GOSPEL OF THOMAS GREEK TEXT B (Infancy 3)
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The Writing of the holy Apostle Thomas concerning the conversation
of the Lord in his childhood.
I, Thomas the Israelite, have thought it needful to make known unto
all the brethren that are of the Gentiles the mighty works of
childhood which our Lord Jesus Christ wrought when he was conversant
in the body, and came unto the city of Nazareth in the fifth year of
his age.
1 On a certain day when there had fallen a shower of rain he went
forth of the house where his mother was and played upon the ground
where the waters were running: and he made pools, and the waters
flowed down, and the pools were filled with water. Then saith he: I
will that ye become clean and wholesome waters. And straightway they
did so. 2 But a certain son of Annas the scribe passed by bearing a
branch of willow, and he overthrew the pools with the branch, and the
waters were poured out. And Jesus turned about and said unto him: O
ungodly and disobedient one, what hurt have the pools done thee that
thou hast emptied them? Thou shalt not finish thy course, and thou
shalt be withered up even as the branch which thou hast in hand. 3 And
he went on, and after a little he fell and gave up the ghost. And when
the young children that played with him saw it, they marvelled and
departed and told the father of him that was dead. And he ran and found
the child dead, and went and accused Joseph.
1 Now Jesus made of that clay twelve sparrows: and it was the Sabbath
day. And a child ran and told Joseph, saying: Behold, thy child
playeth about the brook, and hath made sparrows of the clay, which is
not lawful. 2 And he when he heard it went and said to the child:
Wherefore doest thou so and profaneth the Sabbath? But Jesus answered
him not, but looked upon the sparrows and said: Go ye, take your
flight, and remember me in your life. And at the word they took flight
and went up into the air. And when Joseph saw it he was astonished.
1 And after certain days, as Jesus passed through the midst of the
city, a certain child cast a stone at him and smote his shoulder. And
Jesus said unto him: Thou shalt not finish thy course. And straightway
he also fell down and died. And they that were there were amazed,
saying: From whence is this child, that every word which he speaketh
becometh a perfect work? 2 But they also departed and accused Joseph,
saying: Thou wilt not be able to dwell with us in this city: but if
thou wilt, teach thy child to bless and not to curse: for verily he
slayeth our children: and every thing that he saith becometh a perfect
work.
And as Joseph sat upon his seat, the child stood before him; and he
took hold upon his ear and pinched it sore. But Jesus looked upon him
earnestly and said: It sufficeth thee.
1 And on the morrow he took him by the hand and led him to a certain
teacher, Zacchaeus by name, and said unto him: Take this child, O
master, and teach him letters. And the other said: Deliver him unto
me, my brother, and I will teach him the scripture, and I will
persuade him to bless all men and not to curse them. 2 And when Jesus
heard that he laughed and said unto them: Ye speak that ye know, but I
have knowledge more than you, for I am before the worlds. And I know
when the fathers of your fathers were begotten, and I know how many
are the years of your life. And every one that heard it was amazed. 3
And again saith Jesus unto them: Marvel ye because I said unto you that
I know how many are the years of your life? Of a truth I know when the
world was created. Behold, now ye believe me not: when ye shall see my
cross then will ye believe that I speak truth. And they were
astonished when they heard all these things.
1 Now Zacchaeus wrote the alphabet in Hebrew, and saith unto him:
Alpha. And the young child said: Alpha. And again the master said:
Alpha, and the young child likewise. Then again the third time the
master said: Alpha. Then Jesus looked upon the teacher and said: Thou
that knowest not the Alpha, how canst thou teach another the Beta? And
the child beginning at the Alpha said of his own accord the two and
twenty letters. 2 And thereafter saith he: Hear, O master the
ordinance of the first letter, and know how many incomings and lines
it hath, and marks, common, going apart, and coming together. And when
Zacchaeus heard such designations of the one letter he was amazed and
had nothing to answer; and turning about he said unto Joseph: My
brother, this child is of a truth not earthly born: take him away
therefore from me.
1 And after these things one day Jesus was playing with other boys
upon the top of an house of two stories. And one child was pushed down
by another and thrown down to the ground and died. And the boys which
were playing with him, when they saw it, fled, and Jesus was left
alone standing upon the roof whence the boy was thrown down. 2 And when
the parents of the boy that was dead heard of it they ran weeping, and
when they found the boy lying dead upon the earth and Jesus standing
alone, they supposed that the boy had been thrown down by him, and
they looked upon him and reviled him. 3 But Jesus, seeing that, leaped
down straightway from the upper story and stood at the head of him that
was dead and saith to him: Zeno, did I cast thee down? Arise and tell.
For so was the boy called. And with the word the boy rose up and
worshipped Jesus and said: Lord, thou didst not cast me down, but when
I was dead thou didst make me alive.
1 And a few days after one of the neighbours was cleaving wood and did
cut off the sole of his foot with the axe, and by loss of blood was at
the point to die. 2 And much people ran together and Jesus came
thither with them. 3 And he took hold on the foot of the young man
that was smitten, and healed him forthwith, and saith unto him: Arise,
cleave thy wood. And he arose and worshipped him, giving thanks, and
cleft the wood. Likewise also all they that were there marvelled and
gave thanks unto him.
Now when he was six years old, Mary his mother sent him to fetch water
from the spring: and as he went his pitcher was broken. And he went to
the spring and spread out his upper garment and drew water out of the
spring and filled it and took it and brought back the water to his
mother. And when she saw it, was amazed and embraced him and kissed
him.
1 And when he came to the eighth year of his age Joseph was required
by a certain rich man to build him a bed, for he was a carpenter. And
he went forth into the field to gather wood, and Jesus also went with
him. And he cut two beams of wood and wrought them with the axe, and
set one beside the other and measured and found it too short; and when
he saw that he was vexed and sought to find another. 2 But Jesus
seeing it saith unto him: Set these two together so that the ends of
both be even. And Joseph, though he was perplexed concerning this,
what the child should mean, did that which was commanded. And he saith
again unto him: Take firm hold of the short beam. And Joseph took hold
on it, marvelling. Then Jesus also took hold of the other end and
pulled the [other] end thereof and made it also equal to the other
beam, and saith unto Joseph: Be no more vexed, but do thy work without
hindrance. And he when he saw it was exceedingly amazed and said within
himself: Blessed am I for that God hath given me such a son. 3 And
when they departed into the city Joseph told it to Mary, and she when
she heard and saw the wonderful mighty works of her son rejoiced,
glorifying him with the Father and the Holy Spirit now and for ever
and world without end.
Amen.