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| Epoch | X c. |
| Work | “The chant of Christ’s Baptizing and of the former Ismailite Abo-Kartveli (Georgian)” (Old Georgian Poetry, V-XIIcc. Compiled by S. Tsaishvili, Tbilisi, 1979) |
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| Quote | “The confessors of the religion Rejected by you, venerable, Handed you over to the court, As the Jews in Rome handed over Apostle Paul, And the faithless in power Brought out the desirable death sentence” (3) |
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Nike. Vani. II-I BC, Bronze, 22 x19 cm. The Georgian National Museum.
| Comment | Apostle Paul, together with saint apostle Peter and other Christians, died as martyr (By the order of the Emperor they were beheaded, and Saint Peter was crucified upside down on the cross) in Rome, the capital of Empire, during the period of Nero’s persecution of Christians, on 29th June of 67 A.D. (N. T.) |
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