In this regard he wrote: “Accordingly, when I went East and was in the place where these things were preached and practiced, and after I had learned the books of the Old Testament accurately and had set down the facts, I sent them to you. ”
მელიტო პირადად გაემგზავრა ბიბლიურ ქვეყნებში, რათა ზუსტად განესაზღვრა, თუ რამდენი წიგნი შედიოდა ებრაულ წერილებში.