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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 25

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25. And, indeed, the inhabitants of Nazareth and

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of

Galilee

,

having

heard

of

their

lamentation

,

flocked

to

them

,

and

wept

from

the

third

hour

even

to

the

ninth

.

And

at

the

ninth

hour

they

all

went

together

to

Joseph’s

bed

.

And

they

lifted

his

body

,

after

they

had

anointed

it

with

costly

unguents

.

But

I

entreated

my

Father

in

the

prayer

of

the

celestials

—

that

same

prayer

which

with

my

own

hand

I

made

before

I

was

carried

in

the

womb

of

the

virgin

Mary

,

my

mother

.

And

as

soon

as

I

had

finished

it

,

and

pronounced

the

amen

,

a

great

multitude

of

angels

came

up

;

and

I

ordered

two

of

them

to

stretch

out

their

shining

garments

,

and

to

wrap

in

them

the

body

of

Joseph

,

the

blessed

old

man

.