Section III.
[1, 2] 234
And after
that,
235
| 235 On the substitution of
this general phrase for Matt.
ii. 1a, see the remarks
of Harris in Fragments, etc., p. 37 ff. |
the Magi came from the east to
Jerusalem,
236
and said, Where is the King of the
Jews which
was
born? We have seen his
star in the east, and have [3] come to
worship him.
237
And
Herod the king
heard, and he was
troubled, and all [4]
Jerusalem with him.
238
And he gathered all the
chief priests and the
scribes of the [5] people, and asked them in what place
239
| 239 This periphrasis
for where is very characteristic of this work. |
the
Messiah should be
born.
240
They said, In Bethlehem of Judæa:
thus it is written in the
prophet,
[6] 241
Thou also, Bethlehem
of
Judah,
Art not contemptible among the kings of Judah:
From thee shall go forth a king,
And he shall be a shepherd to my people Israel.
[7] 242
Then
Herod called the
Magi secretly, and inquired of them the time at which [8] the
star
appeared to them.
243
And he sent them to
Bethlehem, and said unto them, Go and search about the
child
diligently; and when ye have found him, come and [9] make known to me,
that I also may go and
worship him.
244
And
they, when they [Arabic, p. 11] heard the king, departed; and lo, the
star which they had seen in the east went before them, until it came
and stood above the place where the
child [10, 11] was.
245
And when they beheld the
star, they
rejoiced
with very great
joy.
246
And they entered the
house and beheld the
child with
Mary his mother, and fell down
worshipping him, and opened their saddle-
bags and offered to him
offerings,
gold and [12]
myrrh and
frankincense.
247
And they saw in a
dream248
| 248 So in later Arabic
and some Arabic versions. According to classical usage the word
means sleep. |
that they should not return to
Herod, and they travelled by another way
in going to their
country.
[13] 249
And when they had
departed, the
angel of the
Lord appeared in a
dream to
Joseph, and said
unto him, Rise, take the
child and his mother, and
flee into Egypt, and
be thou there until I speak to thee; for
Herod is determined to
seek
the
child [14] to
slay him.
250
And
Joseph arose
and took the
child and his mother in the
night, and [15] fled into
Egypt,
251
and remained in it until the time of the
death
of
Herod: that that might be fulfilled which was said by the
Lord
in the
prophet, which said, From [16] Egypt did I call my son.
252
And
Herod then, when he saw that he was mocked
of the Magi, was very
angry, and sent and
killed all the male
children
which were in Bethlehem and all its borders, from two years old and
under, according to the time [17] which he had inquired from the
Magi.
253
Then was fulfilled the
saying in Jeremiah the
prophet, which said,
[18] 254
A voice was heard in
Ramah,
Weeping and much lamentation;
Rachel weeping255
| 255 Or, is
weeping, and so in next line is not willing. |
for her
children,
And not willing to be consoled for their loss.
[19] 256
But when
Herod the
king
died, the
angel of the
Lord appeared in a
dream to [20]
Joseph in
Egypt,
257
and said unto him, Rise and take the
child and
his mother, and [Arabic, p. 12] go into the
land of
Israel; for they
have
died who sought the
child’s
life. [21]
258
And
Joseph rose and took the
child and his
mother, and came to the
land [22] of
Israel.
259
But when he heard that
Archelaus had become
king over Judæa instead of
Herod his
father, he
feared to go
thither; and he saw in a
dream that he should [23] go into the
land of
Galilee,
260
and that he should
abide in a city called
Nazareth: that the saying in the
prophet might be fulfilled, that
he should be called a Nazarene.
[24] 261
And the
child grew,
and became
strong in spirit, becoming filled with
wisdom; and the
grace
of
God was upon him.
[25] 262
And his
kinsfolk
263
| 263 A general word
(cf. Syr. versions). |
used to go every year
to
Jerusalem at the
feast of the
passover. [26]
264
And when he was twelve years old, they went up
according to their
custom, [27] to the
feast.
265
And when the days were accomplished, they
returned; and the
child [28]
Jesus remained in
Jerusalem, and
Joseph
and his mother knew not:
266
and they supposed that
he was with the
children of their
company. And when they had gone
one day’s
journey, they sought him beside their people and those
who knew them, [29] and they found him not;
267
so
they returned to
Jerusalem and sought him again. [30]
268
And after three days they found him in the
temple, sitting in the midst of the
teachers, [31] hearing them and
asking them
questions;
269
and all who heard him
wondered at [32] his
wisdom and his words.
270
And when they saw him they wondered, and his
mother said unto him, My son, why hast thou dealt with us thus? behold,
I and thy
father [33] have been seeking for thee with much
anxiety.
271
And he said unto them,
Why were [34] ye seeking me? know
272
ye not that I
must be in the
house of my
Father?
273
And
they [35] understood not the word which he spake unto them.
274
And he went down with them, and came to
Nazareth; and he was
obedient to them: and his mother used to
keep all these sayings in her
heart.
[36] [Arabic, p. 13] 275
And
Jesus grew in
his stature and
wisdom, and in
grace with
God and men.
[37] 276
And in the fifteenth
year of the
reign of
Tiberius Cæsar, when
Pontius Pilate was
governor in Judæa, and one of the four
rulers,
Herod, in
Galilee;
and
Philip his
brother, one of the four
rulers, in Ituræa and in
the
district of Trachonitis; and [38] Lysanias, one of the four
rulers,
in Abilene;
277
in the
chief-
priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the command
278
| 278 There is a very
rare use of this Arabic word in the Hebrew sense of
saying. |
of
God went forth to John the son of Zacharias in the [39]
desert.
279
And he came into all
the
region which is about
Jordan, proclaiming the [40]
baptism of
repentance unto
280
| 280 So Vat.
ms. The Borg. ms.
has with. |
the
forgiveness of
sins.
281
And he was
preaching
in the [41]
wilderness of Judæa, and saying,
282
Repent ye; the
kingdom of
heaven is come
near. [42]
283
This is he that was
spoken
of in Isaiah the
prophet,
The voice which crieth in the desert,
[43] 284
Prepare ye the way of
the
Lord,
And make straight in the plain, paths for our God.
[44] 285
All the
valleys shall
become filled,
And all the mountains and hills shall become low;
And the rough shall become plain, And the difficult
place, easy;
[45] 286
And all
flesh
shall see the
salvation287
of
God.
[46] 288
This
man came
to bear witness, that he might bear witness to the
light, that [47]
every man might believe through his mediation.
289
He was not the
light, but that he [48] might
bear witness to the
light,
290
which was the
light of
truth, that giveth
light to [49] every man coming into the
world.
291
He was in the
world, and the
world was made
[50] by him, and the
world knew [51] him not.
292
He came unto his own, and his own received him
not.
293
And those who received
him, to them gave he the
power294
that they might [52]
be sons of
God,—those which believe in his name:
295
which were
born, not of
blood, [53] nor of the
will of the
flesh, nor of the will of a man, but of
God.
296
And the Word became
flesh, and took up his
abode among us; and we saw his
glory as the
glory [54] of the only
Son from the
Father, which is full of
grace and equity.
297
| 297 In Syr. this word
also means truth. |
298
John bare witness
[Arabic, p. 14] of him, and
cried, and said, This is he that I said
cometh after me and [55] was before me, because he was before
me.
299
300
And of his
fullness received [56] we all
grace for
grace.
301
For the
law was given through the mediation of
Moses, but truth and grace were
302
through Jesus
Christ.
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