot be overcome by a human decree. For the more they unjustly put to death, without trial, those who trust in him and have done no wrong, the more their number is increased by God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Persecution only multiplies the Christians.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): “πολλὼς δέ, ὁ καὶ Σακκέας, εἶπεν" ᾿4λλ᾽ → ᾿Απολλὼς δέ, ὁ καὶ Σακκέας, εἶπεν· ᾿Αλλ᾽; νικηϑῆναν → νικηϑῆναι.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Act. 24 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-24). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 25
25Gebhardt, 44
γινώσχειν δέ σε ϑέλω, Περέννιε, ὅτι καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ συγκλητικοὺς καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς ἔχοντας ἐξουσίαν πολλὴν καὶ ἐπὶ πλουσίους καὶ πτωχοὺς καὶ ἐλευϑέρους καὶ δούλους καὶ μεγώλους xai μιχροὺς xoi σοφοὺς x«i ἰδιώτας ἕνα ϑάνατον ὥρισεν ὁ ϑεὸς ἐπὶ πάντων καὶ δίκην μετὰ ϑάνατον ἔσεσϑαι ἐπὶ πάντας ἀνθρώπους.
ginōschein de se ϑelō, Perennie, hoti kai epi basileis kai epi synklētikous kai epi tous echontas exousian pollēn kai epi plousious kai ptōchous kai eleuϑerous kai doulous kai megōlous xai michrous xoi sophous x«i idiōtas hena ϑanaton hōrisen ho ϑeos epi pantōn kai dikēn meta ϑanaton esesϑai epi pantas anthrōpous.
I want you to know, Perennis, that God has appointed one death for all—for kings and senators and those who hold great power, for rich and poor, free and slave, great and small, wise and unlearned—and that there will be judgment after death for all human beings.
Heb 9:27 (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 17:31 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: One death and one judgment await all.
- Cf. Heb 9:27; Acts 17:31 (Gebhardt's margin).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): xai dni βασιλεῖς → καὶ ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς; ἔσεσϑαε → ἔσεσϑαι.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Act. 25 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-25). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 26
26Gebhardt, 44
διαφορὰ δέ ἐστιν ϑανάτου" διὰ τοῦτο οἱ τοῦ καϑʼ ἡμὰς λόγου μαϑηταὶ καϑ᾽ ἡμέραν ἀποϑθνήσχουσι ταῖς ἡδοναῖς, κολάζοντες τὰς ἐπιϑυμίας δι ἐγκρατείας, βουλόμενον κατὰ τὰς ϑείας ζῆν ἐντολάς. καὶ πίστευσον ἡμῖν ἀληϑῶς, Περέννιε, ὅτε μὴ ψευδόμεϑα" ἔστιν γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ὃν μόριον ἡδονῆς ἀκολάστου παρ᾽ ἡμῖν, πᾶσαν δὲ μᾶλλον αἰσχρὰν ϑέαν ἐξορίζομεν ἐξ ὀφϑαλμῶν (ἡμῶν xai ἐξ ὠτων ἡμῶν ὡσαύτως πάντα λόγον» κολάκων, ὅπως ἄτρωτος ἡμῶν (ἡ καρ) δία μείνη.
diaphora de estin ϑanatou" dia touto hoi tou kaϑʼ hēmas logou maϑētai kaϑ᾽ hēmeran apoϑthnēschousi tais hēdonais, kolazontes tas epiϑymias di enkrateias, boulomenon kata tas ϑeias zēn entolas. kai pisteuson hēmin alēϑōs, Perennie, hote mē pseudomeϑa" estin gar oud᾽ hon morion hēdonēs akolastou par᾽ hēmin, pasan de mallon aischran ϑean exorizomen ex ophϑalmōn (hēmōn xai ex ōtōn hēmōn hōsautōs panta logon» kolakōn, hopōs atrōtos hēmōn (hē kar) dia meinē.
But there is a difference in death. For this reason the disciples of our doctrine die daily to pleasures, chastening their desires by self-control, wishing to live according to the divine commandments. And believe us truly, Perennis, that we are not lying: there is not even a particle of unbridled pleasure among us; rather, we banish every shameful sight from ⟨our⟩ eyes, and likewise ⟨from our ears every word⟩ of flatterers, so that ⟨our heart⟩ may remain unwounded.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
1 Cor 15:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gal 5:24 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians die daily to pleasure and guard eyes and ears.
- Cf. 1 Cor 15:31; Gal 5:24 (Gebhardt's margin). The words in angle brackets are editors' supplements where the manuscript is defective.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): mag ἡμῖν → παρ᾽ ἡμῖν.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Act. 26 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-26). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 27
27Gebhardt, 44
τοιαύτῃ δὲ προαιρέσει τοῦ βίου χρώμενοι, ἀνθύπατε, οὐ χαλεπὸν ἡγούμεϑα τὸ ϑνήσχειν διὰ τὸν ὄντως ϑεόν. αὐτὸ γὰρ ὅ ἐσμεν διὰ ϑεόν ἐσμεν. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ πάντα καρτεροῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ χαχῶς ἀποϑάνωμεν.
toiautę̄ de proairesei tou biou chrōmenoi, anthypate, ou chalepon hēgoumeϑa to ϑnēschein dia ton ontōs ϑeon. auto gar ho esmen dia ϑeon esmen. dia touto kai panta karteroumen, hina mē chachōs apoϑanōmen.
Following such a chosen way of life, proconsul, we do not consider it hard to die for the true God. For what we are, we are through God. For this reason we endure all things, so that we may not die an evil death.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christians endure all things and do not fear dying for God.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 27 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-27). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 28
28Gebhardt, 44
εἴτε γὰρ ζῶμεν, εἴτε ἀποθνήσκομεν, τοῦ κυρίου ἐσμέν. δύναται δὲ πολλάκις καὶ δυσεντερία καὶ πυρετὸς ἀποχτεῖναι" νομίσω οὖν ὡς ὑφ᾽ ἑνὸς τούτων ἀναιρεῖσϑαι.
eite gar zōmen, eite apothnēskomen, tou kyriou esmen. dynatai de pollakis kai dysenteria kai pyretos apochteinai" nomisō oun hōs hyph᾽ henos toutōn anaireisϑai.
For whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. And dysentery and fever too can often kill; so I will consider that I am being carried off by one of these.”
Rom 14:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Death for Christ is no worse than death by disease.
- Rom 14:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break): ἀκολάκων Hi., om. ἡμῶν---λόγον ψυχὴ, διαμείνῃ Hi, Φ sive ἀποθνήσκομεν → εἴτε ἀποθνήσκομεν.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 28 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-28). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 29
29Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν. Τοῦτο κεχριχώς, ᾿Απολλώ, ἡδέως ἀποθνήσκεις:
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen. Touto kechrichōs, ᾿Apollō, hēdeōs apothnēskeis:
Perennis the proconsul said, “Having decided this, Apollonius, do you die gladly?”
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Summary: Perennis asks whether he dies gladly.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble): 4n04À0 → ᾿Απολλώ.
Cite (SBL): Act. 29 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-29). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 30
30Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Ἡδέως μὲν ζῶ, Περέννιε, οὐ μέντοι δεδοικὼς τὸν ϑάνατον διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ ζῆν φιλίαν" οὐδὲν γὰρ ζωῆς τιμιώτερον, ζωῆς δὲ τῆς αἰωνίου, [ζωῆς] ἥτις ἐστὶν ἀϑανασία τῆς ἐν τῷδε τῷ βίῳ καλῶς βεβιωκυίης ψυχῆς.
᾿Apollōs eipen; Hēdeōs men zō, Perennie, ou mentoi dedoikōs ton ϑanaton dia tēn pros to zēn philian" ouden gar zōēs timiōteron, zōēs de tēs aiōniou, [zōēs] hētis estin aϑanasia tēs en tǭde tǭ biǭ kalōs bebiōkuiēs psychēs.
Apollonius said, “I live gladly, Perennis; yet I do not fear death out of love of life. For nothing is more precious than life—but eternal life, which is immortality for the soul that has lived well in this life.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius values eternal life above this life.
- The editor deletes a repeated “life” before “which is.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): “πολλὼς εἶπεν: Ἡδέως μὲν bo, → ᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν· Ἡδέως μὲν ζῶ,; vic ἐν → τῆς ἐν.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Act. 30 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-30). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 31
31Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν" Οὐκ οἶδα τί λέγεις οὐδὲ ἐπίσταμαι περὶ ὧν νομικῶς ἀπαγγέλλεις μοι.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen" Ouk oida ti legeis oude epistamai peri hōn nomikōs apangelleis moi.
Perennis the proconsul said, “I do not know what you are saying, nor do I understand the things you set out to me as matters of your law.”
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Summary: Perennis does not understand.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): à ἀνθύπατος → ὁ ἀνθύπατος.
Cite (SBL): Act. 31 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-31). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 32
32Gebhardt, 44
Απολλὼς εἶπεν" Τί οὖν σοι, καὶ συμπαϑῶ ἐγὼ οὕτως ἀνοήτῳ ὄντι περὶ τὰ καλὰ τῆς χάριτος" βλεπούσης γὰρ καρδίας ἐστίν, Περέννιε, ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου, ὡς βλεπόντων ὀφϑαλμῶν τὸ φῶς, ἐπεὶ οὐδὲν ὠφελεῖ ἄνθρωπος ἀνοήτοις προσφϑεγγόμενος, ὡς οὐδὲ τὸ φῶς ἀνατέλλον τυφλοῖς.
Apollōs eipen" Ti oun soi, kai sympaϑō egō houtōs anoētǭ onti peri ta kala tēs charitos" blepousēs gar kardias estin, Perennie, ho logos tou kyriou, hōs blepontōn ophϑalmōn to phōs, epei ouden ōphelei anthrōpos anoētois prosphϑengomenos, hōs oude to phōs anatellon typhlois.
Apollonius said, “What, then, can I do for you? I too pity you for being so insensible to the beauties of grace. For the word of the Lord, Perennis, belongs to a seeing heart, as light belongs to seeing eyes; since a person does no good by speaking to the senseless, just as the rising light does no good to the blind.”
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Summary: The word of the Lord needs a seeing heart.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Τί οὖν co, → Τί οὖν σοι,; χαλὰ → καλὰ.
Cite (SBL): Act. 32 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-32). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 33
33Gebhardt, 44
Κυνικὸς δέ τις φιλόσοφος εἶπεν" ᾿Απολλώ, σεαυτῷ λοιδοροῖ, πολὺ γὰρ πεπλάνησαι, κἂν δοκῇς σκοτεινόλογος εἶναι.
Kynikos de tis philosophos eipen" ᾿Apollō, seautǭ loidoroi, poly gar peplanēsai, kan dokę̄s skoteinologos einai.
A certain Cynic philosopher said, “Apollonius, you are insulting yourself; for you have gone far astray, even if you fancy yourself a speaker of deep things.”
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Summary: A Cynic philosopher mocks Apollonius.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): πολὲ γὰρ → πολὺ γὰρ.
Cite (SBL): Act. 33 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-33). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 34
34Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς εἶπεν" Ἐγὼ μεμάϑηκα εὔχεσθαι, οὐ λοιδορεῖν. ὁμολογεῖ δὲ ἡ ὑπόχρισις ἡ ἐν σοὶ τὴν ἀβλεψίαν τῆς καρδίας σου, εἰ καὶ προελεύση εἰς πλῆϑος ἀργολογίας" τοῖς γὰρ ἀνοήτοις ἡ ἀλήϑεια ὄντως λοιδορία νομιστέα.
᾿Apollōs eipen" Egō memaϑēka euchesthai, ou loidorein. homologei de hē hypochrisis hē en soi tēn ablepsian tēs kardias sou, ei kai proeleusē eis plēϑos argologias" tois gar anoētois hē alēϑeia ontōs loidoria nomistea.
Apollonius said, “I have learned to pray, not to insult. But the hypocrisy in you confesses the blindness of your heart, even if you go on to a flood of idle talk; for to the senseless the truth is indeed counted an insult.”
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Summary: Apollonius answers the philosopher.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral 34 garbled): δι᾿ Απολλὼς → ᾿Απολλὼς; γομιστέα → νομιστέα.
Cite (SBL): Act. 34 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-34). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 35
35Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν" Ἴσμεν καὶ ἡμεῖς ὅτι ὁ λόγος τοῦ ϑεοῦ γεννήτωρ καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ σώματός ἔστιν τῶν δικαίων, ὁ λογώσας καὶ διδάξας ὡς φίλον ἐστὶν τῷ ϑεῷ.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen" Ismen kai hēmeis hoti ho logos tou ϑeou gennētōr kai psychēs kai sōmatos estin tōn dikaiōn, ho logōsas kai didaxas hōs philon estin tǭ ϑeǭ.
Perennis the proconsul said, “We too know that the Word of God is the begetter of both the soul and the body of the righteous, who gave them speech and taught them what is dear to God.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis speaks of the Word of God.
- The words are strange in Perennis's mouth; Knopf brackets “who gave them speech … to God,” and Bt. supposes a gap in which Apollonius was speaking.
Cite (SBL): Act. 35 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-35). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 36
36Gebhardt, 44
Ἀπολλὼς εἶπεν: Οὗτος ὁ σωτὴρ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ὡς ἄνθρωπος γενάμενος ἐν τῆ Ιουδαίᾳ, κατὰ πάντα δίκαιος καὶ πεπληρωμένος ϑείᾳ σοφίᾳ, φιλανϑρώπως ἐδίδαξεν ἡμᾶς τίς ὁ τῶν ὅλων ϑεὸς καὶ τί τέλος ἀρετῆς ἐπὶ σεμνὴν πολιτείαν ἁρμόζον» πρὸς τὰς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ψυχάς" ὃς διὰ τοῦ παϑεῖν ἔπαυσεν τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν.
Apollōs eipen: Houtos ho sōtēr hēmōn Iēsous Christos hōs anthrōpos genamenos en tē Ioudaią, kata panta dikaios kai peplērōmenos ϑeią sophią, philanϑrōpōs edidaxen hēmas tis ho tōn holōn ϑeos kai ti telos aretēs epi semnēn politeian harmozon» pros tas tōn anthrōpōn psychas" hos dia tou paϑein epausen tas archas tōn hamartiōn.
Apollonius said, “This one, our Savior Jesus Christ, having become a man in Judea, righteous in all things and filled with divine wisdom, taught us out of love for humanity who the God of all is, and what goal of virtue is fitting for a holy way of life, suited to human souls; who by his suffering put an end to the beginnings of sins.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 3:15 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ, made man, taught the knowledge of God and by his suffering ended sin.
- Cf. Matt 3:15 for “righteous in all things” (Gebhardt's margin). Bt. suspects a gap in the dialogue here.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral 36 garbled; the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break): ἐθ»Ἀπολλὼς → Ἀπολλὼς; ὅτι (...... ᾿Απολλὼς sizev:...... ὅτε) Bt. ὃ Aoyοἶτος Bt. → ; δετῶν → τῶν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Act. 36 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-36). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 37
37Gebhardt, 44
ἐδίδαξεν γὰρ ϑυμὸν παύειν, ἐπιϑυμίαν μετρεῖν, ἡδονὰς κολάζειν, λύπας ἐχχόπτειν, κοινωνικοὺς γίνεσθαι, φιλίαν αὔξειν, κενοδοξίαν καθαίρειν, πρὸς ἄμυναν ἀδικούντων μὴ τρέπεσϑαι, διὰ τὸν τῆς δίκης ϑεσμὸν ϑανάτου καταφρονεῖν, οὐ διὰ τὸ ἀδικεῖν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ ἀνέχεσϑαι ἀδικουμένους, ἔτει δὲ νόμῳ τῷ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ δοϑέντι πείϑεσθαι, βασιλέα τιμᾶν, ϑεὸν σέβειν μόνον ἀϑάνατον, ψυχὴν ἀϑάνατον πιστεύειν, δίκην μετὰ ϑάνατον πεπεῖσϑαι, γέρας πόνων ἀρετῆς μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐλπίζειν παρὰ ϑεοῦ δοϑησομένην τοῖς εὐσεβῶς βιώσασιν.
edidaxen gar ϑymon pauein, epiϑymian metrein, hēdonas kolazein, lypas echchoptein, koinōnikous ginesthai, philian auxein, kenodoxian kathairein, pros amynan adikountōn mē trepesϑai, dia ton tēs dikēs ϑesmon ϑanatou kataphronein, ou dia to adikein alla dia to anechesϑai adikoumenous, etei de nomǭ tǭ hyp᾽ autou doϑenti peiϑesthai, basilea timan, ϑeon sebein monon aϑanaton, psychēn aϑanaton pisteuein, dikēn meta ϑanaton pepeisϑai, geras ponōn aretēs meta tēn anastasin elpizein para ϑeou doϑēsomenēn tois eusebōs biōsasin.
For he taught us to stop anger, to keep desire within measure, to chasten pleasures, to cut off griefs, to share with others, to increase love, to purge away vainglory, not to turn to revenge against those who wrong us, to despise death because of the ordinance of judgment—not for doing wrong, but for bearing wrong patiently—and, further, to obey the law given by him, to honor the emperor, to worship God alone as immortal, to believe the soul immortal, to be convinced of judgment after death, and to hope for the reward of the labors of virtue after the resurrection, to be given by God to those who have lived godly lives.
1 Pet 2:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: A summary of Christ's moral teaching and Christian hope.
- “Honor the emperor”: 1 Pet 2:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): δοϑθησομένην → δοϑησομένην.
Topics: Ethics, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Act. 37 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-37). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 38
38Gebhardt, 44
ταῦτα διδάξας ἡμᾶς ἐναργῶς καὶ πείσας μετὰ πολλῆς ἀποδείξεως δόξαν μὲν αὐτὸς ἀρετῆς μεγάλην ἀπηνέγκατο, ἐφϑονήϑη δὲ πρὸς τῶν ἀπαιδεύτων, καϑʼ ἃ καὶ οἱ πρὸ αὐτοῦ δίκαιοί τε καὶ φιλόσοφοι" οἱ γὰρ δίκαιοι τοῖς ἀδίκοις ἄχρηστοι.
tauta didaxas hēmas enargōs kai peisas meta pollēs apodeixeōs doxan men autos aretēs megalēn apēnenkato, ephϑonēϑē de pros tōn apaideutōn, kaϑʼ ha kai hoi pro autou dikaioi te kai philosophoi" hoi gar dikaioi tois adikois achrēstoi.
Having taught us these things clearly and persuaded us with much proof, he himself won great glory for virtue, but he was envied by the uneducated, as were the righteous and the philosophers before him; for the righteous are useless to the unrighteous.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ was envied, as the righteous always are.
- “The righteous” follows Knopf's correction of the manuscript's “servants.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral 38 fused with the word): ϑδϑταῦτα → ταῦτα; δίκαιον τοῖς → δίκαιοι τοῖς.
Cite (SBL): Act. 38 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-38). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 39
39Gebhardt, 44
χαϑ᾽ ἃ καὶ λόγος τις ἄφρονας ἀδίκως εἰπεῖν. Δήσωμεν τὸν δίκαιον, ὅτε δύσχρηστος ἡμῖν ἔστιν.
chaϑ᾽ ha kai logos tis aphronas adikōs eipein. Dēsōmen ton dikaion, hote dyschrēstos hēmin estin.
So also a certain saying has the foolish say unjustly: “Let us bind the righteous one, for he is troublesome to us.”
Isa 3:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture foretold the binding of the righteous.
- Isa 3:10 in the Greek (LXX) wording (Gebhardt's margin); cf. Wis 2:12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): 4Ζήσωμεν → Δήσωμεν.
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 2:12 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; echo)
Cite (SBL): Act. 39 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-39). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 40
40Gebhardt, 44
καὶ τῶν παρ᾽ Ἕλλησιν δέ τις, ὡς ἀκούομεν: Ὁ δὲ δίκαιος, φησίν, μαστιγωθήσεται, στρεβλωϑήσεται, δεϑήσεται, ἐχκαυϑήσεταν τὼ ὀφϑαλμώ, τελευτῶν πάντα τὰ κακὰ παϑὼν ἀνασκχολοπισϑήσεται.
kai tōn par᾽ Hellēsin de tis, hōs akouomen: Ho de dikaios, phēsin, mastigōthēsetai, streblōϑēsetai, deϑēsetai, echkauϑēsetan tō ophϑalmō, teleutōn panta ta kaka paϑōn anaskcholopisϑēsetai.
And one of the Greeks too, as we hear, says: “The righteous man will be scourged, racked, bound, will have his eyes burned out, and at last, having suffered every evil, will be impaled.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Plato also foretold the suffering of the righteous man.
- Plato, Resp. 2.361e–362a.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; section numeral 40 garbled): "xai τῶν → καὶ τῶν; dxovouev → ἀκούομεν.
Extrabiblical texts: Plato, Resp. 361e (Plato (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Act. 40 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-40). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 41
41Gebhardt, 44
ὥσπερ οὖν Σωκράτους οἱ ᾿4΄ϑηναῖοι συχοφάνται ἀδίκως κατεψηφίσαντο, πείσαντες καὶ τὸν δῆμον, οὕτως καὶ τοῦ xa9' ἡμᾶς διδασκάλου τε καὶ σωτῆρος ἔνιοι τῶν πανούργων κατεψηφίσαντο ⟨ὀνει⟩δίσαντες αὐτόν.
hōsper oun Sōkratous hoi ᾿4΄ϑēnaioi sychophantai adikōs katepsēphisanto, peisantes kai ton dēmon, houtōs kai tou xa9' hēmas didaskalou te kai sōtēros enioi tōn panourgōn katepsēphisanto ⟨onei⟩disantes auton.
So just as the informers of Athens condemned Socrates unjustly, persuading the people as well, so also certain villains condemned our teacher and Savior, having reviled him,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ was condemned like Socrates.
- “Having reviled” rests on the editor's restoration of a damaged word.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; OCR slip): ἐδίκως → ἀδίκως; κατεινηφίσαντο — vÓver)Óícarvreg → κατεψηφίσαντο ⟨ὀνει⟩δίσαντες.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Act. 41 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-41). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 42
42Gebhardt, 44
ὥσπερ καὶ τοὺς ⟨πρὸ αὐτοῦ⟩ προφήτας, οἵτινες πολλὰ προεῖπον ἔνδοξα περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρός, ὅτι τοιοῦτός τις ἀφίξεται πάντα δίκαιος καὶ ἐνάρετος, ὃς εἰς πάντας εὖ ποιήσας ἀνθρώπους ἐπ᾽ ἀρετῇ πείσει σέβειν τὸν πάντων ϑεόν, ὃν ἡμεῖς φϑάσαντες τιμῶμεν, ὅτι ἐμάϑομεν σεμνὰς ἐντολὰς ἃς οὐκ ὕδειμεν, καὶ οὐ πεπλανήμεϑα. εἰ δὲ καὶ πλάνη τις εἴη τοιαύτη ὡς xaJ' ὑμᾶς ἡ λέγουσα ψυχὴν μὲν ἀϑάνατον, δίκην δὲ μετὰ ϑάνατον καὶ πέρας ἀρετῆς ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει καὶ ϑεὸν δικαστήν, ἡδέως ἂν τὴν τοιαύτην ἀπάτην ἀποφεροίμεϑα, διʼ ἧς μάλιστα τὸ καλῶς βιοῦν μεμαϑήκαμεν, τὴν μέλλουσαν ἐλπίδα ἀπεκδεχόμενοι, καίτοι τὰ ἐναντία πάσχοντες.
hōsper kai tous ⟨pro autou⟩ prophētas, hoitines polla proeipon endoxa peri tou andros, hoti toioutos tis aphixetai panta dikaios kai enaretos, hos eis pantas eu poiēsas anthrōpous ep᾽ aretę̄ peisei sebein ton pantōn ϑeon, hon hēmeis phϑasantes timōmen, hoti emaϑomen semnas entolas has ouk hydeimen, kai ou peplanēmeϑa. ei de kai planē tis eiē toiautē hōs xaJ' hymas hē legousa psychēn men aϑanaton, dikēn de meta ϑanaton kai peras aretēs en tę̄ anastasei kai ϑeon dikastēn, hēdeōs an tēn toiautēn apatēn apopheroimeϑa, diʼ hēs malista to kalōs bioun memaϑēkamen, tēn mellousan elpida apekdechomenoi, kaitoi ta enantia paschontes.
just as they did the prophets ⟨before him⟩, who foretold many glorious things about the man: that such a one would come, righteous and virtuous in all things, who, having done good to all people, would by his virtue persuade them to worship the God of all—whom we, having come to him first, honor, because we have learned holy commandments which we did not know, and we have not been led astray. [42b] But even if it were a delusion, as you say—this teaching that the soul is immortal, that there is judgment after death and a goal of virtue at the resurrection, and God as judge—we would gladly carry off such a deception, through which above all we have learned to live well, awaiting the hope to come, even though we suffer the opposite.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Even if Christian hope were a delusion, it teaches a good life.
- “Before him” is the editor's supplement. “Goal of virtue” (πέρας); Knopf proposed γέρας, “reward.” Gebhardt divides the section into 42a and 42b.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble of the editor's supplement; OCR garble; the section numeral 42b was lost; OCR slip; line number in the text): {πρὸ αὐτοῦν → ⟨πρὸ αὐτοῦ⟩; περὲ τοῦ ἀνδρός → περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρός; πεπλάνήμεϑα a δὲ, xai πλάγη → πεπλανήμεϑα. εἰ δὲ καὶ πλάνη; δίκην δὲ 1ὸ μετὰ → δίκην δὲ μετὰ.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Act. 42 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-42). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 43
43Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνθύπατος εἶπεν: Ἐνόμιζόν σε, ᾿Απολλώ, τὸ λοιπὸν μεταβεβλῆσϑαι τῆς τοιαύτης προαιρέσεως xoi σέβειν μεϑ᾽ ἡμῶν τοὺς ϑεούς.
Perennios ho anthypatos eipen: Enomizon se, ᾿Apollō, to loipon metabeblēsϑai tēs toiautēs proaireseōs xoi sebein meϑ᾽ hēmōn tous ϑeous.
Perennis the proconsul said, “I thought, Apollonius, that you had now changed from this resolve and would worship the gods with us.”
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis had hoped Apollonius would change his mind.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ἐνόμιξζόν → Ἐνόμιζόν; μεταβεβλῆσϑαν → μεταβεβλῆσϑαι.
Cite (SBL): Act. 43 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 44
44Gebhardt, 44
Ἀπολλὼς εἶπεν· Ἐγὼ ἤλπιζον, ἀνθϑύπατε, τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς διαλογισμούς σοι παρεῖναι xai πεφωτίσϑαι σου τοὺς τῆς ψυχῆς ὀφθαλμοὺς διὰ τῆς ἀπολογίας μου, ὥστε τὴν καρδίαν σου καρποφοροῦσαν ϑεὸν τὸν ποιητὴν πάντων σέβειν τούτῳ ve καϑʼ ἡμέραν δι᾿ ἐλεημοσυνῶν καὶ φιλανϑρώπου τρόπου τὰς εὐχὰς ἀναπέμπειν μόνῳ, ϑυσίαν ἀναίμακτον καὶ χαϑαρὰν τῷ ϑεῷ.
Apollōs eipen; Egō ēlpizon, anthϑypate, tous eusebeis dialogismous soi pareinai xai pephōtisϑai sou tous tēs psychēs ophthalmous dia tēs apologias mou, hōste tēn kardian sou karpophorousan ϑeon ton poiētēn pantōn sebein toutǭ ve kaϑʼ hēmeran di᾿ eleēmosynōn kai philanϑrōpou tropou tas euchas anapempein monǭ, ϑysian anaimakton kai chaϑaran tǭ ϑeǭ.
Apollonius said, “I hoped, proconsul, that godly thoughts would come to you and that the eyes of your soul would be enlightened by my defense, so that your heart would bear fruit and worship God the maker of all, and would daily send up your prayers to him alone through almsgiving and a humane way of life—a bloodless and pure sacrifice to God.”
Eph 1:18 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Apollonius hoped Perennis would be enlightened.
- Cf. Eph 1:18 for the eyes of the heart enlightened.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; the editor's apparatus leaked into the text at the page break; OCR slip): *'AroAAonc πρὸ αὐτοῦ add. K. (xarà) πάντα Hi. 4s. [eic]? πάντας Bt. ΄ εἶπεν. → Ἀπολλὼς εἶπεν·; vovg εὐσεβεῖς → τοὺς εὐσεβεῖς; πεφωτίσϑαν → πεφωτίσϑαι.
Topics: Prayer
Cite (SBL): Act. 44 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 45
45Gebhardt, 44
Περέννιος ὁ ἀνϑύπατος εἶπεν· Θέλω σε ἀπολῦσαι, ᾿“πολλώ, κωλύομαι δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δόγματος Κομόδου τοῦ αὐτοχράτορος" πλὴν φιλανθρώπως χρήσομαί σοι ἐν τῷ ϑανάτῳ. καὶ ἔδωκεν σίγνον κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ κατεαγῆναι τοῦ μάρτυρος τὰ σκέλη.
Perennios ho anϑypatos eipen; Thelō se apolysai, ᾿“pollō, kōlyomai de hypo tou dogmatos Komodou tou autochratoros" plēn philanthrōpōs chrēsomai soi en tǭ ϑanatǭ. kai edōken signon kat᾽ autou kateagēnai tou martyros ta skelē.
Perennis the proconsul said, “I want to release you, Apollonius, but I am prevented by the decree of the emperor Commodus. Still, I will treat you humanely in your death.” [45b] And he gave the order against him that the martyr's legs be broken.
Notes and citation
Summary: Perennis sentences Apollonius to have his legs broken.
- “Order”: the Latin loanword signum. The Armenian version (in Gebhardt's German translation) has him beheaded; the Greek has his legs broken. Gebhardt divides the section into 45a and 45b.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble; section numeral 45b; OCR slip): simsv: Θέλω ce → εἶπεν· Θέλω σε; co. àv τῷ ϑανάτῳ. Δ χαὶ ἔδωχεν σίγνον xcv → σοι ἐν τῷ ϑανάτῳ. καὶ ἔδωκεν σίγνον κατ᾽.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 45 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 46
46Gebhardt, 44
᾿Απολλὼς δέ, ὃ καὶ Σακκχέας, εἶπεν. Εὐχὰριστῶ τῷ ϑεῷ μου, Περέννιε ἀνϑύπατε, σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ὁμολογήσασι ϑεὸν παντοχράτορα καὶ τὸν μονογεννῇ αὐτοῦ υἱὸν ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα καὶ περὶ τῆσδε τῆς ἐμοὶ σωτηριώδους ἀποφάσεώς σου.
᾿Apollōs de, ho kai Sakkcheas, eipen. Eucharistō tǭ ϑeǭ mou, Perennie anϑypate, syn pasi tois homologēsasi ϑeon pantochratora kai ton monogennę̄ autou huion ᾿Iēsoun Christon kai to hagion pneuma kai peri tēsde tēs emoi sōtēriōdous apophaseōs sou.
Apollonius, also called Saccas, said, “I thank my God, Perennis, proconsul, together with all who have confessed God almighty and his only-begotten Son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, also for this sentence of yours, which brings me salvation.”
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Summary: Apollonius gives thanks for his sentence.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (section numeral 46 garbled): Θ᾽ Απολλὼς → ᾿Απολλὼς.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 46 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-46). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 47
47Gebhardt, 44
Τοιοῦτον τέλος ἔνδοξον μαρτυρίου νηφούσῃ ψυχῇ xoi προϑύμῳ καρδίᾳ ἐνήρξατο ὁ ἀγιώτατος ἀϑλοφόρος οὗτος, ⟨᾿Απολλὼς⟩ ὁ καὶ Σαχκέας. ἡ δὲ κυρία τῶν ἡμερῶν, χκαϑ᾽ ἣν παλαίσας τῷ πονηρῷ τὸ βραβεῖον ὅ τῆς νίκης ἐκομίσατο, σήμερον ἐνέστηκεν. Δεῦρο τοίνυν τοῖς ἐχείνου καλοῖς ἀνδραγαϑήμασιν, ἀδελφοί, τὴν ἑαυτῶν ψυχὴν εἰς πίστιν ἐπιρρώσαντες ἐραστὰς éavτοὺς τῆς τοιαύτης χάριτος καταστήσωμεν δὲʼ ἐλέους xai χάριτος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μεϑ᾽ ob τῷ Oeo καὶ πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι (ἡ) δόξα καὶ τὸ χράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν ἀιώνων, ἀμήν. Ἐμαρτύρησεν ὃ τρισμαχάριστος ᾿“πολλώς, ὁ καὶ Σακχκέας, πρὸ ἕνδεκα καλανδῶν Μαΐου κατὰ Ρωμαίους, κατὰ δὲ ᾿Ασιανοὺς μηνὸς ὀγδόου ⟨κα'⟩, κατὰ δὲ ἡμᾶς βασιλεύοντος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ, à ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν.
Toiouton telos endoxon martyriou nēphousę̄ psychę̄ xoi proϑymǭ kardią enērxato ho agiōtatos aϑlophoros houtos, ⟨᾿Apollōs⟩ ho kai Sachkeas. hē de kyria tōn hēmerōn, chkaϑ᾽ hēn palaisas tǭ ponērǭ to brabeion ho tēs nikēs ekomisato, sēmeron enestēken. Deuro toinyn tois echeinou kalois andragaϑēmasin, adelphoi, tēn heautōn psychēn eis pistin epirrōsantes erastas eavtous tēs toiautēs charitos katastēsōmen deʼ eleous xai charitos Iēsou Christou, meϑ᾽ ob tǭ Oeo kai patri syn hagiǭ pneumati (hē) doxa kai to chratos eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn, amēn. Emartyrēsen ho trismacharistos ᾿“pollōs, ho kai Sakchkeas, pro hendeka kalandōn Maïou kata Rōmaious, kata de ᾿Asianous mēnos ogdoou ⟨ka'⟩, kata de hēmas basileuontos tou kyriou hēmōn ᾿Iēsou Christou, a hē doxa eis tous aiōnas, amēn.
Such was the glorious end of martyrdom upon which this most holy champion, ⟨Apollonius⟩ also called Saccas, entered with a sober soul and an eager heart. And the appointed day on which, having wrestled with the evil one, he carried off the prize of victory, is here today. Come then, brothers, let us strengthen our souls in faith by his noble deeds and make ourselves lovers of such grace, through the mercy and grace of Jesus Christ, with whom be ⟨the⟩ glory and the might to God the Father with the Holy Spirit, to the ages of ages. Amen. [47b] The thrice-blessed Apollonius, also called Saccas, was martyred on the eleventh day before the Kalends of May according to the Romans, and according to the Asians on the ⟨21st⟩ of the eighth month, and according to us in the reign of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory to the ages. Amen.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Closing exhortation and date of the martyrdom (April 21).
- “Apollonius” and the day number are editors' supplements. Gebhardt divides the section into 47a and 47b.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR garble of the editor's supplement; section numeral 47a garbled; section numeral 47b garbled; stray mark): 4'* Τοιοῦτον → Τοιοῦτον; (᾿“πολλὼςλ) → ⟨᾿Απολλὼς⟩; f Ἐμαρτύρησεν → Ἐμαρτύρησεν; (xoa') → ⟨κα'⟩; ἀμήν. — → ἀμήν..
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Act. 47 (Gebhardt, 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/martyrium-apollonii/0/#p-47). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original (Gebhardt, Acta martyrum selecta, 1902, or Knopf, Ausgewählte Märtyrerakten, 1913; new OCR, slips corrected as logged); compared afterwards with ANF where it has the text, otherwise re-read against the original.