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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 11

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11. And the son of the priest, his

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usual

disease

having

come

upon

him

,

entered

the

hospital

,

and

there

came

upon

Joseph

and

the

Lady

Mary

,

from

whom

all

others

had

fled

.

The

Lady

Mary

had

washed

the

cloths

of

the

Lord

Christ

,

and

had

spread

them

over

some

wood

.

That

demoniac

boy

,

therefore

,

came

and

took

one

of

the

cloths

,

and

put

it

on

his

head

.

Then

the

demons

,

fleeing

in

the

shape

of

ravens

and

serpents

,

began

to

go

forth

out

of

his

mouth

.

The

boy

,

being

immediately

healed

at

the

command

of

the

Lord

Christ

,

began

to

praise

God

,

and

then

to

give

thanks

to

the

Lord

who

had

healed

him

.

And

when

his

father

saw

him

restored

to

health

,

My

son

,

said

he

,

what

has

happened

to

thee

?

and

by

what

means

hast

thou

been

healed

?

The

son

answered

:

When

the

demons

had

thrown

me

on

the

ground

,

I

went

into

the

hospital

,

and

there

I

found

an

august

woman

with

a

boy

,

whose

newly

-

washed

cloths

she

had

thrown

upon

some

wood

:

one

of

these

I

took

up

and

put

upon

my

head

,

and

the

demons

left

me

and

fled

.

At

this

the

father

rejoiced

greatly

,

and

said

:

My

son

,

it

is

possible

that

this

boy

is

the

Son

of

the

living

God

who

created

the

heavens

and

the

earth

:

for

when

he

came

over

to

us

,

the

idol

was

broken

,

and

all

the

gods

fell

,

and

perished

by

the

power

of

his

magnificence

.