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Infancy Gospel of Thomas second-greek-7:1

7. And Zacchæus, having written the alphabet in Hebrew, says to Him: Alpha. And the child says: Alpha. And again the teacher: Alpha; and the child likewise. Then again the teacher says the Alpha for the third time. Then Jesus, looking in the master’s face, says: How canst thou, not knowing the Alpha, teach another the Beta? And the child, beginning from the Alpha, said by Himself the twenty-two letters. Then also He says again: Hear, O teacher, the order of the first letter, and know how many entrances and lines it has, and strokes common, crossing and coming together. And when Zacchæus heard such an account of the one letter, he was so struck with astonishment, that he could make no answer. And he turned and said to Joseph: This child assuredly, brother, does not belong to the earth. Take him, then, away from me.

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Infancy Gospel of Thomas (First and Second Greek Forms, Latin Form) — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)
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Infancy Gospel of Thomas (First and Second Greek Forms, Latin Form) — ANF VIII English translation (A. Walker)

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Classification: Early Christian literature
Edition type: Historical Printing
Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)
Reading language: eng
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