Church History 1.13.21

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

Summary: The Syriac account (quoted): the city heard Thaddaeus, who refused Abgar's gifts of gold and silver.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:43–44

ἐκέλευσεν οὑν ὁ Ἄβγαρος τῇ ἴωθεν συνάξαι τοὺς πολίτας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκοῦσαι τὴν κήρυξιν Θαδδαίου, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προσέταξεν αὐτῷ δοθῆναι χρυσὸν καὶ ἄσημον. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἐδέξατο εἰπών “ εἰ τὰ ἡμέτερα καταλελοίπαμεν, πῶς τὰ ἀλλότρια ληψόμεθα;”

English · Claude translation

So Abgar ordered his citizens to assemble at dawn and to hear the preaching of Thaddaeus; and after this he commanded that gold and uncoined silver be given to him. But he did not accept it, saying, ‘If we have left our own things behind, how shall we take what belongs to others?’”

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Source

Dindorf 4:43–44 · 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)

Extrabiblical texts

Abgar Syriac acts of Thaddaeus (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from the Syriac Edessene account.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/21/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/21/).

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