Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians the Key, the Shepherd,[81] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I He is called Jesus: Sometimes He calls Himself a shepherd, and says, "I am the good Shepherd."[108] -and with benevolence, for He alone gave Himself a sacrifice for us: "For the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep; "[262] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I As then we say that it belongs to the shepherd's art to care for the sheep; for so "the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep; "[316] Tertullian On Modesty and the `good shepherd' is Christ;[83] Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria then, perceiving the cruel device of the tribunes, who, in order to bring about his death, were willing to put to the sword the whole Christian multitude that was present, was unwilling that they should together with him taste the bitterness of death, but as a faithful servant imitating his Lord and Saviour, whose acts were even as his words, "The good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep,"[20] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II For "the good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep; but he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, that is, the devil, and he leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf seizes upon them."[109]