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Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew 33

Infancy of Jesus

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After these things, Joseph and Mary departed thence with Jesus into the city of Nazareth; and He remained there with His parents.

2And on the first of the week, when Jesus was playing with the children on the roof of a certain house, it happened that one of the children pushed another down from the roof to the ground, and he was killed.

3And the parents of the dead boy, who had not seen this, cried out against Joseph and Mary, saying: Your son has thrown our son down to the ground, and he is dead.

4But Jesus was silent, and answered them nothing.

5And Joseph and Mary came in haste to Jesus; and His mother asked Him, saying: My lord, tell me if thou didst throw him down.

6And immediately Jesus went down from the roof to the ground, and called the boy by his name, Zeno.

7And he answered Him: My lord.

8And Jesus said to him: Was it I that threw thee down from the roof to the ground? And he said: No, my lord.

9And the parents of the boy who had been dead wondered, and honoured Jesus for the miracle that had been wrought.

10And Joseph and Mary departed thence with Jesus to Jericho.

About Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew

An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8 (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886), Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Alexander Walker, 1886 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.

Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 8 (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886), Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, Alexander Walker (1886) · public domain