Church History 3.6.9

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

Summary: Josephus (quoted): the torturers were not even hungry but hoarding for themselves.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:91

οἱ “βασανισταὶ δʼ οὐκ ἐπείνων, (καὶ γὰρ ἂν ἧττον ὠμὸν “ἦν τὸ μετʼ ἀνάγκης), γυμνάζοντες δὲ τὴν ἀπόνοιαν, ‘καὶ προπαρασκευάζοντες ἑαυτοῖς εἰς τὰς ἑξῆς ἡμέρας ἐφόδια.

English · Claude translation

But the torturers were not hungry (for it would have been less cruel if done out of necessity), but were exercising their madness and preparing provisions for themselves for the following days.

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Source

Dindorf 4:91 · 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

Josephus, J.W. 5.436 (Josephus (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Josephus, J.W. 5.436.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.6.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/6/9/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.6.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/6/9/).

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