Syriac Anecdotes, Volumes 3 and 4

But to all of them I have shown everything, that when you labor in this manner, you should help the sick, and you should remember the words of our Lord Jesus, who said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." And when he had said these things, they all knelt down with them and he prayed. 5 And they all were weeping greatly, and they fell upon the neck of Paul Apostle of the Gentiles and kissed him. 193 v. a. * They felt sorrowful indeed regarding that word which he said, that they would no longer see his face. And they accompanied him as far as the ship. And when we had departed from them, we were sailing and coming toward Cos a Greek island. And on the following day we came to Rhodes a Greek island. And from there to Patara a city in Lycia. And we found a ship that was crossing to Phoenicia a region of the Levant, and we boarded it and set sail. 10 And Cyprus an island in the Mediterranean appeared to us on the left, and we left it on the left and went to Syria a Roman province. And we arrived at Tyre a city in Phoenicia. For there the ship was to unload its cargo. And we found disciples and stayed there seven days. And they were saying to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem the Holy City. And when these days were completed, we went out and traveled, we and all of them. 15 And those women and children were with us as far as outside the city. And we knelt on our knees by the side of the sea and prayed. And we kissed one another and boarded the ship. And they returned to their homes. 193 v. b. * We, however, completed our voyage. 20 From Tyre we came to Acre a coastal city, and we asked after the peace of the brothers, and we stayed with them one day. And on the next day we went out and came to Caesarea a port city in Judea. And we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven. And we stayed with him. He had four virgin daughters who were prophesying. 25 And when we had stayed there many days, there came down from Judea a region a prophet whose name was Agabus a Christian prophet. And he entered to us and took the belt of Paul, and he bound his feet and his hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit the third person of the Trinity: The man whose belt this is, thus will the Jews the people of Israel bind him in Jerusalem."