Martyrdom of Polycarp 20.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:338

Ὑμεῖς μὲν οὖν ἠξιώσατε διὰ πλειόνων δηλωθῆναι ὑμῖν τὰ γενόμενα, ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ τὸ παρὸν ἐπὶ κεφαλαίῳ μεμηνύκαμεν διὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν Μαρκίωνος. μαθόντες οὖν ταῦτα καὶ τοῖς ἐπέκεινα ἀδελφοῖς τὴν ἐπιστολὴν διαπέμψασθε, ἵνα καὶ ἐκεῖνοι δοξάζωσιν τὸν κύριον τὸν ἐκλογὰς ποιοῦντα ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων δούλων.

English · Claude translation

You asked that what happened be made known to you more fully, but for the present we have reported it in summary through our brother Marcion. When you have learned these things, send the letter on to the brothers farther away as well, so that they too may glorify the Lord who makes choices from among his own servants.

About this passage

Source

Lake, LCL 25:338 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · 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

Also in

PG 5:1044b–1044c (found by text match)

Text

As printed in Lake, LCL 25. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); 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)

Notes

Translation notes

“Marcion” (some manuscripts “Marcianus”): the messenger, not the second-century teacher of the same name.
The Ante-Nicene Fathers translation (1885) reads “Marcus,” another variant of the name.

Cite this passage

Mart. Pol. 20.1 (PG 5:1044b–1044c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/20/1/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 20.1 (PG 5:1044b–1044c; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/20/1/).