{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">Having therefore, by means of this epistle, settled,<a id=\"r1448\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1448\"><sup>[1448]</sup></a> as he\r\nwished, those of the brethren at Rome who were unwilling\r\n[for his martyrdom]; and setting sail from Smyrna (for\r\nChristophorus was pressed by the soldiers to hasten to the\r\npublic spectacles in the mighty [city] Rome, that, being given\r\nup to the wild beasts in the sight of the Roman people, he\r\nmight attain to the crown for which he strove), he [next]\r\nlanded at Troas. Then, going on from that place to Neapolis,\r\nhe went [on foot] by Philippi through Macedonia, and on to\r\nthat part of Epirus which is near Epidaumus; and finding a\r\nship in one of the seaports, he sailed over the Adriatic Sea,\r\nand entering from it on the Tyrrhene, he passed by the\r\nvarious islands and cities, until, when Puteoli came in sight,\r\nhe was eager there to disembark, having a desire to tread in\r\nthe footsteps of the Apostle Paul.<a id=\"r1449\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1449\"><sup>[1449]</sup></a> But a violent wind arising\r\ndid not suffer him to do so, the ship being driven rapidly\r\nforwards;<a id=\"r1450\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1450\"><sup>[1450]</sup></a> and, simply expressing his delight<a id=\"r1451\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f1451\"><sup>[1451]</sup></a> over the love\r\nof the brethren in that place, he sailed by. Wherefore, continuing\r\nto enjoy fair winds, we were reluctantly hurried on\r\nin one day and a night, mourning [as we did] over the coming\r\ndeparture from us of this righteous man. But to him this\r\nhappened just as he wished, since he was in haste as soon\r\nas possible to leave this world, that he might attain to the\r\nLord whom he loved. Sailing then into the Roman harbour,\r\nand the unhallowed sports being just about to close, the\r\nsoldiers began to be annoyed at our slowness, but the bishop\r\nrejoicingly yielded to their urgency.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS.","THE MARTYRDOM OF IGNATIUS.","Chap. v.—Ignatius is brought to Rome."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-628"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"bda965b8dfbf96af2c806b964af17a3dee6c2fb416ea095f6c03555174c4773b","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-f1448","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":"f1448","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f1448\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r1448\">1448</a>. </span>Or, “corrected.”</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f1448","text_sha256":"6a4084c15b5b4f0bc8716e3729affcf319bfd0ec143b05e75b97946d3b65c724","verified":false,"work_id":null}