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Eusebius quotes Josephus on James

Connection type: direct quotation · 2 passages

Eusebius cites Josephus for the claim that the miseries of the Jews avenged James the Just; Josephus' own narrative has Ananus bring 'the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James' before the sanhedrim.

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“20. Josephus, at least, has not hesitated to testify this in his writings, where he says, These things happened to the Jews to avenge James the Just, who was a brother of Jesus, that is called the Christ. For the Jews slew him, although he was a most just man.”

Eusebius of Caesarea — Ecclesiastical History (Church History) · Chapter 23. The Martyrdom of James, who was called the Brother of the Lord.

“Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned: but as for those who seemed the most equitable of the citizens, and such as were the most uneasy at the breach of the laws, they disliked what was done; they also sent to the king [Agrippa], desiring him to send to Ananus that he should act so no more, for that what he had already done was not to be justified; nay, some of them went also to meet Albinus, as he was upon his journey from Alexandria, and informed him that it was not lawful for Ananus to assemble a sanhedrim without his consent.”

Josephus — Antiquities of the Jews, Book 20 · Chapter 9

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