Eusebius of Caesarea

In his own words on Jude

• Jude 1:1

  When Domitian ordered that those of the race of David be slain, an ancient story holds that some of the heretics accused the grandchildren of Jude (the brother of the Savior, according to the flesh), on the ground that they really were of the family of David and were related to Christ himself. Hegesippus makes this quite clear.

  HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 3.19

• Jude 1:1

  Hegesippus says that other descendants of one of the so-called brothers of the Lord, Jude by name, lived until the reign of Trajan [98-117], after giving testimony of their faith in Christ in the time of Domitian [81-96].

  HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 3.32