copies

Also that the copies thereof should be laid up in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them.

Because I have heard of some who say; unless I find it written in the originals, I will not believe it to be written in the Gospel. And when I said, It is written; they answered what lay before them in their corrupted copies.

The word 'without cause' is not inserted in some copies, nor in the Jewish.

And so I have inserted copies of the memorial and the letters, the number of the presents sent and the nature of each, since every one of them excelled in magnificence and technical skill.

I shall give you a full account of the workmanship after I have set before you copies of the letters. The letter of the king ran as follows:

And falling down we worshipped Him, saying, Glory to Thee, O Jesus, Name of light, who didst give us the teaching of Thy commandments, so that we may be like unto Thee, we and all those who hear Thee. And when He spoke to us and taught and commanded us, and showed many loosings and miracles, He was taken up from us, giving us tranquillity. John and Peter and Matthew wrote this Testament, and sent [it] in copies from Jerusalem by Dositheus’ and Silas and Magnus and Aquila, whom they chose to send [them] to all dioceses. Amen.