Jesus' Journey to Charax Spasinu


  P.1427 - §3 After their stay in Rome they went overland to Tarentum, where they set sail for Athens in Greece, stopping at Nicopolis and Corinth. From Athens they went to Ephesus by way of Troas. From Ephesus they sailed for Cyprus, putting in at Rhodes on the way. They spent considerable time visiting and resting on Cyprus and then sailed for Antioch in Syria. From Antioch they journeyed south to Sidon and then went over to Damascus. From there they traveled by caravan to Mesopotamia, passing through Thapsacus and Larissa. They spent some time in Babylon, visited Ur and other places, and then went to Susa. From Susa they journeyed to Charax, from which place Gonod and Ganid embarked for India.
at Charax Jesus bids farewell to Ganid and Gonod.
According to the Apocryphal Acts of Thomas, Charax Spasinu is at the mount of Euphrates. According to Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History, Charax was on the Persian gulf. Cargo-carrying ships from India and China were brought up to the Euphrates-Tigris delta, and could dock at Charax Spasinu. (Rolalyn Maqswood) The delta is obviously on the eastern side of the Euphrates