The Lost and Hostile Gospels: An Essay on the Toledoth Jeschu, and the Petrine and Pauline Gospels of the First Three Centuries of Which Fragments RemainBaring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
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The Lost and Hostile Gospels: An Essay on the Toledoth Jeschu, and the Petrine and Pauline Gospels of the First Three Centuries of Which Fragments Remain
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
Apocryphal Gospels
“But Jeschu and his disciples dressed themselves in the costume of
the men of Ai, that they might not be recognized in Jerusalem; and
in the fast, on the Day of Atonement, Jeschu came with his
disciples to Jerusalem, and entered into the house of Purah, and
said, Of me it is written, Who is this that cometh from Edom, with
dyed garments from Bozrah? I that speak in righteousness, mighty
to save. I have trodden the wine‐press alone, and of the people
there was none with me.(127) For now am I come from Edom to the
house of Purah, and of thee, Purah, was it written, Jegar
Sahadutha!(128) For thou shalt be to us a hill of witness and
assured protection. But I have come here to Jerusalem to abolish
the festivals and the holy seasons and the appointed holy days.
And he that believeth in me shall have his portion in eternal
life. I will give forth a new law in Jerusalem, for of me was it
written, Out of Zion shall the law go forth, and the word of the
Lord from Jerusalem.(129) And their sins and unrighteousness will
I atone for with my blood. But after I am dead I will arise to
life again; for it is written, I kill and make alive; I bring down
to hell, and raise up therefrom again.(130)
“But Judas betook himself secretly to the King, and told him how
that Jeschu and his disciples were in the house of Purah.
Therefore the King sent young priests into the house of Purah, who
said unto Jeschu, We are ignorant men, and believe in thee and thy
word; but do this, we pray thee, work a miracle before our eyes.
“Then Jeschu wrought before them wonders by means of the
incommunicable Name.
“And on the great Day of Atonement he and his disciples ate and
drank, and fasted not; and they drank of the wine wherewith was
mingled the Water of Forgetfulness, and then betook themselves to
rest.
“And when midnight was now come, behold! servants of the King
surrounded the house, and to them Purah opened the door. And the
servants broke into the room where Jeschu and his disciples were,
and they cast them into chains.
“Then Jeschu directed his mind to the incommunicable Name; but he
could not recall it, for all had vanished from his recollection.
“And the servants of the King led Jeschu and his disciples to the
prison of the blasphemers. And in the morning they told the King
that Jeschu and his disciples were taken and cast into prison.
Then he ordered that they should be detained till the Feast of
Tabernacles.
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