Eusebius, Church History 1.13: The Legendary Correspondence of Jesus and AbgarChapter XIII. Narrative Concerning the Prince of the Edessences.1 The divinity of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ being noised abroad among all men on account of hiswonder-working power, he attracted countless numbers from foreign countries lying far away from Judea,who had the opening of being cured of their diseases and of all kinds of sufferings.2 For instance the King Abgarus, who ruled with great glory the nations beyond the Euphrates, beingafflicted with a terrible disease which it was beyond the power of human skill to cure, when he heard of thename of Jesus, and of his miracles, which were attested by all with one accord sent a message to him by acourier and begged him to heal his disease.3 But he did not at that time comply with his request; yet he deemed him worthy of a personal letter in whichhe said that he would send one of his disciples to cure his disease, and at the same time promised salvation tohimself and all his house.4 Not long afterward hispromise was fulfilled. For after his resurrection from the dead and his ascent intoheaven, Thomas, one of the 12 apostles, under divine impulse sent Thaddeus, who was also numbered amongthe 70 disciples of Christ, to Edessa, as a preacher and evangelist of the teaching of Christ.5 And all that our Saviour had promised received through him its fulfillment. You have written evidence ofthese things taken from the archives of Edessa, which was at that time a royal city. For in the public registersthere, which contain accounts of ancient times and the acts of Abgarus, these things have been foundpreserved down to the present time. But there is no better way than to hear the epistles themselves which wehave taken from the archives and have literally translated from the Syriac language in the following manner.Copy of an epistle written by Abgarus the ruler to Jesus, tend sent to him at Jerusalem by Ananias the swiftcourier.6 "Abgarus, ru...