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Muratorian fragment

2nd century · AD 170 · Early Fathers (before Nicaea) · 1 passages

Background on Muratorian fragment

In his own words on John

  • John 21:18-19

    For 'most excellent Theophilus' Luke compiled the individual events that took place in his presence - as he plainly shows by omitting the martyrdom of Peter

    Lines 35-37

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.