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Agapius TF= Eus.

E.H.1.11.7b-8

Jerome(On Famous

Men, 13)

MichaelChronicle

1 At this time there

was a wise man who

was called Jesus.

About this time there

lived Jesus, a wise

man,

At the same time

there was Jesus, a

wise man,

In these times there

was a wise man

named Jesus,

2 - if indeed one ought

to call him a man,

if indeed it is proper

to say that he was a

man

if it is fitting for us to

call him a man.

3 His conduct was

good,

for he was a doer of

wonderful works,

for he was an

accomplisher of

marvelous works

For he was a worker

of glorious deeds

4 and (he) was known

to be virtuous.

a teacher of such

men as receive the

truth with pleasure.

and a teacher of

those who freely

receive true things;

and a teacher of

truth.

5 And manypeople

from the Jews and

other nations

became his disciples.

He won over many of

the Jews, and many

of the Gentiles.

he also had very

many followers, as

many from the Jews

as from the gentiles,

Many from among

the Jews and the

nations became his

disciples.

6 - He was the

Messiah;

and he was

believed to be

Christ.

He wasthought to

be the messiah,

7 Pilate When Pilate, at the

suggestion of theprincipal men

amongst us,

When by the envy of

our principal onesPilate

but not according to

the testimony of theprincipal men of our

nation.Because of

this, Pilate

8 condemned him to

be crucified and die.

had condemned him

to the cross,

had affixed him to a

cross,

condemned him to

the cross and he

died.9 But those who had

become his disciples

did not abandon his

discipleship.

those that loved him

at the first did not

forsake him,

those who had first

loved him

nevertheless

persevered;

For those who had

loved him did not

cease to love him.

10 They reported thathe had appeared to

them three days

after the crucifixion,

and that he was

for he appeared tothem alive again the

third day,

for he appeared tothem on the third

day living;

He appeared to themalive after three

days.

11 accordingly he was

perhaps the

Messiah

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12 concerning whom

the prophets have

recounted wonders.

as the divine

prophets had

foretold these and

ten thousand other

wonderful things

concerning him;

many things, both

these and other

marvelous things,

are in the songs of

the prophets who

made predictions

For the prophets of

God had spoken with

regard to him of

such marvelous

things.

13 - and the tribe ofChristians, so named

from him, are not

extinct to this day.

Even until today therace of Christians,

having obtained the

word from him, has

not failed.

And the people ofthe Christians,

named after him,

has not disappeared

till this day.

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Pseudo-

Ambrose/Hegesip

us Bk 2 Ch 12a. That there was at

that time a wise

man,

b. if, says he, it be

lawful to have him

called a manc. a doer of

wonderful works,

g. and hath

penetrated among

all sorts of men; nor

does there remain

any nation in the

Roman world, which

continues strangers

to his religion.

d. who appeared tohis disciples after the

third day from his

death alive again,

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e. according to the

writings of the

prophets, who

foretold these, and

innumerable other

miraculous events

f. from whom beganthe congregation of

Christians,