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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Chapter 11

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Chapter XI.—How Jesus Made a Short Piece of Wood of the Same Length as a Longer One.

And Jesus reached the age of eight years. Joseph was a

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master

builder

,

and

used

to

make

ploughs

and

ox

-

yokes

.

And

one

day

a

rich

man

said

to

Joseph

:

Master

,

make

me

a

couch

,

both

useful

and

beautiful

.

And

Joseph

was

in

distress

,

because

the

wood

which

he

had

brought

for

the

work

was

too

short

.

And

Jesus

said

to

him

:

Do

not

be

annoyed

.

Take

hold

of

this

piece

of

wood

by

one

end

,

and

I

by

the

other

;

I

and

let

us

draw

it

out

.

And

they

did

so

;

and

immediately

he

found

it

useful

for

that

which

he

wished

.

And

He

said

to

Joseph

:

Behold

,

do

the

work

which

thou

wishest

.

And

Joseph

,

seeing

what

He

had

done

,

embraced

Him

,

and

said

:

Blessed

am

I

,

because

God

hath

given

me

such

a

son

.

Notes

1
But probably architector here is equal to τέκτων, a carpenter.
2
Perhaps sectum, cut, is the true reading, and not actum.