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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 12

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12. Here was fulfilled the prophecy which says,

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Out

of

Egypt

have

I

called

my

son

.

Joseph

indeed

,

and

Mary

,

when

they

heard

that

idol

had

fallen

down

and

perished

,

trembled

,

and

were

afraid

.

Then

they

said

:

When

we

were

in

the

land

of

Israel

,

Herod

thought

to

put

Jesus

to

death

,

and

on

that

account

slew

all

the

children

of

Bethlehem

and

its

confines

;

and

there

is

no

doubt

that

the

Egyptians

,

as

soon

as

they

have

heard

that

this

idol

has

been

broken

,

will

burn

us

with

fire

.

Notes

13
Hos. xi. 1; Matt. ii. 15.
14
Burning to death was the punishment of those convicted of sacrilege and the practice of magic. It was inflicted also on slaves for grave offences against their masters.