{"query": "Polycarp of Smyrna", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_74c5a65a5fcb", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XIX", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "This, then, is the account of the blessed Polycarp, who, being the twelfth that was martyred in Smyrna (reckoning those also of Philadelphia), yet occupies a place of his own in the memory of all men,"}, {"id": "card_n_ddc4e723600b", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "While he spoke these and many other like things, he was filled with confidence and joy, and his countenance was full of grace, so that not merely did it not fall as if troubled by the things said to h"}, {"id": "card_c_4eb388c327ce", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XIX references Smyrna", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Smyrna (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_812f40a7e053", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XVI references Smyrna", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Smyrna (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_992e5d9b5258", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XII references Smyrna", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Smyrna (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_41fbb4a583bc", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XIV", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "These things I have written to you by Crescens, whom up to the present time I have recommended unto you, and do now recommend. For he has acted blamelessly among us, and I believe also among you. More"}, {"id": "card_n_8fd4924de2bf", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XVI", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "At length, when those wicked men perceived that his body could not be consumed by the fire, they commanded an executioner to go near and pierce him through with a dagger. And on his doing this, there "}, {"id": "card_n_9c2e0e43042b", "title": "Easton: Smyrna", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Myrrh, an ancient city of Ionia, on the western coast of Asia Minor, about 40 miles to the north of Ephesus. It is now the chief city of Anatolia, having a mixed population of about 200,000, of whom a"}, {"id": "card_n_25e5a7f31fe2", "title": "Polycarp of Smyrna", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Aged bishop of Smyrna; arrested in the Roman persecution; brought to the stadium and given the chance to revile Christ and go free; replies that he has served Him eighty-six years and He has never wro"}, {"id": "card_n_9020bfa8475b", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XI", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "I am greatly grieved for Valens, who was once a presbyter among you, because he so little understands the place that was given him [in the church]. I exhort you, therefore, that ye abstain from coveto"}, {"id": "card_n_e7a5baf10712", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp IX", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "Now, as Polycarp was entering into the stadium, there came to him a voice from heaven, saying, “Be strong, and show thyself a man, O Polycarp!” No one saw who it was that spoke to him; but those of ou"}, {"id": "card_n_33b2a9bc913c", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XXII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "We wish you, brethren, all happiness, while you walk according to the doctrine of the gospel of Jesus Christ; with whom be glory to God the Father and the Holy Spirit, for the salvation of His holy el"}, {"id": "card_c_eeebf1022d65", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XIV references Smyrna", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Smyrna (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_6be89f82c1ed", "title": "Polycarp to the Philippians XI references Smyrna", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Smyrna (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_16da47033290", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp I → Martyrdom of Polycarp II", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in martyrdom_polycarp."}, {"id": "card_c_303bad88686b", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp II → Martyrdom of Polycarp I", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in martyrdom_polycarp."}, {"id": "card_c_45643c46f3e7", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp V → Martyrdom of Polycarp VI", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in martyrdom_polycarp."}, {"id": "card_c_73e8263ed8e9", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp X → Martyrdom of Polycarp IX", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in martyrdom_polycarp."}, {"id": "card_c_9395a47cdb44", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp VI → Martyrdom of Polycarp V", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential prev in martyrdom_polycarp."}, {"id": "card_c_cc653143bf1b", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp IV → Martyrdom of Polycarp V", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Sequential next in martyrdom_polycarp."}]}