therefore to-day do I receive freedom. Do thou therefore give me this and perfect me: and this I
say, not for that I doubt, but that they may hear for whom it is needful to hear.]
168 And when he had thus prayed he said unto the soldiers: Come hither and accomplish the
commandments of him that sent you. And the four came and pierced him with their spears, and
he fell down and died.
And all the brethren wept; and they brought beautiful robes and much and fair linen, and buried
him in a royal sepulchre wherein the former (first) kings were laid.
169 But Siphor and Iuzanes would not go down to the city, but continued sitting by him all the
day. And the apostle Thomas appeared unto them and said: Why sit ye here and keep watch over
me? I am not here, but I have gone up and received all that I was promised. But rise up and go
down hence; for after a little time ye also shall be gathered unto me.
But Misdaeus and Charisius took away Mygdonia and Tertia and afflicted them sorely: howbeit
they consented not unto their will. And the apostle appeared unto them and said: Be not
deceived: Jesus the holy, the living one, shall quickly send help unto you. And Misdaeus and
Charisius, when they perceived that Mygdonia and Tertia obeyed them not, suffered them to live
according to their own desire.
And the brethren gathered together and rejoiced in the grace of the Holy Ghost: now the apostle
Thomas when he departed out of the world made Siphor a presbyter and Iuzanes a deacon, when
he went up into the mountain to die. And the Lord wrought with them, and many were added
unto the faith.
170 Now it came to pass after a long time that one of the children of Misdaeus the king was
smitten by a devil, and no man could cure him, for the devil was exceeding fierce. And Misdaeus
the king took thought and sad: I will go and open the sepulchre, and take a bone of the apostle of
God and hang it upon my son and he shall be healed. But while Misdaeus thought upon this, the
apostle Thomas appeared to him and said unto him: Thou believedst not on a living man, and
wilt thou believe on the dead? yet fear not, for my Lord Jesus Christ hath compassion on thee
and pitieth thee of his goodness.
And he went and opened the sepulchre, but found not the apostle there, for one of the brethren
had stolen him away and taken him unto Mesopotamia; but from that place where the bones of
the apostle had lain Misdaeus took dust and put it about his son's neck, saying: I believe on thee,
Jesu Christ, now that he hath left me which troubleth men and opposeth them lest they should see
thee. And when he had hung it upon his son, the lad became whole.
Misdaeus the king therefore was also gathered among the brethren, and bowed his head under the
hands of Siphor the priest; and Siphor said unto the brethren: Pray ye for Misdaeus the king, that
he may obtain mercy of Jesus Christ, and that he may no more remember evil against him. They
all therefore, with one accord rejoicing, made prayer for him; and the Lord that loveth men, the
King of Kings and Lord of lords, granted Misdaeus also to have hope in him; and he was
gathered with the multitude of them that had believed in Christ, glorifying the Father and the Son
and the Holy Ghost, whose is power and adoration, now and for ever and world without end.
Amen.
[U (and Syr.) ends: The acts of Judas Thomas the apostle are completed, which he did in India,
fulfilling the commandment of him that sent him. Unto whom be glory, world without end.
Amen.]
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