Acta Thomae, Acta Thomae, ed. Maximilian Bonnet, 108

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[108] Προσευχόμενον δὲ πάντες ἔβλεπον αὐτὸν οἱ δέσμιοι καὶ ἐδέοντο αὐτοῦ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν εὔξασθαι. προσευξάμενος δὲ καὶ καθεσθεὶς ἤρξατο λέγειν ψαλμὸν τοιοῦτον· Ὅτε ἥμην βρέφος ἄλαλον ἐν τοῖς τοῦ πατρός μου βασιλείοις ἐν πλούτῳ καὶ τρυφῇ τῶν τροφέων ἀναπαυόμενος, ἐξ Ἀνατολῆς τῆς πατρίδος ἡμῶν ἐφοδιάσαντές με οἱ γονεῖς ἀπέστειλάν με· ἀπὸ δὲ πλούτου τῶν θησαυρῶν τούτων φόρτον συνέθηκαν μέγαν τε καὶ ἐλαφρόν, ὅπως αὐτὸν μόνος βαστάσαι δυνηθῶ· χρυσός ἐστιν ὁ φόρτος τῶν ἄνω, καὶ ἄσημος τῶν μεγάλων θησαυρῶν, καὶ λίθοι ἐξ Ἰνδῶν οἱ χαλκεδόνιοι, καὶ μαργαρῖται ἐκ Κοσάνων· καὶ ὥπλισάν με τῷ ἀδάμαντι· καὶ ἐνέδυσάν με ἐσθῆτα διάλιθον χρυσόπαστον, ἣν ἐποίησαν στέργοντές με, καὶ στολὴν τὸ χρῶμα ξανθὴν πρὸς τὴν ἐμὴν ἡλικίαν. σύμφωνα δὲ πρὸς ἐμὲ πεποιήκασιν, ἐγκαταγράψαντες τῇ διανοίᾳ μου ἐπιλαθέσθαι με, ἔφησαν τε· Ἐὰν κατελθὼν εἰς Αἴγυπτον κομίσῃς ἐκεῖθεν τὸν ἕνα μαργαρίτην τὸν ὄντα ἐκεῖ περὶ τὸν δράκοντα τὸν καταπότην, ὅπως ἐνδύσῃ τὴν διάλιθον ἐσθῆτα καὶ τὴν στολὴν ἐκείνην ἣν ἐπαναπαύεται· τοῦ εὐμνήστου καὶ γένῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κῆρυξ τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ βασιλείᾳ.

Acta Thomae. Acta Thomae. ed. Maximilian Bonnet. Leipzig. 1903.

Funding provided by University of Virginia; Center for Hellenic Studies.

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Πράξεις τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου Θωμᾶ (Greek) (Acta Philippi et Acta Thomae accedunt Acta Barnabae. Bonnet, Maximilian, editor. Leipzig: Hermannus Mendelssohn, 1903.)

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Acts of Thomas First1KGreek (Acts of Thomas. The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses. James, Montague Rhodes, translator. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 108 focus

[108] And as he prayed, all the prisoners looked on him, and besought him to pray for them: and when he had prayed and was set down, he began to utter a psalm in this wise:

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When I was an infant child

in the palace of my Father,

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and resting in the wealth and luxury of my nurturers,

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out of the East, our native country, my parents provisioned me and sent me.

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And of the wealth of those their treasures they put together a load,

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both great and light, that I might carry it alone.

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Gold is the load, of them that are above (or of the land of the Ellaeans or Gilaeans),

and silver of the great treasures (or of Gazzak the great),

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and stones, chalcedonies from the Indians,

and pearls from ‹the land of› the Kosani (Kushan).

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And they armed me with adamant ‹which breaketh iron›,

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and they took off from me ² the garment set with gems, spangled with gold, which they had made for me because they loved me,

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and the robe that was yellow in hue, made for my stature.

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And they made a covenant with me, and inscribed it on mine understanding, that I should ‹not› forget it, and said:

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If thou go down into Egypt, and bring back thence the one pearl

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which is there ‹in the midst of the sea› girt about by the devouring serpent,

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thou shalt put on ‹again› the garment set with gems, and that robe whereupon it resteth (or which is thereon),

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and become with thy brother that is next unto us ³ an heir ⁴ in our kingdom.

Acta Thomae Acta Thomae 108

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