Church History 5.8.3

Summary: Irenaeus: Mark recorded Peter's preaching and Luke Paul's.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:206

μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτων ἔξοδον Μάρκος ὁ μαθητὴς καὶ ἑρμηνευτὴς Πέτρου καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ ὑπὸ Πέτρου κηρυσσόμενα ἐγγράφως ἡμὶν παραδέ- “δωκε, καὶ Λουκᾶς δὲ, ὁ ἀκόλουθος Παύλου, τὸ ὑπʼ ἐκείνου κηρυσσόμενον εὐαγγέλιον ἐν βίβλῳ κατέθετο.

English · Claude translation

After their departure, Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, also handed down to us in writing what was preached by Peter; and Luke, the follower of Paul, set down in a book the gospel preached by him.

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Source
Dindorf 4:206 · 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
  • Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 3.1.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.1.1. “Departure” (ἔξοδος) probably means their death.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text): ΠαύΑου → Παύλου.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.8.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/8/3/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.8.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/8/3/).

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