Polycarp's Eighty-Six Years
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers marched into the hills outside Smyrna to arrest an elderly bishop named Polycarp. He was eighty-six years old, a disciple...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18.
In 155 AD, Roman soldiers marched into the hills outside Smyrna to arrest an elderly bishop named Polycarp. He was eighty-six years old, a disciple of the Apostle John himself, and the last living link to the eyewitnesses of Christ. The proconsul gave him a simple way out: curse Christ, offer incense to Caesar, and walk free. Polycarp's answer echoed across the arena: "Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong.…
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