On the aged Apostle had been inflicted the stripes prescribed by law; and next day he was led forth beyond the walls of the city, toward the Vatican Hill, where he was to suffer the punishment of the cross assigned to him.
Az agg apostolt először a római jog értelmében megvesszőzték, másnap kihurcolták a város falain kívül a Vaticanus-dombok felé, hogy ott szenvedje el a reá kirótt kereszthalált.