Hannan
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Hannan, also known as Ananias, was King Abgar's envoy and the keeper of the archives. He was sent to Jesus seeking a cure for the king's illness and offering the city as a safe dwelling place. He either painted a likeness of Jesus or received a cloth with Jesus' face impressed upon it to take back to Abgar.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Addai, Holy Spirit, Jesus
- serves
- Abgar
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“With the letter he sent his envoy Hannan (also known as Ananias), the keeper of the archives, offering his own home city to Jesus as a safe dwelling place. The envoy painted a likeness of Jesus with choice paints (or alternatively, impressed with Abgar's faith, Jesus pressed his face into a cloth and gave it to Hannan) to take to Abgar with his answer.”
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