Note 1419 — THE EPISTLES OF IGNATIUS AFTER THE SYRIAC VERSION.
Frederick Crombie translation
Literally, “and not as that which is afraid of some other men.” So Cureton translates, but remarks that the passage is evidently corrupt. The reference plainly is to the fact that the beasts sometimes refused to attack their intended victims. See the case of Blandina, as reported by Eusebius (Hist. Eccl. v. 1).