Church History 1.13.19

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

Summary: The Syriac account (quoted): Abgar asked Thaddaeus to tell him about Jesus' coming and power.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:43

μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ἄβγαρος “ σὺ Θαδδαῖε, ἔφη, σὺν δυνάμει τοῦ θεοῦ ταῦτα ποιεῖς, καὶ ἡμεῖς σε αὐτοὶ ἐθαυμάσαμεν. ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις δέομαί σου, διήγησαί μοι περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πῶς ἐγένετο, καὶ περὶ τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ταῦτα ἐποίει, ἅτινα ἠκούσαμεν.’’

English · Claude translation

After this Abgar said, ‘You, Thaddaeus, do these things with the power of God, and we ourselves have marvelled at you. But besides this I beg you, tell me about the coming of Jesus, how it happened, and about his power, and by what power he did the things we have heard of.’

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Source

Dindorf 4:43 · 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

Abgar Syriac acts of Thaddaeus (Correspondence of Jesus and Abgar) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from the Syriac Edessene account.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.19 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/19/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.13.19 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/13/19/).

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