Ma’asei Andreas — Chapter 39 - The Crowd Demands His Release

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By the fourth day the people of Patras openly condemn Aegeates's judgment.

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They say that Andreas has done no wrong and should be released.

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Aegeates fears the crowd and comes to have him taken down.

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Andreas refuses rescue from the same authority that condemned him.

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He says he has already reached the boundary of the course assigned to him.

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Those attempting to loosen him find themselves unable to complete the task.

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Andreas prays that he not be surrendered again to the unstable life he has already left behind.

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A brightness surrounds him according to the martyrdom tradition.

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When the light withdraws, Andreas is dead.

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