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Church History 2.1.9

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

Summary: Paul was then still persecuting the church.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:46

τηνικαῦτα καὶ Παῦ- λος ἐλυμαίνετο εἰσέτι καὶ τότε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, κατʼ οἴκους τῶν πιστῶν εἰσπορευόμενος, σύρων τε ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ εἰς φυλακὴν παραδιδούς.

English · Claude translation

At that time Paul too was still ravaging the church, entering the houses of the believers, dragging off men and women, and handing them over to prison.

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Source
Dindorf 4:46 · 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
Topics
Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to Acts 8:3.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/9/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/9/).

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