CH 4, ¶7

The accounts thus far mentioned are related in the most particular ways, including names, persons, places and circumstances. It is important to notice that those who recorded these accounts of Christian persecution did not tend to exaggerate. The authors said it like it is. They accurately recorded times of fleeing for their lives, times of peace, and times of severe persecution. In other times when other martyrdoms and persecutions took place and were recorded, it is reasonable to believe that they were not exaggerated. (McCauley)