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80. Cl. Z Cht@. 24.20 221 Mt.23t35-81. Cr. Lk. l:21.82. Ml.23:35-81. cf. Mr.27:51,84, Cl Z.h. 12:10,12-14.35 I-k 2:Z5l

2. The Infancy Story ofThomas

1. Iransmission, lexts ,od literstDrc: tlle hislory of the lradilior of this iflfancynardive is very complicated, and czurmr at the mome be sel oul unembiSu-ously. The Greek texts, i.e. lhe versions in rhe original larguage, are handed do\{rlonly in lala manuscriph. The numerous versions can contribute ro tlle stablhh-in8 of the oldest texl, bui are naturally also influenced by moy larer redencies.Tlle altempl by P. Peeters ro lrace back dle diftcrent yersions of the infamy storyof Thomas to a Syriac basic foDn, *hich he lroughl to be specially wellrcprese' ed tu alatemanuscripr (Cod. vaL Syr. 159, lTtlr cent.), is untemble (P.P.ete$,Ltd gilet apaolph4, vol. II, l9l4i for criticism sce A. de Sarlos Olcro,Dds kirchatslavische Erar9eliat des T honas, YIS 6,1967, pp 148ft).

Dcspite the great advmce marked by the investigalion ofthe Church Slavonictraditior of this lext by de Santos, provision ol lhe 'Urtext', i.e. lhe version of llrc2ndcentury, is uol yetpossible. 'A ftual critical edilion isstiil awailed. But evenifsuch an edition should suceed ir.reconslructing a text underlying the latermanDscript! and lranslalions, Ule question slill renlains whelher tho originalnrfocy gospel can bc reconstructcd at all, and whcthr nny statenrnts about llledate ol composilion will bc possiblc. For as thc'Epistula Apostolorum' shows,the individual naffatives, in lhis gospcL otten only loosely strun8 rogethcr, werealrcady freely circulatinS iD the secoDd cenlury' GI. Ki,stcr, ANRW 252, 1484).1T]ris nreans, howcver' rlial lire tmsDission of this text in marlscripts ardversiorrs was also pa ly detcrnincd by ils litcrary genre. Since il is a ca-e of'collected matcrial. *ttich in litea) tcrns is otrly meagEly held togelher'(Viclhaucr, rir. aercr. p.674), sliSht altcratioN tu conrpass and conted couldeasrly te mrdc in Lhe (ouise ol trarNrnissiol.

On lhe olher lnnd ' as thc C[urch Slavo iclextsshow-llE c is also n ccrairslability ro lre see,r ifl rlte irdividual stmnds of @dilion, so lha! drc etfon rorecovrlhe oldest version is pedectly rcasotrable- Bul lhese questions cannot bedisctssedin detailhere.ltmunsuffice toadduce tlrediftere vitn.sscs in a bricf

a) The G,?ct texls wer divided by Tischendorf nto two recensions andditcd separately. Recension A (Ea, pp. 140, t57) is lle version cootaiued in twoman$cnprs (aologDa Univ.2702 rnd Dresden 1187, 15/l6tn ceor.). To Ihesemay be added fte Codex Arllous Vatopedi 37, a non-nlenoloSical haSiographiccollc.iion (141h ceor.), tu wlrichchaptcrs 1,14ar handeddown, bul which hassofarnotbeen evalDated. Theflagherls h the manuscrjpts in Paris(Bibl. Nat.gr. 239, l5rh cent.) and yienla (l,hil. sr:144, in lhe mcaDti,ne losl) werc reckonedby Tischendorf 1o Recension A, but iD view of tlle similarities to the Church

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Slavonicvcrsion ris is prpbably ro tre conecled (ci deSantos. rrr. cil. p.152).The versbn published by A. Delaite also (Creek manuscript no. 355 ofthe

Natidull-ibnry inAthens, from the 15th cent.: ,,lr?.do ld Atheniensia I,P^tis-Liege 1921,264'271) as comparison with lhe lntin and the Church Slavonicrexts shows cannol be rcgaded as evidence for Rcce'sion A. TIe version inCod. Var. Patat. 364, 1o which de Sanlos dr^ws altention ( tjherliekrns 11. p 50nore), seenrs ro belong wnh uris texr ofDelaue.

Recension B (Ea, pp- 158-163) is a shorier fom of rhe infancy sospel.Tischendorf edited il atter a manuscript ol the 14/l5rh certury discovtred by himin thc nroraslery on SiDai.r

This su ey slows thal the Creek tradition of Ure infaDcy Sospel of Thoriasis thorouahly inildequrb andalso vcry farfrom unifonn. Aftertheinvestigationsof de Sanlos onc must say even morc: lhe lexl ediled by Tischendorf as RecensionA a|d videly recogniscd as a /errrs .e.prrr 'is to be rega ed as a later.ewo,brg which o,igiirated only alter lhe llth century, and in wl,ich essentialeloments of the old Greek apocryphon have been lost' (de Sanlos, ,r,. .,r. p. 15 8).This statemenl is hovever only possible becatrse alongside fte rneagre Grcektradition we have a series ofversions a1o!.disposal.

b) A srrd. voNion is extant in three manuscripls: 1. Cod. Brit. Mus. Add.r4464 (611l ccDt.), editcd with English lranslation by W. Wtighr, Contribttio6to lhe Apcttphal Literut raaltheNe Tetdnent,Lonion 1865 (reprnrted inB.A.W. Brn9e, I he tl istory of t he B Less ed v n Btu M.tt) c t c - l, London 1 899, 2 l7-222). 2. A manuscrilt fron Sinai i. tbe Giirti.gcn University I-ibrary (ct A.Meyer, NTApoz, p. 94). 3. rrom dr. 17ft certury comes the Cod. vat. SyL 159.whichPeetes adducedabove alLas proof of thedependenceof all versions of llrcinfancy gospel upon fie Syriac text form (ct above, p.439). Tlis ltypolhesis isunlenable, bui despie this considerable importance aftaches to llle Syriac

c) Tlrelzrrr veBion was lublished by 'l is.hendod (Ea, pp. 16,1'180) lioma Valican mannscript (Vat. lte8. 648) a d a palnnpsest h Vienna (5th/6th cent.).On llrc Vienna mmtrscripl ct c- PnilipDat in,,1ral.Irll.94,1912,391 411.'I'hcrc is still no rigorous investisation of theLalin lradition. Tneproximity which

. car be eshblished to the Syriac and Churclr Slavonic veBions, as well as 1o theGrcekversionpublished byDelatte, makes thistranchoflhelradiLlon imPotlant.

d)'l'hc old Guorgun vc6ion, which stands close to lhe Syriac, but has so tarscarcely bern noticcd in the Wesr, is low available in a Lalin lranslation: G-G.riue, 'Le tkgment gdor8ien .le l'6vangile de Thonas', RIIE 61, 1956,513520.

e)'llneCh rch S lawit nanidon of this rpocrypl'or, which is represcnted byr epn manu..Ipr\.i:parlrcuhfly mlolldnl,ct Je5-njo,. Lth?t lidcnutll. a.-54). l'hese m^nuscripts all 80 back 1o an old B ulgarian translaion oriSinalin8 att1clJle.rinllp llrhLenlury A.d-Sdnrosurerohas,onvin.indl) rcLon.lrucled

re Greek voraS? of tlis old llulsari^n versbn (rn.l. star. [vdngetium,pp.159 171), and summarises his conclusions rln$: 'Tnis Greek vffld8e, which ine$entialrcoincideswilhlhcold versions of the nrfancy sospeL(he Syiac,I.atinand Gcorgia ) and tllc Greck lcxt ofMs no. 355 oflhe Alhens National Library

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(Delatle), bean wiiness to tlre exisreDce ofan o1d Greek veBion of rhe hfancyGospel olThomas ehich proves 10 be far more complere andconsiderabtyolderthan the Creek Redaclions A and B made known by Tischendorf' (op. .ir. p. 185).

With ihis, nol only IlIe complerely new irsiShts gainel lbr the hislory oflhetransmission ot tlis work,bu!also rhe problcn ofthe'snostic cbaracEroftheinfancy story ot lhomas is poserl afresh- Thus ,br exampte lhe morc deiailedversion orclaprer 6 (s@ below, pp. 44 5 atrd n.9.) appears ro be more odgkral rtanthe shortcr one ir Recension A. nris longer ve6ion, Iowevcr, shows clearlygnostic tendencies, whicl however cannor yet be prccisely derermimd.r

0Irnraily it may bc noled ar Ois apocrypDon is also exrant in an nlropi.version (ed S. G(jbiur in Ia taLogia Orturtalis Xlt 4, 1919, 625,&12i ct id. inRey. de I Ot ient C hrAien 16, 191 1, 255-265i 356-367: ct also V. Ajras L. vanRnmfc) in,1,14,4 ,'1. t9lr. lJJ.t4o,. A cnr:on rnu.r rtro be liiL.,0. n\nivesligaloD of rhe iraNnission ro rhe continuance in later works (Arabiciffarcy gospcl, Annedan infancy documeno oftriidirions which occur in ttisvrltinS.

'Ihis survey of the extant m.terial conilms lhe stalemenl rhat the tntaDcyGospel of llrornas had a very complicated rmdidon, and thal dcspitc thepioneering work oldc Santos matry questoDs still remain o!cn- In nny case wecannor at preseni reconslmc! any orignral fonn of rlds work. In rlc prescnrvolume we nusr thereforc conrent ouBelves with a comprornise: lhe re1r":lre.cpri'r ofTisclrendort(RecensionA) is prcsenredin rransldrion, snpplementedin lhe apparanrs by r.tcren.es ro vnriarls whicl poinr ro an older anrt heucrvelsior ll must be emphasised rhal here we cannot aspire ro conlpteteness.I-iternture:'lischendorf's cdilion of rc lcxr (Ea, pp. t4O 180) is srill jol)orranl evonbday, and is rakcn up by lhe larcredilois: C. Michel, litros,t.rap o.rlhes 1,2 1924, 1 61 -l89i dc SaDros6, fi,.276.300.

Traxriarirrsrrames.pp.,l964(Enslistr)idcSa!tos6,Ur.2?929?(Sprnhn)iMorardiI,247-2?9(llalian):E rcnaI2,78-101 (it.lian).

Detail..l biblioqruphies: ii de Srnlos. Mourdiand Erbeua.Older litenhae: \ A-Mtyct, NlAlottdb pp. l32t M.R. Jlmes, ,TIe co{el ot

Thomas . JTS 30, 1928,51-54, t. Camcy, Tlr Irish cospel otThomas.Itxr, T nslalion

andNoles',li!418, i958,I 43. S. Cero. 'thclrfalcyCospelof'Iho,nrs:-^ StudyofthoItxlual aM l-ilernry Prcblcms', N,v.Tc$. 13, t 97l, 46-80 M. M.Namma, ,Noles on nrcI';i' Ou\n.r^r l huni.'. /,.J, 1t,"at-OL ,et1! )8. to1,.4) 40. t. \urrr .po r,"f iliJn d. , Fvirgrl. d',1rn,c d. ltur A',,aa,1Pu4 o0, to?2, rt?. A. I.rl,..F..lveissen9

bct, Konkohlanz zun Thonldsetangei!fl,V.$ian 4 ,al d, mr.i MitdbeitvonCh. Eoknai(, Studienzum NT hd seiner Urwell B 4, Linz l9?8,2. Title and contenls: lhe manulcripts speak of ,Infancy of ihe Lord Jcsus'(syriac version), or arc enril led 'Accounr ot rlre Inrrncy of the Lord, byThonrosthe hraelire philosopher' (Creek MS A), or g in .Book of lhe 1)oly aposrleThonus conccming thelilc of rhe Lord in his lrfancy, (creek MS B; see bclow,p.449. ore 1).

The gospcl conlains srories ofmiracles *rouShl by Lhe child Jesus belw@nthe ages of Iive and twelve years- Il ends with ltre nanaLivc of tlle rwetve year-old Jesu! intheltmplc, which is raken from Luke.

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3. Drh ard aulhor: dircct,clationships witl nrc gnostic Gospel ofThomas,which has nov become knowr in a Coptic vrsion (sce above, pp. 1 1ott), caDnotbc lraced. allhough one h tcrnpted to see in rhe irxtructions of rlle boy JesuscoDcemins thc allcgorical siBtrificance ol lhe alphabel a ramr ire staning-pointIor Snostic speculations. Thc choiceof lhonus (who isflowcalled an apstle,now an 'Israelile philosopher') as theaulhormrybeconnccted with rhctradilioDorThonas's apostoiale io lndia. Perhaps il is aho Do accident rhar n is prcciselytorlhernaterial here enrployed rlutlarclleh in IndiaD le8cnds arepanicularly 1obe lalcr irto account (sec above, p.415).

Acco.ding to lrenaeus (aly. .ara.r. I 13.1) thc Marcosiars had a docuncnLconlaining a passage of our Gospet of Thonras (clupter 6). lt thus pmbablybelongs towards tle end of the 2nd ceDlury. Tbat tlrc audror was of gcniileChrktian oriSin nuy b. assu,ned witl cenainry, sincc lis work betrays DokflowledSe ot thnrgs JewisL

4. Clnrac(erofthe malerial! litcrrrJ slJle atrd theological tndencis of lledocumDt: it was no11hc youth oljesus between reageottwelveandhiscominglo be bnptised ar dre Jordan nt the age of rhiny at wrs the chief inlerest forlcgcnd, but raLhe.lhe yeals bcfore tllo incident rcporicd by Luke, wher Jesus waslwelve yeaB old- For the inEDrion h prccisely lo prcseDr llle boy Jesus as an inlantprodiSy. All the ,riacles hc was larer 10 pcrfonr are herc anticjpatcd ir aparlicularly blatanl faslion. lherc is, however, a grcat differcnce between thescnlirules d those reported in lhc canonical Gospels. IIerc lhe cxlraneousmaterid is snrlly iDponed irro the story of Jesus, witlrout tle sli8hLcst atlemptto Dake it fi1, cven remoteiy, tlE ponrait ofChrisl. lf llrc name of Jesus did notstard alorgside the dcscliption 'child' or 'boy', one could not lossibly hit upollte ider that thesc stories ol the capricious divine boJ were inrendcd losul)Pleincnl re tEdition about Lim. ParaUeh irom te lcgends of Krishna andBuddla. as well as all kiMs ot tables. caD here be adduccd jnparricularquanily.T[e crudcrarl(I moreslafllinS the nriraclc,lhe greatcr rhc pleasure llle coNpiierfinds in n, wilhour thc sliShLcst scnplc abour rhc quostionable nrrure oI rlroDalerial. In lhk.rcspect therc is a vasl differencc also bertlecn tlr Gospet of'lllo,nas aDd lhe ProtevaDseliun oflanlcs.

Not only llrc miracle'worker but ,also Chrisi ltrc tacher must be forcshad-

uwcd rn the Ll,rlJ. whil L,r\e rclalel rcldrively soberly dbourllle rwelveJCar o.dlesus ir

'c lemplc is here .r.ggirared ,Dro rhc ttotcsqDe.l'lre buy nor only

possesscs all re wisdotrr of ihe age. but bdfles all humar) GaclErs by profoundand of{eD obscurc pronouDce$enls. ln panicularrhe lonrcr yersion olchapter6(see above, p. 441) shows ho\, the boy Jesus beconres thc Snoslic Rcvealer. Ileproclnirls gnoslic speculatiofls, and already possesses all divnre wisdom in itsfullest raoSq ir cortrN lo Luke 2:40, lle has o neil *hatever of'growh inwisdonr'.TLebookdisploys redocelicteDdencyvhichultimalelyliesattherootof most ofllE infrncy gospls. Allhougl lackjng h good hsre, rcslmiDt anddiscrEtion. iL must be admitled that lhe man who collecGd tlrse legends andcon)posed llleGosFl ofThomas * s endowed wilh a gifr ofvividslory-relling,espccially whcr he depicrs scures from cvcryday childliood.

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5. Dissamination of the Gospcl ot'Ihonns: on lhe one hard, readers wcreatlracredftom theslanby jrspopularnratcri l,Irce fronr any lheological tias, andthe gospel enjoycd wide popularily, as d,erDDerous trdslalions md ilsuseinlatergovels testify. To be sure, it also caused oftencc, above alllhrough ils alltoo crude cmlihasis on Ure mnaculous, often quilc devoid of elhicd feling.(Per haps therc h a ceruin reactio to tiis h llE Uistory of Joseph lhe Cneentr,whicl spcciall, slresscs lhe neekness of lle clild Jesus: MoreDz,lU 56, pp.l;43, see below, pp. 484t). Moreover tlE 1lhole arlempt 1o rcmove fion the boyJesus the ,recessity for a purcly hurnan developmcnt would lravc ,ppearcdquestionable in some quarrers. Whererhisliteraturewasrejccred. acontribrrroryfactor was prolrlbly re feeling that o, dre one hand the truc hunntity of Jesusfi,rds expression in the fact that his growing-up took place h selusior, and onthe other thatll'e devil vould have no bklirg of the co,ning ollhe Son ofOod.

Dspilc all miskust, ihe Gospel of'Ihomas triunrphed again and agaiu. I1spread Iar and wide not only througl ils translation inlo other largua8e.s, but also$rouBh thc fac( tlat il was combined majorpopularcolleclions wi$ maleriallrom nle lavourjle Protev. of James :ud all kinds of popular lcgcds about thesojoum of tle child.rcsus nr Egypl (scc pp.460it).

The following lrarslation prescnts Tiscfiendorf's Recensiotr A. lD tlte notcs aselectionisoffelEdofvuiants fron OeChurchSlavo c vesion (= slav.) ,.!hichdeSa osllassciout (see abovc), in order to reveal someflring of the problcnrsofthe tradidon. OccasionaUy rctcrence is aho madc to ugreemeDts belwsn Slav.mdlhelextofthc Cod. Paris. Bibl.Nnt. g..355 Gce above) publishedbyDela(e(= Dcl.).

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2. The IuIatrcX Slor} otThonras

l. s. Gerc (lva,.? err. 13, t97l,46lt) h6 cxpressd vicws si,Dihro lltosc or (aister.Iletliinks 0u( the orilt.dirions coUeclc{ in rhe infancy srory oa Thomat w@ld rcr lBvcoDdcrgonc llxalnr in *rilnrg beforc fic 5th cc tury (,p. cn. !. 56, nore 1). llth is ahypollesis vhi.n !l prcsc.l ctr,nDt be coffmed.2,1lEre i! a survcy otthc wlole nraLeri{I, which is,lrowcvcr, pa y govennd by UEhypo Esis,ncniioned auove, in G.rc, pp.48 56.S.Notct( ual.Boll 9lt,\912,412)givc6noricei!ar$rtconurunicationof ppl,trtor.newcditio[aMalsnuocra&sasciicsornatuscrilrsin*hichthisworkis@{raiocdbut which wcleprcviously unkDoen, Furlherdchils.r. lacking-4. Ct als Ccro, orr. .n. pp. 73-80, wtoF slalcrEnh, lmwver are noL rll strvincing.

New llnameDl ^PocryPha

'1he account ol'Ihohas tho Israelite philosoDhercotrcerning fie childlrood oltbe Lordl

1 . 1, l'homas thc lsraelile.'1 tell and make knowD to you all, brethren iiomamong lho Gentiles, all fie works of lhe childhood of our Lord JesusCh st a d his mighty decds, which tre did when le was bom in our land rThe tregjnning is as 1o11ows.2. I . When lhis boy J esus was five years old he was playing at the ford ofabrook. and he gathered logeficrinto pools thcwaterthattlowed by, andmadc it at once clean, and conmxnded it by his word alone-

2.Henudcsoflclayandfashionedfromi1lwelvcsParrows Anditwasthe sabbalh when he did this. And there were also many olher chiklrenplaying wilh lim.

3. Now when acertain Jew saw whatJesuswas doing in his PltLy on thesabbalh, he at oncc went and lold his I atler J osePh: 'See. your child is atUrc brook, and he has laken clay and fashioned twelve b;rds and hisprolancd 1l,e sabbalh.'

4. AndwhenJosephcame lo theplace and saw (il),he cried oultohim,snying:'Whydo yordo ontbe sabbalh whal oughtnotlobe donc?'ButJesus clapped hishands and cricd lo the spauowsr 'Off witll youl'a Andtho slarows tookllighl nnd wcnl away chiping.

5. Thc Jews were amMedvlter rrey saw this, and wenl away and toldLhcir elders what they had seen Jcsus do.3- I . But lhc son ol'Innas the scribe was standing tlcrc with Jo scph; andhe tookabranch ofa willow and (wilh it)dispersed thc walerwhich Jcsushad gatheredloge er-

2. WhenJesus saw whalhe had.loncle wasenraged aDdsaid tohim:'You insoletll,5 godless dunderhead, whnt hartn did lhe Pools and rcwalcr do lo you? Sce, now yor also shall wither like a tree and shall bearneilher lcaves nor root norfiuil-'

3. And immediately lhat lad wiftered np comPletcly; and Jesusdeparcd and wcnt inlo Joseph's house. But lhe parents of him thatwaswiftered took hjnl away,bewaili-nrg his youth, ardbroughl hinr to Josephand reproached him:'Wllai a ehil.l youlrave, who does such thnrgs.'4. 1. Alter lhis agai hc wcnl though thc villagc, and a lad mn aodknocked agairsl his shoulder. Jesus was exaspe{aied and said lo him:'You shall nol go f rlher on your way', and ll)c child immediately 1elldown ard died. Bul some, who saw whattookplace, sakL:'Irom wheredoes lhis child spring, since his every word rs

^n accompljshed deed?'

2. And the parerts olthe dead child cameto Joseph and blamod himand said: 'Sjnce you l)ave such n cbild, yor ca not dwell wilh us in thevillage:orclsc lcach hinr to bless and nol lo curse.6 For he is sldying o r

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5. L And Joseph called the child aside and admonished him saying: 'Whydo you do such things rhat tltese peoplc 0nus1) surler a d hate us afldpcmecote us?' Bul Jcsus replicd: 'I know that lhese words are not yonrs,nevertheless for your sake I lvill be silent- Br1 they shall bcar theirpunishmen!.' And immedialely those who had accused him becameblrnd.

2. And those who saw it were grextly afraid and perplexeC, and saidconceming him: 'Every wor(l he speaks, whether good or evil, lvas a deedand became anlarvel.'And whenJoseph saw thatJesllshad so done, hearose and look hirn by the ear and prlled it hard. 3. And thc cbild wasangry and said to him: 'It is sullicientloryou 10 scek and nol 1o 1ind, andmosl unwisely have you acted. Do you nol know thatl am yours? Do not

6. 1 . Now a cerla leacher, Zacchacrs by name, who was sta0diDg lhcre,heard in pa1t Jesrs saying these lhings lo bis lather, and marvelled greallythat, being achild, hc said such 0rings-

2. And after a few days hc came near to Joseph and said tohim:'Youhaveacleverchild,andhehasunderstanding.Come,lrr dhimovertomethal he may leam letters. rnd I will leach him with lhe lellers allkrowledge. and 10 salute all the older people and honour lhem asgra dfalhers and lathcrs. and to love those olhis own age."

3. And hc told lim all dre lctlel's fro Alpha to Onega cleady, withmuch questioning. Brt he iooked al Zacchaeus the leacher and said lohim: 'llow do you, who do nol know thc Alpha according to ils nalure,leach othcrs the Bela? llypocrite, first iI you knolv il, leach the Alpha, andthen we shall believe you conceming the Be1a.' l'ber he begao to qrestionthe teacher about thelirst letter, and he was unable to answer him.

4. And in the hearing ol many the child said to Zacchaers: 'Ilear,teacher, thearangcment of thefirstletler, andpayheed lothis, how ithaslines and a middle mark wLich goes th.ough lhe pair oflines which yousee, (howtheselines) converge, rise, 1um i lhe dance, lhree signs of thesame kind, subiecl lo and supporliDg one another. ofequal proportions;here you have the lines oI lhc Alpha.'7. 1. Now when Zacchaous the teacher hoard so many such allegoricaldescriptions ollhe lirstleterbeirgcxpoundcd, he wasnerplcxcd at suchareply and suchgrcatleaching and said to those whowerepresent: 'Woeis me,Iamforced into aquaodary,wretchthall am;l lrave brought shameto myselfin drawiDg lo myselllhis child.

2. Takc him away, therefoic,I beseech yor, brotherJoseph.I cannotcndure the severily ofhis look,I cannotmake outhis spcechat all- Thischild is not ealth-born; hc can lamc cvcn firc. Pcrhaps hc was begotteneven before the creadon ofrhe world. What belly bore him, what wombnudured him I do not know. Woe is me, my fiiend, he stupefies me,I

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carurot lollow his undcrs raDding. I have deccivcd mysctl tlu.ice wrcrchcdnl.ln th l I rllr! I strove 1() 8e1 a discipte, aod lave found [lysclf wilb alcacher,

3. My lricnds, I lhil)k oI my slrame. llra1 l, an old tnau. have bccl1uvcr,urrcbycclIlu. Ic oo ,) dcspnir JDJdicL,c.du\cuil 15rtritd,frlrIL' rlnolinlllrshourlookhinr inlh( tnce. ArJwhcnallsavthallhavebccnuvcrcolrc by u n'utt rtrit,l, wlrar hrvc I lo s y? Allj whrL.rrr I L:rr,1,Ic.rri b thc tinc\ ot rtrc Iihr h rrcr ot u trictr t;. spo .c to , c., I dJ rolkrru\v. I)y tricld.. tor I knolv (ithcr bc6irxri[E ur c J irl lt...

.l. Tlrrcti,rc i irst you. brorhcr Joseph. rakcirirrr awxy lo your truu\c.rre rs n,rrcllllug 8r'.J1. a EUJ ur fi irlrget ur $tr J Jrout.t (i,y I d,, rx,lU. l. Ar)d whilc rhc Jcws werc lryj0g to co sole Zacohncus, rhc cl)iklIxut,led i,luuJrrLIsIid: Now lcr thnt wtrictr is y,,urs b(rr tr [;r, ir( cl rttr.l)linJ iI I(rrl s... I trJvc curr( trcnr,rbo\c tu !ursc rtrcr.r il \l .,rt. ltrcnl tothe lliu8s abovc, as ltc colnmandcd who scnl nrc for vour.sukes ,!o_

2. An(jt\ hur rhc child IuJ.(a\cd sp|jakiug. ir rncdialcjya ttrose wcrcI(.dlcd \vln) hrd ta c und(.r tri\ curse. Arr,t no onc .rtrcr ltrat d.rrcJ lolrovokc hirD, lcsr hc shoLrtd cursc hi]n, and ho shouklbc utaimed.9. L N oly :Ll tcr son)c (lays Jesus wns playidg oll n I oot ill lho rpper srorcy,aDd one ol lhc childrcn wllo wcre pl.tyilL with him fell (lown from thcroot alld dic(l. And whcn the otbcr children saw it 1l)cy flcd. and Jcsus

2. Ard lhc parcnrs ol hirn rhat was derd carDe alld rcouscd hirn ofhnvire rhD\0r' h rr down. Antj l.s s reftirit: ,l,tril nol ttrrov trirndown.,llur rh() co,Iirucd lu rcvilc triIlr.

3.'Ilcn Jcsus lea|sd down fiolll lhc roolancl stood by llc body ol lhechild, and clicd with a lou(l voilc:.Zenorf

- tbrthat was his nanre . riserud lell nrc, did I throw you down?'Andh()arosc aloncc,rod sa;d: ,No,I-od, yor did nol lhrow Drc down, burraised rlc up.,Anil wl)cn thcy sawiL lhcy wclo irulaze(I. An(lfic palcnls ollllo cltikl glolificd God 1or llterlriracle that llad happcncd and woNhipped J csLrs.i0. l. Aftcr f.w iixys yuurrr [,,Ir wns (tcijvurts wo(^t in,rcor cr rrlrlrc a\c lell l,r,l .pl lIu sotc ot tri. tuu,.lnJ trc btedlu Iruch ttnt hc w .abotlr to dic.

2.Ardwhenacla )ouraroseandtIcorcourscof peoplelookplacc,tLedrild Jesu. ulso rI' tr(rc.:ukj torccd Ijs wlly thruugtr ttrc cro\d.and ruokllrcrUUjrLj Jbot. J:t w :Lcl,.Jin) rcJrrlcly.AIil rc,iriJlutheyor rgrr,Ir: Arircllo$ chrv(.rJrFwu\i Jrd lr,,,",,,r,"r,,,". Aud wtrcn ttrccrowd sarv whi[ Iappcncd, they wot.slipped thcclild, sayj0g: .T.uly thcst)irit oICodI dwclts ill rhis chikt.,ll. l. wIc lr. w: si.\yc,,r.oU,trisIrurlrcrr.L!et Irl,ir,trcran,tsLrrtl rf to dftrw waler all(l L] g ii i lo tlc trousc.

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2. Llul in tre (rowd trL.slu rblcd.arxt(tr prrcherwas brokcr. IlulJcsu,sprcr'l uut lhc grrnIt lc was wclring. l.illed il wrlh wcrer flLl bru,rgt,ri1 rolis mother. A d when his Dlolher saw lhe uriracle. she liisscd hiln,anJ kctll w,'L r,x'r,etf.r lird nly"t.rics wI.ctr.trc t, J,een trirnrto.l7. l. Agrill. ill tI( tinrc ol sowilg llrc clild \ee t out \rill his fxrhcr toso\v wheal in tlcir laDd. And as his fallrcr sowed. lhc ctriid Jcsus atsoso\vcd one L utn of whcJr.rl

2. And.wher hc hadreapcd ir and rlncshcdjr,he broughr in nhundredrneasurcsi{, aoil hc caltcd all tltcpoor ollhe village to rlJhreshing-floora'd Bavc thenrlk lvhcul. aoJ Ju.cph luok lIc lrr.iduc otltrc \Urc.rt. uewas erShl )F \,,ld uLer. l.c $ork(J this ri,.rLlc_13 i. IIis lather was a c:upcntcr and nudc

^t lhal lirne,5 plouglN andyokes. And hereccived arl ordcrfiom a lich man ro lr).rke a bed for jrim.

Bur.lvhcn one bcal) was shortcr lhanjrs colcspondi g one and tltcy di(illo1 koow whal ro do, rhc chikt Jesus said !o his lalhcr Joscph: ,t,ut jownlhc twopieces ot ltood and nrake rhemcveo Iion lhc nriddleroooc cnd_,

2. And Joseph did as rhe child rold him. And Jesus slood ar lhc orherendalld_tookfioklof lhcsho crpicceoIwood,andsrrercl)iDgilrr);rdeirc,tuJl \r ilI Lrr oll.rr. AIJ tri.. L,ttrcr l^,(fL sJ\v rt .ur(l \ r. J r acli,:. rJhc fllll):rccLltLL (IrU irni] tiss(.J I i r. siyiIB: .ltrppy aIlr I ttrr coJ hrssrvc rrrc this c[ild.'.lJ-_

1,. n llJ w rcn Jos,jptr \as ltrc Ur J,1..t.,r.Jrng uj tlrc (tritd a d tris .rgc.Ilr.,l Lc wr\ growrog (u r.rLU|,ty. tr. rc\olv(J Jgiill ttl.rr t,L.shuukt |lotremair ignoraor of lcuersj and he rook hnn and llallded ]rinr ovcr roanollrcr tcaclrr n nJ the tcJ(lrr

"a,d toJo.cptr: .j-ir,r I wi tcii(h hilnUrc(1. i t,i tIc,r lJcbrcv . .. I1r- lIc l"ir.ucr (I(w ltrt clritJ.- knuwl:er,.aDdrvas nliaid othirn. Ncvcrlhelcss he wrore dre alphabcL and practisidit with hilI lora loog lime;bLrl he gavc hirn no aDswcr._,2.Arr(lJc\uss.riJrutrirn:.lfyouarci ,h.cd, e:!([cr.irnJit),,ul,rowllrc,l(rlcrs well. tctt_n ( rhc Irc.I.illb ol ttrc Arptrl. Jr\l I \v jl re.i yuu th,rtol llrc Ilct,r. And lllc lr clcr w.rs uno)l:(l rd strutk Iiru orr rlrt, hcart.AIJ tlr ( hild $:l,\ hur I alld cursrd hn , rl hc inrnrljdi cty tnrnr(d Ilcll ro rhc rround un his f..._

J. And rltc.. h.l,lrtll r cJ ro Jo.rpl,.i hout. BJI Jos(1,.t wJr Erir.vcdturJ cornDrinJeJtlls Ilrotler: .Do ot tfl lit0 Eo olrlsidc tllc.tout lor rIllrosc wlo lrovokc jri r Jie.15.,1. AnJ rjler suDtc tirnc !ct illur.rcr t...r(hcr. r go.,J ,rie d ot J.,scl,l

.

suiJ ro hirrr: Dri E lhc ct it,tru urc ro th. schuul. fcrtr:r1,s I tr1 lcrsurr,iorrcaI rc.r(h hinr rh. lcflers. Au,t Jo"eptr slrt] ro tri r: .tt yo; h.rvc ltrccourngc. brorher. hkc tri,,r wrrlr you.. Aud tr rook hilr uiltr tc.n.rxdrn\lcly, bur lhe cl lJ wenr oti,llv

2.. Arrtl lc u enr Lrotrt,y rrriu rtr; s(,roo. .lr,t tuunJ r bool tJ ing un rtrercading-dcsk'r and rook ir, bur did not rcad thc lc(crs n: ir, buiopcncd his

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nlouth and spokc by I Ie lloly Spirit and taughl the law lo lllose that sloodby. And a large crowd assenbled and stood there listening to him,13lvoodering at llle grace ofhis teachillg and the readi ess oihis words,r'tllat rlthough xn inlaol hc made such uilemnces-

3. llut whon Joseph heatd il, lrc was afraid ar)d r lo llte school,won.lering whelher this leacher also was withoul skill (nright bemantled?).'?o B ul thc lcacher said to Joseph: 'Know, brother , lhal I look thechild as a discille; bul l:e islull ofgrcalgraceandrvisdo,n; and now I beg)o, . brollr.r. t:,ke lIn r ro yo,,r [ 'rrsr.'

4. And wheo the child hea this. he at once sDiied on li and sridl'sirtceyouhlve spokcn weil and havc tcslit'ie.l righ tly. ibryouLsakc shal1he also lhal was smilte l)e healed.' A d immediatoly the othcr leAcherwas he lcd. And Joseph took lhe child and we ! away lo his horse.16. l. Joseph scnthis son Janres 1(r bild wood and lako it into his house,and the clrilal Jesus loliowcd him. And while James wxs galherirg thesticks, a viper bil1he h^nd ofJarnes.

2. AInl as he lay slretchcd oul and abort to dic, Jesns camc ncar andlrrealhcd pon llc t)ite, and ilnmcdiately 0rcpain ceased, arrd thcctealurebulst, and or)cc James becmle wcll,1 7. L ,{ d a lter lhesc lhnrgs in the nciglbonrhood of Joseph I lil tlc sickchikll died. aud hjs trrother wePl biltcrly.'?l And Jesus heard tha! grcalnourning xnd lumultzr arose, and hc rin quickly, and fnrdirrg 1he childrlead,Ie touched'?a his breas! and sritl:'I say lo you,'?5 do not diebrl live

^nd bcwith your olher.'" And ir nnlediatcly he lookcd up xnd laughed-

Ard Ire said to lhc womaD: 'Take hiln trd givc lrim'z? nilk and rclnclnbcr

2. And when the peoplc slxnding rcund saw i1, Lhey nrarvclled ardslkl'1r'Truly, this clild is eitlcr a god or an angel ofGod, for every wodol bis is an accomflished decd.' ,^nd Jesrs dcPrrted from lherc andlrJy,"'\\irL oll,.r ([iUrL rr.i8. 1. Alier some lime a l uso was beiig buiit and lt great dislrrbancearosc, and Jesus arose and wenl rhcre. A d seeiDg 1l ,ran lying dcad hetook his hand and said: 'l say 1o you, m, arisc," do your woft.' Andin,rnc,lr"rcly l,e r ru..c Jn,l wurslrr;,p"J lritr'.

2. Ar,' wirFr' rl,r fe^tl. iL I.rhcysc"can:r/pJrFd.Jr'l: lhisr'rilJr. lrorr l r.'i 1 n. l.I, ..iv l. r:,r') r'ul l"^n'lcrrlr.rnJ i rl,le ro .rv'lheln irll his lilb long.'19. I And wl)enhe was lwclvcycars o1d hislarents wert accordiDglo thecuslom to Jerusxlem to the feast olthcpassover with thsjrcon\rary, andilier thepassoverlbey rcturnellro go lo lbeirhouse. And while they wererelurning llc cllild Jcsus wcnt l)ack to Jer salom- But his parcnls sup-NSed that be was in thc conpany.

2. And wlrcn lIcy had gone a dfly's jouroey, lhey sought hirn among448

New leslametrt ANcrWha

tLeirkioslolk, and when they didnoL find him, ftey were (rorbled, andrcturned again 10 the city seeking hiln. And rflerthe lhid dayrhey foullrlhim in the lemple sitti[g arnolg dre teachers,listeni g to the law andasking them questions. Andall paidr(entiorlo hnn andnarvelled howLc, a chikl, put to silence the elders aod teache.s olthc people, cxpound,irg the scctions ofllre law a d the sayings ollhe prophers.

3. And his mother Mary carne near 6nd said 10 him: 'Why lravc youdone this to 0s, child? Behold, wchavc sought you so(owi g.' Jesus saidto !hem: 'Why do you seek me? Do you rrol krow tha! I mrst bc in my

4. Bul lhe scribes and l,harisees said: 'Are yor the ,nother ol'ttischild?'ADd shesaid: 'I am.',^nd dreysnid ro ber: 'B lessed are you mrongwomen, because 1he Lord has blessed tle lirit ofyolll womb.rlFor suclrglory ard such excelleDce and wisdom wc luvo never seen norheard.'

5. And Jesus Nose aod lollowed his Dlother and was subieol 10 hisptueDls; but his molhorkept (in ler lca() a]I1hat lrud taken place. AndJesus ir)crcascd in wisdorn nnd slalrrc and g(rce.r2 To hnn be glory lorever and ever. Aoreu.

Notcs

'l'lic nccount ol thonhs the lsrrclite l)hilosuphu ronce.ning tlrt ctril(ltrood oft[e

i.llle orignral rnlc probably 0n: Thc Cl)ildhood olourLo(t (and Cod r SNionDJesus Chrin , Cl, dc Sanros, l)!. 3?t:J. sla,.r+ callcd BerNcher and in drc r,w. olNazrtuLh'isnnrtarty D.l,4.Stuy.r+ nnd rIinkol trre, you who liv.'isimihrly Drl. CldcSrnt6, t)l).454., nolc 225.Sldv. Ldsi'alcadol nxolcnL :'sodornite'isnni1ar1yD.t.rndL,

7.Sld,.r'l know !harllrseNoidsarenolhnrcwbich InalcsDote .,sinrilarlyZrdl_ a.dLa[n-Syri.cvarirnr: ]tl[e w{trdsol nry hther werc Dor*nc,Iewoutdnolh op howiorcachcbildrcn.',^ndagrhhesrid:'lithesechildren wcrcborDin{dtlock, they woul(tnotbc &curscd. Strch wiU sceno tomenl'8. Sldv.r'll isenorgh lorlou lr) scck,neandnot lo fin.lnrc,yourogtrc, tor nr ta.t yo(rlonotknorvwhellrerlbelongtoyotr. Ilowcvcr,l!mnollggieved,lortrdloudandconretoyou.'Ct llrc detrilcd nold by dc SanLosa.itoc. (ip.62it.).9..tldv. deviarcs rarlicuhrly wid.ly lioNcreck,^ hcrc_Attcr6.2 duc tollows:S.AndJosephwnsveryangryvnhtbecliikla]ldsadrothctex.lrer: Ardwhocan insnu.rbi'n? Do you lhnrk, my brollre,, thar lrc h lerlmps a $nallo.ss?,4. Wtrcr llE troy rcnsI'eard Iow lis Ihthermid lhis,lre bu(inro Ixughterand said roZrcclneus:.tl is !tl lrnc,lcacher,vharmy lrtho l)!s sdni (lo you).1dn lhcLorl heE, b'rLyou arc rn rtien.'r'o nr.alonehds powcrbecngivco,lorlexistcdlonncrly nndexi( atsonow. r havcbeen borran'ongyo! a ddncll anron8you. Yor donorkuow wlo Irm. llulIk owrvlDnce youconre rnd who you i(e, when],ou lved bonr a.d how nrrry teas your lile rvill cudurc.

Ncw TesrarreDr Apocryplla

Trult I tcll you, teachcr, wlctr you ucreborni I was rere, and betorc your birlh i jvasalrcady rl)co.Ittou wish lo tre a pcrtcc r reaclrcr, rlM lisl.n lo nc, ard I vill leachyoua wndor wnich Do oneknows cxccplne anrt hio BID scnr mc Lo rou lo i.srrucryou.Iamaclu ly yourtcrclDr, Nlileyourank!s hyown reacher, torIknow how oldlotree,l dl.hokmwcxn. y how long your li ld *iI yct cnduE. WICD ,ou orce sce my cross,olwhicnny hllrci Las stoker to rou, drenyou wlibclievcrlatal lhariidy loy;u is lhclrud.laxrlheLord,ttrtyouaEanatie,torIrcmaiitorevcrsrillhesahe.,5.Andlhc,ews wlD wcrc fioc aMljslcDingwcre nllcdyith astonis|mcrtandsaid: ,O slmngcaDdur'li.d l ul so

'l r "l.r.s. l rlu r, r,o t'. creJrutll {,rc,pe},r r. t, J rer,.r.c do qe t rrc

.r', 'h" Ji'u.".r,J\r6fUre.ro...riLro-nkr,.(c.' prJ,.J.d .rc.cdir..r.JloLbenr'You do irdecdmarvel,tutrourtonotbclievcwlftlnav. sllnl rorou. Buttknow.\lcrr/r(i'vuLdri..on Jrt..(,rclun t-o.J.nr.o/or_orrer\r;cfnorrrl.ar..'rl' lrJul' | ! ros.^ we ( tte o . al,o p.r r. ro Jou s. c, rh. qort,l waj 1p.r o.,Wh,' rhc r^/' t'rar't tra,o r( it r. rtTr qt,c ai, u. ?,.J,, Lt,t Biqc r. no, r.q.,ll"nt'.Lorcdi'r '' J ol

'/e I d ,- t, Jt , tJ,ou.r.Ji,,a,cJa. ,, r, .,d yr,l l^LontlnlyouarcnoLvciycapablcotamaT.Ne,andnotvuynneUiscnr,JordEsDlendourhasLc"n' o 1r,

"o- r '...'...h U tu nt..e.'Vt,trhcrrtr..r.1tr-\J.olot,..ldHJo\coi,:, liU,o.,!.ct.ont.dr't$i ! \ rtr.n,,.,.hra!.Jor.phrLJli.,.

b, drc aa d and brorgl hin lo lhc sclroot.,{Ixl }e leachcr bcsa theinslruclion wnh. o''tr I r(c Lr

"ttr..rA $..d.. ir J w o.e oll.L. atp.mb1 tor rrl ler h. LcS.rn.ocxpound it, Eading oul sclcml rimcs whlllIclrad w ten doiv,r, D ur rtre cnitd remaimdsilclr, and lor d lons dnd paid .o .!!cnlion. Thcn Lhc Lc,oher sr.w iodisnaht rn.l $rucknnn on lhchcad.'llrcchildansvered bjD:,you a, b.havlngunworrlrilyj am I loinslruclyou, oris n ullDryou wlo n6l(cr me? Fo! I .an a|cady do llc tcrles Nbichyou insLilhlo me. M

'y condonn yoq beoause $ese (tctlcE) nl ,ne re likc soundnjg irG$ or !

.,r\h.a,)rnLi ql'i, I r" lL I r.prvJu c o.r tri .t .gr tc"oLr.Jr,u ltr sfcr.,tour olsrd h'1or rreJUwiro he odl,rJr[eu,rl,"lcnur8.. (\tirJ.eLr rpJsri.td_t,.c,

. J-l'crr,.leJrf.s'otc,ttikl^.i ,lcrditt.o. arot. ,c1.,.g.,eJ"nEjjtrrtth.t.aclD r0d said 10 )rnn: '1vny do you Lcach orhers lhc Bcta, )ou pno do norkrow rheAItl[ rrcldirg lo ils naturc? yor hyJ]oorilet tI y.u trow (n), rach lrefirsl lheAlpL4llDr I will bclicve you wirh rcgrrd ro rlre Bcla.,

And llrn hc be8an to expoud lo fic rcachcr thc nrture ot rhe tirl lcrkr,liv'',r'c'(,.'\L, o'.i^ig?i tJrr,t\.,gr.c-q,.,,!.r p.-r,,. o,tornAr.ff"L,Jv.r.O lL.. ! \, r1. ri.i r.o .lp ri 4'. t.1c i\ pri U btyi.oqur\tvr, ri, r in i/J,. sc hdlc J,ohlcr Tonn wh ch sLu\"rrronAerpno ( rcnJencics.10. Sla,.: 'Lel lhc unlunid bedr truil,lel lI. btir see, md lcr rhedcatncar wilh lhcundcnl1Mnrgotlleirleatu.llulIanco rctromabovcroredeenrtEluwlvan.lca]tltEnrino'l,rl,.'"1 ..-hev.ro ,i m.'r slol rJitd,...Dcr: rJ ,I,t .u\t..,.\t.+vflJlparallch troDrr./. andLl[veBions, whi.htogerhqynbs/a,.alowus lo dcducc a telle(F\lrl.,nfo""

' ...'.tdi 3, t.urn.,.S)rii, i\l t,.45,ltcos.

I l.lnsrerd ut spinrotCu'1.S/,/. $nris c*1,12.Lk.2]l9,51. Ir1. J,r. ... or t,"t Jl!r,r_.14. Cr Lk.16;7.t5,.t r. and adr. inslerdot,xl llarlirnc,: only,Jln,. abbrcviaLcs.16. l?a, r 'wlrar lelt.4 shati I teactr lrim?,Joseth said: ,Fnsl reGrcek,rlDnlheIIcbrcw.'l,trcr,a,l

rE i..01, r. r.J Uy r, / (t. J. Sln.o". p. t'4, rcrc11 Cl. Lk 4:t(t18. Jlay.r +'rnd beSgcd hi lo sleak turrlrci.19. Cl. Lk- 4:22-

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20.4I obsueF$agc wtrictrcan.ot bexplain.d evcD vnh Lhelet! ot.rlay_ and oLber21. Cf, Mk. 5:22L1Lk.1IIlt.22. Ct ML 5:38r Lt. ?:13.21, M&.5:38.24. Lk-7:t4.25.Lk.1:14.26. Ct. Lk- 7:15 .-7. C M. 5:43, L s:i5,28. ClLk.7i16.29. Ct Lk. ?:t4; Ntk.5:41.30. Lk.2i4l-52.3l.Lk.1:42.

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Vn.i.Dl otrheSyrircGosDelof'rhonr.sto$rpters6-ll('l'he lJoy Jnrs.nd Zncclncus lnr'l'ercher)

But a teachel, whosc niime wasZacchaeus, heard hilnsperkirgwilh hisIather, ancl said: 'O wickcd boyl' Ard he said 10 Joscph his lathcr: 'Ti1lwhcrr willlhou notchoose to hand overlhis boy, thar|e mdy leam 1o belond olchil(lren o[his ycrrs, and nlay honourold rge?'Joseph answclr::dand said: 'And who is ablc to !ach a boy likc !his? Docs hc think kloslthou thlnk) that h is equal to a small cross?' Jesus aNwered ard said tothe lcacher 'ltese words which thou Lasl spoken, andlhesennmes,I a rstrange lo lhemi for I anr aparl llorn you, though I dwell among yor.ItoioLrr in the fleshl have roL- Thor art lry llre larv, and ir llre law lllounbidcst. For whcn thou wasl bonr.I was. Bur rho lhi kesr tltar lhou arLmy l ather.'I'hou slralt learn fr om me a (loctr ine, wlriclr anolher man knowsnol ard is nol able (o learn. An(l (as Ib4 rlie cross ol which lho[ histspoken, he slrall bear il, whose it is. For whenl arn greally exaltcd.I slnlllay aside whatevermixlure I havc olyotlrrace. Forihou dosl,rotknowwlencc tlron a( forl alono know tlLrlywhen ye were trorn, and how lollgli,neyc have10rcnuinLe.o.'But whcD lley hetl(l, thcy wer astoDishcd,andcriedoutandsaid:'Owordertulsighta dlrcarilgl Wordslikcthcsowe l)ave nevcr heard man speak. ncitbcrlhcpricsts, nor the soribcs, nortlre l)harisees. Whcncc was 1lis (o e) bo r, who is livc ycars old, indsfeaks suchwords? ivlarrhathnevcrsccnthclikeof this.' Jesusanswcrcdand sa;d to thcm: 'Ye woDdcrntwhatl have sald 1o you,lhatlkrrow whenye were; and yet I hrve sornetlring morc to slLy lo you.' Ilur rhey, wlrenlhey hcatd, were silent, and were nor able to spcrk. And Zaccltaeus thoteacher said to Joscph: 'I wili teach him whrlever is propcr lbr him tolcarn.'And he madc him go inlo the school- And hc, going ir, was silert.Bul Zacchaeus thc scribe began to 1ell hirn (1hc lcuc.s) from Alaph, andwas rcPealirg 1o l)irn rnany times thc whole a\rnbcl And he stys to hinlllrai fi e shorld

^nswer and say altcr h im: but hc was silcnt. l'hen rhe scriLe

boctrrne arg.y, aud srrrck h;ln w;rlr lis land upon his he.Ld. And Jesussaid: A sorilh's anvil, being beatcn, can lea r. dithasnolccljngibutI arr rblclo say lhose thiDgs, which are spokcn l)yyon, wirh krowlcdge.rnd urderstaldiDg. The scribe ansrvercd and said: 'This (clild) issomelhing greal. IIe is eillrer God, or an ingel, or - whal I should say Ikuownot.' ThcntheboyJcsuslaughcdandsaidl'Letlhoseirwhotnrhercis no fruil, produce frrili xnd lct the blilded see lhe lirit ol liic ol tleJudse.'(fmns. W. Wl ighL, C,,r.irr!io n\ to tha ApLrtphd Lne t t., 1 865, f!. ? 9 i cl. ilso tlel-atlr nn sldLtun. Ct aho Llr Churh lilavonic vcrslo ot the Coslet of lhom$: dcSrDros, Dp.65lT rnd rtrovc. pl).449t, noLe9).

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Story lrodtt Arabic lnflncy cspetaDdtlrc hris ]ylao$cripl of0rc GosDetotTho'nas (The chikl Jesusand nreDyer)One day, lvhcnJesus was I unning about and plnying wilh some childreD,he passed by the wo*shop of a dycr called Salcm. They had in thcworkshop many cloths which he had to dye.'l'he Lo Jesus went ;lto lledyer's workshop, iook all these clolhs and put them irto a cilll(hon Iullof indigo. When Salem came and saw thar the clolirs were spoiled, hebegan to cry aloud and asked dre Lord Jesus, srying: ,Whnl have you doneto rBe, son ofMary? You lave ruined my rcpltation in the eyes ofaU tlepeople of tlre city; for everyone ordels asuirable colour tbrhnnself, bnryou have cone and spoiled everyrhing.' And the Lord Jesus rcplied: .Iwill change foryou thccolourotauy cloth which yorwish to L.e changed,,and he immediately bcgan ro rakc the ctorhs ou! oflhe cauldron, each ofll)emdyed in the colourlhe dyerwished, uoril he ha.l taken them all our.Whell theJcws saw this mirrcle and wonder, they praised Gorl.Fon tlre Ambi. lllinry coeel c.3? (E!, np.2Ol]-201); ct ltre crcek tragnrc tpxrisr,,l.4a, S,.?n)/f,cx.u\(,J I trt.e(\l ar,l.Jton., nrt-^ 4, ,.tnL.n trrr,.J Un ,1.r ,r1... .P.Ppe'e. . ,:, d, e .

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3. Glostic LegendsPerhapsiulancygospelswercwriLlcnbyCnosricsat&e. ydale. CenaiDlysuchmaterial did nor oriSinrtc wilh them. 8ut jn order to be able 10 derive rheirspeculations trom Jesus lrimsetf, rey needed as a fnrrework a sefitg in lris lil!which cor d be inred irro thc okler gospet lmdirion, bLrt wirhout beiutconlrollcdb) I' rorl"rl, Ac\iJ-. r',c r",u,rrcriuI.t1t4-JrJr. p. Jrri ! ttre torty dJy\,lttrr.wtu iv, '|.'ble rle $Iolr,,||itdtr^od otJc.u5 jeI ultulctr(d Ly rhe oU. Uo\Fh,Welravc seen how frunlut in this respect vere lt]e themes dt Jenrs m rhe aie oflwclve in tlre Templc and ofl)is educarion. WtraL rlEy requned, howeyer, was achild Jesus wlD was only a child in dDDearancc, tru! hxd in fnct no necd oIdevlopment,sincenepossessedthctulrevetNrioni ilsenlirery,rndnlrcadyla.lunhnited power to perlbxn miracles.

'l he tendency to Docelisn bchind all lhe Iegenils oItIe nrlxncy mer rhis need,and at dre sarne lin)e w.s 8rearly srrengrlrened by ir. TIre shcments of heresioto-8i..ls,nn,lrIe trlErle \ drvcn t,ttu\..row rtrdrhgend. in wtricl ttk.. hrtL teu(sr. hl\ irjf-Tjrh n,LnioI w,lh rtre SIrjrr Jrtrlttr \our, rurrl re\.tr.rirn.rJq ltre\crv b(Uirn'n!. rnu ev.n bcrorc t . trlt1Ar. scrr.\|ecr.r ) rtr..ones ro heu,lopteJ anrl develot,eil.

Doc(r^m.lurll,cr. w,$ Lnu,r,ttoati".r (le w"y i..*hrch rh. b rho. Je.,rs $,,srolJTherprdpnc),sloetrm,,urc.itrr.(\ot.Lom,.,l.l,u,nanorigin.1r-e.toDof tlc birtl ot Jesus ol rhe virgin Mary. Thus lle CDostjcs ea y wrcrc a'Prchistory (cenna) orMary,, menrioned by Epiphanius (Hde,.26.12), whichshows tfial lhc rnaterial of ihe Prorevxngeliunr ot J nres was uscd in Bnosric

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