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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 10

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10. While he is reflecting how he is to

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set

about

his

journey

,

morning

came

upon

him

after

he

had

gone

a

very

little

way

.

And

now

he

was

approaching

a

great

city

,

in

which

there

was

an

idol

,

to

which

the

other

idols

and

gods

of

the

Egyptians

offered

gifts

and

vows

.

And

there

stood

before

this

idol

a

priest

ministering

to

him

,

who

,

as

often

as

Satan

spoke

from

that

idol

,

reported

it

to

the

inhabitants

of

Egypt

and

its

territories

.

This

priest

had

a

son

,

three

years

old

,

beset

by

several

demons

;

and

he

made

many

speeches

and

utterances

;

and

when

the

demons

seized

him

,

he

tore

his

clothes

,

and

remained

naked

,

and

threw

stones

at

the

people

.

And

there

was

a

hospital

in

that

city

dedicated

to

that

idol

.

And

when

Joseph

and

the

Lady

Mary

had

come

to

the

city

,

and

had

turned

aside

into

that

hospital

,

the

citizens

were

very

much

afraid

;

and

all

the

chief

men

and

the

priests

of

the

idols

came

together

to

that

idol

,

and

said

to

it

:

What

agitation

and

commotion

is

this

that

has

arisen

in

our

land

?

The

idol

answered

them

:

A

God

has

come

here

in

secret

,

who

is

God

indeed

;

nor

is

any

god

besides

Him

worthy

of

divine

worship

,

because

He

is

truly

the

Son

of

God

.

And

when

this

land

became

aware

of

His

presence

,

it

trembled

at

His

arrival

,

and

was

moved

and

shaken

;

and

we

are

exceedingly

afraid

from

the

greatness

of

His

power

.

And

in

the

same

hour

that

idol

fell

down

,

and

at

its

fall

all

,

inhabitants

of

Egypt

and

others

,

ran

together

.