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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 32

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32. Therefore, after staying with her three days

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,

she

went

away

;

and

coming

to

a

city

,

saw

there

one

of

the

chief

men

,

who

had

married

the

daughter

of

another

of

the

chief

men

.

But

when

he

saw

the

woman

,

he

beheld

between

her

eyes

the

mark

of

leprosy

in

the

shape

of

a

star

;

and

so

the

marriage

was

dissolved

,

and

became

null

and

void

.

And

when

that

woman

saw

them

in

this

condition

,

weeping

and

overwhelmed

with

sorrow

,

she

asked

the

cause

of

their

grief

.

But

they

said

:

Inquire

not

into

our

condition

,

for

to

no

one

living

can

we

tell

our

grief

,

and

to

none

but

ourselves

can

we

disclose

it

.

She

urged

them

,

however

,

and

entreated

them

to

entrust

it

to

her

,

saying

that

she

would

perhaps

be

able

to

tell

them

of

a

remedy

.

And

when

they

showed

her

the

girl

,

and

the

sign

of

leprosy

which

appeared

between

her

eyes

,

as

soon

as

she

saw

it

,

the

woman

said

:

I

also

,

whom

you

see

here

,

laboured

under

the

same

disease

,

when

,

upon

some

business

which

happened

to

come

in

my

way

,

I

went

to

Bethlehem

.

There

going

into

a

cave

,

I

saw

a

woman

named

Mary

,

whose

son

was

he

who

was

named

Jesus

;

and

when

she

saw

that

I

was

a

leper

,

she

took

pity

on

me

,

and

handed

me

the

water

with

which

she

had

washed

her

son’s

body

.

With

it

I

sprinkled

my

body

,

and

came

out

clean

.

Then

the

woman

said

to

her

:

Wilt

thou

not

,

O

lady

,

rise

and

go

with

us

,

and

show

us

the

Lady

Mary

?

And

she

assented

;

and

they

rose

and

went

to

the

Lady

Mary

,

carrying

with

them

splendid

gifts

.

And

when

they

had

gone

in

,

and

presented

to

her

the

gifts

,

they

showed

her

the

leprous

girl

whom

they

had

brought

.

The

Lady

Mary

therefore

said

:

May

the

compassion

of

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

descend

upon

you

;

and

handling

to

them

also

a

little

of

the

water

in

which

she

had

washed

the

body

of

Jesus

Christ

,

she

ordered

the

wretched

woman

to

be

bathed

in

it

.

And

when

this

had

been

done

,

she

was

immediately

cured

;

and

they

,

and

all

standing

by

,

praised

God

.

Joyfully

therefore

they

returned

to

their

own

city

,

praising

the

Lord

for

what

He

had

done

.

And

when

the

chief

heard

that

his

wife

had

been

cured

,

he

took

her

home

,

and

made

a

second

marriage

,

and

gave

thanks

to

God

for

the

recovery

of

his

wife’s

health

.