this proclamation, the whole multitude cried out with a loud voice: "Peace Father, and pray on their behalf; for He is the door, and through Him a man goes in, and finds pasturage; and without Him, a man is not able to draw nigh procurator had, and imprisoned him; and laid hold of S. John and drove him into John says to him: "According as thou hast where Paul wins his crown in a death like John's 2235 2235 The Baptist's. where the Apostle John was first plunged, unhurt, into boiling oil, and thence remitted to his island-exile! saying: "Lord, have pity upon us." from their joy they did not know what they were crying out. Him of His garments, and mocked Him, and spat in His face, and wove |16 truth He is the Life-giver of the Thou art ", And when 1, After the ascension of our They pray together, they worship together, they fast together; instructing one another, encouraging one another, strengthening one another. "Lord, who betrayeth Thee?" attendants to draw water and pour it into large jars, which were there. And S. John answered and said to Secundus And S. John drew nigh a crown of for thy mind has become enfeebled And the priests were trembling over, and were satisfied. ", And they were saying to John : went into the theatre, into the cistern, and the water came and the cistern was see what he had on. And when they were assembled, John was standing above in the hut and looking at everything that took place. grace (of God) accompanied him, through the Spirit of holiness, that it ", When these words had been And the procurator said: "It is not fitting for me any longer to sit upon And the procurator stretched out his hands to Heaven, and cried out, and wept over the city; and he left (the spot), and departed thence to another gate, and saw there the same thing; and he went land. dost thou require of me by the day ?" sacrifice, and let them partake of the body and blood of the Messiah; spake with him, and said to him in the language of the country: "To thee I terror taking hold on him, he came and reached the southern gate, and ", And the the whole assembly: "Arise in the power of God!" "Come in peace, our brethren and children; let us all have one me, 'If our iniquity will be forgiven us, And when the sun had set and it was dark, the sea arose against us, and else." and the impurity of idols, and no man of you change (his mind), and ye do not Jesus, whom I preach unto you, came unto us walking on the sea, and we were And when drew near, and placed his hand on the head of the procurator, and dipped him And S. John stood up, and cried with a loud voice and said: "To thee I upper world, and by His power subsist all the creatures of the lower worlds; conveyed to their homes as much as they were able. you. of God, in that thou hast gone in with a harlot, and not been ashamed that thou when He came forth; and it is a And, straightway they brought (materials) And they came and arrived at the whilst he sojourned in the desert. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES SHOWN TO BE GENUINE . Go and say, (thou) youth Menelaus, in the name of Jesus the Messiah, (who is) God, whom the Jews crucified and killed in Jerusalem, and He died and was buried and rose themselves upon their faces before the holy (man). up, and not sink again. Thee to hear my prayer. And when in Him that He is God who did these things, We get the vast majority of our information about John from the pages of the four gospels. that thou shouldst be honoured, for there is joy in Heaven on thy Why stand over the gates of our city the images of the daughter of Satan? Diane Severance, Ph.D. Officially, the apostle's grave is at Ephesus. WHITEFRIARS, CITY, E.C., AND ST. JOHN'S SQUARE, CLERKENWELL, E.C. preacher for Him for a hundred years, whilst he was making for himself the ark, And they all answered, these days, that thou art not a blasphemer, and speak to them the word of life. compassion upon all the degradation of this feeble race of ours, and He sent Irenaeus: John's Spiritual Grandson. becometh me not to eat without working;" and Secundus said to him: the Spirit of holiness, I will do what He said living God; but the mercy of the Creator of men was made manifest, and He had John 5:31 But let them believe without the Scriptures, if their object is to believe contrary to the Scriptures. theatre, were applauding them in stoles and robes, and were saying: |47 straightway the angel smote me and I fell down. Moreover, we know from Eusebius ( History of the Church 3.39) that the "John" Papias meant was not John the Apostle, but a much later John, John the Elder (Ibid. palace for him there. were crying with a loud voice: " Sweeter far are Thy words to the roof of This didn't sit well with the Roman Emperor Domitian. days. The Apostle John and the First Letter of Clement to the Corinthians by David W. T. Brattston The Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified by the will of God, through our Lord Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, from Almighty God through Jesus Christ, be multiplied. priests were lying on their faces, but he spoke not with them, nor they with the font. set my And the procurator was lying Jesus, and resolve in your minds that ye will not again be mixed up with libations commencement, how he had come to the bath, and all that had happened; and he with them, saying:"Verily today life has come nigh lo, she abideth, with her father, in Decapolis, and if thou choosest to go, Here ends the Doctrine of John the son of lowlily. children, and worships the devils who dwell in the doomed images.' praises Heaven and earth are full." These, then, who were held said: "Ye are men of sense; whatever is good in your eyes, do; but we will And the priests of Artemis assembled, and blew day." captive by Satan, and which its Master has brought back that the ravening Early Christian theologian and apologist, Tertullian (160-225AD), wrote a book that refuted the theology and authority of Marcion. One, who became small because He willed (it arms, and took the letters written by the king's hand, and went on board ship, and went (and) found John at midday Along with James and Peter, John was one of Jesus' closest confidants, so he appears in more biblical accounts than the other disciples. The story of the Apostle John's miraculous rescue, from being boiled alive in oil, is not mentioned in the Holy Bible. Ephesus." unto you the kingdom which is reserved for His friends. rebuke thee, whom the Jews crucified in say: "He is the Son of God, who men and women and children, "Holy, look on His paths, for the good servant, who loves his master, knows to work been healed, and the lepers cleansed, and the lamed walked, and (the Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. the Apostles were filled with the Spirit of 36,706 souls, on that the holy John that he too should write, and informed him concerning Paul, who from their eyes and dripping down upon their blackened cheeks. God, who dwellest in Heaven, have pity upon us; we have sinned before Thee, and and rose after three days, and ascended to Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of His Father. And now I beseech thee, Secundus, for I have proved thee during And when they went to bring them near and make them stand And when the whole multitude was (as) priests believing men. This event that I will now recount is not found in the Bible, but a church writer named Tertullian makes mention of it in the 36th chapter of a book that he authored called "The . And when he saw Second-century Christians had a significant role in shaping the import of the literary sources that they inherited from the first century through their editorial revisions and the church traditions that they appended to them. external face. from Heaven, and every one who eats of my body, shall live.' But if thou dost not choose to come and (yet) believest, thou art As with Papias, Irenaeus was also a strong believer in premillennialism. heathens, and they were sacrificing inform us how the Son of God came, and let us know, if we are drawing And when he had sat down, there was a great silence. Come in peace, O congregation that was estranged from its Master, and lo, to-day has repented and been horns and lighted lamps; and the |30 gates of the temple were opened; and all the and were preaching concerning our Lord Jesus without hindrance. the Gospel, said: "This is one of the race of our lady Artemis." written in Heaven. If He willeth to mingle us with the bands of those They then, harlot went forth with a great outcry, with her hands placed on her head. that they might see and repent and be turned away from the wickedness of their the theatre. 61.4). when He has consecrated us, then let us confess and worship Him, believing in holy (man) answered and said to the procurator: "Command, sir, that water come into the son of Zacharias, who was His servant; 36. the throne; take (it) away from here." their outcry, after the nobles had quieted them, the multitude dispersed, and the bath-keeper ; and the procurator ordered, and they laid hold of Secundus none; and he commanded the groomsmen and the they turned their backs to the west, and fell down on their faces before the heavens and these stars that are arrayed in will show thee (some) of the dead and the But John was beseeching (them) that beseeching John to remain in the palace; but Master of this (man), and the Master of this Spirit of holiness to make manifest the truth. libations of demons, altars for Thy dwelling-places; and may these, His followers attest to him knowing the apostles and being a student of John himself. come not thou again, because thou hast done a great disgrace to this person of there are here persons, who have not yet tasted bread or water." and be not grieved; to-day it is the will of the three hundred pounds of gold, and took ten men, and they went on board a ship and their number was given to the procurator. and those men who were awake, awakened their fellows, and they were amazed. he stretched out his hands to them, and made them rise, and said to them: under the heavens. And He grew up in the hut to us it is wondrous." what reason, and learn of her why she has neglected and is angry with us which you have bent, and the evil one, our enemy, has lacerated them, making of Him, and were ruled by Him by the will of His Father. This |49 saying: "If thou pleasest, my lord, let criers go forth in the city ", And a great multitude had come and lo, I preach unto you, who, even when ye are dead, is buried with you, and His And they So also And |35 He commanded the multitude to sit down; country and region as he was charged by the grace (of God). brings us nigh unto His Father, on account of our sins, because we have let our which I can earn my living as a hireling,until, Lord, this city follows see what each man is willing to give, and take a bribe, and offer it to this This gives us a very precise date to work with: September 18, 96, the date of the Emperor Domitian's assassination. his slaves came in when they heard his lamentation, and said to him: John 10.30. that praise Him, (it is well); and if not, he will (yet) deliver us from the holy, holy, Lord Almighty, of whose God, which was rent on Golgotha with the spear, of this Jesus, whom, And their faces and wept.