Acts of Thomas

Acts of Thomas 106:1

And Charis said to the apostle, “Rise, wicked one and destroyer and enemy of my house, for thy sorcery harms me not; and I shall put thy sorcery upon thy head.” Having said this, the apostle looked at him and said, “Thy threats shall turn against thee, for thou shalt not harm me. For greater than thee and thy king and thy whole army is the Lord Jesus Christ, in whom I put my hope.” And Charis took a wrapper of one of his servants, put it on the neck of the apostle, and said, “Drag and take him away; I shall see whether God can save him from my hands.” And they dragged and took him to King Misdai. When the apostle came into the presence of the king, the king said to him, “Tell me who thou art and by what power thou doest these things?” But the apostle held his peace. And the king ordered his subjects to scourge him one hundred and twenty-eight times and cast him bound into the prison. And they bound him and led him away. And the king and Charis considered how to kill him. But the multitude worshipped him upon the knees like a God. And they had in their mind to say this: “The stranger acted wickedly against the king, and is a deceiver.”