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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 3

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3. Wherefore, after sunset, the old woman,

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and

Joseph

with

her

,

came

to

the

cave

,

and

they

both

went

in

.

And

,

behold

,

it

was

filled

with

lights

more

beautiful

than

the

gleaming

of

lamps

and

candles

,

and

more

splendid

than

the

light

of

the

sun

.

The

child

,

enwrapped

in

swaddling

clothes

,

was

sucking

the

breast

of

the

Lady

Mary

His

mother

,

being

placed

in

a

stall

.

And

when

both

were

wondering

at

this

light

,

the

old

woman

asks

the

Lady

Mary

:

Art

thou

the

mother

of

this

Child

?

And

when

the

Lady

Mary

gave

her

assent

,

she

says

:

Thou

art

not

at

all

like

the

daughters

of

Eve

.

The

Lady

Mary

said

:

As

my

son

has

no

equal

among

children

,

so

his

mother

has

no

equal

among

women

.

The

old

woman

replied

:

My

mistress

,

I

came

to

get

payment

;

I

have

been

for

a

long

time

affected

with

palsy

.

Our

mistress

the

Lady

Mary

said

to

her

:

Place

thy

hands

upon

the

child

.

And

the

old

woman

did

so

,

and

was

immediately

cured

.

Then

she

went

forth

,

saying

:

Henceforth

I

will

be

the

attendant

and

servant

of

this

child

all

the

days

of

my

life

.

Notes

4
Or, with the lights of lamps and candles, more beautiful than lightning, and more splendid than sunlight.