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has delivered, what escape would still be left for those who fabricated the memorials against them from being convicted as shameless? But let these things be so; 1.12.1 The name of the apostles of the Savior is indeed clear to everyone from the Gospels; but of the seventy disciples no list is anywhere recorded, yet it is said that Barnabas was one of them, whom the Acts of the Apostles also mentioned in various ways, and not least Paul also, writing to the Galatians. And they say that Sosthenes, who wrote to the Corinthians with Paul, was also one of them. 1.12.2 The story is found in Clement, in the fifth of the *Hypotyposeis*; in which also Cephas, concerning whom Paul says: "But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face," he says was one of the seventy disciples, happening to be a namesake of Peter the apostle. 1.12.3 And tradition holds that Matthias, who was numbered with the apostles in the place of Judas, and the one honored with him by the same vote, were deemed worthy of the same calling of the seventy. They also say that Thaddaeus was one of them, concerning whom I will presently set forth a story that has come down to us. 1.12.4 And you would find, if you looked carefully, that there were more than seventy disciples of the Savior, using Paul as a witness, who said that after the resurrection from the dead He was seen first by Cephas, then by the twelve, and after them by more than five hundred brethren at once, some of whom he said had fallen asleep, but the greater part were still alive at the time when he was writing these things. 1.12.5 Then He was seen by James, he says; and he also was one of those called the brothers of the Savior. Then, as besides these there were very many apostles in imitation of the twelve, of which kind Paul himself was, he adds, saying: "Then he was seen by all the apostles." So much, then, for these matters. 1.13.1 And the account of the story concerning Thaddaeus was as follows. The divinity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, being proclaimed to all men on account of His wonder-working power, drew to Him countless numbers even of those in foreign lands very far from Judea in the hope of being healed of their diseases and all kinds of sufferings. 1.13.2 For this reason King Abgar, who ruled most illustriously over the nations beyond the Euphrates, being wasted away in his body by a terrible and incurable disease, so far as human power could go, when he heard much of the name of Jesus and His powers, which were attested to by all in agreement, became his suppliant, sending a letter-bearer and asking to obtain relief from his disease. 1.13.3 But He, though not heeding his call at that time, yet deemed him worthy of a personal letter, promising to send one of His disciples for the healing of his disease and for the salvation of both himself and all his household. 1.13.4 And not long after, the promise to him was fulfilled. For after His resurrection from the dead and His ascension into heaven, Thomas, one of the twelve apostles, by a divine impulse sent Thaddaeus, who was himself also numbered among the seventy disciples of Christ, to Edessa as a herald and evangelist of the teaching concerning Christ, and through him all things of our Savior's promise received their fulfillment. 1.13.5 You have also the written testimony of these things, taken from the archives of Edessa, a city then ruled by kings; for in the public records there, which contain the ancient events and those concerning Abgar, these things are found preserved from that time even until now, and there is nothing like hearing the letters themselves, taken by us from the archives and translated from the Syriac language in the following manner, word for word. COPY OF A LETTER WRITTEN BY ABGAR THE TOPARCH TO JESUS AND SENT TO HIM BY ANANIAS THE COURIER TO JERUSALEM 1.13.6 "Abgar Uchama the toparch to Jesus, a good Savior who has appeared in the place of

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παραδεδωκότος, τίς ἂν ἔτι λείποιτο ἀποφυγὴ τοῦ μὴ ἀναισχύντους ἀπελέγχεσθαι τοὺς τὰ κατ' αὐτῶν πλασαμένους ὑπομνήματα; ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἐχέτω ταύτῃ· 1.12.1 τῶν γε μὴν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἀποστόλων παντί τῳ σαφὴς ἐκ τῶν εὐαγγελίων ἡ πρόσρησις· τῶν δὲ ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητῶν κατάλογος μὲν οὐδεὶς οὐδαμῇ φέρεται, λέγεταί γε μὴν εἷς αὐτῶν Βαρναβᾶς γεγονέναι, οὗ διαφόρως μὲν καὶ αἱ Πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐμνημόνευσαν, οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ καὶ Παῦλος Γαλάταις γράφων. τούτων δ' εἶναί φασι καὶ Σωσθένην τὸν ἅμα Παύλῳ 1.12.2 Κορινθίοις ἐπιστείλαντα· ἡ δ' ἱστορία παρὰ Κλήμεντι κατὰ τὴν πέμπτην τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων· ἐν ᾗ καὶ Κηφᾶν, περὶ οὗ φησιν ὁ Παῦλος· «ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν Κηφᾶς εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, κατὰ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ ἀντέστην», ἕνα φησὶ γεγονέναι τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα μαθητῶν, 1.12.3 ὁμώνυμον Πέτρῳ τυγχάνοντα τῷ ἀποστόλῳ. καὶ Ματθίαν δὲ τὸν ἀντὶ Ἰούδα τοῖς ἀποστόλοις συγκαταλεγέντα τόν τε σὺν αὐτῷ τῇ ὁμοίᾳ ψήφῳ τιμηθέντα τῆς αὐτῆς τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα κλήσεως ἠξιῶσθαι κατέχει λόγος. καὶ Θαδδαῖον δὲ ἕνα τῶν αὐτῶν εἶναί φασι, περὶ οὗ καὶ ἱστορίαν ἐλθοῦσαν εἰς ἡμᾶς αὐτίκα μάλα ἐκθή 1.12.4 σομαι. καὶ τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δὲ πλείους τοῦ σωτῆρος πεφηνέναι μαθητὰς εὕροις ἂν ἐπιτηρήσας, μάρτυρι χρώμενος τῷ Παύλῳ, μετὰ τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἔγερσιν ὦφθαι αὐτὸν φήσαντι πρῶτον μὲν Κηφᾷ, ἔπειτα τοῖς δώδεκα, καὶ μετὰ τούτους ἐπάνω πεντακοσίοις ἀδελφοῖς ἐφάπαξ, ὧν τινὰς μὲν ἔφασκεν κεκοιμῆσθαι, τοὺς πλείους δ' ἔτι τῷ βίῳ, καθ' ὃν καιρὸν αὐτῷ 1.12.5 ταῦτα συνετάττετο, περιμένειν· ἔπειτα δ' ὦφθαι αὐτὸν Ἰακώβῳ φησίν· εἷς δὲ καὶ οὗτος τῶν φερομένων τοῦ σωτῆρος ἀδελφῶν ἦν. εἶθ' ὡς παρὰ τούτους κατὰ μίμησιν τῶν δώδεκα πλείστων ὅσων ὑπαρξάντων ἀποστόλων, οἷος καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Παῦλος ἦν, προστίθησι λέγων· «ἔπειτα ὤφθη τοῖς ἀποστόλοις πᾶσιν». ταῦτα μὲν οὖν περὶ τῶνδε. 1.13.1 τῆς δὲ περὶ τὸν Θαδδαῖον ἱστορίας τοιοῦτος γέγονεν ὁ τρόπος. ἡ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ θειότης, εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους τῆς παραδοξοποιοῦ δυνάμεως ἕνεκεν βοωμένη, μυρίους ὅσους καὶ τῶν ἐπ' ἀλλοδαπῆς πορρωτάτω ὄντων τῆς Ἰουδαίας νόσων καὶ παντοίων παθῶν ἐλπίδι θερα1.13.2 πείας ἐπήγετο. ταύτῃ τοι βασιλεὺς Ἄβγαρος, τῶν ὑπὲρ Εὐφράτην ἐθνῶν ἐπισημότατα δυναστεύων, πάθει τὸ σῶμα δεινῷ καὶ οὐ θεραπευτῷ ὅσον ἐπ' ἀνθρωπείᾳ δυνάμει καταφθειρόμενος, ὡς καὶ τοὔνομα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πολὺ καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις συμφώνως πρὸς ἁπάντων μαρτυρουμένας ἐπύθετο, ἱκέτης αὐτοῦ πέμψας δι' ἐπιστοληφόρου γίνεται, τῆς νόσου τυχεῖν ἀπαλλαγῆς ἀξιῶν. 1.13.3 ὁ δὲ μὴ τότε καλοῦντι ὑπακούσας, ἐπιστολῆς γοῦν αὐτὸν ἰδίας καταξιοῖ, ἕνα τῶν αὐτοῦ μαθητῶν ἀποστέλλειν ἐπὶ θεραπείᾳ τῆς νόσου ὁμοῦ τε αὐτοῦ σωτηρίᾳ καὶ τῶν προσηκόντων ἁπάντων 1.13.4 ὑπισχνούμενος. οὐκ εἰς μακρὸν δὲ ἄρα αὐτῷ ἐπληροῦτο τὰ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας. μετὰ γοῦν τὴν ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἄνοδον Θωμᾶς, τῶν ἀποστόλων εἷς τῶν δώδεκα, Θαδδαῖον, ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ αὐτὸν τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαθητῶν κατειλεγμένον, κινήσει θειοτέρᾳ ἐπὶ τὰ Ἔδεσσα κήρυκα καὶ εὐαγγελιστὴν τῆς περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διδασκαλίας ἐκπέμπει, πάντα τε δι' αὐτοῦ τὰ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν τέλος 1.13.5 ἐλάμβανεν ἐπαγγελίας. ἔχεις καὶ τούτων ἀνάγραπτον τὴν μαρτυρίαν, ἐκ τῶν κατὰ Ἔδεσσαν τὸ τηνικάδε βασιλευομένην πόλιν γραμματοφυλακείων ληφθεῖσαν· ἐν γοῦν τοῖς αὐτόθι δημοσίοις χάρταις, τοῖς τὰ παλαιὰ καὶ τὰ ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἄβγαρον πραχθέντα περιέχουσι, καὶ ταῦτα εἰς ἔτι νῦν ἐξ ἐκείνου πεφυλαγμένα εὕρηται, οὐδὲν δὲ οἷον καὶ αὐτῶν ἐπακοῦσαι τῶν ἐπιστολῶν, ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρχείων ἡμῖν ἀναληφθεισῶν καὶ τόνδε αὐτοῖς ῥήμασιν ἐκ τῆς Σύρων φωνῆς μεταβληθεισῶν τὸν τρόπον. ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΣ ΓΡΑΦΕΙΣΗΣ ΥΠΟ ΑΒΓΑΡΟΥ ΤΟΠΑΡΧΟΥ ΤΩΙ ΙΗΣΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΜΦΘΕΙΣΗΣ ΑΥΤΩΙ ∆Ι' ΑΝΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΑΧΥ∆ΡΟΜΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΙΕΡΟΣΟΛΥΜΑ 1.13.6 «Ἄβγαρος Οὐχαμα τοπάρχης Ἰησοῦ σωτῆρι ἀγαθῷ ἀναφανέντι ἐν τόπῳ