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But when this befell me, my fathers also were ware of it, and grieved for me,37
and a proclamation was published in our kingdom, that all should meet at our doors.38
And then the kings of Parthia and they that bare office and the great ones of the East39
made a resolve concerning me, that I should not be left in Egypt,40
and the princes wrote unto me signifying thus 1 :41
From the (thy) Father the King of kings, and thy mother that ruleth the East,42
and thy brother that is second unto us; unto our son that is in Egypt, peace.43
Rise up and awake out of sleep, and hearken unto the words of the letter,44
and remember that thou art a son of kings; lo, thou hast come under the yoke of bondage.45
Remember the pearl for the which thou wast sent into Egypt 246
Remember thy garment spangled with gold,47
‹and the glorious mantle which thou shouldest wear and wherewith thou shouldest deck thyself.›Thy name is named in the book of life,
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and with thy brother whom thou hast received ‹thou shalt be› in our kingdom.Acta Thomae. Anonymous. Oxford. 1924.
Funding provided by University of Virginia; Center for Hellenic Studies.