NEUOFFENBARUNGBJ.01_Antw.1,01 Abgarus, blessed are you, for you have not seen me and yet have believed. For see, it is written of me that those who have seen me will not believe in me, so that those who have not seen me may believe and live for ever.
BJ.01_Antw.1,02 As for your request that I come to you because I am persecuted here in the land of the Jews, I tell you this. All that I came into the world for must be fulfilled in me here. Soon all this will be fulfilled in me, and then I shall ascend to the One from whom I have come forth from eternity.
BJ.01_Antw.1,03 Bear your mild illness with patience. When I have been taken up into heaven, I shall send you a disciple to heal your illness and give true health to you and all who are with you.
BJ.01_Antw.1,04 Written by James, a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, and sent from the region of Gennesaret by Brachus, the king’s messenger.
BJ.01_Antw.1,05 Soon after Abgarus received this heavenly reply from the Lord Jesus, the king’s eldest son and heir fell ill with a deadly fever. All the physicians in Edessa said it was incurable. This brought poor Abgarus close to despair. In his great distress he wrote again to Jesus, the good Saviour.