“They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;”
They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, persecuted (dioko), tormented (kakoucheo) — the horrific litany: stoning (lithazo), sawing (diprizo), sword-death, deprivation, persecution, torment. These words describe not legendary martyrs but historical reality for many faithful ones.
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