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Infancy Gospel of Thomas

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Section 7

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7. And Zacchæus, having written the alphabet in Hebrew,

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says

to

Him

:

Alpha

.

And

the

child

says

:

Alpha

.

And

again

the

teacher

:

Alpha

;

and

the

child

likewise

.

Then

again

the

teacher

says

the

Alpha

for

the

third

time

.

Then

Jesus

,

looking

in

the

master’s

face

,

says

:

How

canst

thou

,

not

knowing

the

Alpha

,

teach

another

the

Beta

?

And

the

child

,

beginning

from

the

Alpha

,

said

by

Himself

the

twenty

-

two

letters

.

Then

also

He

says

again

:

Hear

,

O

teacher

,

the

order

of

the

first

letter

,

and

know

how

many

entrances

and

lines

it

has

,

and

strokes

common

,

crossing

and

coming

together

.

And

when

Zacchæus

heard

such

an

account

of

the

one

letter

,

he

was

so

struck

with

astonishment

,

that

he

could

make

no

answer

.

And

he

turned

and

said

to

Joseph

:

This

child

assuredly

,

brother

,

does

not

belong

to

the

earth

.

Take

him

,

then

,

away

from

me

.

Notes

1
[Compare the account in the version of the first Greek form, chap. 6, and the footnote.—R.]