Martyrs of Palestine (shorter recension) 13.1–13.14
Greek text: Dindorf (Teubner 1871) (Greek text: Wilhelm Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera (Teubner), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890).
Chapter 13
13.1Dindorf 4:414–415
Ἕβδομον ἔτος τοῦ καθʼ ἡμῶν ἀγῶνος ἠνύετο, καί πως ἠρέμα τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἡσυχῆ τὸ ἀπερίεργον εἰληφότων, εἰς ὄγδοον τε διαγενομένων ἔτος, ἀμφὶ τὰ ἐν Παλαιστίνῃ χαλκοῦ μέταλλα οὐκ ὀλίγης ὁμολογητῶν συγκεκροτημένης πληθύος, πολλῇ τε τῇ παρρησίᾳ χρωμένων, ὡς καὶ οἴκους εἰς ἐκκλησίας δείμασθαι, ὁ τῆς ἐπαρχίας ἄρχων δεινός τις ὢν καὶ πονηρὸς, καὶ οἷον αὐτὸν τὰ κατὰ τῶν μαρτύρων δρασθέντα συνέστησεν, ἐπιδημήσας αὐτόθι καὶ τὴν τῶν ἐκεῖσε διαγωγὴν πυθόμενος βασιλεῖ κοινοῦται, ὅσα δοκεῖν, εἰς διαβολὴν καταγράφων.
Hebdomon etos tou kathʼ hēmōn agōnos ēnyeto, kai pōs ērema tōn kathʼ hēmas hēsychē to aperiergon eilēphotōn, eis ogdoon te diagenomenōn etos, amphi ta en Palaistinę̄ chalkou metalla ouk oligēs homologētōn synkekrotēmenēs plēthyos, pollę̄ te tę̄ parrēsią chrōmenōn, hōs kai oikous eis ekklēsias deimasthai, ho tēs eparchias archōn deinos tis ōn kai ponēros, kai hoion auton ta kata tōn martyrōn drasthenta synestēsen, epidēmēsas autothi kai tēn tōn ekeise diagōgēn pythomenos basilei koinoutai, hosa dokein, eis diabolēn katagraphōn.
The seventh year of the contest against us was being completed, and our affairs had somewhat quietly settled into calm, and continued so into the eighth year. A considerable crowd of confessors had gathered at the copper mines in Palestine and enjoyed great freedom, so much so that they even built houses for churches. The ruler of the province, a terrible and wicked man, as his deeds against the martyrs showed him to be, visiting the place and learning of the way of life of the people there, reported it to the emperor, writing what seemed to him likely to bring accusation.
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Summary: When the confessors at the Palestinian copper mines built houses for worship, the governor denounced them to the emperor.
Topics: Persecution, Church buildings
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.1 (Dindorf 4:414–415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.2Dindorf 4:415
εἶτʼ ἐπιστὰς ὁ τοῖς μετάλλοις ἐπιτεταγμένος, ὡσὰν ἐκ βασιλικοῦ νεύματος διελὼν τὴν τῶν ὁμολογητῶν πληθὺν, τοῖς μὲν Κύπρον, τοῖς δὲ τὸν Λίβανον οἰκεῖν ἔνειμεν, ἄλλους τε ἄλλαις κατὰ Παλαιστίνην χώραις κατασπείρας, τοὺς πάντας διαφόροις πονεῖσθαί τισιν ἔργοις ἐπικελεύεται.
eitʼ epistas ho tois metallois epitetagmenos, hōsan ek basilikou neumatos dielōn tēn tōn homologētōn plēthyn, tois men Kypron, tois de ton Libanon oikein eneimen, allous te allais kata Palaistinēn chōrais kataspeiras, tous pantas diaphorois poneisthai tisin ergois epikeleuetai.
Then the overseer of the mines arrived, divided the crowd of confessors as though by imperial command, assigned some to live in Cyprus and others on Lebanon, scattered still others in different districts of Palestine, and ordered them all to toil at various tasks.
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Summary: The mine overseer dispersed the confessors to Cyprus, Lebanon and parts of Palestine.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.2 (Dindorf 4:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.3Dindorf 4:415
εἶτα τέσσαρας τοὺς μάλιστα δοκοῦντας αὐτῶν κορυφαίους ἐπιλεξάμενος ἐπὶ τὸν ἐφεστῶτα τοῖς αὐτόθι στρατεύμασι παραπέμπεται· Πήλευς ἦν καὶ Νεῖλος, ἐπίσκοποι Αἰγυπτίων, καὶ πρεσβύτερος ἄλλος, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὁ τοῖς πᾶσι διὰ τὴν περὶ πάντας σπουδὴν γνωριμώτατος Πατερμούθιος· οὓς ὁ στρατοπεδάρχης, ἄρνησιν τῆς θεοσεβείας αἰτήσας καὶ μὴ τυχὼν, τῇ διὰ πυρὸς τελειώσει παραδίδωσιν.
eita tessaras tous malista dokountas autōn koryphaious epilexamenos epi ton ephestōta tois autothi strateumasi parapempetai; Pēleus ēn kai Neilos, episkopoi Aigyptiōn, kai presbyteros allos, kai epi toutois ho tois pasi dia tēn peri pantas spoudēn gnōrimōtatos Patermouthios; hous ho stratopedarchēs, arnēsin tēs theosebeias aitēsas kai mē tychōn, tę̄ dia pyros teleiōsei paradidōsin.
Then he picked out four who seemed most to be their leaders and sent them to the commander of the armies there: Peleus and Nilus, Egyptian bishops, another, a presbyter, and besides these Patermuthius, best known to all for his zeal toward all. The general asked them to deny their godliness, and when he did not obtain it, he gave them over to perfecting by fire.
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Summary: Four leaders, the Egyptian bishops Peleus and Nilus, a presbyter, and Patermuthius, refused to deny the faith and were burned.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip in accent): οὑς → οὓς.
Topics: Martyrdom, Church office
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.3 (Dindorf 4:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.4Dindorf 4:415
ἄλλοι δʼ αὖ πάλιν ἐτύγχανον ἐκεῖσε ἐφʼ ἑαυτοῖς ἰδίαν χώραν οἰκεῖν λαχόντες, ὅσοι τῶν ὁμολογητῶν ἤτοι διὰ γῆρας ἢ διὰ πηρώσεις, ἢ ἄλλας σωμάτων ἀσθενείας, τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις ἀπολέλυντο λειτουργίας, ὧν ἡγεῖτο ἐκ τῆς Γαζαίων ἐπίσκοπος ὁρμώμενος Σιλβανὸς, εὐλαβές τι χρῆμα καὶ γνήσιον ὑπόδειγμα Χριστιανισμοῦ φέρων.
alloi dʼ au palin etynchanon ekeise ephʼ heautois idian chōran oikein lachontes, hosoi tōn homologētōn ētoi dia gēras ē dia pērōseis, ē allas sōmatōn astheneias, tēs en tois ergois apolelynto leitourgias, hōn hēgeito ek tēs Gazaiōn episkopos hormōmenos Silbanos, eulabes ti chrēma kai gnēsion hypodeigma Christianismou pherōn.
Others again had been allotted a place of their own there to live by themselves: those of the confessors who, because of old age or maimings or other bodily weaknesses, had been released from service in the works. Their leader was Silvanus, a bishop from Gaza, a devout man who bore a genuine pattern of Christianity.
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Summary: The aged and maimed confessors lived apart under Silvanus, bishop from Gaza.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip in breathing and accent): ὣν → ὧν.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.4 (Dindorf 4:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.5Dindorf 4:415–416
οὗτος δὴ, ὡς εἰπεῖν, ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας τοῦ διωγμοῦ καὶ διὰ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου παντοίοις ἀγῶσιν ὁμολογιῶν διαπρέψας, εἰς ἐκεῖνο τοῦ καιροῦ τετήρητο, ὡς ἂν ὕστατον γένοιτο παντὸς τοῦ κατὰ Παλαιστίνην ἀγῶνος ἐπισφράγισμα.
houtos dē, hōs eipein, apo tēs prōtēs hēmeras tou diōgmou kai dia pantos tou chronou pantoiois agōsin homologiōn diaprepsas, eis ekeino tou kairou tetērēto, hōs an hystaton genoito pantos tou kata Palaistinēn agōnos episphragisma.
He, one may say, had distinguished himself from the first day of the persecution and throughout the whole time in contests of confession of every kind, and had been kept until that time to be the final seal of the whole contest in Palestine.
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Summary: Silvanus, a confessor from the beginning, was kept to be the final seal of the Palestinian martyrdoms.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip in breathing and accent): οὕτος → οὗτος.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.5 (Dindorf 4:415–416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.6Dindorf 4:416
τούτῳ δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου συνῆσαν πλείους, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Ἰωάννης, ὃς τῇ περὶ μνήμας ἀρετῇ τοὺς καθʼ ἡμᾶς ὑπερεβάλετο πάντας. τῶν μὲν οὖν ὄψεων καὶ πρότερον οὗτος ἐστέρητο, ὅμως δὲ καὶ ἐφʼ αἷς διέπρεψεν ὁμολογίαις ὁμοίως τοῖς ἄλλοις καυτῆρσιν ἀφανισθεὶς τὸν πόδα, κατὰ τῆς μὴ ἐνεργούσης ὁράσεως τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦ πυρὸς καυτῆρα εἰλήφει, τῶν δημίων ἐπὶ τὸ ἀνηλεὲς καὶ ἀσυμπαθὲς τὸ τοῦ τρόπου ὠμὸν καὶ ἀπάνθρωπον ἐπιτεινόντων.
toutǭ de kai tōn apʼ Aigyptou synēsan pleious, en hois ēn kai Iōannēs, hos tę̄ peri mnēmas aretę̄ tous kathʼ hēmas hyperebaleto pantas. tōn men oun opseōn kai proteron houtos esterēto, homōs de kai ephʼ hais dieprepsen homologiais homoiōs tois allois kautērsin aphanistheis ton poda, kata tēs mē energousēs horaseōs ton auton tou pyros kautēra eilēphei, tōn dēmiōn epi to anēlees kai asympathes to tou tropou ōmon kai apanthrōpon epiteinontōn.
With him were many from Egypt, among them John, who surpassed all of our time in the power of memory. He had already lost his sight before; yet in the confessions in which he distinguished himself, after his foot had been destroyed by branding irons like the others, he also received the same branding of fire on his eyes, though they no longer saw, the executioners carrying the cruelty and inhumanity of their character to merciless and unfeeling lengths.
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Summary: Among them was John, already blind, whose sightless eyes were nonetheless branded.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.6 (Dindorf 4:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.7Dindorf 4:416
τοιοῦτον δὴ ὄντα ἤθους μὲν καὶ βίου φιλοσόφου τί ἄν τις ἀποθαυμάσειεν, οὐχ οὕτως ἀναφανέντος παραδόξου, ὅσον τῆς ἐν μνήμαις ἀρετῆς, ὅλας βίβλους τῶν θείων γραφῶν οὐκ ἐν πλαξὶ λιθίναις, ᾗ φησιν ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ ἐν ζῴων δοραῖς ἣ χάρταις, ὑπὸ σητῶν καὶ χρόνου διαφθειρομένοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν πλαξὶν ὡς ἀληθῶς καρδίας σαρκίναις, ψυχῇ τε διαυγεῖ καὶ καθαρωτάτῳ διανοίας ὄμματι καταγεγραμμένου, ὡς προφέρειν γε, ὅτε καὶ βούλοιτο, διὰ στόματος ὥσπερ ἀπό τινος λόγων θησαυροῦ τοτὲ μὲν νομικὴν καὶ προφητικὴν γραφὴν, τοτὲ δὲ ἱστορικὴν εὐαγγελικήν τε ἄλλοτε καὶ ἀποστολικήν.
toiouton dē onta ēthous men kai biou philosophou ti an tis apothaumaseien, ouch houtōs anaphanentos paradoxou, hoson tēs en mnēmais aretēs, holas biblous tōn theiōn graphōn ouk en plaxi lithinais, hę̄ phēsin ho theios apostolos, allʼ oude en zǭōn dorais hē chartais, hypo sētōn kai chronou diaphtheiromenois, allʼ en plaxin hōs alēthōs kardias sarkinais, psychę̄ te diaugei kai katharōtatǭ dianoias ommati katagegrammenou, hōs propherein ge, hote kai bouloito, dia stomatos hōsper apo tinos logōn thēsaurou tote men nomikēn kai prophētikēn graphēn, tote de historikēn euangelikēn te allote kai apostolikēn.
Why should one admire in such a man his character and philosophic life, when they did not appear so extraordinary as his power of memory? He had whole books of the divine Scriptures written, not on tablets of stone, as the divine apostle says, nor even on skins of animals or papyrus destroyed by moths and time, but truly on fleshly tablets of the heart, in a luminous soul and the purest eye of the mind, so that he could bring out by mouth, whenever he wished, as from a treasury of words, now the Law and the Prophets, now the historical books, at other times the Gospels and the apostolic writings.
2 Cor 3:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 6:19–20 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: Blind John knew whole books of Scripture by heart and could recite the Law, Prophets, histories, Gospels and epistles.
- 'Not on tablets of stone ... but on fleshly tablets of the heart' is 2 Cor 3:3; 'moths' echoes Matt 6:19–20.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.7 (Dindorf 4:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.8Dindorf 4:416–417
καταπλαγῆναί ποτε αὐτὸς ὁμολογῶ, πρῶτον τὸν ἄνδρα θεασάμενος μέσον ἱκανοῦ πλήθους ἐκκλησίας ἑστῶτα καί τινα μέρη θείας γραφῆς διεξιόντα. ἕως μὲν γὰρ φωνῆς αὐτὸ μόνον ἐπακροᾶσθαί μοι παρῆν, ἀναγινώσκειν, οἷα δὴ ἔθος ἐν ταῖς συνόδοις, τινὰ ἡγούμην, ὡς δὲ ἄγχιστα γενόμενος τὸ πραττόμενον συνεῖδον, τοὺς μὲν ἄλλους ἅπαντας ὑγιέσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς ἐν κύκλῳ περιεστῶτας, τοῦτον δὲ μόνοις τοῖς τῆς διανοίας χρώμενον, καὶ ἀτεχνῶς οἷά τινα προφήτην ἀποφθεγγόμενον, παρὰ πολύ τε πλεονεκτοῦντα τοὺς τὸ σῶμα ἐρρωμένους, οὐδʼ ὁπωσοῦν δοξάζειν τὸν θεὸν καὶ ἀποθαυμάζειν οἷός τε ἦν, σαφές τε πεῖσμα καὶ βέβαιον αὐτοῖς ἔργοις ἐδόκουν μοι ὁρᾶν, ὅτι δὴ μόνος κατʼ ἀλήθειαν οὐχ ὁ ἐν τῷ προφανεῖ σώματι νενομισμένος πέφυκεν ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλʼ ὁ κατὰ ψυχὴν καὶ διάνοιαν, ὃς καὶ τοῦ σώματος λελωβημένου μείζονα τὴν ἀρετὴν τῆς καθʼ αὑτὸν δυνάμεως ἐπεδείκνυτο.
kataplagēnai pote autos homologō, prōton ton andra theasamenos meson hikanou plēthous ekklēsias hestōta kai tina merē theias graphēs diexionta. heōs men gar phōnēs auto monon epakroasthai moi parēn, anaginōskein, hoia dē ethos en tais synodois, tina hēgoumēn, hōs de anchista genomenos to prattomenon syneidon, tous men allous hapantas hygiesin ophthalmois en kyklǭ periestōtas, touton de monois tois tēs dianoias chrōmenon, kai atechnōs hoia tina prophētēn apophthengomenon, para poly te pleonektounta tous to sōma errōmenous, oudʼ hopōsoun doxazein ton theon kai apothaumazein hoios te ēn, saphes te peisma kai bebaion autois ergois edokoun moi horan, hoti dē monos katʼ alētheian ouch ho en tǭ prophanei sōmati nenomismenos pephyken anthrōpos, allʼ ho kata psychēn kai dianoian, hos kai tou sōmatos lelōbēmenou meizona tēn aretēn tēs kathʼ hauton dynameōs epedeiknyto.
I confess that I was myself astonished when I first saw the man standing in the middle of a large congregation of the church and reciting some parts of divine Scripture. As long as I could only hear his voice, I thought someone was reading, as is the custom in the assemblies; but when I came close and saw what was happening, all the others standing round about with healthy eyes, and he using only those of the mind, and simply speaking out like a prophet, far surpassing those strong in body, I could not glorify God and marvel enough. And I seemed to see by the very facts a clear and firm proof that the true human being is not the one recognized in the visible body, but the one in soul and mind, who even with the body mutilated showed a virtue greater than its power.
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Summary: Eusebius tells of hearing blind John recite Scripture from memory in church, proof that the true person is the soul and mind.
- The reading of Scripture in the assemblies is mentioned as the customary practice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR inserted letter): συνσεῖδον → συνεῖδον.
Topics: Scripture and canon, The soul
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.8 (Dindorf 4:416–417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.9Dindorf 4:417
ἀλλὰ γὰρ τοὺς δεδηλωμένους κατὰ τὸν ἀποκριθέντα τόπον διατρίβοντας, τά τε συνήθη ἐν ἀσιτίαις καὶ προσευχαῖς καὶ ταῖς λοιπαῖς ἀποτελοῦντας ἀσκήσεσι, θεὸς μὲν αὐτὸς τῆς σωτηρίου τελειώσεως τυχεῖν ἠξίου, δεξιὰν αὐτοῖς ἐπήκοον παρέχων, ὁ δὲ πολέμιος ἐχθρὸς, ἄτε σχολαίτατα κατʼ αὐτοῦ διὰ τῶν πρὸς θεὸν εὐχῶν ὁπλιζομένους μηκέθʼ οἷός τε φέρειν, κτείνειν καὶ μεταίρειν ἀπὸ γῆς ὡσὰν ἐνόμιζεν ἐνοχλοῦντας·
alla gar tous dedēlōmenous kata ton apokrithenta topon diatribontas, ta te synēthē en asitiais kai proseuchais kai tais loipais apotelountas askēsesi, theos men autos tēs sōtēriou teleiōseōs tychein ēxiou, dexian autois epēkoon parechōn, ho de polemios echthros, ate scholaitata katʼ autou dia tōn pros theon euchōn hoplizomenous mēkethʼ hoios te pherein, kteinein kai metairein apo gēs hōsan enomizen enochlountas;
But as those mentioned were living in the place set apart for them and carrying out their customary practices of fasting, prayer and the other disciplines, God himself counted them worthy to obtain the saving perfecting, extending to them a right hand that listened; while the hostile enemy, no longer able to bear them arming themselves against him most diligently through prayers to God, thought to kill them and remove them from the earth as troublesome.
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Summary: The confessors lived in fasting and prayer, and the devil, unable to bear them, sought their death.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip in breathing): συνήθη έν → συνήθη ἐν.
Topics: Prayer, Fasting, Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.9 (Dindorf 4:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.10Dindorf 4:417
θεὸς δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ τοῦτο πράττειν ἐγχειροῦντι συνεχώρει, ὡς ὁμοῦ τε αὐτὸς τῆς αὐτοῦ κατὰ προαίρεσιν μὴ εἴργοιτο πονηρίας ἐκεῖνοί τε τῶν πολυτρόπων ἀγώνων ἤδη ποτὲ ἀπολάβοιεν τὰ βραβεῖα. ταύτῃ οὖν ἑνὸς δέοντες τὸν ἀριθμὸν τεσσαράκοντα νεύματι τοῦ παναγεστάτου Μαξιμίνου ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἀποτέμνονται.
theos de autǭ kai touto prattein encheirounti synechōrei, hōs homou te autos tēs autou kata proairesin mē eirgoito ponērias ekeinoi te tōn polytropōn agōnōn ēdē pote apolaboien ta brabeia. tautę̄ oun henos deontes ton arithmon tessarakonta neumati tou panagestatou Maximinou en hēmerą mią tas kephalas apotemnontai.
God permitted him to do this too, when he attempted it, so that he might not be restrained from the wickedness of his own choice, and they might at last receive the prizes of their many contests. So thirty-nine of them were beheaded on one day at the nod of the most accursed Maximin.
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Summary: God allowed it, and thirty-nine confessors were beheaded in one day at Maximin's order.
- 'Thirty-nine' renders 'forty less one'.
Topics: Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.10 (Dindorf 4:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.11Dindorf 4:417–418
ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τὰ κατὰ Παλαιστίνην ἐν ὅλοις ἔτεσιν ὀκτὼ συμπερανθέντα μαρτύρια, καὶ τοιοῦτος ὁ καθʼ ἡμὰς διωγμὸς, ἀρξάμενος μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν καθαιρέσεως, εἰς μέγα δὲ προκόψας ἐν ταῖς κατὰ χρόνους τῶν ἀρχόντων ἐπαναστάσεσιν, ἐν αἷς πολύτροποι καὶ πολυειδεῖς τῶν ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας ἠθληκότων ἀγῶνες ἀνήριθμόν τι πλῆθος μαρτύρων κατὰ πᾶσαν ἐπάρχιον συνεστήσαντο, ἐν τοῖς ἀπὸ Λιβύης καὶ διʼ ὅλης Αἰγύπτου, Συρίας τε καὶ τῶν ἀπʼ ἀνατολῆς καὶ κύκλῳ μέχρι τῶν κατὰ τὸ Ἰλλυρικὸν κλίμα παρατείνουσι.
tauta men oun ta kata Palaistinēn en holois etesin oktō symperanthenta martyria, kai toioutos ho kathʼ hēmas diōgmos, arxamenos men apo tēs tōn ekklēsiōn kathaireseōs, eis mega de prokopsas en tais kata chronous tōn archontōn epanastasesin, en hais polytropoi kai polyeideis tōn hyper eusebeias ēthlēkotōn agōnes anērithmon ti plēthos martyrōn kata pasan eparchion synestēsanto, en tois apo Libyēs kai diʼ holēs Aigyptou, Syrias te kai tōn apʼ anatolēs kai kyklǭ mechri tōn kata to Illyrikon klima parateinousi.
These, then, are the martyrdoms accomplished in Palestine over eight whole years, and such was the persecution in our time. It began with the destruction of the churches and advanced greatly in the successive attacks of the rulers, in which the many and varied contests of those who contended for godliness produced a countless multitude of martyrs in every province, among those from Libya and throughout Egypt, Syria and the East, and round about as far as the regions of Illyricum.
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Summary: Eusebius sums up eight years of persecution in Palestine and its countless martyrs from Libya to Illyricum.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-end hyphenation rejoined): συνεστή- σαντο → συνεστήσαντο.
Topics: Persecution, Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.11 (Dindorf 4:417–418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.12Dindorf 4:418
τὰ γάρ τοι ἐπέκεινα τῶν δεδηλωμένων, Ἰταλία πᾶσα καὶ Σικελία, Γαλλία τε καὶ ὅσα κατὰ δυόμενον ἥλιον ἐπὶ Σπανίαν Μαυριτανίαν τε καὶ Ἀφρικὴν, ὅλοις ἔτεσιν δυσὶ τοῖς πρώτοις τοῦ διωγμοῦ τὸν πόλεμον ὑπομείναντα, ταχίστης ἠξιώθησαν ἐπισκοπῆς τε θεοῦ καὶ εἰρήνης, τῆς οὐρανίου προνοίας φειδὼ τῆς τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἁπλότητος καὶ πίστεως ποιουμένης.
ta gar toi epekeina tōn dedēlōmenōn, Italia pasa kai Sikelia, Gallia te kai hosa kata dyomenon hēlion epi Spanian Mauritanian te kai Aphrikēn, holois etesin dysi tois prōtois tou diōgmou ton polemon hypomeinanta, tachistēs ēxiōthēsan episkopēs te theou kai eirēnēs, tēs ouraniou pronoias pheidō tēs tōn andrōn haplotētos kai pisteōs poioumenēs.
For the lands beyond those mentioned, all Italy and Sicily, Gaul and all toward the setting sun, Spain, Mauretania and Africa, after enduring the war for two whole years at the beginning of the persecution, were very quickly counted worthy of God's visitation and peace, heavenly providence sparing the simplicity and faith of the people.
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Summary: In the West the persecution lasted only about two years.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.12 (Dindorf 4:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.13Dindorf 4:418
ὃ γοῦν μηδὲ ἱστόρηται ἐν τοῖς ἀνέκαθεν τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς, τοῦτο νῦν πρῶτον καθʼ ἡμᾶς παρὰ πάσαν γέγονεν ἐλπίδα· διαιρεῖται μὲν γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ καθʼ ἡμᾶς διωγμῷ διχῆ τὰ τῆς βασιλείας, εἰρήνης δʼ ἀπολαύουσιν οἱ ἐν θατέρῳ μέρει τῷ προδεδηλωμένῳ κατοικοῦντες ἀδελφοὶ, τῶν ἀνὰ τὴν ἄλλην οἰκουμένην μυρίους ἐπὶ μυρίοις ἀγῶνας ὑπομεινάντων.
ho goun mēde historētai en tois anekathen tēs Rhōmaiōn archēs, touto nyn prōton kathʼ hēmas para pasan gegonen elpida; diaireitai men gar epi tǭ kathʼ hēmas diōgmǭ dichē ta tēs basileias, eirēnēs dʼ apolauousin hoi en thaterǭ merei tǭ prodedēlōmenǭ katoikountes adelphoi, tōn ana tēn allēn oikoumenēn myrious epi myriois agōnas hypomeinantōn.
Something never recorded in all the past history of the Roman Empire has now happened for the first time in our day, beyond all hope: during the persecution against us the empire was divided in two, and the brothers living in the one part already mentioned enjoyed peace, while those throughout the rest of the world endured countless thousands of contests.
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Summary: Unprecedentedly, the empire was divided, with peace for Christians in the West while the East suffered.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (dittography in the digital text): ὑπομεινάντων. μεινάντων. → ὑπομεινάντων..
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.13 (Dindorf 4:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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13.14Dindorf 4:418
ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὅτε καὶ τὴν καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐπισκοπὴν εὐμενῆ καὶ ἵλεων ἡ θεία χάρις ἐνεδείκνυτο, τότε δῆτα καὶ οἱ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἄρχοντες αὐτοὶ δὴ ἐκεῖνοι, διʼ ὧν πάλαι τὰ τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἐνηργεῖτο πολέμων, παραδοξοτάτῳ γνώμῃ μεταβαλλόμενοι παλινῳδίαν ᾖδον, χρηστοῖς περὶ ἡμῶν προγράμμασιν καὶ ἡμέροις διατάγμασι τὴν καθʼ ἡμῶν πυρκαιὰν ἀποσβεννύντες· ἀναγραπτέα δὴ καὶ ἡ παλινῳδία.
alla gar hote kai tēn kathʼ hēmas episkopēn eumenē kai hileōn hē theia charis enedeiknyto, tote dēta kai hoi kathʼ hēmas archontes autoi dē ekeinoi, diʼ hōn palai ta tōn kathʼ hēmas enērgeito polemōn, paradoxotatǭ gnōmę̄ metaballomenoi palinǭdian ę̄don, chrēstois peri hēmōn programmasin kai hēmerois diatagmasi tēn kathʼ hēmōn pyrkaian aposbennyntes; anagraptea dē kai hē palinǭdia.
But when divine grace showed its kindly and gracious visitation toward us also, then indeed our rulers too, those very men through whom the wars against us had long been carried on, changed their minds most marvellously and sang a recantation, quenching the blaze against us with kindly proclamations and gentle decrees concerning us. This recantation too must be recorded.
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Summary: When God's grace visited the East, the persecutors recanted with favourable decrees, which must be recorded.
- In the Church History the recantation (Galerius's edict) follows at 8.17; here the work ends with the announcement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR dropped letter; OCR slip in accent): ἐνεδείκυτο → ἐνεδείκνυτο; οἶ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἄρχοντες → οἱ καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἄρχοντες.
Extrabiblical texts: Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 8.17 (Church History; echo)
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Mart. Pal. 13.14 (Dindorf 4:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/eusebius-martyribus-palaestinae/13-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Dindorf's Greek (1871); compared afterwards with the public-domain English of NPNF² 1 (McGiffert, 1890).