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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 10

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10. A few days after, a young man was splitting

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wood

in

the

corner

,

and

the

axe

came

down

and

cut

the

sole

of

his

foot

in

two

,

and

he

died

from

loss

of

blood

.

And

there

was

a

great

commotion

,

and

people

ran

together

,

and

the

child

Jesus

ran

there

too

.

And

He

pressed

through

the

crowd

,

and

laid

hold

of

the

young

man’s

wounded

foot

,

and

he

was

cured

immediately

.

And

He

said

to

the

young

man

:

Rise

up

now

,

split

the

wood

,

and

remember

me

.

And

the

crowd

seeing

what

had

happened

,

adored

the

child

,

saying

:

Truly

the

Spirit

of

God

dwells

in

this

child

.

Notes

11
A better reading would be ἐν τῇ γειτονίᾳ, in the neighbourhood, for ἐν τῇ γωνίᾳ, in the corner.