Comments on: A difficult piece of Greek in Eusebius

By: Roger Pearse

Roger Pearse — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:41:48 +0000

Thank you!

By: James Snapp, Jr.

James Snapp, Jr. — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:07:15 +0000

Different also is his word/saying to the women.

James Kelhoffer’s work on “Ad Marinum” should be downloadable from his page at the St. Louis University website.

By: Roger Pearse

Roger Pearse — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:55:57 +0000

No hassle! So what does that make the text?

By: David Miller

David Miller — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:02:15 +0000

Thanks for your comments.

It wasn’t till I got on to the next fragment that I found the answer: “aggeloi” is a scribal error for “logoi”. I should have looked further on before screaming for help!

Sorry to have taken your time.

David Miller (translator)

By: Carl Sommer

Carl Sommer — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:13:53 +0000

I agree that, absent scribal error, the only intelligent reading of the passage is that Eusebius thought there were two angels. Perhpas he was thinking of Luke’s version.

By: ikokki

ikokki — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:31:11 +0000

Indeed Eusebius says that Matthew talks about 2 angels. On lines 4 and 5 he says that [Mary] Magdalen saw 2 angels sitting outside the grave, and one did this and the other did that …