а только слышали они, что гнавший их некогда ныне благовествует веру, которую прежде истреблял, —
They only heard the report: “The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
They only were hearing it said, “He who used to persecute us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.”
but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
All they knew was that people were saying, “The one who used to persecute us is now preaching the very faith he tried to destroy!”
But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
But they were hearing only, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith which he once tried to destroy.”
only they were hearing that he who persecuted us formerly now announces the glad tidings of the faith which formerly he ravaged: