76.  He emulated the zeal of Peter,180    Acts iv. 8. the intensity of Paul, the faith of both these men of name and of surname, the lofty utterance of the sons of Zebedee, the frugality and simplicity of all the disciples.  Therefore he was also entrusted with the keys of the heavens,181    S. Matt. xvi. 1. and not only from Jerusalem and round about unto Illyricum,182    Rom. xv. 1. but he embraces a wider circle in the Gospel; he is not named, but becomes, a Son of thunder; and lying upon the breast of Jesus, he draws thence the power of his word, and the depth of his thoughts.  He was prevented from becoming a Stephen,183    Acts vii. 58. eager though he was, since reverence stayed the hands of those who would have stoned him.  I am able to sum up still more concisely, to avoid treating in detail on these points of each individual.  In some respects he discovered, in some he emulated, in others he surpassed the good.  In his many-sided virtues he excelled all men of this day.  I have but one thing left to say, and in few words.

Ἐμιμήσατο Πέτρου τὸν ζῆλον, Παύλου τὸν τόνον, τῶν ὀνομαστῶν καὶ μετωνομασμένων ἀμφοτέρων τὴν πίστιν: τῶν υἱῶν Ζεβεδαίου τὸ μεγαλόφωνον: πάντων τῶν μαθητῶν τὸ εὐτελὲς καὶ ἀπέριττον. Διὰ ταῦτά τοι καὶ κλεῖς οὐρανῶν πιστεύεται: καὶ οὐχ ὅσον ἀπὸ Ἱερουσαλὴμ μέχρι τοῦ Ἰλλυρικοῦ, μείζονα δὲ κύκλον τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ περιλαμβάνει: καὶ υἱὸς βροντῆς, οὐκ ὀνομάζεται μέν, γίνεται δέ: καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος Ἰησοῦ κείμενος, ἐκεῖθεν ἕλκει τοῦ λόγου τὴν δύναμιν καὶ τὸ βάθος τῶν νοημάτων. Στέφανος μὲν γὰρ ἐκωλύθη γενέσθαι, εἰ καὶ πρόθυμος ἦν, ἐπισχὼν αἰδοῖ τοὺς λιθάζοντας. Ἔτι δὲ συντομώτερον εἰπεῖν ἔχω, ἵνα μὴ τοῖς καθ' ἕκαστον ἐπεξίω περὶ τούτων: ἐκεῖνος γὰρ τὸ μὲν ἐξεῦρε τῶν καλῶν, τὸ δὲ ἐζήλωσε, τὸ δὲ ἐνίκησε: τῷ δὲ διὰ πάντων ἐλθεῖν, τῶν νῦν πάντων ἐκράτησεν. Ἓν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἐρῶ καὶ σύντομον.