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joining the attack, punished the Jews in various ways. Josephus and Philo relate that in the synagogues of the Jews everywhere, statues and images and altars were dedicated to Gaius. In these times Simon Magus, a Samaritan from the village of Gitta in Samaria, appeared and deceived many with false signs and wonders, whom Philip, one of those with Stephen the protomartyr, was the first to stand against and put to shame, 403 travelling outside of Jerusalem after the death of Stephen, at which time it is said that the first of the gentiles to be baptized by him was the Ethiopian eunuch and Simon himself, who adopted Christianity in name only, not confessing the resurrection nor that the world is from God, and introducing every shameful practice to his own disciples. YEAR OF THE WORLD 5540 Year 40 of the divine incarnation Peter, the chief of the apostles, having founded the first church in Antioch, departs to Rome preaching the gospel. And he himself first presided over the church in Antioch and the one in Rome until his death. Peter sent the first catholic epistle from Rome, according to Eusebius, having with him Mark the evangelist, who then, at the request of the Romans, composed the gospel, as Clement in the sixth book of the Hypotyposeis and Papias the bishop of Hierapolis; of whom he makes mention in it, of Mark and the city of Babylon; but others say it was written from Joppa. The return of Paul and Silas in Derbe and Lystra and Phrygia and Isauria and Cilicia and Galatia and Troas. The acts of Paul and Mark in Philippi and Thessalonica and Berea. The acts of Paul in Athens and Corinth. The acts of Paul in Ephesus and Cenchreae and Caesarea and Antioch, Italy and Phrygia. The deeds of Paul in Ephesus specifically. Paul delivered to the Ephesians the things in Troas and Miletus. The actions of the Jews in Jerusalem against Paul. The deeds of Paul in Caesarea before Felix and Drusilla. The deeds of Paul in Caesarea and the actions of the Jews against him. 404 Mark the evangelist preached the word of salvation in Egypt and Alexandria. The first bishop of the church of Antioch was Euodius, for 29 years. 5th emperor of the Romans, Claudius, for 13 years.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5540 Year 40 of the divine incarnation The prophecy of Agabus in the Acts

has been fulfilled, a great famine having taken hold of the world under Claudius. Claudius triumphed over the Britons. Claudius, having taken a census of the citizens of Rome, found 611 myriads and 1. Claudius sent Felix as governor of Judea. The remaining affairs of the Jews under the foreigner Agrippa, also called Herod, are as follows: Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly in the synagogue of Antioch in Pisidia. Paul and Barnabas were teaching in Iconium, at the time of the acts of the two in Lystra and Derbe and Perga and Attalia and Antioch, and in Phoenicia and Samaria and Jerusalem. Agrippa, having laid the foundations of the third wall of Jerusalem and fearing Claudius Caesar, ceased from the work. This Agrippa, who is also called Herod in the Acts, who put on the silver robe and in the theater of Caesar accepted 405 to be praised as a god, was struck by an angel and died eaten by worms. When Agrippa the king of the Jews died, his son Agrippa is entrusted with the rule of the Jews by Claudius. 5th foreigner over the Jews, Agrippa II, for 23 years.

YEAR OF THE WORLD 5546 Year 46 of the divine incarnation From this time Thrace

became a province, having been a kingdom before. An island of 30 stades appeared between Thera and Therasia. In the days of unleavened bread, when a disturbance occurred in Jerusalem, the Jews were trampled near the exits of the gates and about three myriads perished, while Cumanus was the Roman commander and of all Judea

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συνεπιθέμενος ποικίλως Ἰουδαίους ἐκόλασεν. Ἰώσηππος καὶ Φίλων ἱστοροῦσιν ἐν ταῖς ἁπανταχοῦ συναγωγαῖς Ἰου δαίων ἀνδριάντας καὶ εἰκόνας Γαΐῳ καὶ βωμοὺς ἀνατεθῆναι. Τούτοις τοῖς χρόνοις Σίμων ὁ μάγος Σαμαρεὺς ἐκ κώμης Γιτθῶ τῆς Σαμαρείας ἀναφανεὶς πολλοὺς ἐξηπάτα σημείοις καὶ τέρασι ψεύδους, πρὸς ὃν Φίλιππος, εἷς τῶν ἅμα Στεφάνῳ τῷ πρωτομάρτυρι, πρῶτος ἐν 403 στὰς κατῄσχυνε, μετὰ τὴν Στεφάνου τελείωσιν περιάγων ἔξω τῆς Ἱερου σαλήμ, ἡνίκα λέγεται πρῶτος ἐξ ἐθνῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ βαπτισθῆναι ὁ εὐνοῦχος Αἰθίοψ αὐτός τε Σίμων, ὀνόματι μόνῳ τὸν Χριστιανισμὸν ὑποδύς, ἀνά στασιν δὲ μὴ ὁμολογῶν μηδὲ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ, πᾶσάν τε αἰ σχρουργίαν εἰσηγούμενος τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς. ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΜ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη μʹ Πέτρος ὁ κορυφαῖος τὴν ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ πρώτην θεμελιώσας ἐκκλησίαν εἰς Ῥώμην ἄπεισι κηρύττων τὸ εὐαγγέλιον. ὁ δ' αὐτὸς μετὰ τῆς ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῆς ἐν Ῥώμῃ πρῶτος προέστη ἕως τελειώσεως αὐτοῦ. Πέτρος τὴν πρώτην καθολικὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀπὸ Ῥώμης ἀπέστειλεν, ὡς Εὐσέβιος, ἑπόμενον ἔχων καὶ Μάρκον τὸν εὐαγγελιστήν, τότε Ῥωμαίοις αἰτήσασι συντάξαντα τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ὡς Κλήμης ἐν ςʹ τῶν Ὑποτυπώσεων καὶ Παπίας ὁ Ἱεραπόλεως ἐπίσκοπος· οὗ καὶ μέμνηται ἐν αὐτῇ Μάρκου καὶ τῆς πόλεως Βαβυλῶνος· ἄλλοι δὲ ἀπὸ Ἰόππης φασὶ γεγράφθαι. Παύλου καὶ Σίλα ἐπάνοδος ἐν ∆έρβῃ καὶ Λύστροις καὶ Φρυγίᾳ Ἰσαυρίᾳ τε καὶ Κιλικίᾳ καὶ Γαλατίᾳ καὶ Τρωάδι. Παύλου καὶ Μάρκου αἱ ἐν Φιλίπποις καὶ Θεσσαλονίκῃ καὶ Βεροίῃ πράξεις. Παύλου ἐν Ἀθήναις καὶ Κορίνθῳ πράξεις. Παύλου αἱ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ καὶ Κεγχρεαῖς Καισαρείᾳ τε καὶ Ἀντιοχείᾳ, Ἰταλίᾳ καὶ Φρυγίᾳ πράξεις. Παύλου τὰ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ ἰδίως. Παῦλος τὰ ἐν Τρωάδι καὶ Μιλήτῳ παρέθετο Ἐφεσίοις. Τὰ ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ τῶν Ἰουδαίων κατὰ Παύλου. Παύλου τὰ ἐν Καισαρείᾳ κατὰ Φίλικα καὶ ∆ρουσίλλαν. Παύλου τὰ ἐν Καισαρείᾳ καὶ τὰ Ἰουδαίων κατ' αὐτοῦ. 404 Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τὸν σωτήριον λόγον εὐηγγελίζετο. Τῆς Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησίας πρῶτος ἐπίσκοπος Εὐόδιος ἐχρημάτισεν ἔτη κθʹ. Ῥωμαίων εʹ Κλαύδιος ἔτη ιγʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΜ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη μʹ Ἡ ἐν ταῖς πράξεσιν Ἀγάβου

προφητεία πεπέρασται, λιμοῦ μεγάλου κατασχόντος τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου. Κλαύδιος κατὰ Βρεττανῶν ἐθριάμβευσε. Κλαύδιος τοὺς πολίτας Ῥώμης ἀπογραψάμενος μυριάδας εὗρεν χζδʹ καὶ α. Κλαύδιος Φίλικα τῆς Ἰουδαίας ἡγεμόνα ἐξέπεμψε. Τὰ ὑπόλοιπα Ἰουδαίων ἀλλοφύλου Ἀγρίππα τοῦ καὶ Ἡρώδου ἐστὶν οὕτωσ Παῦλος καὶ Βαρναβᾶς ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ τῆς κατὰ Πισιδίαν Ἀντιοχείας ἐπαρρησιάσαντο. Παῦλος καὶ Βαρναβᾶς ἐδίδασκον ἐν Ἰκονίῳ, ἡνίκα τὰ ἐν Λύστροις καὶ ∆έρβῃ καὶ Πέργῃ καὶ Ἀταλίᾳ καὶ Ἀντιοχείᾳ, αἵ τε ἐν Φοινίκῃ καὶ Σαμαρείᾳ καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ πράξεις τῶν δύο. Ἀγρίππας θεμέλια πηξάμενος τρίτου τείχους τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ φο βηθεὶς Κλαύδιον Καίσαρα τοῦ ἔργου ἐπαύσατο. Οὗτος ὁ Ἀγρίππας, ὁ καὶ Ἡρώδης ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι καλούμενος, ὁ τὴν ἀργυρῆν ἐσθῆτα περιθέμενος καὶ ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ Καίσαρος καταδεξά 405 μενος ὡς θεὸς εὐφημεῖσθαι, ὑπ' ἀγγέλου πληγεὶς σκωληκόβρωτος ἀπο θνήσκει. Ἀγρίππα τοῦ βασιλέως Ἰουδαίων τελευτήσαντος Ἀγρίππας υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ Κλαυδίου τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐγχειρίζεται Ἰουδαίων. Ἰουδαίων εʹ ἀλλόφυλος Ἀγρίππας βʹ ἔτη κγʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ ΕΦΜΣ Τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως ἔτη μςʹ Θρᾴκη ἀπὸ τοῦδε τοῦ

χρόνου ἐπαρχία ἐχρημάτισε, βασιλεύουσα πρίν. Νῆσος μεταξὺ Θήρας καὶ Θηρασίας σταδίων λʹ ἐφάνη. Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν ἀζύμων στάσεως γενομένης ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ συμπα τηθέντες περὶ τὰς τῶν πυλῶν ἐξόδους Ἰουδαῖοι ὤλοντο περὶ τὰς τρεῖς μυριάδας, Κουμανοῦ Ῥωμαίων στρατηγοῦντος καὶ τῆς ὅλης Ἰουδαίας