Demonstration of the Gospel 10.8.102–10.8.112
Greek text: Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 3 (Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 3 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1867), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).
preface 10, chapter 8
10.8.102Dindorf 3:686
εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ, ηὔξατο δὲ ῥυσθῆναι ἀπὸ μὲν ῥομφαίας τὴν ψυχὴν αὑτοῦ, ἐκ δὲ κυνὸς τὴν μονογενῆ αὑτοῦ, καὶ ἔτι ἐκ στόματος λέοντος καὶ ἀπὸ κεράτων μονοκερώτων τὴν ταπείνωσιν αὑτοῦ, ἀκόλουθόν ἐστι νοεῖν τούτων ἀπαλλαγὴν εὑρέσθαι τὸν φήσαντα “ὅτι μὴ προσώχθισεν ὁ θεὸς τῇ δεήσει αὐτοῦ, μηδὲ τὸ πρόσωπον ἀπέστρεψεν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι εἰσήκουσεν αὐτοῦ.”
ei gar en tǭ kekragenai pros auton eisēkousen autou, ēuxato de rhysthēnai apo men rhomphaias tēn psychēn hautou, ek de kynos tēn monogenē hautou, kai eti ek stomatos leontos kai apo keratōn monokerōtōn tēn tapeinōsin hautou, akolouthon esti noein toutōn apallagēn heuresthai ton phēsanta “hoti mē prosōchthisen ho theos tę̄ deēsei autou, mēde to prosōpon apestrepsen apʼ autou, allʼ en tǭ kekragenai eisēkousen autou.”
For if, when he cried to him, he heard him, and he prayed to have his soul rescued from the sword, his only one from the dog, and further his lowliness from the mouth of the lion and from the horns of unicorns, it follows to understand that the one who said, “God was not offended at his petition, nor turned his face from him, but when he cried heard him,” found release from these things.
Ps 22:20–21 (21:21-22 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 22:24 (21:25 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Since God heard his prayer for rescue, he was released from all those powers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error; OCR error (missing iota subscript)): ἐν τῶ κεκραγέναι → ἐν τῷ κεκραγέναι; τὸν φύσαντα → τὸν φήσαντα.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.102 (Dindorf 3:686; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-102). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf (Teubner, 1867); made independently of existing English translations and compared afterwards with W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).
10.8.103Dindorf 3:686
διὸ καὶ ὑπῆρξεν αὐτῷ ῥυσθέντι τῶν τοσούτων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου διαφυγόντι συνδιατρίβειν τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀδελφοῖς, καὶ ὑμνεῖν ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας τὸν πατέρα. τήρει δὲ πάλιν ὡς πτωχὸν αὖθις ἑαυτὸν ἀποκαλεῖ, συμφώνως ταῖς πρότερον παρατεθείσαις προφητείαις, διʼ ὧν πένης καὶ πτωχὸς ὠνομάζετο.
dio kai hypērxen autǭ rhysthenti tōn tosoutōn kai ek tou thanatou diaphygonti syndiatribein tois heautou mathētais homou kai adelphois, kai hymnein en mesǭ ekklēsias ton patera. tērei de palin hōs ptōchon authis heauton apokalei, symphōnōs tais proteron paratetheisais prophēteiais, diʼ hōn penēs kai ptōchos ōnomazeto.
Therefore it came about that he, rescued from so many and having escaped from death, spent time with his disciples and brothers together, and hymned the Father in the midst of the assembly. Note again how he calls himself poor once more, in agreement with the prophecies set out before, in which he was named needy and poor.
Ps 22:24 (21:25 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Rescued from death, Christ was with his disciples and praised the Father; he again calls himself poor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error): ἐκκληςίας τὸν πατέρα → ἐκκλησίας τὸν πατέρα.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.103 (Dindorf 3:686; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-103). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf (Teubner, 1867); made independently of existing English translations and compared afterwards with W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).
10.8.104Dindorf 3:686–687
ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὑτοῦ διὰ τούτων παρέστησεν, αὖθις πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἐπιστρέφων τὸν λόγον, παρὰ σοῦ, φησὶν, ὁ ἔπαινός μου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλῃ, τῆς ἐπʼ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ συστάσης ἐξ ἐθνῶν καθʼ ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐκκλησίας μνημο- νεύων, ἐν ἡ ὁ περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἔπαινος διὰ παντὸς ᾄδεται, νεύματι τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ συνεργίᾳ.
allʼ epei kai tēn anastasin hautou dia toutōn parestēsen, authis pros ton patera epistrephōn ton logon, para sou, phēsin, ho epainos mou en ekklēsią megalę̄, tēs epʼ onomati autou systasēs ex ethnōn kathʼ holēs tēs oikoumenēs ekklēsias mnēmo- neuōn, en hē ho peri tou sōtēros hēmōn epainos dia pantos ądetai, neumati tou patros autou kai synergią.
But since he presented his resurrection by these words, turning his speech again to the Father he says, “From you is my praise in the great assembly,” recalling the church from the nations established in his name throughout the whole world, in which the praise of our Savior is continually sung, by the will and cooperation of his Father.
Ps 22:25 (21:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “My praise in the great assembly” refers to the worldwide church that praises Christ by the Father’s will.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error; repeated syllable): φηςὶν, ὁ ἔπαινός → φησὶν, ὁ ἔπαινός; συνεργίᾳ. γίᾳ. → συνεργίᾳ..
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.104 (Dindorf 3:686–687; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-104). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf (Teubner, 1867); made independently of existing English translations and compared afterwards with W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).
10.8.105Dindorf 3:687
διό φησι ‘‘παρὰ σοῦ ὁ ἔπαινός μου ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλῃ.” μεγάλη γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἡ ἐκκλησία αὕτη ἐκ παντὸς γένους ἀνθρώπων συγκεκροτημένη, οὐδὲ συγκρίνεσθαι διὰ τὸ σεμνὸν καὶ ὑπερφυὲς τοῦ βίου καὶ διὰ τὸ τῶν δογμάτων μέγεθος ἀξία τῷ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνει καὶ τῇ τῶν ἐκ περιτομῆς συναγωγῇ, πάσῃ πτωχείᾳ λόγου καὶ βίου καὶ φρονήματος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης περὶ θεοῦ δόξης ἐσμικρυμμένῃ.
dio phēsi ‘‘para sou ho epainos mou en ekklēsią megalę̄.” megalē gar hōs alēthōs hē ekklēsia hautē ek pantos genous anthrōpōn synkekrotēmenē, oude synkrinesthai dia to semnon kai hyperphyes tou biou kai dia to tōn dogmatōn megethos axia tǭ Ioudaiōn ethnei kai tę̄ tōn ek peritomēs synagōgę̄, pasę̄ ptōcheią logou kai biou kai phronēmatos kai tēs allēs peri theou doxēs esmikrymmenę̄.
That is why he says, “From you is my praise in the great assembly.” For truly great is this church gathered from every race of human beings, and because of the dignity and surpassing greatness of its life and the grandeur of its doctrines it is not worthy to be compared with the Jewish nation and the synagogue of the circumcision, diminished by every poverty of word, life, and thought, and of all other opinion about God.
Ps 22:25 (21:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The great assembly is the church of all nations, far surpassing the synagogue.
- Eusebius’s polemic is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR accent error; OCR error): ἐν ἐκκλγσίᾳ μεγάλῃ → ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ μεγάλῃ; τῆς ἂλλης → τῆς ἄλλης.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.105 (Dindorf 3:687; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-105). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.106Dindorf 3:687
εἶτʼ ἐπιλέγει “τὰς εὐχάς μου τῷ κυρίῳ ἀποδώσω ἐνώπιον πάντων τῶν φοβουμένων αὐτόν, ” φοβουμένους αὐτὸν ἀποκαλῶν τὴν πρότερον ὀνομασθεῖσαν ἐκκλησίαν μεγάλην, οἷς ἔλεγεν “οἱ φοβούμενοι τὸν κύριον αἰνέσατε αὐτόν.” ποίας δὲ εὐχὰς ἀποδώσειν φησὶν ἢ ἃς ἐπηγγείλατο; ποίας δὲ ἐπηγγείλατο ἢ ἐκείνας διʼ ὧν ἔφησε “διηγήσομαι τὸ ὄνομά σου τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μου, ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας ὑμνήσω σε; εὐχαὶ γάρ εἰσιν αἶ ἐπαγγελίαι, ἃς ἐπαγγειλάμενος δώσειν ἐν μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας διεβεβαιοῦτο.
eitʼ epilegei “tas euchas mou tǭ kyriǭ apodōsō enōpion pantōn tōn phoboumenōn auton, ” phoboumenous auton apokalōn tēn proteron onomastheisan ekklēsian megalēn, hois elegen “hoi phoboumenoi ton kyrion ainesate auton.” poias de euchas apodōsein phēsin ē has epēngeilato? poias de epēngeilato ē ekeinas diʼ hōn ephēse “diēgēsomai to onoma sou tois adelphois mou, en mesǭ ekklēsias hymnēsō se? euchai gar eisin ai epangeliai, has epangeilamenos dōsein en mesǭ ekklēsias diebebaiouto.
Then he adds, “I will pay my vows to the Lord before all who fear him,” calling those who fear him the great assembly named before, to whom he said, “You who fear the Lord, praise him.” What vows does he say he will pay but those he promised? And what did he promise but those in which he said, “I will tell your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will sing your praise”? For the vows are the promises which, having promised to give them in the midst of the assembly, he confirmed.
Ps 22:25 (21:26 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:23 (21:24 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 22:22 (21:23 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The vows he pays are his promises to declare the Father’s name in the assembly.
- “Vows” translates εὐχαί, which also means “prayers”; Eusebius equates them with ἐπαγγελίαι, “promises.”
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error; stray punctuation): ἐπηγγείλατο,. ποίας → ἐπηγγείλατο; ποίας; μέσῳ ἐκκλγσίας διεβεβαιοῦτο → μέσῳ ἐκκλησίας διεβεβαιοῦτο.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.106 (Dindorf 3:687; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-106). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.107Dindorf 3:687
τούτοις ἐξῆς ἐπιλέγει ‘‘φάγονται πένητες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσονται, καὶ αἰνέσουσι κύριον οἶ ἐκζητοῦντες αὐτὸν, ζήσονται αἶ καρδίαι αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος.’ μνησθήσονται καὶ ἐπιστραφήσονται πρὸς κύριον πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ πάσαι αἶ πατριαὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὅτι τοῦ κυρίου ἡ βασιλεία, καὶ αὐτὸς δεσπόζει τῶν ἐθνῶν.”
toutois exēs epilegei ‘‘phagontai penētes kai emplēsthēsontai, kai ainesousi kyrion oi ekzētountes auton, zēsontai ai kardiai autōn eis aiōna aiōnos.’ mnēsthēsontai kai epistraphēsontai pros kyrion panta ta perata tēs gēs, kai proskynēsousin enōpion autou pasai ai patriai tōn ethnōn, hoti tou kyriou hē basileia, kai autos despozei tōn ethnōn.”
Next to these he adds, “The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord will praise him; their hearts will live for ever and ever. All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations will worship before him, for the kingdom is the Lord’s, and he rules over the nations.”
Ps 22:26–28 (21:27-29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 22:26–28 (LXX 21): the poor will eat, and all nations will turn to the Lord.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.107 (Dindorf 3:687; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-107). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.108Dindorf 3:687–688
διʼ ὦν σφόδρα ἀκολούθως τὰ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ κατορθώματα ἀναφωνεῖ, ἃ καὶ πεπλήρωται διὰ τῆς ἐξ ἀπάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως, διά τε τῆς ἐν τοῖς πέρασι τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀνθρώπων ἐκλογῆς, ὧν αἶ ἐκβάσεις ὀφθαλμοῖς θεωρούμεναι πάντων ἂν γένοιντο τῶν διὰ τοῦ Ψαλμοῦ λεγομένων παραστατικαί.
diʼ ōn sphodra akolouthōs ta meta tēn anastasin autou katorthōmata anaphōnei, ha kai peplērōtai dia tēs ex apantōn tōn ethnōn klēseōs, dia te tēs en tois perasi tēs oikoumenēs anthrōpōn eklogēs, hōn ai ekbaseis ophthalmois theōroumenai pantōn an genointo tōn dia tou Psalmou legomenōn parastatikai.
By these words, very consistently, he proclaims the achievements after his resurrection, which have been fulfilled through the calling from all the nations and through the choosing of people at the ends of the world; their outcomes, seen with our eyes, would demonstrate all that is said through the Psalm.
Ps 22:27 (21:28 LXX) (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: These verses foretell the calling of the nations after the resurrection, now visibly fulfilled.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.108 (Dindorf 3:687–688; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-108). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.109Dindorf 3:688
πένητες δὲ πάλιν ἡμεῖς, οὓς κατὰ θεὸν πτωχεύοντας ἐκτρέφων ὁ σωτήριος λόγος τῷ νοητῷ καὶ λογικῷ ἄρτῳ ταῖς ζωοποιοῖς τῶν ψυχῶν τροφαῖς τὴν αἰώνιον ἡμῖν παρέχει ζωήν. διό φησιν ὁ Ψαλμὸς “φάγονται πένητες καὶ ἐμπλησθήσονται, καὶ αἰνέσουσι κύριον οἶ ἐκζητοῦντες αὐτὸν, ζήσονται αἶ καρδίαι αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνα αἰῶνος.”
penētes de palin hēmeis, hous kata theon ptōcheuontas ektrephōn ho sōtērios logos tǭ noētǭ kai logikǭ artǭ tais zōopoiois tōn psychōn trophais tēn aiōnion hēmin parechei zōēn. dio phēsin ho Psalmos “phagontai penētes kai emplēsthēsontai, kai ainesousi kyrion oi ekzētountes auton, zēsontai ai kardiai autōn eis aiōna aiōnos.”
And the poor, again, are we, whom, being poor according to God, the saving Word nourishes with the spiritual and rational bread, with the life-giving food of souls, and grants us eternal life. That is why the Psalm says, “The poor will eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord will praise him; their hearts will live for ever and ever.”
Ps 22:26 (21:27 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 6:51 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 5:3 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: The poor who eat are Christians fed by the Word with spiritual bread for eternal life.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error; repeated words): πένηες → πένητες; αἰνέσουσι καὶ αἰνέσουσι → αἰνέσουσι.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.109 (Dindorf 3:688; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-109). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.110Dindorf 3:688
καὶ ὁ ἐπίλογος δὲ τῆς ὅλης προφητείας μετὰ πάντα ἐπιφέρων “ἀναγγελήσεται τῷ κυρίῳ γενεὰ ἡ ἐρχομένη, καὶ ἀναγγελοῦσι τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ λαῷ τῷ τεχθησομένῳ, ὃν ἐποίησεν ὁ κύριος ἄντικρυς τὸν ἐξ ἐθνῶν προθεσπίζει λαὸν, καὶ τὴν διὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ συστᾶσαν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς γενεάν.
kai ho epilogos de tēs holēs prophēteias meta panta epipherōn “anangelēsetai tǭ kyriǭ genea hē erchomenē, kai anangelousi tēn dikaiosynēn autou laǭ tǭ techthēsomenǭ, hon epoiēsen ho kyrios antikrys ton ex ethnōn prothespizei laon, kai tēn dia tou sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou systasan epi tēs gēs genean.
And the epilogue of the whole prophecy, adding after everything, “The generation to come will be told of the Lord, and they will declare his righteousness to a people yet to be born, which the Lord has made,” plainly foretells the people from the nations and the generation established on earth through our Savior Jesus Christ.
Ps 22:30–31 (21:31-32 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Psalm’s ending foretells the new people from the nations formed through Christ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.110 (Dindorf 3:688; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-110). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.8.111Dindorf 3:688
τίς γὰρ ἂν εἴη ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα τεχθήσεσθαι λεγόμενος τῷ θεῷ λαὸς, πάλαι μὴ ὢν, μηδʼ ὑφεστὼς ἐν ἀνθρώποις, ὕστερον δὲ γεγονώς; τίς τε ἡ μὴ οὖσα τότε, λεγομένη δὲ ἐλεύσεσθαι γενεὰ, εἰ μὴ αὕτη ἡ διὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τῷ κόσμῳ συστᾶσα ἐκκλησία, καὶ ὁ νέος ἐξ ἐθνῶν λαὸς, ἐφʼ ᾧ καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον θαυμαστικῶς ἀπεφθέγξατο φῆσαν “τίς ἤκουσε τοιαῦτα, καὶ τίς ἑώρακεν οὕτως; εἰ ὤδινε γῆ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ, καὶ εἰ ἐτέχθη ἔθνος εἰσάπαξ.”
tis gar an eiē ho meta tauta techthēsesthai legomenos tǭ theǭ laos, palai mē ōn, mēdʼ hyphestōs en anthrōpois, hysteron de gegonōs? tis te hē mē ousa tote, legomenē de eleusesthai genea, ei mē hautē hē dia tou sōtēros hēmōn en panti tǭ kosmǭ systasa ekklēsia, kai ho neos ex ethnōn laos, ephʼ hǭ kai dia Hēsaïou to pneuma to hagion thaumastikōs apephthenxato phēsan “tis ēkouse toiauta, kai tis heōraken houtōs? ei ōdine gē en hēmerą mią, kai ei etechthē ethnos eisapax.”
For who would be the people said to be born to God afterwards, which did not exist before nor subsist among human beings but came into being later? And what is the generation which did not exist then but was said to be coming, if not this church established through our Savior in the whole world, and the new people from the nations, over which the Holy Spirit also exclaimed with wonder through Isaiah, saying, “Who has heard such things, and who has seen it so? Did the earth travail in one day, and was a nation born at once?”
Ps 22:31 (21:32 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 66:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The new people and coming generation are the church of the nations, as Isaiah marvelled at a nation born in a day.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error): γεγονώ; → γεγονώς;; Ἡσΐου → Ἡσαΐου.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.111 (Dindorf 3:688; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-111). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf (Teubner, 1867); made independently of existing English translations and compared afterwards with W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).
10.8.112Dindorf 3:688–690
Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἡμεῖς ἐφʼ ἕτερα συνελαύνοντος τοῦ καιροῦ διαδραμόντες ἀκροθιγῶς διεξήλθομεν· ὅτῳ δʼ ἂν μέλοι τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν παρακελεύσεως, φήσαντος, ἐρευνᾶτε τὰς γραφὰς ἐν αἷς δοκεῖτε ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἔχειν, καὶ αὗταί εἰσιν αἱ μαρτυροῦσαι περὶ ἐμοῦ, ἑκάστῃ λέξει τοῦ Ψαλμοῦ τὸν νοῦν ἐμβαθύνας, τὴν ἀκριβῆ διάνοιαν θηρεῦσαι ἂν τῆς ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἀληθείας.
Tauta men oun hēmeis ephʼ hetera synelaunontos tou kairou diadramontes akrothigōs diexēlthomen; hotǭ dʼ an meloi tēs tou sōtēros hēmōn parakeleuseōs, phēsantos, ereunate tas graphas en hais dokeite zōēn aiōnion echein, kai hautai eisin hai martyrousai peri emou, hekastę̄ lexei tou Psalmou ton noun embathynas, tēn akribē dianoian thēreusai an tēs en tois eirēmenois alētheias.
These things, then, we have gone through lightly, running over them because the time presses us on to other matters. But whoever cares for our Savior’s exhortation, when he said, “Search the Scriptures, in which you think you have eternal life, and it is they that bear witness about me,” by going deeply into each phrase of the Psalm, might hunt out the exact meaning of the truth in what is said.
John 5:39 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Eusebius has treated the Psalm briefly and urges readers, as Christ bids, to search the Scriptures more deeply.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR error (intrusive word)): μαρφήσαντος τυροῦσαι → μαρτυροῦσαι.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Dem. ev. 10.8.112 (Dindorf 3:688–690; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-demonstratio/10-8-102/#p-10-8-112). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf (Teubner, 1867); made independently of existing English translations and compared afterwards with W. J. Ferrar, The Proof of the Gospel (1920).