The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c31.79

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And when all the Apostles had been for a time in Jerusalem......they divided the countries among them, in order that each one of them might preach in the region which fell to him and in the place to which his Lord sent him. And India fell by lot and division to Judas Thomas (or the Twin) the Apostle. And he was not willing to go, saying: 'I have not strength enough for this, because I am weak. And I am a Hebrew: how can I teach the Indians?' And whilst Judas was reasoning thus, our Lord appeared to him in a vision of the night, and said to him: 'Fear not, Thomas, because My grace is with thee.' But he would not be persuaded at all, saying: 'Whithersoever Thou wilt, our Lord, send me; only to India I will not go.' And as Judas was reasoning thus, a certain merchant, an Indian, happened (to come) into the south country from ——¹, whose name was Ḥabbān; and he was sent by the king Gūdnaphar², that he might bring to him a skilful carpenter. (Trans. Wright, *Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles*, II, pp. 146–7.)