Church History 5.1.8

Summary: After public examination and confession, they were imprisoned to await the governor.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:184

καὶ δὴ “ἀναχθέντες εἰς τὴν ἀγορὰν ὑπό τε τοῦ χιλιάρχου “καὶ τῶν προεστηκότων τῆς πόλεως ἐξουσιῶν, ἐπὶ “παντὸς τοῦ πλήθους ἀνακριθέντες καὶ ὁμολογήσαντες, “συνεκλείσθησαν εἰς τὴν εἱρκτὴν ἕως τοῦ ἡγεμόνος “τῆς παρουσίας

English · Claude translation

Then they were led up to the forum by the tribune and the city's presiding authorities, examined before the whole crowd, and, having confessed, were shut up in prison until the governor's arrival.

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Source
Dindorf 4:184 · 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
  • Ep. Lugd. (Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Persecution, Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Letter of Vienne and Lyons.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (wrong breathing and accent in the digital text): τοὐ ήγεμόνος → τοῦ ἡγεμόνος.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/8/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/8/).

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