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PARALLEL HISTORY BIBLE - John 1:3
CHAPTERS: John 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 
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LXX- Greek Septuagint - John 1:3 παντα 3956 δι 1223 αυτου 846 εγενετο 1096 5633 και 2532 χωρις 5565 αυτου 846 εγενετο 1096 5633 ουδε 3761 εν 1520 ο 3739 γεγονεν 1096 5754
Douay Rheims Bible All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made.
King James Bible - John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
World English Bible All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
Early Church Father Links Anf-01 ix.iii.iii Pg 10, Anf-01 ix.iv.ix Pg 10, Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 29, Anf-01 v.xiv.vi Pg 2, Anf-01 v.xiv.vi Pg 10, Anf-01 ix.ii.xxiii Pg 4, Anf-01 ix.iv.xxii Pg 41, Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiii Pg 5, Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 30, Anf-02 ii.ii.iii Pg 37.3, Anf-02 iii.ii.xix Pg 4.1, Anf-02 vi.iii.i.xi Pg 7.1, Anf-02 vi.iii.i.vii Pg 34.1, Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.v Pg 8.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.i.ix Pg 5.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.vii Pg 7.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xi Pg 50.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xv Pg 35.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xvi Pg 40.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xvii Pg 19.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.vii.iii Pg 14.1, Anf-02 vi.iii.ii.ix Pg 16.1, Anf-02 vi.iv.ix Pg 112.1, Anf-03 v.ix.xxi Pg 3, Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xix Pg 10, Anf-03 v.v.xxii Pg 11, Anf-03 v.v.xlv Pg 4, Anf-03 v.viii.v Pg 4, Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 13, Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 17, Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 18, Anf-03 v.ix.xii Pg 11, Anf-03 v.ix.xv Pg 26, Anf-03 v.ix.xix Pg 8, Anf-03 v.v.xx Pg 13, Anf-04 vi.v.i Pg 17, Anf-04 vi.v.ii.ii Pg 40, Anf-04 vi.v.v.iii Pg 40, Anf-04 vi.ix.vi.v Pg 4, Anf-04 vi.v.ii.vii Pg 3, Anf-05 iii.iii.iii.v Pg 3, Anf-05 vi.iii.xiv Pg 7, Anf-05 vi.iii.xvi Pg 8, Anf-05 vi.iii.xviii Pg 4, Anf-05 vi.iii.xxii Pg 6, Anf-05 iii.iii.iii.iv Pg 11, Anf-05 iii.iv.ii.iv Pg 76, Anf-06 iii.iv.iii.vii Pg 3, Anf-06 iii.iv.v.ii Pg 23, Anf-06 x.iii.i Pg 20, Anf-06 x.iii.ii Pg 14, Anf-06 xi.viii Pg 11, Anf-07 iii.ii.iv.viii Pg 24, Anf-07 vi.i Pg 29, Anf-08 vi.iii.x.xxxiv Pg 3, Anf-09 iv.iii.i Pg 7, Anf-09 xv.iii.ii.vi Pg 3, Anf-09 xv.iii.i.xxii Pg 5, Anf-09 xv.iii.i.xxiv Pg 3, Npnf-101 vi.V.III Pg 12, Npnf-101 vi.XI.II Pg 21, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.vii Pg 9, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.vii Pg 9, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.vi Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.vi Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.xi Pg 8, Npnf-103 iv.i.iii.xi Pg 8, Npnf-103 iv.ii.xl Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.ii.xl Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.ix Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.ix Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.i.ix.i Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.i.ix.i Pg 4, Npnf-103 iv.i.vi.xxi Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.i.vi.xxi Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.xvi Pg 8, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.xvi Pg 8, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.xvii Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.i.iv.xvii Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.iv.iii Pg 10, Npnf-103 iv.iv.iii Pg 10, Npnf-103 iv.iv.v Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.iv.v Pg 3, Npnf-103 iv.iv.x Pg 24, Npnf-103 iv.iv.x Pg 24, Npnf-103 iv.i.xvii.xxvi Pg 19, Npnf-104 iv.vi.viii Pg 4, Npnf-104 iv.vii.ii Pg 34, Npnf-104 iv.ix.xxviii Pg 13, Npnf-104 iv.iv.xviii Pg 5, Npnf-104 iv.x.xxvi Pg 8, Npnf-105 xvi.vi.lviii Pg 3, Npnf-105 xvi.vi.lxi Pg 3, Npnf-106 vi.iv.iv Pg 5, Npnf-106 vii.iv Pg 21, Npnf-106 vii.xv Pg 13, Npnf-106 vii.xlix Pg 19, Npnf-106 vii.lxix Pg 5, Npnf-106 vii.lxx Pg 9, Npnf-106 vii.lxxii Pg 7, Npnf-106 vii.lxxvii Pg 24, Npnf-106 vii.lxxviii Pg 39, Npnf-106 vii.lxxviii Pg 53, Npnf-106 vii.lxxix Pg 14, Npnf-107 iii.vi Pg 11, Npnf-107 iii.xxii Pg 6, Npnf-107 iii.xxxix Pg 11, Npnf-107 iii.xlv Pg 13, Npnf-107 iv.v Pg 29, Npnf-107 iv.v Pg 35, Npnf-108 ii.CXXX Pg 15, Npnf-108 ii.XLV Pg 20, Npnf-108 ii.LV Pg 9, Npnf-108 ii.LXII Pg 92, Npnf-108 ii.LXIX Pg 27, Npnf-108 ii.LXXII Pg 33, Npnf-108 ii.LXXIII Pg 78, Npnf-108 ii.LXXIV Pg 80, Npnf-108 ii.LXXVI Pg 15, Npnf-108 ii.LXXVI Pg 22, Npnf-108 ii.XCI Pg 32, Npnf-108 ii.C Pg 27, Npnf-108 ii.CIV Pg 13, Npnf-108 ii.XLV Pg 28, Npnf-110 iii.XXII Pg 21, Npnf-110 iii.XVI Pg 22, Npnf-110 iii.LII Pg 198, Npnf-110 iii.LXXIV Pg 25, Npnf-111 vi.xix Pg 28, Npnf-111 vii.ix Pg 52, Npnf-111 vii.xxix Pg 7, Npnf-112 v.xi Pg 39, Npnf-114 iv.vii Pg 0, Npnf-114 iv.xl Pg 59, Npnf-114 iv.vii Pg 2, Npnf-114 v.vi Pg 44, Npnf-114 vi.i Pg 240, Npnf-114 iv.lxxxii Pg 16, Npnf-114 v.iii Pg 0, Npnf-114 v.vii Pg 0, Npnf-114 v.vii Pg 2, Npnf-114 v.xl Pg 59, Npnf-114 v.lxxxii Pg 16, Npnf-114 vi.vi Pg 44, Npnf-114 vii.i Pg 240, Npnf-201 iv.viii.xiii Pg 15, Npnf-201 iii.vi.ii Pg 10, Npnf-201 iv.vii.iii Pg 5, Npnf-201 iv.vii.iii Pg 5, Npnf-201 iv.viii.xiii Pg 4, Npnf-202 ii.iv.vi Pg 11, Npnf-203 iv.ix.iii Pg 36, Npnf-203 iv.viii.i.iv Pg 15, Npnf-203 iv.viii.i.iv Pg 17, Npnf-203 iv.viii.ii.vi Pg 42, Npnf-203 iv.ix.ii Pg 553, Npnf-203 iv.ix.iii Pg 362, Npnf-203 iv.ix.iii Pg 369, Npnf-203 iv.x.cxlvii Pg 119, Npnf-204 xiv.ii.iv Pg 25, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iv.iv Pg 30, Npnf-204 vii.ii.ii Pg 7, Npnf-204 viii.ii Pg 27, Npnf-204 xi.ii.i Pg 5, Npnf-204 xi.ii.ii Pg 3, Npnf-204 xiv.ii.iii Pg 77, Npnf-204 xv.ii Pg 7, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 17, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 26, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 28, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.vi.i Pg 22, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.iv Pg 37, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.vi Pg 18, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.xiii Pg 31, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.i Pg 46, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.iv Pg 4, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.v Pg 55, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.v Pg 81, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.vi Pg 54, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.viii Pg 136, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.ix Pg 75, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.ix Pg 90, Npnf-204 xxii.ii.iii Pg 69, Npnf-204 xxiv.ii Pg 29, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iv.iv Pg 30, Npnf-204 vii.ii.ii Pg 7, Npnf-204 viii.ii Pg 27, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 17, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 26, Npnf-204 xvii.ii.ii Pg 28, Npnf-204 xi.ii.i Pg 5, Npnf-204 xi.ii.ii Pg 3, Npnf-204 xiv.ii.iii Pg 77, Npnf-204 xv.ii Pg 7, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.iv Pg 37, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.vi Pg 18, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.i.xiii Pg 31, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.i Pg 46, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.iv Pg 4, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.v Pg 55, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.v Pg 81, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.vi Pg 54, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.viii Pg 136, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.ix Pg 75, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.iii.ix Pg 90, Npnf-204 xxi.ii.vi.i Pg 22, Npnf-204 xxii.ii.iii Pg 69, Npnf-204 xxiv.ii Pg 29, Npnf-205 viii.i.iii.xx Pg 4, Npnf-205 viii.i.v.ii Pg 20, Npnf-205 viii.i.iv.vii Pg 16, Npnf-205 viii.i.v.i Pg 11, Npnf-205 viii.i.iv.vii Pg 23, Npnf-205 viii.i.iv.ix Pg 21, Npnf-205 viii.i.iv.xiv Pg 26, Npnf-205 viii.iii Pg 44, Npnf-205 viii.i.x.i Pg 13, Npnf-207 ii.viii Pg 27, Npnf-207 ii.xv Pg 127, Npnf-207 ii.x Pg 47, Npnf-207 ii.xv Pg 77, Npnf-207 ii.xxi Pg 48, Npnf-207 iv.ii.iii Pg 10, Npnf-207 ii.xv Pg 21, Npnf-208 vii.ix Pg 72, Npnf-208 ix.ix Pg 48, Npnf-208 ix.xxxix Pg 17, Npnf-209 ii.v.ii.ii Pg 76, Npnf-209 ii.v.ii.iv Pg 43, Npnf-209 ii.v.ii.xii Pg 26, Npnf-209 ii.v.ii.xii Pg 108, Npnf-209 ii.v.ii.iv Pg 56, Npnf-210 iv.ii.ii.iii Pg 3, Npnf-210 iv.ii.iv.xi Pg 37, Npnf-210 iv.iv.iii.iii Pg 9, Npnf-210 iv.iv.iii.xv Pg 10, Npnf-210 iv.iv.vi.iv Pg 21, Npnf-210 iv.iv.vi.xi Pg 7, Npnf-210 iv.iv.vi.xi Pg 33, Npnf-210 iv.iv.iii.ii Pg 6, Npnf-210 iv.iv.iii.xx Pg 3, Npnf-210 iv.iv.iv.i Pg 5, Npnf-211 iv.iv.ix.vii Pg 4, Npnf-211 iv.vii.v.vi Pg 5, Npnf-212 ii.iv.cxviii Pg 50, Npnf-212 ii.iv.xxviii Pg 53, Npnf-212 ii.iv.lvi Pg 14, Npnf-212 ii.v.xii Pg 15, Npnf-212 ii.v.xxvi Pg 28, Npnf-212 ii.v.xxvi Pg 29, Npnf-212 ii.v.xxvi Pg 30, Npnf-212 ii.iv.xxviii Pg 51, Npnf-212 ii.v.x Pg 10, Npnf-212 ii.v.xv Pg 6, Npnf-212 ii.v.xv Pg 7
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John 1:3
Early Christian Commentary - (A.D. 100 - A.D. 325) Anf-01 ix.iii.iii Pg 10
John i. 3. Now, among the “all things” our world must be embraced. It too, therefore, was made by His Word, as Scripture tells us in the book of Genesis that He made all things connected with our world by His Word. David also expresses the same truth [when he says] “For He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”2995 2995
Anf-01 ix.iv.ix Pg 10
John i. 3. David also, when he had enumerated [His] praises, subjoins by name all things whatsoever I have mentioned, both the heavens and all the powers therein: “For He commanded, and they were created; He spake, and they were made.” Whom, therefore, did He command? The Word, no doubt, “by whom,” he says, “the heavens were established, and all their power by the breath of His mouth.”3371 3371
Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 29
John i. 3. for the Word was the author of form and beginning to all the Æons that came into existence after Him. But “what was made in Him,” says John, “is life.”2774 2774
Anf-01 v.xiv.vi Pg 2
John i. 3. “When He made the heaven, I was present with Him; and I was there with Him, forming [the world along with Him], and He rejoiced in me daily.”1197 1197
Anf-01 v.xiv.vi Pg 10
Some insert here John i. 3. And in another place, “The Lord created Me, the beginning of His ways, for His ways, for His works. Before the world did He found Me, and before all the hills did He beget Me.”1205 1205
Anf-01 ix.ii.xxiii Pg 4
John i. 3. There is no exception or deduction stated; but the Father made all things by Him, whether visible or invisible, objects of sense or of intelligence, temporal, on account of a certain character given them, or eternal; and these eternal2932 2932 The text is here uncertain and obscure: eternal things seem to be referred to, not as regarded substance, but the forms assigned them. things He did not make by angels, or by any powers separated from His Ennœa. For God needs none of all these things, but is He who, by His Word and Spirit, makes, and disposes, and governs all things, and commands all things into existence,—He who formed the world (for the world is of all),—He who fashioned man,—He [who]2933 2933 This word would perhaps be better cancelled. is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, above whom there is no other God, nor initial principle, nor power, nor pleroma,—He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as we shall prove. Holding, therefore, this rule, we shall easily show, notwithstanding the great variety and multitude of their opinions, that these men have deviated from the truth; for almost all the different sects of heretics admit that there is one God; but then, by their pernicious doctrines, they change [this truth into error], even as the Gentiles do through idolatry,—thus proving themselves ungrateful to Him that created them. Moreover, they despise the workmanship of God, speaking against their own salvation, becoming their own bitterest accusers, and being false witnesses [against themselves]. Yet, reluctant as they may be, these men shall one day rise again in the flesh, to confess the power of Him who raises them from the dead; but they shall not be numbered among the righteous on account of their unbelief.
Anf-01 ix.iv.xxii Pg 41
John i. 3. and the Lord took dust from the earth and formed man; so did He who is the Word, recapitulating Adam in Himself, rightly receive a birth, enabling Him to gather up Adam [into Himself], from Mary, who was as yet a virgin. If, then, the first Adam had a man for his father, and was born of human seed, it were reasonable to say that the second Adam was begotten of Joseph. But if the former was taken from the dust, and God was his Maker, it was incumbent that the latter also, making a recapitulation in Himself, should be formed as man by God, to have an analogy with the former as respects His origin. Why, then, did not God again take dust, but wrought so that the formation should be made of Mary? It was that there might not be another formation called into being, nor any other which should [require to] be saved, but that the very same formation should be summed up [in Christ as had existed in Adam], the analogy having been preserved.
Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiii Pg 5
John i. 3. and the Apostle Paul [says] in like manner, “There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father, who is above all, and through all, and in us all”4246 4246
Anf-01 ix.ii.ix Pg 30
John i. 3, 4. The punctuation here followed is different from that commonly adopted, but is found in many of the Fathers, and in some of the most ancient mss. Here again he indicated conjunction; for all things, he said, were made by Him, but in Him was life. This, then, which is in Him, is more closely connected with Him than those things which were simply made by Him, for it exists along with Him, and is developed by Him. When, again, he adds, “And the life was the light of men,” while thus mentioning Anthropos, he indicated also Ecclesia by that one expression, in order that, by using only one name, he might disclose their fellowship with one another, in virtue of their conjunction. For Anthropos and Ecclesia spring from Logos and Zoe. Moreover, he styled life (Zoe) the light of men, because they are enlightened by her, that is, formed and made manifest. This also Paul declares in these words: “For whatsoever doth make manifest is light.”2775 2775
Anf-02 ii.ii.iii Pg 37.3
Anf-02 iii.ii.xix Pg 4.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.i.xi Pg 7.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.i.vii Pg 34.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.v Pg 8.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.i.ix Pg 5.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.vii Pg 7.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xi Pg 50.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xv Pg 35.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xvi Pg 40.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vi.xvii Pg 19.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.vii.iii Pg 14.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.ii.ix Pg 16.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.ix Pg 112.1
Anf-03 v.ix.xxi Pg 3
John i. 1–3. Now, since these words may not be taken otherwise than as they are written, there is without doubt shown to be One who was from the beginning, and also One with whom He always was: one the Word of God, the other God (although the Word is also God, but God regarded as the Son of God, not as the Father); One through whom were all things, Another by whom were all things. But in what sense we call Him Another we have already often described. In that we called Him Another, we must needs imply that He is not identical—not identical indeed, yet not as if separate; Other by dispensation, not by division. He, therefore, who became flesh was not the very same as He from whom the Word came. “His glory was beheld—the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father;”8010 8010
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xix Pg 10
John i. 3. if “all things were” not “in Him created, whether in heaven or on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities, or powers;” if “all things were” not “created by Him and for Him” (for these truths Marcion ought not to allow concerning Him), then the apostle could not have so positively laid it down, that “He is before all.”6065 6065 Ante omnes. For how is He before all, if He is not before all things?6066 6066 Ante amina. How, again, is He before all things, if He is not “the first-born of every creature”—if He is not the Word of the Creator?6067 6067 Creatoris is our author’s word. Now how will he be proved to have been before all things, who appeared after all things? Who can tell whether he had a prior existence, when he has found no proof that he had any existence at all? In what way also could it have “pleased (the Father) that in Him should all fulness dwell?”6068 6068
Anf-03 v.v.xxii Pg 11
John i. 3. But whether all things were made out of any underlying Matter, I have as yet failed anywhere to find. Where such a statement is written, Hermogenes’ shop6347 6347 Officina. must tell us. If it is nowhere written, then let it fear the woe which impends on all who add to or take away from the written word.6348 6348
Anf-03 v.v.xlv Pg 4
John i. 3. Indeed, “by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their hosts by the breath of His mouth.”6595 6595
Anf-03 v.viii.v Pg 4
i.e., in celibacy. to the honour of Him who is Lord of the flesh,1094 1094 Some render, “to the honour of the flesh of the Lord,” as in the longer recension. let him so remain without boasting. If he begins to boast, he is undone; and if he reckon himself greater than the bishop, he is ruined. But it becomes both men and women who marry, to form their union with the approval of the bishop, that their marriage may be according to God, and not after their own lust. Let all things be done to the honour of God.1095 1095
Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 13
John i. 3. as, again, in another place (it is said), “By His word were the heavens established, and all the powers thereof by His Spirit”7834 7834
Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 17
John i. 3. “and without which nothing was made.”7838 7838
Anf-03 v.ix.vii Pg 18
John i. 3. Nor need we dwell any longer on this point, as if it were not the very Word Himself, who is spoken of under the name both of Wisdom and of Reason, and of the entire Divine Soul and Spirit. He became also the Son of God, and was begotten when He proceeded forth from Him. Do you then, (you ask,) grant that the Word is a certain substance, constructed by the Spirit and the communication of Wisdom? Certainly I do. But you will not allow Him to be really a substantive being, by having a substance of His own; in such a way that He may be regarded as an objective thing and a person, and so be able (as being constituted second to God the Father,) to make two, the Father and the Son, God and the Word. For you will say, what is a word, but a voice and sound of the mouth, and (as the grammarians teach) air when struck against,7839 7839 Offensus. intelligible to the ear, but for the rest a sort of void, empty, and incorporeal thing. I, on the contrary, contend that nothing empty and void could have come forth from God, seeing that it is not put forth from that which is empty and void; nor could that possibly be devoid of substance which has proceeded from so great a substance, and has produced such mighty substances: for all things which were made through Him, He Himself (personally) made. How could it be, that He Himself is nothing, without whom nothing was made? How could He who is empty have made things which are solid, and He who is void have made things which are full, and He who is incorporeal have made things which have body? For although a thing may sometimes be made different from him by whom it is made, yet nothing can be made by that which is a void and empty thing. Is that Word of God, then, a void and empty thing, which is called the Son, who Himself is designated God? “The Word was with God, and the Word was God.”7840 7840
Anf-03 v.ix.xii Pg 11
John i. 3. Now if He too is God, according to John, (who says,) “The Word was God,”7903 7903
Anf-03 v.ix.xv Pg 26
John i. 3.
Anf-03 v.ix.xix Pg 8
John i. 3. And if I am not mistaken, there is also another passage in which it is written: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by His Spirit.”7995 7995
Anf-03 v.v.xx Pg 13
John i. 1–3. Now, since we have here clearly told us who the Maker was, that is, God, and what He made, even all things, and through whom He made them, even His Word, would not the order of the narrative have required that the source out of which all things were made by God through the Word should likewise be declared, if they had been in fact made out of anything? What, therefore, did not exist, the Scripture was unable to mention; and by not mentioning it, it has given us a clear proof that there was no such thing: for if there had been, the Scripture would have mentioned it.
Npnf-201 iv.viii.xiii Pg 15
Npnf-201 iii.vi.ii Pg 10
Npnf-201 iv.vii.iii Pg 5
[Christians remembered Herod (Acts xii. 23) very naturally; but we may reserve remarks on such instances till we come to Lactantius. But see Kaye (p. 102) who speaks unfavourably of them.] Vigellius Saturninus, who first here used the sword against us, lost his eyesight. Claudius Lucius Herminianus in Cappadocia, enraged that his wife had become a Christian, had treated the Christians with great cruelty: well, left alone in his palace, suffering under a contagious malady, he boiled out in living worms, and was heard exclaiming, “Let nobody know of it, lest the Christians rejoice, and Christian wives take encouragement.” Afterwards he came to see his error in having tempted so many from their stedfastness by the tortures he inflicted, and died almost a Christian himself. In that doom which overtook Byzantium,452 452 [Notes of the time when this was written. See Kaye, p. 57.] Cæcilius Capella could not help crying out, “Christians, rejoice!” Yes, and the persecutors who seem to themselves to have acted with impunity shall not escape the day of judgment. For you we sincerely wish it may prove to have been a warning only, that, immediately after you had condemned Mavilus of Adrumetum to the wild beasts, you were overtaken by those troubles, and that even now for the same reason you are called to a blood-reckoning. But do not forget the future.
Npnf-201 iv.vii.iii Pg 5
[Christians remembered Herod (Acts xii. 23) very naturally; but we may reserve remarks on such instances till we come to Lactantius. But see Kaye (p. 102) who speaks unfavourably of them.] Vigellius Saturninus, who first here used the sword against us, lost his eyesight. Claudius Lucius Herminianus in Cappadocia, enraged that his wife had become a Christian, had treated the Christians with great cruelty: well, left alone in his palace, suffering under a contagious malady, he boiled out in living worms, and was heard exclaiming, “Let nobody know of it, lest the Christians rejoice, and Christian wives take encouragement.” Afterwards he came to see his error in having tempted so many from their stedfastness by the tortures he inflicted, and died almost a Christian himself. In that doom which overtook Byzantium,452 452 [Notes of the time when this was written. See Kaye, p. 57.] Cæcilius Capella could not help crying out, “Christians, rejoice!” Yes, and the persecutors who seem to themselves to have acted with impunity shall not escape the day of judgment. For you we sincerely wish it may prove to have been a warning only, that, immediately after you had condemned Mavilus of Adrumetum to the wild beasts, you were overtaken by those troubles, and that even now for the same reason you are called to a blood-reckoning. But do not forget the future.
Npnf-201 iv.viii.xiii Pg 4
Edersheim Bible History Lifetimes vii.xii Pg 15.2, Lifetimes vii.xii Pg 49.1, Lifetimes viii.iii Pg 47.1, Lifetimes viii.ix Pg 31.1, Lifetimes viii.ix Pg 35.1
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 1VERSE (3) - :10; 5:17-19 Ge 1:1,26 Ps 33:6; 102:25 Isa 45:12,18 Eph 3:9
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