Due to doubts about the validity of the consecration of Mar Thoma VIII, Abraham Malpan had some doubts about his own ordination. So when a Jacobite bishop from Syria came, he and two others had themselves reordained by him.
Abraham Malpan's uncertainty stemmed from doubts about the legitimacy of Mar Thoma VIII's consecration, which led him to question his own ordination. This situation prompted him to seek reordination when a Jacobite bishop from Syria arrived.