To the Romans 10.1

Ignatius of Antioch · To the Romans · ca. 110 (range ca. 105–135) · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: Ignatius writes from Smyrna with Ephesian helpers.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:236–238

Γράφω δὲ ὑμῖν ταῦτα ἀπὸ Σμύρνης διʼ Ἐφεσίων τῶν ἀξιομακαρίστων. ἔστιν δὲ καὶ ἅμα ἐμοὶ σὺν ἄλλοις πολλοῖς καὶ Κρόκος, τὸ ποθητόν μοι ὄνομα.

English · Claude translation

I am writing these things to you from Smyrna by the hand of the Ephesians, who are worthy of blessing. With me, among many others, is Crocus, a name dear to me.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 24:236–238 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 172–277 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text: As printed in Lake, LCL 24. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

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Ign. Rom. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/10/1/).

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Ign. Rom. 10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/ign-romans/10/1/).

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