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Church History 1.13.9

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

Summary: Eusebius introduces Jesus' reply to Abgar.

Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:40–41

[Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οὕτως ἔγραψε, τῆς θείας αὐτὸν τέως μικρὸν αὐγασάσης ἀλλάμψεως. ἄξιον δὲ καὶ τῆς πρὸς τοῦ ᾿Ιησοῦ αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γραμματοκομιστοῦ ἀποσταλείσης ἀπακοῦσαι ὀλιγοστίχου μὲν, πολυδυνάμου δὲ ἐπιστολῆς, τοῦτον ἐχούσης καὶ αὐτῆς τὸν τρόπον.] Τὰ ἀντιγραφέντα ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ διὰ Ἀνανία ταχυδρόμου τοπάρχῃ ᾿Αβγάρῳ.

English · Claude translation

The reply written by Jesus through Ananias the courier to Abgar the toparch.

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:40–41 · 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; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.
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 (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar) · allusion, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • The editor deletes, as not Eusebius's, the preceding sentences: “He wrote these things so, the divine light having shone on him a little for the time being. It is worth hearing also the letter sent to him by Jesus through the same letter-carrier, of few lines but of great power, which runs as follows.”

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/9/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/9/).

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