Acts of Thomas

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THE ACTS OF JUDAS THOMAS, 297 ye too shall be gathered unto me.” And Mazdai and his kinsman Karish brought Mygdonia and Tertia, and afflicted them much, but they would not yield to their wish. And Judas appeared to them and said to them: Forget not, my daughters, Jesus our Light, the Holy and the Living (One), and He will soon prepare for you your rest and your help.” And when king Mazdai and his kinsman Karish saw that they would not be persuaded (ܫܠܒ)‎ by them, they left them alone to walk according to their own will. And all the brethren who were there were assembling together, and praying and offering the (Eucharistic) offering and breaking (bread), because Judas had made Siftr a priest and Vizin a deacon, on the mountain, when he was going to die, And our Lord was helping them with His love and was increasing His faith by their means. And it happened after a long time that one of the sons of king Mazdai had a devil, and no man was able to bind’ him, because he was very violent. And king Mazdai thought in his mind and said: ‘I will go (and) open the grave of Judas, and take one of the bones of the Apostle of God, and will hang it upon my son, and he will be healed.” And Judas appeared to him in a vision, and said to him: ‘ Thou didst not believe in one living; wilt thou believe in one who, lo, is dead? But fear not. My Lord the Messiah will have mercy upon thee because of His clemency.” And he did not find his bones, for one of the brethren had taken them away secretly and con- * The Greck text has to heal him, ܢܐ ܗܝ ܗܕ‎ . ܐ‎