And when he was at the last gasp, he said thus: Thou indeed, O most wicked man, destroyest us out of this present life: but the King of the world will raise us up, who die for his laws, in the resurrection of eternal life.

“Most wicked. The martyrs have sometimes been inspired by God to speak in harsh language to magistrates; though their office generally commands respect. (Haydock) — Life. The resurrection is clearly specified in all these answers. The Redeemer was near at hand. (Calmet) — Christiani fuerunt….factis. (St. Augustine, ser. i. 2.)”