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Church History 1.3.16

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

Summary: Psalm 110 shows Christ seated at God's right hand, begotten before the morning star, a priest for ever like Melchizedek.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:15

καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς ὧδέ πως τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ δηλοῖ λέγων “ εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἴως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου, ’ καὶ “ ἐκ γαστρὸς πρὸ ἑωσφόρου ἐγέννησά σε. ὤμοσε κύριος καὶ οὐ μεταμεληθήσεται· σὺ εἶ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ.”

English · Claude translation

And elsewhere the same David makes known his affairs thus: “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”; and, “From the womb before the morning star I begot you. The Lord has sworn and will not repent: You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.”

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:15 · 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
  • Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) · quotation, high confidence
  • Ps 110:3–4 (109:3-Ps LXX) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotations are Ps 110:1, 3–4 (109:1, 3–4 LXX).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.3.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/3/16/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.3.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/3/16/).

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