Acts of Thomas

Historical source scan page 318

. THE ACTS OF JUDAS TIIOMAS. 291 And Judas went (back) to be imprisoned, and likewise Tortia and Mygdonia and Narkia, those too went (back) to bo imprisoned. And Judas said to them: “ My daughters and sisters in our Lord, and my companions, and handmaidens of Jesus the Messiah, listen unto me on this the last day that I shall deliver my word unto you, for I shall never speak with you again in this world. For I shall be lifted up to our Lord Jesus the Messiah ; to Him who sold mo; to Him who humbled 1118 lofty soul to my littleness, and hath brought me to 1118 great- ness which passeth not away, and hath deomed me worthy of being a servant of Him in verity and in truth. And lo, I rejoice that the time is fulfilled and the day come that I may go and receive my reward from my Lord. For my Pay-master is just, and He knowcth how I ought to be recompensed. For He is not wicked nor onvious, but His gifts abound ; and He doth not count and give, for He is confident that His wealth will not fail. Listen, my daughters, I am not Jesus, but I am the sorvant of Jesus. Iam not (aaz.) the Messiah, but Iam one who ministereth before Him. I am not the Son of God, but I pray and beg that I may be deemed worthy of God. But do ye, my daughters, abide in the faith of Jesus the Messiah, and look for the hope of the Son of God. And be not weary, my daughters, in persecution, and be not in doubt because ye seo me treated ignominiously, and imprisoned too, and dying, because I am fulfilling the will of my Lord. For if I were to pray that I should not die, yo know that I am able (to do so); but this which is seen (by us) is not death, but a release from tho U2