The Correspondence of Jesus and Abgarus

Deutscher Text Abgarus wrote this letter seven weeks after the third. BJ.01_Brief_4,01 Abgarus, a little prince of Edessa, sends greetings to Jesus, the good Saviour who has appeared in the country around Jerusalem and is now pursued from one end to the other by the foolish, blind Jews who do not recognise the holy primordial…

Deutscher Text Jesus wrote this reply himself in Greek, whereas the earlier replies had been written in the language of the Jews. BJ.01_Antw.4,01 My beloved son and brother Abgarus, I know all about your son. I am very glad that he came to so beautiful an end in this world and to a far more…

Deutscher Text Abgarus wrote this letter three weeks after the Lord’s reply to the fourth letter. BJ.01_Brief_5,01 Abgarus, a little prince of Edessa, sends greetings from us children of the night to Jesus, the good Saviour who has appeared in the land of the Jews around Jerusalem as the primordial light and the eternal primal…

Deutscher Text BJ.01_Antw.5,01 Listen, my beloved son and brother Abgarus. I now have about seventy-two disciples, among them twelve apostles. Yet all of them together do not see as clearly as you alone, though you are a Gentile and have never seen me or any of the many wonders since I became human and was…

Deutscher Text Abgarus wrote this letter ten weeks later. BJ.01_Brief_6,01 Abgarus, a little prince of Edessa, sends greetings to Jesus, the good Saviour who has appeared around Jerusalem, a salvation to all peoples who have a good heart and the right will to order their lives according to his word. BJ.01_Brief_6,02 O Lord, forgive my…

Deutscher Text Only after this outcry did the Lord Jesus send the following reply to Abgarus through a disciple. BJ.01_Antw.6,01 My dear son and brother Abgarus, it was not your enemy who played this cruel trick on you, but my enemy alone. You do not know this enemy, but I have known him for a…

Deutscher Text Abgarus wrote this letter to the Lord nine weeks after receiving the sixth reply. It reached the Lord five days before his entry into Jerusalem. BJ.01_Brief_7,01 Abgarus, a little prince of Edessa, sends greetings to Jesus, the good Saviour who has appeared in the region around Jerusalem, a salvation to all peoples, a…

Deutscher Text BJ.01_Antw.7,01 Listen, my beloved son and brother Abgarus. Everything is exactly as you have told me. Even so, all of it must happen to me, for otherwise no human being could ever attain eternal life. You do not yet see this, but you will soon understand this great mystery. BJ.01_Antw.7,02 For now, then,…

Deutscher Text Editorial introduction for the English edition. In this collection, Jakob Lorber presents letters exchanged by Jesus and Abgarus, the ruler of Edessa, toward the end of Jesus’ earthly life. Abgarus first writes to ask for healing and to offer Jesus refuge. Their correspondence goes on to explore faith, love, grief and eternal life.…

Deutscher Text BJ.01_Brief_1,01 Abgarus, Prince of Edessa, sends greetings to Jesus, the good Saviour who has appeared in the country around Jerusalem. BJ.01_Brief_1,02 I have heard of you and of the healings you perform without medicines or herbs. People say that you make the blind see and the lame walk, cleanse lepers, cast out unclean…