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of Thaddeus, who healed him without medicine and herbs, and not only him, but also Abdon the son of Abdos, who had gout; who also came and fell under his feet, and having received prayers through his hand was healed, and the same man healed many other of their fellow-citizens, doing wonderful and great things and preaching the 1.13.19 word of God. And after these things Abgar said: "You, Thaddeus, do these things with the power of God, and we ourselves were astonished. But in addition to these things I beseech you, tell me about the coming of Jesus, how it happened, and about his power, and 1.13.20 by what power he did these things of which I have heard." And Thaddeus said: "For now I will be silent, since I was sent to preach the word, but tomorrow summon for me all your citizens, and I will preach before them and sow in them the word of life, both concerning the coming of Jesus, how it happened, and concerning his mission, and for what reason he was sent by the Father, and concerning his power and his works and the mysteries he spoke in the world, and by what power he did these things, and concerning his new preaching, and concerning his lowliness and concerning his humility, and how he humbled himself and put aside and made small his divinity, and was crucified, and descended into Hades, and tore apart the barrier that had not been torn from eternity, and he raised the dead and descended alone, but ascended with a great crowd to his Father. 1.13.21 Therefore Abgar ordered that in the morning his citizens be gathered to hear the preaching of Thaddeus, and after this he commanded that gold and silver be given to him. But he did not accept it, saying, "If we have left our own things, how shall we take 1.13.22 the things of others?" These things were done in the three hundred and fortieth year; and let these things, translated word for word from the Syriac tongue not unprofitably, lie here for me in due course. 2.pin.t B These things the second book of the Ecclesiastical History also contains 2.pin.1 A Concerning the life of the apostles after the ascension of Christ. B How Tiberius was moved when taught by Pilate the things concerning Christ. G How the word concerning Christ spread through all the world in a short time. D How after Tiberius, Gaius appointed Agrippa as king of the Jews, having punished Herod with perpetual exile. E How Philo sent an embassy to Gaius on behalf of the Jews. What evils befell the Jews after their audacity against Christ. Z How Pilate also did away with himself. H Concerning the famine under Claudius. Th The martyrdom of James the apostle. I How Agrippa, who is also Herod, having persecuted the apostles, immediately felt the divine judgment. IA Concerning Theudas the magician. IB Concerning Helena, the queen of the Adiabenes. IG Concerning Simon the magus. ID Concerning the preaching of Peter the apostle in Rome. IE Concerning the gospel according to Mark. I How Mark first preached the knowledge of Christ to those in Egypt. IZ What things Philo relates concerning the ascetics in Egypt. IH How many writings of Philo have come down to us. ITh What calamity befell the Jews in Jerusalem on the day of Passover. K What things were also done in Jerusalem under Nero. KA Concerning the Egyptian, of whom the Acts of the Apostles also made mention. KB How Paul, sent as a prisoner from Judea to Rome, after making his defense was acquitted of every charge. KG How James, who was called the brother of the Lord, was martyred. KD How after Mark, Annianus was appointed the first bishop of the church of Alexandria. KE Concerning the persecution under Nero, in which Paul and Peter were adorned with martyrdoms for piety in Rome. K How the Jews were beset with countless evils, and how they undertook the final war against the Romans. The book has been compiled by us from Clement, Tertullian, Josephus, and Philo. "Whatever of the ecclesiastical history it was necessary to set forth as in a preface, concerning both the theology of the saving word and the antiquity of the

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Θαδδαίου, ὃς αὐτὸν ἄνευ φαρμακείας καὶ βοτανῶν ἐθεράπευσεν, καὶ οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἄβδον τὸν τοῦ Ἄβδου, ποδάγραν ἔχοντα· ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς προσελθὼν ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἔπεσεν, εὐχάς τε διὰ χειρὸς λαβὼν ἐθεραπεύθη, πολλούς τε ἄλλους συμπολίτας αὐτῶν ὁ αὐτὸς ἰάσατο, θαυμαστὰ καὶ μεγάλα ποιῶν καὶ κηρύσσων τὸν 1.13.19 λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὁ Ἄβγαρος· σὺ Θαδδαῖε, ἔφη, σὺν δυνάμει τοῦ θεοῦ ταῦτα ποιεῖς καὶ ἡμεῖς αὐτοὶ ἐθαυμάσαμεν· ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τούτοις δέομαί σου, διήγησαί μοι περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ πῶς ἐγένετο, καὶ περὶ τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ 1.13.20 ἐν ποίᾳ δυνάμει ταῦτα ἐποίει ἅτινα ἤκουσταί μοι. καὶ ὁ Θαδδαῖος· νῦν μὲν σιωπήσομαι, ἔφη, ἐπεὶ δὲ κηρῦξαι τὸν λόγον ἀπεστάλην, αὔριον ἐκκλησίασόν μοι τοὺς πολίτας σου πάντας, καὶ ἐπ' αὐτῶν κηρύξω καὶ σπερῶ ἐν αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον τῆς ζωῆς, περί τε τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καθὼς ἐγένετο, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀποστολῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἕνεκα τίνος ἀπεστάλη ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός, καὶ περὶ τῆς δυνάμεως καὶ τῶν ἔργων αὐτοῦ καὶ μυστηρίων ὧν ἐλάλησεν ἐν κόσμῳ, καὶ ποίᾳ δυνάμει ταῦτα ἐποίει, καὶ περὶ τῆς καινῆς αὐτοῦ κηρύξεως, καὶ περὶ τῆς μικρότητος καὶ περὶ τῆς ταπεινώσεως, καὶ πῶς ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἀπέθετο καὶ ἐσμίκρυνεν αὐτοῦ τὴν θεότητα, καὶ ἐσταυρώθη, καὶ κατέβη εἰς τὸν Ἄιδην, καὶ διέσχισε φραγμὸν τὸν ἐξ αἰῶνος μὴ σχισθέντα, καὶ ἀνήγειρεν νεκροὺς καὶ κατέβη μόνος, ἀνέβη δὲ μετὰ πολλοῦ ὄχλου πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ. 1.13.21 ἐκέλευσεν οὖν ὁ Ἄβγαρος τῇ ἕωθεν συνάξαι τοὺς πολίτας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκοῦσαι τὴν κήρυξιν Θαδδαίου, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα προσέταξεν δοθῆναι αὐτῷ χρυσὸν καὶ ἄσημον. ὁ δὲ οὐκ ἐδέξατο, εἰπών. εἰ τὰ ἡμέτερα καταλελοίπαμεν, πῶς τὰ ἀλλότρια ληψό1.13.22 μεθα; ἐπράχθη ταῦτα τεσσαρακοστῷ καὶ τριακοσιοστῷ ἔτει· ἃ καὶ οὐκ εἰς ἄχρηστον πρὸς λέξιν ἐκ τῆς Σύρων μεταβληθέντα φωνῆς ἐνταῦθά μοι κατὰ καιρὸν κείσθω. 2.pin.t Β Τάδε καὶ ἡ βʹ περιέχει βίβλος τῆς Ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίας 2.pin.1 Α Περὶ τῆς μετὰ τὴν ἀνάληψιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ διαγωγῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων. Β Ὅπως Τιβέριος ὑπὸ Πιλάτου τὰ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ διδαχθεὶς ἐκινήθη. Γ Ὅπως εἰς πάντα τὸν κόσμον ἐν βραχεῖ χρόνῳ διέδραμεν ὁ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγος. ∆ Ὡς μετὰ Τιβέριον Γάϊος Ἰουδαίων βασιλέα καθίστησιν Ἀγρίππαν, τὸν Ἡρῴδην ἀϊδίῳ ζημιώσας φυγῇ. Ε Ὡς Φίλων ὑπὲρ Ἰουδαίων πρεσβείαν ἐστείλατο πρὸς Γάϊον. Ὅσα Ἰουδαίοις συνερρύη κακὰ μετὰ τὴν κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τόλμαν. Ζ Ὡς καὶ Πιλᾶτος ἑαυτὸν διεχρήσατο. Η Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Κλαύδιον λιμοῦ. Θ Μαρτύριον Ἰακώβου τοῦ ἀποστόλου. Ι Ὡς Ἀγρίππας ὁ καὶ Ἡρῴδης τοὺς ἀποστόλους διώξας τῆςθείας παραυτίκα δίκης ᾔσθετο. ΙΑ Περὶ Θευδᾶ τοῦ γόητος. ΙΒ Περὶ Ἑλένης τῆς τῶν Ἀδιαβηνῶν βασιλίδος. ΙΓ Περὶ Σίμωνος τοῦ μάγου. Ι∆ Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Ῥώμην κηρύγματος Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου. ΙΕ Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Μάρκον εὐαγγελίου. Ι Ὡς πρῶτος Μάρκος τοῖς κατ' Αἴγυπτον τὴν εἰς τὸν Χριστὸν γνῶσιν ἐκήρυξεν. ΙΖ Οἵα περὶ τῶν κατ' Αἴγυπτον ἀσκητῶν ὁ Φίλων ἱστορεῖ. ΙΗ Ὅσα τοῦ Φίλωνος εἰς ἡμᾶς περιῆλθεν συγγράμματα. ΙΘ Οἵα τοὺς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις Ἰουδαίους συμφορὰ μετῆλθεν ἐν τῇ τοῦ πάσχα ἡμέρᾳ. Κ Οἵα καὶ κατὰ Νέρωνα ἐν τοῖς Ἱεροσολύμοις ἐπράχθη. ΚΑ Περὶ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου, οὗ καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων αἱ Πράξεις ἐμνημόνευσαν. ΚΒ Ὡς ἐκ τῆς Ἰουδαίας εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην δέσμιος ἀναπεμφθεὶς Παῦλος ἀπολογησάμενος πάσης ἀπελύθη αἰτίας. ΚΓ Ὡς ἐμαρτύρησεν Ἰάκωβος ὁ τοῦ κυρίου χρηματίσας ἀδελφός. Κ∆ Ὡς μετὰ Μάρκον πρῶτος ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων ἐκκλησίας Ἀννιανὸς κατέστη. ΚΕ Περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Νέρωνα διωγμοῦ, καθ' ὃν ἐπὶ Ῥώμης Παῦλος καὶ Πέτρος τοῖς ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας μαρτυρίοις κατεκοσμήθησαν. Κ Ὡς μυρίοις κακοῖς περιηλάθησαν Ἰουδαῖοι, καὶ ὡς τὸν ὕστατον πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἤραντο πόλεμον. Συνῆκται ἡμῖν ἡ βίβλος ἀπὸ τῶν Κλήμεντος Τερτυλλιανοῦ Ἰωσήπου Φίλωνος. «Ὅσα μὲν τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίας ἐχρῆν ὡς ἐν προοιμίῳ διαστείλασθαι τῆς τε θεολογίας πέρι τοῦ σωτηρίου λόγου καὶ τῆς ἀρχαιολογίας τῶν