And they came to Jericho. As he was leaving the town with his disciples and a great crowd, Timaeus' son Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting at the roadside.

And a beggar named Lazarus was put down at his gate covered with sores

And it came about that the beggar died and was carried away by the angels to the companionship of Abraham, and the rich man too died and was buried.

Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some of them said, "What is this rag-picker trying to make out?" Others said, "He seems to be preaching some foreign deities." This was because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.