Jesus’s reply to Abgar

Jesus sent this reply to the letter from Abgar through Ananias. “Happy are you who believe in me without having seen me! For it is written of me that those who have seen me will not believe in me, and that those who have not seen will believe and live. As to your request that I should come to you, I must complete all that I was sent to do here, and on completing it must at once be taken up to the One who sent me. When I have been taken up I will send you one of my disciples to cure your disorder and bring life to you and those with you.” Quoted from The History of the Church by Eusebius.

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