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Church History 2.22.4

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

Summary: The “lion” is probably Nero; Paul does not say he will be rescued again, foreseeing his death.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:75

σαφῶς δὴ παρίστησι διὰ τούτων ὅτι δὴ τὸ πρότερον, ὅπως ἂν τὸ κήρυγμα τὸ διʼ αὐτοῦ πληρωθείη, ἐρρύσθη ἐκ στόματος λέοντος, (τὸν Νέρωνα ταύτῃ, ὡς ἔοικε, διὰ τὸ ὠμόθυμον προσειπών). οὐκ οὖν ἐξῆς προστέθεικε παραπλήσιόν τι τῷ “ ῥύσεταί με ἐκ στόματος λἐοντος.’’ ἑώρα γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τὴν ὅσον οὔπω μέλλουσαν αὐτοῦ τελευτήν.

English · Claude translation

He clearly shows by these words that on the former occasion, so that the proclamation made through him might be fulfilled, he was rescued from the lion's mouth (so calling Nero, it seems, because of his cruelty). He did not therefore add next anything like “he will rescue me from the lion's mouth”; for he saw by the Spirit his end, which was now very near.

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Source
Dindorf 4:75 · 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)
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Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to 2 Tim 4:17.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/22/4/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.22.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/22/4/).

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