and I believe in Him, and in His holy Father.'
Thaddeus said yet again to the sick king,
'Therefore I lay my hand in the name of Jesus
upon thee, sick man.' And he [moreover] did so,
and the king was healed, as soon as he touched him,
from all his sicknesses which he had before suffered.
Abgarus then marvelled, that he had been healed
without medicine through the Saviour's word,
even as He had before promised him by His letter.
Thaddeus likewise healed afterwards a certain man
of a great disease in his feet, and healed many other men
in that city, and preached the faith to them.
Then said Abgarus to him, 'In Christ's might
thou workest these great wonders, and we all marvel thereat.
Tell me, I pray thee, truly concerning the Saviour
how He came to men and departed from the world.'
Thaddeus answered Abgarus and said,
'I am sent to preach; bid thy citizens come
all together at early morning
that I may declare to them all Christ's advent,
and [speak] concerning His wonders which He wrought in life.'
Then the king bade the men of his city come,
and Thaddeus preached to them boldly concerning Christ,
and told all of them the true faith,
and the redemption of mankind through the mild Saviour;
that He had willed to give Himself to death,
and to descend into hell to help Adam,
and likewise His elect of Adam's kin,
and how He afterward ascended to His righteous Father,
and shall come again to judge every man according to his deeds.
After this preaching the king offered the preacher
a good portion of gold and of silver as a gift,
