The Old Bishop Who Knew the Eyewitness
In 155 AD, the elderly bishop Polycarp of Smyrna stood before a Roman proconsul who demanded he renounce Christ. Polycarp replied, "Eighty-six years I have...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 2 Peter 1:16-21.
In 155 AD, the elderly bishop Polycarp of Smyrna stood before a Roman proconsul who demanded he renounce Christ. Polycarp replied, "Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" What gave an old man such unbending certainty? Polycarp had sat at the feet of the Apostle John — the very John who had climbed the mountain with Peter and James and watched the face of Jesus shine like the sun.…
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