{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">His pursuers then, along with horsemen, and taking the\r\nyouth with them, went forth at supper-time on the day of\r\nthe preparation,<a id=\"r407\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f407\"><sup>[407]</sup></a> with their usual weapons, as if going out\r\nagainst a robber.<a id=\"r408\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f408\"><sup>[408]</sup></a> And being come about evening [to the\r\nplace where he was], they found him lying down in the upper\r\nroom of<a id=\"r409\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f409\"><sup>[409]</sup></a> a certain little house, from which he might have\r\nescaped into another place; but he refused, saying, “The\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_87\">87</span>will of God<a id=\"r410\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f410\"><sup>[410]</sup></a> be done.”<a id=\"r411\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f411\"><sup>[411]</sup></a> So when he heard that they were\r\ncome, he went down and spake with them. And as those\r\nthat were present marvelled at his age and constancy, some\r\nof them said, “Was so much effort<a id=\"r412\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f412\"><sup>[412]</sup></a> made to capture such a\r\nvenerable man?”<a id=\"r413\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f413\"><sup>[413]</sup></a> Immediately then, in that very hour, he\r\nordered that something to eat and drink should be set before\r\nthem, as much indeed as they cared for, while he besought\r\nthem to allow him an hour to pray without disturbance. And\r\non their giving him leave, he stood and prayed, being full of\r\nthe grace of God, so that he could not cease<a id=\"r414\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f414\"><sup>[414]</sup></a> for two full\r\nhours, to the astonishment of them that heard him, insomuch\r\nthat many began to repent that they had come forth against\r\nso godly and venerable an old man.</p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE MARTYRDOM OF POLYCARP.","THE ENCYCLICAL EPISTLE OF THE CHURCH AT SMYRNA CONCERNING THE MARTYRDOM OF THE HOLY POLYCARP.","Chap. vii.—Polycarp is found by his pursuers."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-144"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"96433d061f87aa8f3bcf47163b5667f9944b038561ff1260a6984496da29b394","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-f407","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":"f407","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f407\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r407\">407</a>. </span>That is, on Friday.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f407","text_sha256":"dd802ccb51d95108abdc662d05c4321ce9211abc39afbe3e1398fb7a11d4e901","verified":false,"work_id":null}