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Apocrypha of the New Testament
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Introductory Notice to Apocrypha of the New Testament.
[2312] The other [Paris]ms. ends differently: And there came a voice, Peace to you, and joy, for there shall not be war nor stroke of sword in this city, because of Matthew, mine elect, whom I have loved for ever. Blessed are they who observe his memory, for they shall be glorified to ages of ages.
And the day of his commemoration shall be the fourteenth of the month of Gorpiæus.* Glory, honour, and worship to God, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, now and ever, and to the ages. [The Paris ms. is usually followed by Tischendorf. But in the three concluding paragraphs, as given in the text above, he follows the Vienna ms.—R.]
*Gorpiæus was the eleventh month of the Macedonian year, and fell partly in August and partly in September.
Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas.
[2313] This list is a transcript of Matt. x. 2-4, except in the last name.
[2314] This double name is in accordance with a tradition preserved by Eusebius (H. E., i. 13), that the true name of Thomas was Judas.
[2315] Or, bill of sale.
[2316] Or, scales.
[2317] i.e., monuments.
[2318] Comp.Matt. xxii. 3-14.
[2319] Or, chin.
[2320] Or, cup-bearers.
[2321] Exod. 30.23; Song of Sol. 4.14; Ezek. 27.19.
[2322] Comp.Ps. xxiv. 7, according to the LXX.
[2323] Three of the fivemss. either omit the prayer altogether, or give it very briefly.
[2324] Or, couches.
[2325] The text of this exhortation also varies much in the four mss. which give it.
[2326] Or, look.
[2327] Or, in us.
[2328] Or, who.
[2329] Or, who.
Acts of the Holy Apostle Thomas, When He Came into India, and Built the Palace in the Heavens.
[2330] Dius was the first, and Xanthicus the sixth, of the twelve lunar months of the Macedonian calendar, which after the time of Alexander was adopted by the Greek cities of Asia generally. Dius fell partly in October and partly in November; Xanthicus answered generally to April.—Smith’s Dict. of Antiq., s.v. Mensis.
Another reading is: I shall begin in Hyperberetæus—the twelfth month.
[2331] Or, remission.
[2332] One of themss. has: that there is one God, namely Jesus.
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