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Memoirs of Edessa and Other Ancient Syriac Documents
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[3208] The Greek ἔπαρχος.—Tr.
Further, the Martyrdom of Barsamya, the Bishop of the Blessed City Edessa.
[3209] This is taken from the ms. cited as B. in the Acts of Sharbil. There is an Armenian version or extract of this still in existence: see Dr. Alishan’s letter referred to on p. 665. [See elucidation, p. 689, infra.]
[3210] This is a mistake for Cerealis, and the consulate meant must be that of Commodus Verus and Tutilius Cerealis, which was in the ninth (not fifteenth) year of Trajan, which agreed with the 416th year of the Greeks, or a.d. 105.
[3211] See note on p. 678.
[3212] Called Labu at p. 678.
[3213] Lit. “authority.”—Tr.
[3214] See note 6 on p. 658.—Tr. [The Syriac for “assuredly.”]
[3215] Lit. “this mind.”—Tr.
[3216] Lit. “portrayed and fixed.”—Tr.
[3217] [Guardian angels.] Comp. Dan. iv. 13. This designation was given to angels after the captivity, in which the Jews had become familiar with the doctrine of tutelary deities.—Tr.
[3218] Lit. “the Spirit of His Godhead.”—Tr.
[3219] This seems to be Lusius Quietus, Trajan’s general in the East at this time.
[3220] Or “kings.”—Tr.
[3221] We have here probably the most authentic copy of the edict of Trajan commanding the stopping of the persecution of the Christians, as it was taken down at the time by the reporters who heard it read.
[3222] Lit. “am far removed.”—Tr.
[3223] 2 Cor. viii. 12. Both the Peshito and the Greek (if τίς be rejected) have “what it hath:” not “what it is.”—Tr.
[3224] See note on p. 678.—Tr.
[3225] Perhaps “Eutropius.”
[3226] What follows, down to the end, is a much later addition, evidently made by the same ignorant person as that at p. 685, above: see note 2 there.
[3227] That is “Pius.” The blunder arose from taking the prefix D (?) as a part of the name.
[3228] i.e., “Sixtus.”—Tr.
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