Church History 3.23.16

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

Summary: Clement (quoted): the young chief fled in shame, and the old apostle ran after him.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:111

ὃς τέως, ὥσπερ “ὥπλιστο, ἀνέμενεν, ὡς δὲ προσιόντα ἐγνώρισε τὸν “Ἰωάννην, εἰς φυγὴν αἰδεσθεὶς ἐτράπετο. ὁ δὲ ἐδί- “ωκεν ἀνὰ κράτος, ἐπιλαθόμενος τῆς ἡλικίας τῆς ἑαυ- “τοῦ, κεκραγὼς,

English · Claude translation

He meanwhile waited, armed as he was; but when he recognized John approaching, he turned to flight in shame. But John pursued with all his might, forgetting his own age, crying out,

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Source

Dindorf 4:111 · 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

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.13 (Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved?) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Clement, Quis div. 42.12–13.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/16/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/16/).

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