{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c006\">But observe the superficial nature of his argument respecting\r\nthe former disciples of Jesus, in which he says: “In the\r\nnext place, those who were his associates while alive, and who\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_47\">47</span>listened to his voice, and enjoyed his instructions as their\r\nteacher, on seeing him subjected to punishment and death,\r\nneither died with him, nor for him, nor were even induced to\r\nregard punishment with contempt, but denied even that they\r\nwere his disciples, whereas now ye die along with him.”\r\nAnd here he believes the sin which was committed by the disciples\r\nwhile they were yet beginners and imperfect, and which\r\nis recorded in the Gospels, to have been actually committed,\r\nin order that he may have matter of accusation against the\r\ngospel; but their upright conduct after their transgression,\r\nwhen they behaved with courage before the Jews, and suffered\r\ncountless cruelties at their hands, and at last suffered death for\r\nthe doctrine of Jesus, he passes by in silence. For he would\r\nneither hear the words of Jesus, when He predicted to Peter,\r\n“When thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands,”<a id=\"r132\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f132\"><sup>[132]</sup></a>\r\netc., to which the Scripture adds, “This spake He, signifying\r\nby what death he should glorify God;” nor how James the\r\nbrother of John—an apostle, the brother of an apostle—was\r\nslain with the sword by Herod for the doctrine of Christ; nor\r\neven the many instances of boldness displayed by Peter and\r\nthe other apostles because of the gospel, and “how they went\r\nforth from the presence of the Sanhedrim after being scourged,\r\nrejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for\r\nHis name,”<a id=\"r133\"></a><a class=\"c008 pginternal\" href=\"#f133\"><sup>[133]</sup></a> and so surpassing many of the instances related\r\nby the Greeks of the fortitude and courage of their philosophers.\r\nFrom the very beginning, then, this was inculcated\r\nas a precept of Jesus among His hearers, which taught men\r\nto despise the life which is eagerly sought after by the multitude,\r\nbut to be earnest in living the life which resembles that\r\nof God.</p>","headings":["The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 of 2","BOOK II.","Chapter XLV."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg70693-paragraph-89"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"fc540b85177e0a0eb9594c7ab16b81159a6136de37d32568cc3fb52ff3dc1fe6","edition_title":"The writings of Origen, Vol. 2 (of 2)","edition_translators":["Frederick Crombie","W. H. Cairns"],"edition_year":1872,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"JHN","chapter":21,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"John xxi. 18","verse":18,"verse_end":18}],"headings":[],"id":"pg70693-f132","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. Existing 1872 English edition; listed translators died 1889 and 1872. Electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f132","source_ebook":70693,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f132\">\n<p class=\"c007\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r132\">132</a>. </span>John <abbr title=\"twenty-one\">xxi.</abbr> 18.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"76ed9a9fd752c1d5095189e38fe3dcbbea0fd23d6be719db17360e4da14552fa","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/70693/pg70693-images.html#f132","text_sha256":"23d83a8242c0d49ed8bd66189727ec0c0bb93528960338cbeecbecb84e664d26","verified":false,"work_id":null}