“6:17. And coming down with them, he stood in a plain place: and the

company of his disciples and a very great multitude of people from all

Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast, both of Tyre and Sidon,

6:18. Who were come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And

they that were troubled with unclean spirits were cured.

6:19. And all the multitude sought to touch him: for virtue went out

from him and healed all.

6:20. And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are

ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

6:21. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed

are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh.

6:22. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall

separate you and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for

the Son of man's sake.

6:23. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great

in heaven, For according to these things did their fathers to the

prophets.”

Eustice was commander-in-chief in the army of the Emperor Trajan. Having refused to thank the gods for a triumph, he was burned to death with his wife and children, after undergoing cruel tortures A.D. 120.