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Church History 1.13.10

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

Summary: Jesus' reply (quoted): Abgar is blessed for believing without seeing; after his ascension a disciple will come to heal him.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:41

“Μακάριος εἶ πιστεύσας ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ ἑωρα- “κώς με. γέγραπται γὰρ περὶ ἐμοῦ τοὺς ἑωρακότας “με μὴ πιστεύσειν μοι, καὶ ἵνα οἱ μὴ ἑωρακότες αὐ- “τοὶ πιστεύσωσι καὶ ζήσωνται. περὶ δὲ οὗ ἔργαψάς “μοι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ, δέον ἐστὶ πάντα, διʼ ἃ ἀπεστά- “λην, ἐνταῦθα πληρῶσαί με, καὶ μετὰ τὸ πληρῶσαι “οὕτως ἀναληφθῆναι πρὸς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με. καὶ “ἐπειδὰν ἀναληφθῶ, ἀποστελῶ σοί τινα τῶν μαθητῶν “μου, ἵνα ἰάσηταί σου τὸ πάθος καὶ ζωήν σοι καὶ “τοῖς σὺν σοὶ παράσχηται.”

English · Claude translation

“Blessed are you, who have believed in me without having seen me. For it is written of me that those who have seen me will not believe in me, and that those who have not seen me will believe and live. As for what you wrote to me, that I should come to you: I must fulfil here all that I was sent for, and after fulfilling it be taken up to him who sent me. And when I have been taken up, I will send you one of my disciples to heal your suffering and give life to you and those with you.”

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:41 · 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)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Abgar Jesus' reply (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Abgar correspondence (Jesus' reply). Compare John 20:29; “it is written” loosely recalls Isa 6:9–10 and Isa 52:15.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/10/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/10/).

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