Relating to Ignatius Epistle to the Smyrnaeans
Translation2 Then in quiet tones he persuaded [1] Nicetes the father of Herod [2] and the brother of Alce [3] to appeal to the magistrate to not give up his body so that this group [4] so it was said, "might not abandon the Crucified One to worship this man." These things were results of the quiet tones of persuasion ...
