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Section 14

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14. And Joseph, seeing that the child was vigorous in

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mind

and

body

,

again

resolved

that

He

should

not

remain

ignorant

of

the

letters

,

and

took

Him

away

,

and

handed

Him

over

to

another

teacher

.

And

the

teacher

said

to

Joseph

:

I

shall

first

teach

him

the

Greek

letters

,

and

then

the

Hebrew

.

For

the

teacher

was

aware

of

the

trial

that

had

been

made

of

the

child

,

and

was

afraid

of

Him

.

Nevertheless

he

wrote

out

the

alphabet

,

and

gave

Him

all

his

attention

for

a

long

time

,

and

He

made

him

no

answer

.

And

Jesus

said

to

him

:

If

thou

art

really

a

teacher

,

and

art

well

acquainted

with

the

letters

,

tell

me

the

power

of

the

Alpha

,

and

I

will

tell

thee

the

power

of

the

Beta

.

And

the

teacher

was

enraged

at

this

,

and

struck

Him

on

the

head

.

And

the

child

,

being

in

pain

,

cursed

him

;

and

immediately

he

swooned

away

,

and

fell

to

the

ground

on

his

face

.

And

the

child

returned

to

Joseph’s

house

;

and

Joseph

was

grieved

,

and

gave

orders

to

His

mother

,

saying

:

Do

not

let

him

go

outside

of

the

door

,

because

those

that

make

him

angry

die

.

Notes

16
Pseudo-Matt. 38.