Acts of Thomas

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THE ACTS OF JUDAS THOMAS. 215 an endof them. Why art thou astonished concerning these His bodily healings, (which are) ended by dissolution, when thou rememberest His healing of His possessions, which is not ended by dissolution ?* Why ponderest thou upon this temporal life, when, lo, thou canst reflect every day upon the life everlasting? But unto you, I say, ye multitudes, who, lo, are standing by and waiting to see these arise who, lo, are lying here; believe on the Teacher of verity, and believe on the Shewer of truths; believe on the Revealer of secrets ; believe on the Demon- strator of life; believe on the Apostle of the tried Son, Jesus the Messiah, who was born, that the born might live by His birth; and was reared, that the perfeot rearing might be seen in Him; and went to school, that through Him perfect wisdom might be known; He taught His teacher,” because He was the Teacher of verity and the Master of the wise; he went to the temple and offered an offering, that they might see that all offerings are sanctified in Him. This is the Apostle of Him; this is the Apostle of truth; this is the doer of the will of Him that sent him. But there shall be a time when false apostles shall come, and lying prophets, whose end shall be like their works; who will say unto you, (ܪܡܛ))‎ ‘Beware of sins,’ whilst they at all times utter sins; who will put on the clothing of lambs, whilst within they are ravening wolves;° who will not take one’ wife legally, ® Margin, which passeth not away. -b Perhaps a reference to the Gospel of Thomas the Israelite, ch. vi.—viii. of Tischendorf’s Greek text; see my Contributions to the Apocryphal Literature of the New Testament, p. 8. ° ,ܬ‎ Matthew, ch. vii. 15.