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Apocrypha of the New Testament
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Introductory Notice to Apocrypha of the New Testament.
[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.
[2333] One ms. has: But if thou buy it, thou shalt live in it. And he said to them: Can I buy it? And they said to him: See that thou obtain one like this which thou seest, or better if thou wilt, that when thou comest hither again, thou mayst not be driven into the darkness.
[2334] One of themss. here ends the history in these words:—And he sent, and brought out Thomas, and said to him: Pardon us if we have in ignorance been in any way harsh to thee; and make us to be partakers of him whom thou preachest. And the apostle says: I too rejoice with you, that you are made partakers of His kingdom. And he took and enlightened them, having given them the washing of grace in the name of Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, to whom is due all glory and kingdom without end. And when they had gone up straightway out of the water, the Saviour appeared to them, so that the apostle wondered, and a great light shone brighter than the rays of the sun. And having confirmed their faith, he went out, going on his way in the Lord.
[2335] i.e., give thanks, as in Matt. xi. 25, Luke x. 21, etc.
[2336] Or, Eucharist.
[2337] i.e., by it.
[2338] One ms. for this whole section has: The two brothers having been set apart by the apostle, said to him, Give us the seal in Christ. And he ordered them to bring him oil. And ends the history thus: And he arose, and sealed them in the name of Father, and Son, and Holy Spirit, and baptized them. And the Lord was revealed to them, through a voice saying to them, peace unto you! And the apostle sealed also all that were with them. And they all believed in our Lord Jesus Christ: and the whole of India became believing.
The last sentence in the text seems to be an interpolation. The oil was not for the lamps, but for the ceremony of baptism. The practice of baptizing with oil instead of water—one of the “notable and execrable” heresies of the Manichæans—is said to have been founded on this passage.
[2339] Lit., the sealing up.
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