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irenaus_n confess_v be_v papias_n who_o they_o conceive_v to_o have_v be_v saint_n johns_n hearer_n and_o so_o as_o they_o intimate_v know_v saint_n johns_n mind_n and_o meaning_n to_o lean_v that_o way_n but_o as_o the_o text_n in_o that_o 21_o of_o revelat._n show_v that_o saint_n john_n do_v not_o so_o mean_a so_o papias_n be_v not_o a_o hearer_n or_o seer_n of_o any_o of_o the_o apostle_n and_o therefore_o not_o of_o saint_n john_n so_o he_o confess_v himself_o operis_fw-la in_o exoâ—â—â—_n svi_fw-la operis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o for_o the_o ignominy_n that_o that_o opinion_n draw_v on_o itself_o 33._o lib._n 3._o hist_o cap_n 33._o eusebius_n say_v that_o papius_n the_o first_o author_n of_o that_o opinion_n be_v a_o credulous_a man_n and_o apt_a to_o receive_v fable_n for_o verity_n so_o he_o therefore_o saint_n hierom_n just_o confute_v he_o and_o his_o follower_n and_o so_o in_o allage_n follow_v their_o time_n be_v record_v in_o the_o most_o judicious_a 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