Jonathan Dymond (An Inquiry into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity) states that "During a considerable period after the death of Christ, it is certain...that his followers believed he had forbidden war, and that, in consequence of this belief, many of them refused to engage in it, whatever were the consequences, whether reproach, or imprisonment, or death.
Jonathan Dymond, mutsari wa timhaka ta vukhongeri u tsale xitsalwana lexi nge, "Ku Kambisisa Ntwanano Lowu Nga Kona Eka Nyimpi Ni Milawu Leyi Kongomisaka Vakreste," kutani a vula leswaku ku hundze nkarhi wo leha endzhaku ka rifu ra Yesu valandzeri va Yena va nga "hlanganyeli [enyimpini]; va endle tano hambiloko va rhukaniwa, va hoxiwa ekhotsweni ni ku dlayiwa."