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The History of Joseph the Carpenter

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Section 30

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30. And we apostles, when we heard these things

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from

our

Saviour

,

rose

up

joyfully

,

and

prostrated

ourselves

in

honour

of

Him

,

and

said

:

O

our

Saviour

,

show

us

Thy

grace

.

Now

indeed

we

have

heard

the

word

of

life

:

nevertheless

we

wonder

,

O

our

Saviour

,

at

the

fate

of

Enoch

and

Elias

,

inasmuch

as

they

had

not

to

undergo

death

.

For

truly

they

dwell

in

the

habitation

of

the

righteous

even

to

the

present

day

,

nor

have

their

bodies

seen

corruption

.

Yet

that

old

man

Joseph

the

carpenter

was

,

nevertheless

,

Thy

father

after

the

flesh

.

And

Thou

hast

ordered

us

to

go

into

all

the

world

and

preach

the

holy

Gospel

;

and

Thou

hast

said

:

Relate

to

them

the

death

of

my

father

Joseph

,

and

celebrate

to

him

with

annual

solemnity

a

festival

and

sacred

day

.

And

whosoever

shall

take

anything

away

from

this

narrative

,

or

add

anything

to

it

,

commits

sin

.

We

wonder

especially

that

Joseph

,

even

from

that

day

on

which

Thou

wast

born

in

Bethlehem

,

called

Thee

his

son

after

the

flesh

.

Wherefore

,

then

,

didst

Thou

not

make

him

immortal

as

well

as

them

,

and

Thou

sayest

that

he

was

righteous

and

chosen

?

Notes

30
Rev. xxii. 18, 19.