... to the tearing of combs, and to bitter inflictions of all kinds of tortures, and should afterwards receive the punishment of the sword. ...
... on the cross of death, be ashamed of Him and refuse to worship Him: for, all these things which He endured-it was for the salvation of men and for ...
... with thee to-day to the church. Depart thou, and go down with honour and to-morrow at night I will come down to thee: I too have henceforth renounced ...
... Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.(9) And, when all the city had heard that he was gone down to the church, there began to be a consternation ...
... the pit of destruction. The judge said: Because thou hast been priest of the venerable gods, and hast been partaker of the mystery of those ...
... made with hands: for long enough was the time in which I sacrificed to them, when I was in ignorance. The judge said: Bring not upon thee ...
... backwards, and let straps be tied to his hands and his feet and, when he has been bent backwards, let him be scourged on his belly. And ...
... the judge said to him: This long while hast thou been in prison: what has been thy determination concerning those things on which thou wast questioned ...
... Sharbil said: Have pity on me and spare me again from saying that there be gods, and powers, and fates, and nativities. On the contrary, I ...
... The judge said: Let nails of iron be driven in between the eyes of the insolent fellow, and let him go to that world which he is looking forward ...
... deliverance of Christ imparted to me-this secret power which He has given me to endure all the tortures thou art inflicting on me, and whatsoever ...
... And they did so, until his ribs began to be seen. Sharbil said: The tortures thou dost inflict upon me are too little for thy rage against ...
... and obscene tales of thy gods, how much more does it become thee to be ashamed of their acts! For lo! if a person were to do what one of ...
... of the threat, that thou mayest be known to do the will of the emperors. The judge said: Let him be torn with combs upon his legs and ...
... said: As for Christ, whom lo! thou mockest-see how thy many gods were unable to stand before Him: for lo! they are despised and rejected, and are ...
... drew up the sentence(1) which he should pronounce against him publicly. And suddenly the curtain was drawn back again and the judge cried ...
... man who doeth these things, even though he were now to sacrifice, it is not fit that any mercy should be shown and that it is not fit that he should ...
... upon him until the bones of his joints creaked with the pressure then they put upon him a saw of iron, and began sawing him asunder and, when he ...
... assembled themselves together to take the bones of Simon Cephas and of Paul, the apostles but the people of Rome said to them: We will not give ...
... of Sherlock Holmes is a short story collection written by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson CarrXenophon : HellenicaXenophon (Ancient Greek ???????, ...