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Translation and Commentary on The Martyrdom of Polycarp §18.2

Will Nielsen
January 23rd, 2008
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Translation

2 And thus we afterwards took up [1] his bones, which are more valuable than precious stones and more treasurable [2] higher than gold, and laid them in a suitable place. [3]

[1] ἀνελόμενοι (ἀναιρέω) “Take up a martyr’s bones” (BAGD, 55).

[2] δοκιμώτερα (δόκιμος) comparative form for precious, (BAGD, 203).

[3] ὅπου καὶ ἀκόλουθον ἦν, “where it was suitable=at a suitable place”, (BAGD, 31)

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