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| From the departure of Marath Mary from the world, and the birth and childhood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Book the Second.
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From the departure2951
| 2951 From Cod. Add.
16,484, fol. 19. It consists of an apocryphal work on the Virgin,
of the fifth or sixth century. |
of Marath2952
| 2952 i.e.,
“My Lady” or “Madam” (= mea domina): it
is the feminine form of “Mar.”—Tr. | Mary from the
world, and the birth and childhood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Book
the Second.
In the year three hundred and forty-five, in the
month of the latter Tishrin,2953
| 2953 Beginning
with the new moon of October. The former Tishrin was the
month immediately preceding.—Tr. | Marath Mary
went out from her house, and went to the sepulchre of Christ:
because every day she used to go and weep there. But the Jews
immediately after the death of Christ seized the sepulchre, and heaped
great stones at the door of it. And over the sepulchre and
Golgotha they set guards, and commanded them that, if any one should go
and pray at the sepulchre or at Golgotha, he should immediately be put
to death. And the Jews took away the cross of our Lord, and those
two other crosses, and that spear with which our Saviour was struck,
and those nails which they drove into His hands and into His feet, and
those robes of mockery in which He had been clad; and they hid
them: lest, as they said, any one of the kings or of the chief
persons should come and inquire concerning the putting to death of
Christ.
And the guards went in and said to the
priests: Mary cometh in the evening and in the morning, and
prayeth there. And there was a commotion in Jerusalem on account
of Marath Mary. And the priests went to the judge, and said to
him: My lord, send and command Mary that she go not to pray at
the sepulchre and at Golgotha. And while they were deliberating,
lo! letters came from Abgar, the king of the city of Edessa, to Sabina
the procurator2954
| 2954 The Greek
ἐπίτροπος
is used.—Tr. | who had been
appointed by Tiberius the emperor, and as far as the river Euphrates
the procurator Sabina had authority. And, because Addæus the
apostle, one of the seventy-two apostles, had gone down and built a
church at Edessa, and had cured the disease with which Abgar the king
was afflicted—for Abgar the king loved Jesus Christ, and was
constantly inquiring about Him; and, when Christ was put to death and
Abgar the king heard that the Jews had slain Him on the cross, he was
much displeased; and Abgar arose and rode and came as far as the river
Euphrates, because he wished to go up against Jerusalem and lay it
waste; and, when Abgar came and was arrived at the river Euphrates, he
deliberated in his mind: If I pass over, there will be enmity
between me and Tiberius the emperor. And Abgar wrote letters and
sent them to Sabina the procurator, and Sabina sent them to Tiberius
the emperor. In this manner did Abgar write to Tiberius the
emperor:—
“From Abgar, the king of the city of Edessa.
Much peace to thy Majesty, our lord Tiberius! In order that thy
Majesty may not be offended with me, I have not passed over the river
Euphrates: for I have been wishing to go up against Jerusalem and
lay her waste, forasmuch as she has slain Christ, a skilful
healer. But do thou, as a great sovereign who hast authority over
all the earth and over us, send and do me judgment on the people of
Jerusalem. For be it known to thy Majesty that I desire that thou
wilt do me judgment on the crucifiers.”
And Sabina received the letters, and sent them to
Tiberius the emperor. And, when he had read them, Tiberius the
emperor was greatly incensed, and he desired to destroy and slay all
the Jews. And the people of Jerusalem heard it and were
alarmed. And the priests went to the governor, and said to
him: My lord, send and command Mary that she go not to pray at
the sepulchre and Golgotha. The judge said to the priests:
Go ye yourselves, and give her what command and what caution ye
please.
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