Ignatius of Antioch, Epistle to the Trallians 3.10
But if, as some godless people—that is, faithless people—say, he suffered in mere appearance, then they themselves are mere appearance. Why am I bound? Why do I pray for martyrdom by beasts? Then I am dying in vain. Am I then lying about the Lord?
Greek
Εἰ δέ, ὥσπερ τινὲς ἄθεοι ὄντες, τουτέστιν ἄπιστοι, λέγουσιν, τὸ δοκεῖν πεπονθέναι αὐτόν, αὐτοὶ ὄντες τὸ δοκεῖν, ἐγὼ τί δέδεμαι, τί δὲ καὶ εὔχομαι θηριομαχῆσαι; δωρεὰν οὖν ἀποθνήσκω. ἄρα οὖν καταψεύδομαι τοῦ κυρίου.