"6. Davidson, _Introd. N.T._ i. | Davidson, _Introd. N.T._ i. p. 19.
p. 19. 'All [the Epistles of |
Ignatius] are posterior to Ignatius | The same as opposite.
himself, who was not thrown to the |
wild beasts in the amphitheatre at | These "peremptory statements" are
Rome by command of Trajan, but at | of course based upon what is
Antioch on December 20, A.D. 115. | considered satisfactory evidence,
The Epistles were written after | though it may not be adduced here.
150 A.D.' [For these peremptory |
statements no authority whatever is |
adduced]. |
|
"7. Mayerhoff, _Einl. petr. Schr._ | Mayerhoff, _Einl. petr. Schr._
p. 79. '... Ignatius, _der | p. 79.
spätestens 117 zu Rom den |
Märtyrertod litt ..._' | Ignatius suffered martyrdom in Rome
| at latest A.D. 117.
|
"8. Scholten, _Die ält. Zeugnisse_, | Scholten, _Die ält. Zeugnisse_,
p. 40, mentions 115 as the year of | p. 40, states A.D. 115 as the date
Ignatius' death: p. 50 f. The | of Ignatius' death. At p. 50 he
Ignatian letters are rejected | repeats this statement, and gives
partly 'weil sie eine Märtyrerreise | his support to the view that his
des Ignatius nach Rom melden, deren | martyrdom took place in Antioch on
schon früher erkanntes | the 20th December, A.D. 115.
ungeschichtliches Wesen durch |
Volkmar's nicht ungegründete |
Vermuthung um so wahrscheinlicher |
wird. Darnach scheint nämlich |
Ignatius nicht zu Rom auf Befehl |