Church History 3.6.21

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

Summary: Josephus (quoted): Mary daughter of Eleazar, a wealthy woman from beyond the Jordan, was trapped in the siege.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:94

γυνὴ “τῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἰορδάνην κατοικούντων, Μαρία τοὔ- “νομα, πατρὸς Ἐλεαζάρου, κώμης Βαθεζὼρ, “νει δὲ τοῦτο οἶκος ὑσσώπου, ) διὰ γένος καὶ πλοῦτον “ ἐπίσημος, μετὰ τοῦ λοιποῦ πλήθους εἰς τὰ Ἱεροσό- “λυμα καταφυγοῦσα συνεπολιορκεῖτο.

English · Claude translation

A woman of those living beyond the Jordan, Mary by name, daughter of Eleazar, from the village of Bethezuba (which means ‘house of hyssop’), distinguished for family and wealth, had fled with the rest of the multitude to Jerusalem and was besieged with them.

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Source

Dindorf 4:94 · 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, J.W. 6.201 (Josephus (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Josephus, J.W. 6.201. The digital text has lost σημαί- before -νει δὲ τοῦτο.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.6.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/6/21/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.6.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/6/21/).

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