[Footnote 127: Assemanni (Bibliot. Orient. tom. ii. p. 10 -
46) and La Croze (Christianisme d'Ethiopie, p. 36 - 40) will
supply the history of Xenaias, or Philoxenus, bishop of
Mabug, or Hierapolis, in Syria. He was a perfect master of
the Syriac language, and the author or editor of a version
of the New Testament.]