And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
AD 339
Now they say that the woman set up in Paneas (Caesarea Philippi, whence she came)a noble triumphal monument of the mercy vouchsafed to her by the Savior. For there stood upon a lofty pedestal near the entrance to her house a brazen statue of a woman on bended knees, and with her hands joined as if in prayer; opposite to which was erected another statue like to a man, made of the same material, clothed in a stole, and holding forth his hand to the woman. At his feet upon the base itself a strange kind of plant was growing, which reaching to the hem of the brazen stole, was said to be the cure of all diseases. And they said that this statue represents Christ. It was destroyed by