Church History 3.39.16

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

Summary: Papias (quoted): Matthew compiled the oracles in Hebrew, and each translated them as he could.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:136

περὶ δὲ τοῦ Ματθαίου ταῦτʼ εἴρηται “ Ματθαῖος μὲν “Ἑβραίδι διαλέκτῳ τὰ λόγια συνεγράψατο, ἡρμή- “ νεῦσε δʼ αὐτὰ ὡς ἦν δυνατὸς ἔκαστος.’’

English · Claude translation

About Matthew this was said: “Matthew, then, composed the oracles in the Hebrew language, and each interpreted them as he was able.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:136 · 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.

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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

Papias (Papias (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Papias, Expositions. “Hebrew language” may mean Hebrew or Aramaic, or possibly a Hebrew style; “oracles” may mean sayings or the whole Gospel. Both points are debated.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/16/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.16 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/16/).

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