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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 40

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40. On another day the Lord Jesus went out

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into

the

road

,

and

saw

the

boys

that

had

come

together

to

play

,

and

followed

them

;

but

the

boys

hid

themselves

from

Him

.

The

Lord

Jesus

,

therefore

,

having

come

to

the

door

of

a

certain

house

,

and

seen

some

women

standing

there

,

asked

them

where

the

boys

had

gone

;

and

when

they

answered

that

there

was

no

one

there

,

He

said

again

:

Who

are

these

whom

you

see

in

the

furnace

?

They

replied

that

they

were

kids

of

three

years

old

.

And

the

Lord

Jesus

cried

out

,

and

said

:

Come

out

hither

,

O

kids

,

to

your

Shepherd

.

Then

the

boys

,

in

the

form

of

kids

,

came

out

,

and

began

to

dance

round

Him

;

and

the

women

,

seeing

this

,

were

very

much

astonished

,

and

were

seized

with

trembling

,

and

speedily

supplicated

and

adored

the

Lord

Jesus

,

saying

:

O

our

Lord

Jesus

,

son

of

Mary

,

Thou

art

of

a

truth

that

good

Shepherd

of

Israel

;

have

mercy

on

Thy

handmaidens

who

stand

before

Thee

,

and

who

have

never

doubted

:

for

Thou

hast

come

,

O

our

Lord

,

to

heal

,

and

not

to

destroy

.

And

when

the

Lord

Jesus

answered

that

the

sons

of

Israel

were

like

the

Ethiopians

among

the

nations

,

the

women

said

:

Thou

,

O

Lord

,

knowest

all

things

,

nor

is

anything

hid

from

Thee

;

now

,

indeed

,

we

beseech

Thee

,

and

ask

Thee

of

Thy

affection

to

restore

these

boys

Thy

servants

to

their

former

condition

.

The

Lord

Jesus

therefore

said

:

Come

,

boys

,

let

us

go

and

play

.

And

immediately

,

while

these

women

were

standing

by

,

the

kids

were

changed

into

boys

.

Notes

18
Perhaps the correct reading is fornice, archway, and not fornace.