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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 42

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42. In the meantime, while these things were

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going

on

,

some

men

came

up

carrying

a

boy

.

For

this

boy

had

gone

into

the

mountain

with

those

of

his

own

age

to

seek

wood

,

and

there

he

found

a

partridge’s

nest

;

and

when

he

stretched

out

his

hand

to

take

the

eggs

from

it

,

a

venomous

serpent

bit

him

from

the

middle

of

the

nest

,

so

that

he

called

out

for

help

.

His

comrades

accordingly

went

to

him

with

haste

,

and

found

him

lying

on

the

ground

like

one

dead

.

Then

his

relations

came

and

took

him

up

to

carry

him

back

to

the

city

.

And

after

they

had

come

to

that

place

where

the

Lord

Jesus

was

sitting

like

a

king

,

and

the

rest

of

the

boys

standing

round

Him

like

His

servants

,

the

boys

went

hastily

forward

to

meet

him

who

had

been

bitten

by

the

serpent

,

and

said

to

his

relations

:

Come

and

salute

the

king

.

But

when

they

were

unwilling

to

go

,

on

account

of

the

sorrow

in

which

they

were

,

the

boys

dragged

them

by

force

against

their

will

.

And

when

they

had

come

up

to

the

Lord

Jesus

,

He

asked

them

why

they

were

carrying

the

boy

.

And

when

they

answered

that

a

serpent

had

bitten

him

,

the

Lord

Jesus

said

to

the

boys

:

Let

us

go

and

kill

that

serpent

.

And

the

parents

of

the

boy

asked

leave

to

go

away

,

because

their

son

was

in

the

agony

of

death

;

but

the

boys

answered

them

,

saying

:

Did

you

not

hear

the

king

saying

:

Let

us

go

kill

the

serpent

?

and

will

you

not

obey

him

?

And

so

,

against

their

will

the

couch

was

carried

back

.

And

when

they

came

to

the

nest

,

the

Lord

Jesus

said

to

the

boys

:

Is

this

the

serpent’s

place

?

They

said

that

it

was

;

and

the

serpent

,

at

the

call

of

the

Lord

,

came

forth

without

delay

,

and

submitted

itself

to

Him

.

And

He

said

to

it

:

Go

away

,

and

suck

out

all

the

poison

which

thou

hast

infused

into

this

boy

.

And

so

the

serpent

crawled

to

the

boy

,

and

sucked

out

all

its

poison

.

Then

the

Lord

Jesus

cursed

it

,

and

immediately

on

this

being

done

it

burst

asunder

;

and

the

Lord

Jesus

stroked

the

boy

with

his

hand

,

and

he

was

healed

.

And

he

began

to

weep

;

but

Jesus

said

:

Do

not

weep

,

for

by

and

by

thou

shalt

be

my

disciple

.

And

this

is

Simon

the

Cananite

,

of

whom

mention

is

made

in

the

Gospel

.

Notes

19
[So the Latin; but the Greek word in the Gospels is equivalent to “zealot.” See Rev. Vers. in the lists of the Apostles.—R.]
20
Matt. x. 4, etc.