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Infancy of Jesus Christ Gospel II
Chapter III
1 Astonishes his schoolmaster by his learning.
A CERTAIN schoolmaster
named Zaccheaus, standing
in a certain place, heard Jesus
speaking these things to his father.
2 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,
3 Thou hast a wise and sensible
child, send him to me, that he may
learn to read.
4 When he sat down to teach
the letters to Jesus, he began with
the first letter Aleph;
5 But Jesus pronounced the
second letter Mpeth (Beth) Cghimel
(Gimel), and said over all the
letters to him to the end.
6 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.
7 And he arose and went home,
wonderfully surprised at so strange
a thing.
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