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of Jerusalem, greetings. I have heard about you and your healings, how they are performed by you without medicines and herbs. For as the report goes, you make the blind see again, the lame walk, and you cleanse lepers, and you cast out unclean spirits and demons, and you heal those tormented by long-term illness 1.13.7, and you raise the dead. And having heard all these things about you, I have determined in my mind one of two things, either that you are God and having come down from heaven you do these things, or 1.13.8 you are the son of God doing these things. For this reason, therefore, I have written and begged you to trouble yourself to come to me and heal the affliction which I have. For I have also heard that the Jews murmur against you and wish to harm you. I have a very small and venerable city, which is sufficient for us both». THE REPLY WRITTEN BY JESUS THROUGH ANANIAS THE COURIER TO ABGAR THE TOPARCH 1.13.10 «Blessed are you for having believed in me, without having seen me. For it is written concerning me that those who have seen me will not believe in me, and that those who have not seen me will themselves believe and live. But concerning what you wrote to me, to come to you, it is necessary for me to fulfill all the things for which I was sent here, and after fulfilling them to be taken up to him who sent me. And when I have been taken up, I will send to you one of my disciples, so that he may heal your affliction and grant life to you and to those with you». 1.13.11 To these letters were also appended these things in the Syriac language: «And after Jesus was taken up, Judas, who is also Thomas, sent to him Thaddaeus the apostle, one of the seventy. Who, when he came, stayed with Tobias the son of Tobias. And when it was heard about him, it was reported to Abgar that an apostle 1.13.12 of Jesus had come here, just as he wrote to you. Therefore Thaddaeus began in the power of God to heal every disease and infirmity, so that all were amazed. And when Abgar heard the great and wonderful things which he did, and how he healed, he suspected that this was he about whom Jesus had written, saying: when I have been taken up, I will send to you one of my disciples, 1.13.13 who will heal your affliction. Therefore, having summoned Tobias, with whom he was staying, he said: I have heard that a certain powerful man has come and is staying in your house; bring him up to me. And Tobias came to Thaddaeus and said to him: The toparch Abgar summoned me and told me to bring you to him, so that you may heal him. And Thaddaeus said: I am coming up, since 1.13.14 I have been sent to him with power. So Tobias, rising early on the next day and taking Thaddaeus with him, came to Abgar. And as he went up, while his nobles were present and standing by, immediately as he entered a great vision appeared to Abgar in the face of the apostle Thaddaeus; Seeing this, Abgar prostrated himself before Thaddaeus, and amazement seized all who were standing around; for they themselves did not see the vision, which appeared to Abgar alone; 1.13.15 Who asked Thaddaeus if he were truly a disciple of Jesus the son of God, who had said to me: I will send you one of my disciples, who will heal you and give you life. And Thaddaeus said: Since you have greatly believed in him who sent me, for this reason I was sent to you. And again, if you believe in him, according to your belief the petitions 1.13.16 of your heart will be granted to you. And Abgar said to him: I have so believed, he says, in him that I even wished, having taken a force, to destroy the Jews who crucified him, had I not been prevented from this by the Roman empire. And Thaddaeus said: Our Lord has fulfilled the will of his Father 1.13.17 and, having fulfilled it, was taken up to the Father. Abgar says to him: I too have believed in him and in his Father. And Thaddaeus says: For this reason, I place my hand on you in his name. And when he had done this, he was immediately healed 1.13.18 of the disease and the affliction which he had. And Abgar marveled that just as he had heard about Jesus, so he had received by deeds through his disciple

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Ἱεροσολύμων χαίρειν. ἤκουσταί μοι τὰ περὶ σοῦ καὶ τῶν σῶν ἰαμάτων, ὡς ἄνευ φαρμάκων καὶ βοτανῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ γινομένων. ὡς γὰρ λόγος, τυφλοὺς ἀναβλέπειν ποιεῖς, χωλοὺς περιπατεῖν, καὶ λεπροὺς καθαρίζεις, καὶ ἀκάθαρτα πνεύματα καὶ δαίμονας ἐκβάλλεις, καὶ τοὺς ἐν μακρονοσίᾳ 1.13.7 βασανιζομένους θεραπεύεις, καὶ νεκροὺς ἐγείρεις. καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἀκούσας περὶ σοῦ, κατὰ νοῦν ἐθέμην τὸ ἕτερον τῶν δύο, ἢ ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς καὶ καταβὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ποιεῖς ταῦτα, ἢ 1.13.8 υἱὸς εἶ τοῦ θεοῦ ποιῶν ταῦτα. διὰ τοῦτο τοίνυν γράψας ἐδεήθην σου σκυλῆναι πρός με καὶ τὸ πάθος, ὃ ἔχω, θεραπεῦσαι. καὶ γὰρ ἤκουσα ὅτι καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι καταγογγύζουσί σου καὶ βούλονται κακῶσαί σε. πόλις δὲ μικροτάτη μοί ἐστι καὶ σεμνή, ἥτις ἐξαρκεῖ ἀμφοτέροις». ΤΑ ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΕΝΤΑ ΥΠΟ ΙΗΣΟΥ ∆ΙΑ ΑΝΑΝΙΟΥ ΤΑΧΥ∆ΡΟΜΟΥ ΤΟΠΑΡΧΗΙ ΑΒΓΑΡΩΙ 1.13.10 «Μακάριος εἶ πιστεύσας ἐν ἐμοί, μὴ ἑορακώς με. γέγραπται γὰρ περὶ ἐμοῦ τοὺς ἑορακότας με μὴ πιστεύσειν ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ ἵνα οἱ μὴ ἑορακότες με αὐτοὶ πιστεύσωσι καὶ ζήσονται. περὶ δὲ οὗ ἔγραψάς μοι ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σέ, δέον ἐστὶ πάντα δι' ἃ ἀπεστάλην ἐνταῦθα, πληρῶσαι καὶ μετὰ τὸ πληρῶσαι οὕτως ἀναληφθῆναι πρὸς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με. καὶ ἐπειδὰν ἀναληφθῶ, ἀποστελῶ σοί τινα τῶν μαθητῶν μου, ἵνα ἰάσηταί σου τὸ πάθος καὶ ζωήν σοι καὶ τοῖς σὺν σοὶ παράσχηται». 1.13.11 Ταύταις δὲ ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς ἔτι καὶ ταῦτα συνῆπτο τῇ Σύρων φωνῇ· «Μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀναληφθῆναι τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἀπέστειλεν αὐτῷ Ἰούδας, ὁ καὶ Θωμᾶς, Θαδδαῖον ἀπόστολον, ἕνα τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα. ὃς ἐλθὼν κατέμενεν πρὸς Τωβίαν τὸν τοῦ Τωβία. ὡς δὲ ἠκούσθη περὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐμηνύθη τῷ Ἀβγάρῳ ὅτι ἐλήλυθεν 1.13.12 ἀπόστολος ἐνταῦθα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, καθὰ ἐπέστειλέν σοι. ἤρξατο οὖν ὁ Θαδδαῖος ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ μαλακίαν, ὥστε πάντας θαυμάζειν. ὡς δὲ ἤκουσεν ὁ Ἄβγαρος τὰ μεγαλεῖα καὶ τὰ θαυμάσια ἃ ἐποίει, καὶ ὡς ἐθεράπευεν, ἐν ὑπονοίᾳ γέγονεν ὡς ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν περὶ οὗ ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐπέστειλεν λέγων· ἐπειδὰν ἀναληφθῶ, ἀποστελῶ σοί τινα τῶν μαθητῶν 1.13.13 μου, ὃς τὸ πάθος σου ἰάσεται. μετακαλεσάμενος οὖν τὸν Τωβίαν, παρ' ᾧ κατέμενεν, εἶπεν· ἤκουσα ὅτι ἀνήρ τις δυνάστης ἐλθὼν κατέμεινεν ἐν τῇ σῇ οἰκίᾳ· ἀνάγαγε αὐτὸν πρός με. ἐλθὼν δὲ ὁ Τωβίας παρὰ Θαδδαίῳ, εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ὁ τοπάρχης Ἄβγαρος μετακαλεσάμενός με εἶπεν ἀναγαγεῖν σε παρ' αὐτῷ, ἵνα θεραπεύσῃς αὐτόν. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος· ἀναβαίνω, ἔφη, ἐπειδήπερ 1.13.14 δυνάμει παρ' αὐτῷ ἀπέσταλμαι. ὀρθρίσας οὖν ὁ Τωβίας τῇ ἑξῆς καὶ παραλαβὼν τὸν Θαδδαῖον ἦλθεν πρὸς τὸν Ἄβγαρον. ὡς δὲ ἀνέβη, παρόντων καὶ ἑστώτων τῶν μεγιστάνων αὐτοῦ, παραχρῆμα ἐν τῷ εἰσιέναι αὐτὸν ὅραμα μέγα ἐφάνη τῷ Ἀβγάρῳ ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ τοῦ ἀποστόλου Θαδδαίου· ὅπερ ἰδὼν Ἄβγαρος προσεκύνησεν τῷ Θαδδαίῳ, θαῦμά τε ἔσχεν πάντας τοὺς περιεστῶτας· αὐτοὶ γὰρ οὐχ ἑοράκασι τὸ ὅραμα, ὃ μόνῳ 1.13.15 τῷ Ἀβγάρῳ ἐφάνη· ὃς καὶ τὸν Θαδδαῖον ἤρετο εἰ ἐπ' ἀληθείας μαθητὴς εἶ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς εἰρήκει πρός με· ἀποστελῶ σοί τινα τῶν μαθητῶν μου, ὅστις ἰάσεταί σε καὶ ζωήν σοι παρέξει. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος ἔφη· ἐπεὶ μεγάλως πεπίστευκας εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με, διὰ τοῦτο ἀπεστάλην πρὸς σέ. καὶ πάλιν, ἐὰν πιστεύσῃς ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς ἂν πιστεύσῃς ἔσται σοι τὰ αἰτήματα 1.13.16 τῆς καρδίας σου. καὶ ὁ Ἄβγαρος πρὸς αὐτόν· οὕτως ἐπίστευσα, φησὶν, ἐν αὐτῷ, ὡς καὶ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους τοὺς σταυρώσαντας αὐτὸν βουληθῆναι δύναμιν παραλαβὼν κατακόψαι, εἰ μὴ διὰ τὴν βασιλείαν τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἀνεκόπην τούτου. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος εἶπεν· ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ πεπλήρωκεν 1.13.17 καὶ πληρώσας ἀνελήφθη πρὸς τὸν πατέρα. λέγει αὐτῷ Ἄβγαρος· κἀγὼ πεπίστευκα εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ εἰς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος· διὰ τοῦτο, φησὶ, τίθημι τὴν χεῖρά μου ἐπὶ σὲ ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ. καὶ τοῦτο πράξαντος, παραχρῆμα ἐθεραπεύθη 1.13.18 τῆς νόσου καὶ τοῦ πάθους οὗ εἶχεν. ἐθαύμασέν τε ὁ Ἄβγαρος ὅτι καθὼς ἤκουσται αὐτῷ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, οὕτως τοῖς ἔργοις παρέλαβεν διὰ τοῦ μαθητοῦ αὐτοῦ