Intheyear420,duringthewarbetweentheEasternRomanEmpireandPersia,7000PersianswerebroughtprisonerstoAmida,wheretheysufferedextremewant.
Seeingthis,Acacius,BishopofAmida,assembledhisclergy.HeobservedthatasGodhadsaid,"Ilovemercybetterthansacrifice,"hewouldbebetterpleasedwiththereliefoftheprisonersthanwithbeingservedwithgoldandsilver.Theclergyagreed.Theconsecratedvesselsweresold,andwiththeproceedstheprisonersweremaintainedand,attheconclusionofthewar,senthome.ThePersianmonarchwascharmedwiththishumaneaction.HeinvitedAcaciustohiscapital,wherehereceivedhimwiththeutmostreverence,andforhissakeconferredmanyfavoursontheChristians.
公元四二○年，東羅馬帝國和波斯戰爭期間，七千波斯人被俘，送到阿米達。他們缺乏供給，困苦不堪。
阿米達主教阿卡西烏斯見到這情況，召集當地教士，指出上帝曾說「我愛慈悲多於祭品」，因此，救濟那些俘虜，比用金器銀器供奉上帝，更能使上帝高興。教士都同意這觀點。他們把禮拜用的器皿賣掉，以所得供七千俘虜溫飽，並於戰爭結束後送他們回國。波斯王深受這仁愛感動，邀請阿卡西烏斯到波斯國都，優禮異常，還看他分上，對基督徒多所恩賜。
〔附注〕售賣東西或舉辦活動所得金錢，叫proceeds，必須用複數形式。