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A king searches for an apostle with camels of gold, while an idol in a temple of the sick falls silent.
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The Acts of Bartholomew in short
The Acts of Bartholomew tells how an apostle comes to India and lodges quietly among the poor in a temple of idols. His arrival silences the idol Astaruth, and a rival demon describes the stranger. A possessed man is freed, the king's daughter is unchained, and the king is taught by the apostle.
What The Acts of Bartholomew is about
What do you do when the god you have trusted all your life goes silent on the very day a stranger arrives? In the temple of Astaruth in India, sick pilgrims lie helpless waiting for their idol to heal them, and the idol says nothing. The stranger is Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles, who has taken lodging among the pilgrims and the poor.
The Acts of Bartholomew is an ancient narrative about his mission to India. Its author is unknown. Early Christian communities read it with wonder, because it gives the apostles faces, voices, and dangers. You begin in a temple where nothing answers.
対象読者. You will love this if you enjoy ancient legends of saints and apostles, vivid scenes of angels and demons, and questions about how faith travelled to far countries.
The story in 7 parts
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A silent idol empties a temple of hope
The story opens in India. Into it comes Bartholomew, apostle of Christ. He does not go to a palace or a marketplace. He takes a place in the temple of Astaruth and lives there as one of the pilgrims and the poor.
The temple holds an idol of the same name, and people believe it heals the sick. The story claims the opposite. When someone sacrifices to it, the demon inside simply steps back so that the sufferer seems cured. The body looks better while the soul grows more sick, and the people keep returning.
Then Bartholomew's presence changes the place. Astaruth stops answering. The temple fills with sick people from distant countries, and they sacrifice every day, yet no reply comes. The pilgrims lie there helpless.
So the people travel to another city, where a god named Becher is honoured. Becher, who is also a demon, answers that since God sent Bartholomew to this region, Astaruth has been held in chains of fire and can no longer speak. The demon says Bartholomew is the friend of Almighty God, come to take away the worship of idols.
The story begins not with a miracle but with something failing to happen, and the false gods themselves must admit who is stronger. When false power falls quiet, the true authority has already arrived.
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A demon paints the apostle's portrait
The worshippers ask Becher to tell them what Bartholomew looks like, so that they can find him.
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Healing a possessed man and a chained princess
The people return to their city and search the face of every pilgrim and every poor man.
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The apostle refuses gold and teaches the king
Bartholomew appears the next morning, alone in the king's bedchamber.
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A bound demon speaks and the idol falls
Bartholomew promises the king proof.
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An angel seals the temple and a kingdom is baptised
After the Amen, a bright angel appears, shining more brightly than the sun.
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What the story says about power, and how it is told
Underneath the miracles, the tale keeps asking one question: who really holds power over human lives?
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Bartholomew The apostle of Christ who lodges among the poor in a temple of idols and wants the people of India to know the true God.
- King Polymius The king of the country, whose tormented daughter brings him to the apostle, and who offers treasure but learns he is seeking something else.
- Astaruth The idol and demon of the temple, which the people trust to heal them but which falls silent when the apostle arrives.
- Becher The demon of a nearby city, who describes the apostle to the people and begs that his angels be kept away.
- The king's daughter The king's daughter, bound in chains and tormented by a demon, whom the apostle orders loosed and restores to peace.
- King Astreges The elder brother of Polymius, a ruler loyal to the old gods, who comes to hear of the apostle through angry priests.
How it ends (spoiler)
King Astreges, the elder brother of Polymius, is angered by the priests and has Bartholomew arrested and questioned. When news comes that the idol Baldad and all his gods have fallen, the king orders the apostle beaten with rods and beheaded. His followers bury him with hymns, but Astreges has the remains thrown into the sea, and they drift to the island of Liparis. The king and the priests then die wretchedly, many come to faith, and Polymius becomes bishop for twenty years.
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『The Acts of Bartholomew』についての質問
What is the Acts of Bartholomew about?
It tells how the apostle Bartholomew comes to India, silences the idol Astaruth, heals a king's daughter, converts King Polymius and his people, and faces the anger of the king's brother. The tale follows his mission and its cost.
Is the Acts of Bartholomew in the Bible?
No. It belongs to the New Testament apocrypha, writings about the apostles that circulated among early Christians but remained outside the canon. Readers valued them for devotion and storytelling, and many survive in several versions and languages.
Who are Astaruth, Becher, and Polymius?
Astaruth is an idol and demon in an Indian temple, Becher is a demon in a neighbouring city, and Polymius is the king whose daughter Bartholomew heals. Each plays a clear role in the apostle's mission.
Did Bartholomew really go to India?
Ancient writers such as Eusebius record a tradition that he preached there, and scholars debate how much history lies behind it. The Acts itself is legend and devotion, and it shows how early Christians imagined the reach of the mission.
What is the main message of the Acts of Bartholomew?
The tale argues that true power belongs to prayer, trust, and humility, not to gold or idols. It also shows healing as freedom for both body and soul, brought through the apostle's authority.
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The Acts of Bartholomew. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-acts-of-bartholomew.
The acts of Bartholomew. (2026). Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-acts-of-bartholomew
The Acts of Bartholomew. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/loa-acts-of-bartholomew.
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