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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 30

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30. Another woman there had twin sons who had

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fallen

into

disease

,

and

one

of

them

died

,

and

the

other

was

at

his

last

breath

.

And

his

mother

,

weeping

,

lifted

him

up

,

and

took

him

to

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

said

:

O

my

lady

,

aid

me

and

succour

me

.

For

I

had

two

sons

,

and

I

have

just

buried

the

one

,

and

the

other

is

at

the

point

of

death

.

See

how

I

am

going

to

entreat

and

pray

to

God

.

And

she

began

to

say

:

O

Lord

,

Thou

art

compassionate

,

and

merciful

,

and

full

of

affection

.

Thou

gavest

me

two

sons

,

of

whom

Thou

hast

taken

away

the

one

:

this

one

at

least

leave

to

me

.

Wherefore

the

Lady

Mary

,

seeing

the

fervour

of

her

weeping

,

had

compassion

on

her

,

and

said

:

Put

thy

son

in

my

son’s

bed

,

and

cover

him

with

his

clothes

.

And

when

she

had

put

him

in

the

bed

in

which

Christ

was

lying

,

he

had

already

closed

his

eyes

in

death

;

but

as

soon

as

the

smell

of

the

clothes

of

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

reached

the

boy

,

he

opened

his

eyes

,

and

,

calling

upon

his

mother

with

a

loud

voice

,

he

asked

for

bread

,

and

took

it

and

sucked

it

.

Then

his

mother

said

:

O

Lady

Mary

,

now

I

know

that

the

power

of

God

dwelleth

in

thee

,

so

that

thy

son

heals

those

that

partake

of

the

same

nature

with

himself

,

as

soon

as

they

have

touched

his

clothes

.

This

boy

that

was

healed

is

he

who

in

the

Gospel

is

called

Bartholomew

.