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The Arabic Gospel of the Infancy of the Saviour

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Section 49

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49. Thereafter they took Him to another and a

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more

learned

master

,

who

,

when

he

saw

Him

,

said

:

Say

Aleph

.

And

when

He

had

said

Aleph

,

the

master

ordered

him

to

pronounce

Beth

.

And

the

Lord

Jesus

answered

him

,

and

said

:

First

tell

me

the

meaning

of

the

letter

Aleph

,

and

then

I

shall

pronounce

Beth

.

And

when

the

master

hereupon

raised

his

hand

and

flogged

Him

,

immediately

his

hand

dried

up

,

and

he

died

.

Then

said

Joseph

,

to

the

Lady

Mary

:

From

this

time

we

shall

not

let

him

go

out

of

the

house

,

since

every

one

who

opposes

him

is

struck

dead

.