Testimonia

{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">[Papias, who is now mentioned by us, affirms that he\r\nreceived the sayings of the apostles from those who accompanied\r\nthem, and he moreover asserts that he heard in person\r\nAristion and the presbyter John. Accordingly he mentions\r\nthem frequently by name, and in his writings gives their\r\ntraditions. Our notice of these circumstances may not be\r\nwithout its use. It may also be worth while to add to the\r\nstatements of Papias already given, other passages of his\r\nin which he relates some miraculous deeds, stating that he\r\nacquired the knowledge of them from tradition. The residence\r\nof the Apostle Philip with his daughters in Hierapolis\r\nhas been mentioned above. We must now point out how\r\nPapias, who lived at the same time, relates that he had\r\nreceived a wonderful narrative from the daughters of Philip.\r\nFor he relates that a dead man was raised to life in his day.<a id=\"r1805\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1805\"><sup>[1805]</sup></a>\r\nHe also mentions another miracle relating to Justus, surnamed\r\nBarsabas, how he swallowed a deadly poison, and received no\r\nharm, on account of the grace of the Lord. The same person,\r\nmoreover, has set down other things as coming to him from\r\nunwritten tradition, amongst these some strange parables and\r\ninstructions of the Saviour, and some other things of a more\r\nfabulous nature. Amongst these he says that there will be\r\na millennium after the resurrection from the dead, when the\r\npersonal reign of Christ will be established on this earth.\r\nHe moreover hands down, in his own writing, other narratives\r\ngiven by the previously mentioned Aristion of the Lord’s\r\nsayings, and the traditions of the presbyter John. For\r\ninformation on these points, we can merely refer our readers\r\nto the books themselves; but now, to the extracts already\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_446\">446</span>made, we shall add, as being a matter of primary importance,\r\na tradition regarding Mark who wrote the Gospel, which\r\nhe [Papias] has given in the following words]: And the\r\npresbyter said this. Mark having become the interpreter\r\nof Peter, wrote down accurately whatsoever he remembered.\r\nIt was not, however, in exact order that he related the sayings\r\nor deeds of Christ. For he neither heard the Lord nor\r\naccompanied Him. But afterwards, as I said, he accompanied\r\nPeter, who accommodated his instructions to the necessities\r\n[of his hearers], but with no intention of giving a regular\r\nnarrative of the Lord’s sayings. Wherefore Mark made no\r\nmistake in thus writing some things as he remembered them.\r\nFor of one thing he took especial care, not to omit anything\r\nhe had heard, and not to put anything fictitious into the\r\nstatements. [This is what is related by Papias regarding\r\nMark; but with regard to Matthew he has made the following\r\nstatements]: Matthew put together the oracles [of the Lord]\r\nin the Hebrew language, and each one interpreted them as\r\nbest he could. [The same person uses proofs from the First\r\nEpistle of John, and from the Epistle of Peter in like manner.\r\nAnd he also gives another story of a woman<a id=\"r1806\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1806\"><sup>[1806]</sup></a> who was accused\r\nof many sins before the Lord, which is to be found in the\r\nGospel according to the Hebrews.]</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","FRAGMENTS OF PAPIAS.","INTRODUCTORY NOTICE.","VI."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-793"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"75d59afb0907394b04c4d32414798b37e4d7fd223820b7dbbe1ca5178a013d6a","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f1805","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f1805","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1805\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1805\">1805</a>.  </span>“In his day” may mean “in the days of Papias,” or “in the days\r\nof Philip.” As the narrative came from the daughters of Philip, it is\r\nmore likely that Philip’s days are meant.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1805","text_sha256":"74f6ed66d0938e00c125286d0548617618e04eb6c2515e8d34fa9d56a41772dc","verified":false,"work_id":null}

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