Chapter
1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 14

Book of 1 Infancy of Jesus Christ - Chapter 14

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 14:1

ANOTHER woman likewise lived there, whose son was possessed by Satan,

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This boy, named Judas, as often as Satan seized him, was inclined to bite all that were present; and if he found no one else near him, he would bite his own hands and other parts.

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But the mother of this miserable boy, hearing of St. Mary and her son Jesus, arose presently and taking her son in her arms, brought him to the Lady Mary.

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In the meantime, James and Joses had taken away the infant, the Lord Jesus, to play at a proper season with other children; and when they went forth, they sat down and the Lord Jesus with them.

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Then Judas, who was possessed, came and sat down at the right hand of Jesus.

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When Satan was acting upon him as usual, he went about to bite the Lord Jesus.

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And because he could not do it, he struck Jesus on the right side, so that he cried out.

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And in the same moment Satan went out of the boy, and ran away like a mad dog.

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This same boy who struck Jesus, and out of whom Satan went in the form of a dog, was Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him to the Jews.

1 Infancy of Jesus Christ 14:10

And that same side, on which Judas: struck him, the Jews pierced with a spear.

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