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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 22

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22. Moreover, both the sisters said to their

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mother

:

Our

brother

indeed

,

by

the

aid

of

the

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

and

by

the

salutary

intervention

of

this

girl

,

who

pointed

out

to

us

Mary

and

her

son

,

has

been

raised

to

human

form

.

Now

,

indeed

,

since

our

brother

is

unmarried

,

it

would

do

very

well

for

us

to

give

him

as

his

wife

this

girl

,

their

servant

.

And

having

asked

the

Lady

Mary

,

and

obtained

her

consent

,

they

made

a

splendid

wedding

for

the

girl

;

and

their

sorrow

being

changed

into

joy

,

and

the

beating

of

their

breasts

into

dancing

,

they

began

to

be

glad

,

to

rejoice

,

to

exult

,

and

sing

—

adorned

,

on

account

of

their

great

joy

,

in

most

splendid

and

gorgeous

attire

.

Then

they

began

to

recite

songs

and

praises

,

and

to

say

:

O

Jesus

,

son

of

David

,

who

turnest

sorrow

into

gladness

,

and

lamentations

into

joy

!

And

Joseph

and

Mary

remained

there

ten

days

.

Thereafter

they

set

out

,

treated

with

great

honours

by

these

people

,

who

bade

them

farewell

,

and

from

bidding

them

farewell

returned

weeping

,

especially

the

girl

.