Chapter 11 — No threats have any effect on Polycarp.
2The proconsul then said to him, "I have wild beasts at hand; to these will I cast thee, except thou repent".
3But he answered, "Call them then, for we are not accustomed to repent of what is good in order to adopt that which is evil; and it is well for me to be changed from what is evil to what is righteous".
4But again the proconsul said to him, "I will cause thee to be consumed by fire, seeing thou despisest the wild beasts, if thou wilt not repent".
5But Polycarp said, "Thou threatenest me with fire which burneth for an hour, and after a little is extinguished, but art ignorant of the fire of the coming judgment and of eternal punishment, reserved for the ungodly.
6But why tarriest thou? Bring forth what thou wilt".