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2 Infancy of Jesus Christ 3

Book of 2 Infancy of Jesus Christ - Chapter 3

2 Infancy of Jesus Christ 3:1

A CERTAIN schoolmaster named Zaccheaus, standing in a certain place, heard Jesus speaking these things to his father.

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And he was much surprised, that being a child he should speak such things; and after a few days he came to Joseph, and said,

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Thou hast a wise and sensible child, send him to me, that he may learn to read.

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When he sat down to teach the letters to Jesus, he began with the first letter Aleph;

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But Jesus pronounced the second letter Mpeth (Beth) Cghimel (Gimel), and said over all the letters to him to the end.

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Then opening a book, he taught his master the prophets but he was ashamed, and was at a loss to conceive how he came to know the letters.

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And he arose and went home, wonderfully surprised at so strange a thing.

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