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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 5

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5. And the time of circumcision, that is

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,

the

eighth

day

,

being

at

hand

,

the

child

was

to

be

circumcised

according

to

the

law

.

Wherefore

they

circumcised

Him

in

the

cave

.

And

the

old

Hebrew

woman

took

the

piece

of

skin

;

but

some

say

that

she

took

the

navel

-

string

,

and

laid

it

past

in

a

jar

of

old

oil

of

nard

.

And

she

had

a

son

,

a

dealer

in

unguents

,

and

she

gave

it

to

him

,

saying

:

See

that

thou

do

not

sell

this

jar

of

unguent

of

nard

,

even

although

three

hundred

denarii

should

be

offered

thee

for

it

.

And

this

is

that

jar

which

Mary

the

sinner

bought

and

poured

upon

the

head

and

feet

of

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

which

thereafter

she

wiped

with

the

hair

of

her

head

.

Ten

days

after

,

they

took

Him

to

Jerusalem

;

and

on

the

fortieth

day

after

His

birth

they

carried

Him

into

the

temple

,

and

set

Him

before

the

Lord

,

and

offered

sacrifices

for

Him

,

according

to

the

commandment

of

the

law

of

Moses

,

which

is

:

Every

male

that

openeth

the

womb

shall

be

called

the

holy

of

God

.

Notes

5
John xii. 5. The denarius was worth about 7-3/4 d.
6
Luke vii. 37, 38.
7
Lev. xii. 4.
8
Ex. xiii. 2; Luke ii. 23.