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It was the 5506th year of the world. Augustus appointed Archelaus, son of Herod, ethnarch of the Jews, and the others, his four brothers, Herod, namesake of his father, and Antipater, of his grandfather, and Lysanias and Philip, he made tetrarchs. It should be known that various gospels have been written, of which only four were judged by the blessed apostles to be read in the church, and by others childhood accounts of our Savior were composed, in which are contained the miracles of him, the creator of the ages, up to the twelfth year of his life in the flesh; 385 for it was impossible to write down all the mighty works accomplished by him because the whole world could not contain, either perceptibly or intellectually, the books that would be written, according to the testimony of the theologian. But Luke the most wise, indicating these things in part, says thus: But the child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him. And his parents went every year to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. And when he was 12 years old, when they went up to Jerusalem according to the custom of the feast, and had finished the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother did not know it. But supposing him to be in the company, they went a day's journey, and they sought him among their relatives and acquaintances, and not finding him, they returned to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it happened after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. And all who heard him were astonished at his understanding and his answers.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5513 13th year of the divine incarnation The remaining years of the Romans

of Caesar Sebastos Octavius, also called Augustus In the time of Caesar Augustus these famous philosophers flourished: Virgil, Sallust, Livy, Hortensius, Terence, Horace, Athenodorus of Tarsus and Sotion of Alexandria. The Athenians, having begun to revolt, were punished and ceased. Augustus, having held the rule of the Romans after Gaius Julius Caesar for a total of 56 years, and as sole ruler for 43 years, or as others say, 48, ended his life in Rome, at which time a solar eclipse occurred, and a severe famine 386 took hold of the Romans, so that a modius of wheat was sold for many denarii. This same man, having counted the inhabitants of Rome person by person, found living there 13 myriads and 37 thousand men. And having adopted Tiberius his stepson, he designated him the manifest successor of the whole empire and the third emperor of the Romans; who also reigned for 22 years. The remaining years of the second foreigner, Archelaus son of Herod This man, after 9 years of his rule, is exiled by the Romans to Vienna, a city of Gaul. The 3rd foreigner of the Jews, Herod, son of Herod, brother of Archelaus, for 24 years. This man killed John the Baptist in the year of his reign, under whom also our Lord willingly for our sake underwent the saving passion.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5515 15th year of the divine incarnation 3rd monarch of the Romans

Tiberius for 22 years. And it was the 5515th year of the world. In Asia Minor, 13 cities collapsed in an earthquake, Ephesus, Magnesia, 387 Sardis, Mostene, Aegae, Hierocaesarea, Philadelphia, Tmolus, Timus, Myrina, Cyme, Apollonia Dia, Hyrcania.

YEARS OF THE WORLD 5520 20th year of the divine incarnation The birth according to the flesh

of our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ only two of the evangelists have recorded, Matthew the royal from David through Solomon and Luke the priestly from the same David, through Nathan his son. But the timeless birth from

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κόσμου ἦν ἔτος εφςʹ. Αὔγουστος Ἀρχέλαον μὲν υἱὸν Ἡρώδου Ἰουδαίων ἐθνάρχην κατέστησε,τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ τέσσαρας ὄντας, Ἡρώδην ὁμώνυμον τῷ πατρὶ καὶ Ἀντίπατρον τῷ πάππῳ Λυσανίαν τε καὶ Φίλιππον, τετράρχας ἀνέδειξεν. Ἰστέον ὅτι διάφορα εὐαγγέλια γέγραπται, ἐξ ὧν τέσσαρα μόνα κέκριται τοῖς μακαρίοις ἀποστόλοις ἐκκλησιάζεσθαι, καὶ ἄλλοις παιδικὰ τοῦ σω τῆρος ἡμῶν συγγέγραπται, ἐν οἷς αἱ μέχρι δωδεκαετοῦς χρόνου τῆς κατὰ σάρκα ἡλικίας αὐτοῦ τοῦ τῶν αἰώνων ποιητοῦ ἐμπεριφέρονται θαυματουρ 385 γίαι· τὰς γὰρ ὅλας ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τελεσθείσας δυνάμεις ἀδύνατον ἦν γραφῆ ναι διὰ τὸ μηδὲ τὸν κόσμον ὅλον δύνασθαι χωρεῖν καὶ αἰσθητῶς καὶ νοη τῶς τὰ γραφόμενα βιβλία κατὰ τὴν θεολόγου μαρτυρίαν. Λουκᾶς δὲ ὁ σοφώτατος ἐν μέρει ταῦτα σημαίνων οὕτω φησί· τὸ δὲ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο πνεύματι, πληρούμενον σοφίας, καὶ χάρις θεοῦ ἦν ἐπ' αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐπορεύοντο οἱ γονεῖς αὐτοῦ κατ' ἔτος εἰς Ἱερουσα λὴμ τῇ ἑορτῇ τοῦ πάσχα. καὶ ὅτε ἐγένετο ἐτῶν ιβʹ, ἀναβαινόντων αὐτῶν εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς, καὶ τελειωσάντων τὰς ἡμέρας, ἐν τῷ ὑποστρέφειν αὐτοὺς ἐπέμεινεν Ἰησοῦς ὁ παῖς ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ. καὶ οὐκ ἔγνω Ἰωσὴφ καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ. νομίσαντες δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ συνοδίᾳ εἶναι ἦλθον ἡμέρας ὁδόν, καὶ ἀνεζήτουν αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς συγγενέσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς γνωστοῖς, καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν ὑπέστρεψαν εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ζητοῦντες αὐτόν. καὶ ἐγένετο μεθ' ἡμέρας τρεῖς εὗρον αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ καθεζόμενον ἐν μέσῳ τῶν διδασκάλων καὶ ἀκούοντα αὐτῶν καὶ ἐπερωτῶντα αὐτούς. ἐξίσταντο δὲ πάντες οἱ ἀκούοντες αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῇ συνέσει καὶ ταῖς ἀποκρί σεσιν αὐτοῦ.

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Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ Ὀκταουίου τοῦ καὶ Αὐγούστου Ἐπὶ Καίσαρος Αὐγούστου φιλόσοφοι ἤκμαζον ἐπίσημοι οὗτοι· Βιργί λιος, Σαλούστιος, Λίβιος, Ὁρτένσιος, Τερέντιος, Ὁράτιος, Ἀθηνόδωρος Ταρσεὺς καὶ Σιτίων Ἀλεξανδρεύς. Ἀθηναῖοι στασιάζειν ἀρξάμενοι κολασθέντες ἐπαύσαντο. Αὔγουστος κρατήσας μετὰ Γάιον Ἰούλιον Καίσαρα τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς τὰ πάντα ἔτη νςʹ, μονοκράτωρ δὲ ἔτη μγʹ, ὡς δὲ ἕτεροι μηʹ, τελευτᾷ τὸν βίον ἐν Ῥώμῃ, καθ' ὃν χρόνον ἔκλειψις ἡλιακὴ γέγονε, λιμός τε κατ 386 έσχε τὴν Ῥωμαίων ἰσχυρά, ὡς πολλῶν δηναρίων τὸν μόδιον τοῦ σίτου πραθῆναι. Ὁ αὐτὸς τοὺς οἰκήτορας Ῥώμης κατὰ πρόσωπον ἀριθμήσας εὗρεν οἰκοῦντας αὐτὴν ἀνδρῶν μυριάδας ιγʹ καὶ χιλίους λζʹ. Τιβέριον δὲ τὸν αὐτοῦ πρόγονον υἱοθετησάμενος, περιφανῆ τῆς ὅλης ἀρχῆς διάδοχον καὶ Ῥωμαίων τρίτον ἀνέδειξεν αὐτοκράτορα· ὃς καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη κβʹ. Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα τοῦ δευτέρου ἀλλοφύλου Ἀρχελάου υἱοῦ Ἡρώδου Οὗτος μετὰ θʹ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἔτη εἰς Βίενναν πόλιν Γαλλίας ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων ἐξορίζεται. Ἰουδαίων γʹ ἀλλόφυλος Ἡρώδης, υἱὸς Ἡρώδου, ἀδελφὸς Ἀρχελάου,ἔτη κδʹ. Οὗτος Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστὴν ἀνεῖλε τῷ ἔτει τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀρχῆς, ἐφ' οὗ καὶ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ἑκουσίως δι' ἡμᾶς τὸ σωτήριον πάθος ὑπέστη.

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Τιβέριος ἔτη κβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος εφιεʹ. Τῆς μικρᾶς Ἀσίας σεισμῷ ιγʹ πόλεις κατεπτώθησαν, Ἔφεσος, Μαγνη 387 σία, Σάρδις, Μοστινή, Αἰγαί, Ἱεροκαισάρεια, Φιλαδέλφεια, Τμῶλος, Τίμος, Μύρινα, Κύμη, Ἀπολλωνία ∆ία, Ὑρκανία.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΚ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη κʹ Τὴν μὲν κατὰ σάρκα γέννησιν

τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δύο μόνοι τῶν εὐαγγελιστῶν ἱστόρησαν, Ματθαῖος τὸ βασιλικὸν ἐκ τοῦ ∆αβὶδ κατὰ Σολομῶνα καὶ Λουκᾶς τὸ ἱερατικὸν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ∆αβίδ, κατὰ Νάθαν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. τὴν δὲ ἄχρονον γέννησιν ἐκ