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And in how many provinces Peter preached Christ and taught the doctrine of the new covenant to those of the circumcision is clear from his own words in his epistle already mentioned as undisputed,603 in which he writes to the Hebrews of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Book III, Chapter 4:2)
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For as Paul had written to the Hebrews in his native tongue, some say that the evangelist Luke, others that this Clement himself, translated the epistle (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Book III, Chapter 38:2)
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But concerning Matthew he ( Papias) writes as follows: “So then Matthew wrote the oracles in the Hebrew language, and every one interpreted them as he was able.” (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Book III, Chapter 39:16)
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For their whole church (i.e. Jerusalem) consisted then of believing Hebrews who continued from the days of the apostles until the siege which took place at this time; in which siege the Jews, having again rebelled against the Romans, were conquered after severe battles. ( Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Book III, Chapter 5:2)
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And he (Hegesippus) wrote of many other matters, which we have in part already mentioned, introducing the accounts in their appropriate places. And from the Syriac Gospel according to the Hebrews he quotes some passages in the Hebrew tongue, showing that he was a convert from the Hebrews, and he mentions other matters as taken from the unwritten tradition of the Jews. ( Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Book IV, Chapter 22:7)
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Since, in the beginning of this work, we promised to give, when needful, the words of the ancient presbyters and writers of the Church, in which they have declared those traditions which came down to them concerning the canonical books, and since Irenæus was one of them, we will now give his words and, first, what he says of the sacred Gospels: “Matthew published his Gospel among the Hebrews in their own language, while Peter and Paul were preaching and founding the church in Rome. After their departure Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, also transmitted to us in writing those things which Peter had preached; and Luke, the attendant of Paul, recorded in a book the Gospel which Paul had declared ( Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Book V, Chapter 8:1-3)
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Pantænus was one of these, and is said to have gone to India. It is reported that among persons there who knew of Christ, he found the Gospel according to Matthew, which had anticipated his own arrival. For Bartholomew, one of the apostles, had preached to them, and left with them the writing of Matthew in the Hebrew language, which they had preserved till that time. (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Book V, Chapter 10:3)
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He (Clement of Alexandria) says that the Epistle to the Hebrews is the work of Paul, and that it was written to the Hebrews in the Hebrew language; but that Luke translated it carefully and published it for the Greeks, and hence the same style of expression is found in this epistle and in the Acts. (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Book V, Chapter 14:2)
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“Among the four Gospels, which are the only indisputable ones in the Church of God under heaven, I (Origen) have learned by tradition that the first was written by Matthew, who was once a publican, but afterwards an apostle of Jesus Christ, and it was prepared for the converts from Judaism, and published in the Hebrew language.” (Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Book VI, Chapter 25 :4)
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