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Church History 3.39.6

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

Summary: This confirms two Johns and two tombs at Ephesus; the second John probably saw the Revelation.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:134

ὡς καὶ διὰ τούτων ἀποδείκνυσθαι τὴν ἱστορίαν ἀληθῆ τῶν δύο κατὰ τὴν Ἀίαν ὁμωνυμίᾳ κεχρῆσθαι εἰρηκότων, δύο τε ἐν Ἐφέσῳ γενέσθαι μνήματα καὶ ἑκάτερον Ἰωάννου ἔτι νῦν λέγεσθαι. οἷς καὶ ἀναγκαῖον προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν· εἰκὸς γὰρ τὸν δεύτερον, εἰ μή τις ἐθέλοι τὸν πρῶτον, τὴν ἐπʼ ὀνόματος φερομένην Ἰωάννου ἀποκάλυψιν ἑωρακέναι.

English · Claude translation

So by this too the account is shown to be true of those who have said that two in Asia used the same name, and that there are two tombs in Ephesus, each of which is still called John's. To this it is necessary to pay attention; for it is likely that the second, unless one prefers the first, saw the Apocalypse that goes under the name of John.

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Source
Dindorf 4:134 · 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)
Topics
Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • Eusebius's suggestion reflects his doubts about the apostolic authorship of Revelation (compare 7.25).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/6/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/6/).

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