Eusebius Book 3, Section 19

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XIX. Τοῦ δ’ αὐτοῦ Δομετιανοῦ τοὺς ἀπὸ γένους Δαυὶδ ἀναιρεῖσθαι προστάξαντος, παλαιὸς κατέχει λόγος τῶν αἱρετικῶν τινας κατηγορῆσαι τῶν ἀπογόνων Ἰούδα (τοῦτον δ’ εἷναι ἀδελφὸν κατὰ σάρκα τοῦ σωτῆρος) ὡς ἀπὸ γένους τυγχανόντων Δαυὶδ καὶ ὡς αὐτοῦ συγγένειαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ φερόντων. ταῦτα δὲ δηλοῖ κατὰ λέξιν ὧδέ πως λέγων ὁ Ἡγήσιππος.

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XIX. The same Domitian gave orders for the execution of those of the family of David, and an ancient story goes that some heretics accused the descendants of Judas (who is said to have been the brother, according to the flesh, of the Saviour), saying that they were of the family of David and related to Christ himself. Hegesippus states this exactly as follows.