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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 23

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23. And turning away from this place, they

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came

to

a

desert

;

and

hearing

that

it

was

infested

by

robbers

,

Joseph

and

the

Lady

Mary

resolved

to

cross

this

region

by

night

.

But

as

they

go

along

,

behold

,

they

see

two

robbers

lying

in

the

way

,

and

along

with

them

a

great

number

of

robbers

,

who

were

their

associates

,

sleeping

.

Now

those

two

robbers

,

into

whose

hands

they

had

fallen

,

were

Titus

and

Dumachus

.

Titus

therefore

said

to

Dumachus

:

I

beseech

thee

to

let

these

persons

go

freely

,

and

so

that

our

comrades

may

not

see

them

.

And

as

Dumachus

refused

,

Titus

said

to

him

again

:

Take

to

thyself

forty

drachmas

from

me

,

and

hold

this

as

a

pledge

.

At

the

same

time

he

held

out

to

him

the

belt

which

he

had

about

his

waist

,

to

keep

him

from

opening

his

mouth

or

speaking

.

And

the

Lady

Mary

,

seeing

that

the

robber

had

done

them

a

kindness

,

said

to

him

:

The

Lord

God

will

sustain

thee

by

His

right

hand

,

and

will

grant

thee

remission

of

thy

sins

.

And

the

Lord

Jesus

answered

,

and

said

to

His

mother

:

Thirty

years

hence

,

O

my

mother

,

the

Jews

will

crucify

me

at

Jerusalem

,

and

these

two

robbers

will

be

raised

upon

the

cross

along

with

me

,

Titus

on

my

right

hand

and

Dumachus

on

my

left

;

and

after

that

day

Titus

shall

go

before

me

into

Paradise

.

And

she

said

:

God

keep

this

from

thee

,

my

son

.

And

they

went

thence

towards

a

city

of

idols

,

which

,

as

they

came

near

it

,

was

changed

into

sand

-

hills

.