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Book IV.
Chapter I.—Halt at
Dora.
Having set out from
Cæsarea on the way to Tripolis, we made our first stoppage at a
small town called Dora, because it was not far distant; and almost all
those who had believed through the preaching of Peter could scarcely
bear to be separated from him, but walked along with us, again and
again gazing upon him, again and again embracing him, again and again
conversing with him, until we came to the inn. On the following
day we came to Ptolemais, where we stayed ten days; and when a
considerable number had received the word of God, we signified to some
of them who seemed particularly attentive, and wished to detain us
longer for the sake of instruction, that they might, if so disposed,
follow us to Tripolis. We acted in the same way at Tyre, and
Sidon, and Berytus, and announced to those who desired to hear further
discourses, that we were to spend the winter at Tripolis.718
| 718 [In books iv.–vi. the scene
is laid at Tripolis. The same city is the locality to which
Homilies VIII.–XI. are assigned. The intervening portion
(Homilies IV.–VII.) gives the details of the journey here alluded
to, telling of various discourses at Tyre. Some of the matter of
these discourses occurs in the Recognitions, but under different
circumstances. The heathen disputants are not the
same.
The parallelisms of the portions assigned to Tripolis
are as follows: book iv. has its counterpart in Homily VIII. and
in much of Homily IX.; book v. has a parallel in Homily X. and it,
parts of XI.; book vi. in its general outline resembles Homily XI.
The discourses of the Apostle as
given in the Recognitions are more orderly and logical than
those in the Homilies. The views presented differ
somewhat, in accordance with the general character of the two
works. Much of the matter in the Recognitions occurs in a
different order in the Homilies, but the internal evidence seems
to point to the priority of the former. Both might be different
manipulations of a common documentary source, but that theory is not
necessarily applicable to these portions of the
literature.—R.] | Therefore, as all those who were
anxious followed Peter from each city, we were a great multitude of
elect ones when we entered into Tripolis. On our arrival, the
brethren who had been sent before met us before the gates of the city;
and taking us under their charge, conducted us to the various lodgings
which they had prepared. Then there arose a commotion
in the city, and a great
assemblage of persons desirous to see Peter.719
| 719
[“Maroones,” Homily VIII. 1.—R.] |
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