Christian Apocrypha and Early Christian Literature

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James, and took hold of his hand; and all that He did was to blow on the hand of James, and cool
it: and immediately James was healed, and the serpent died. And Joseph and Mary did not know
what had been done; but at the cry of James, and the command of Jesus, they ran to the garden,
and found the serpent already dead, and James quite cured.
CHAP. 42 .--And Joseph having come to a feast with his sons, James, Joseph, and Judah, and
Simeon and his two daughters, Jesus met them, with Mary His mother, along with her sister
Mary of Cleophas, whom the Lord God had given to her father Cleophas and her mother Anna,
because they had offered Mary the mother of Jesus to the Lord. And she was called by the same
name, Mary, for the consolation of her parents.[ 5 ] And when they had come together, Jesus
sanctified and blessed them, and He was the first to begin to eat and drink; for none of them
dared to eat or drink, or to sit at table, or to break bread, until He had sanctified them, and first
done so. And if He happened to be absent, they used to wait until He should do this. And when
He did not wish to come for refreshment, neither Joseph nor Mary, nor the sons of Joseph, His
brothers, came. And, indeed, these brothers, keeping His life as a lamp before their eyes,
observed Him, and feared Him. And when Jesus slept, whether by day or by night, the brightness
of God shone upon Him. To whom be all praise and glory for ever and ever. Amen, amen.

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