Church History 4.6.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: When the Jews revolted again under Hadrian, the governor Rufus crushed them mercilessly.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:140

Καὶ δῆτα τῆς Ἰουδαίων ἀποστασίας αὖθις εἰς μέγα καὶ πολὺ προελθούσης ῾Ροῦφος ἐπάρχων τῆς Ἰουδαίας, στρατιωτικῆς αὐτῷ συμμαχίας ὑπὸ βασιλέως πεμφθείσης, ταῖς ἀπονοίαις αὐτῶν ἀφειδῶς χρώμενος ἐπεξῄει, μυριάδας ἀθρόως ἀνδρῶν ὁμοῦ καὶ παίδων καὶ γυναικῶν διαφθείρων, πολέμου τε νόμῳ τὰς χώρας αὐτῶν ἐξανδραποδιζόμενος.

English · Claude translation

When the revolt of the Jews again grew great and extensive, Rufus, governor of Judea, when military help had been sent to him by the emperor, went out against them, making merciless use of their madness, destroying tens of thousands of men, children, and women together, and by the law of war enslaving their lands.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:140 · 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)

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.6.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/6/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.6.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/6/1/).