life.eustathius.theopiste.01 Chapter 1

The life and conversation of Saint Apa Eustathius a general of the emperor Trajan, and of Theopiste his wife, and of Agapius and Theopistus his sons, who ended their martyrdoms in the great city of Rome, on the twentieth day of the month Thoth, under the emperor Trajan. In peace. Amen.

There is implanted in a holy man the earnest desire to learn,

which is partly natural and partly voluntary, and these qualities are equally clearly distinguished.

The holy man setteth up virtue, and he wisheth to instruct his neighbours by the (examples of) others who have lived from the earliest times, and who have given thanks to Him that hath done good unto us all from the beginning, that is to say, to our God and our Lord Jesus the Christ,

those whom He hath………………..

I mean that not all have given thanks.

We are those (unto whom) He doeth good. And there are very many admonitions (or, teachings), and acts of valiant and blessed men which have come down to us in the Holy Scriptures, which are like unto images that have souls in them, and which will make those who wish to follow them resemble [them] in their glorious integrity, and prevent them from becoming feeble in the performance of their mighty deeds.