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Church History 1.13.15

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: The Syriac account (quoted): Thaddaeus confirmed he was sent because of Abgar's faith.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:42

ὃς καὶ τὸν Θαδδαῖον ἤρετο, εἰ ἐπʼ ἀληθείας μαθητὴς εἶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς εἰρήκει πρὸς ἐμέ “ ἀποστελῶ σοί τινα τῶν μαθητῖν μου, ὅστις ἰάσεταί σε καὶ ζωήν σοι παρέξει. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος ἔφη “ ἐπεὶ μεγάλως πεπίστευκας εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με, διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεστάλην πρὸς σέ. καὶ πάλιν ἐὰν πιστεύσῃς ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς ἂν πιστεύσῃς ἔσται σοι τὰ αἰτήματα τῆς καρδίας σου.

English · Claude translation

He asked Thaddaeus, ‘Are you truly a disciple of Jesus the Son of God, who said to me, I will send you one of my disciples, who will heal you and give you life?’ And Thaddaeus said, ‘Because you have greatly believed in him who sent me, therefore I have been sent to you. And again, if you believe in him, the requests of your heart will be granted as you believe.’

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Source
Dindorf 4:42 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Abgar Syriac acts of Thaddaeus (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Syriac Edessene account. Compare Matt 8:13.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/15/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/15/).

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