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Church History 1.6.9

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

Summary: Josephus shows that Herod, Archelaus, and the Romans appointed obscure men as high priest.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:23

ἔχεις καὶ τούτων ἀξιόχρεων τὸν Ἰώσηπον μάρτυρα, δηλοῦντα ὡς τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ Ῥωμαίων ἐπιτραπεὶς Ἡρώδης οὐκέτι τοὺς ἐξ ἀρχαίου γένους καθίστησιν ἀρχιερεῖς, ἀλλά τισιν ἀσήμοις τὴν τιμὴν ἀπένεμεν· τὰ ὅμοια δὲ πρᾶξαι τῷ Ἡρώδῃ περὶ τῆς καταστάσεως τῶν ἀρκιερέωνʼ Ἀρχέλαόν τε τὸν παῖδα αὐτοῦ καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ῥωμαίους, τὴν ἀρχὴν τῶν Ἰουδαίων παρειληφότας.

English · Claude translation

You have Josephus too as a trustworthy witness of this, showing that Herod, when entrusted with the kingdom by the Romans, no longer appointed high priests from the ancient line, but gave the honour to certain obscure persons; and that Archelaus his son, and after him the Romans, when they had taken over the government of the Jews, acted like Herod in appointing the high priests.

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Source
Dindorf 4:23 · 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
  • Josephus, Ant. 20.247–249 (Josephus (works)) · allusion, medium confidence

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Translation notes

  • The source is Josephus, Ant. 20.247–249.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.6.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/6/9/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.6.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/6/9/).

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