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The production, again, of the Duodecad of the Aeons, is indicated by the fact that the Lord was twelve ¹ years of age when He disputed with the teachers of the law, and by the election of the apostles, for of these there were twelve. ² The other eighteen Aeons are made manifest in this way: that the Lord, [according to them,] conversed with His disciples for eighteen months ³ after His resurrection from the dead. They also affirm that these eighteen Aeons are strikingly indicated by the first two letters of His name ['Iesous], namely Iota ⁴ and Eta. And, in like manner, they assert that the ten Aeons are pointed out by the letter Iota, which begins His name; while, for the same reason, they tell us the Saviour said, "One Iota, or one tittle, shall by no means pass away until all be fulfilled." ⁵