abbreviations and appendices . Attaining rest
[For similar to these the following is possible:]
He who seeks will not cease until he finds and having found he will marvel
and having marvelled he will become king and having become king, he will
rest. (Clement of Alexandria, Strom. V XIV .; Strom. II IX .; cf.
Gos. Thom.).
. Mason’s prayer
[In the Gospel which the Nazarenes and the Ebionites use which we
translated recently from Hebrew to Greek and which is called the authen-
tic text of Matthew by a good many, it is written that the man with the
withered hand is a mason, praying for help with words of this kind:]
I was a mason earning my living with my hands, I pray for you, Jesus, to
restore my health lest I must beg shamefully for my food.(Jerome,Comm.
Matt. .)
. Distressing one’s brother
And in the Gospel which is according to the Hebrews which the Naza-
renes are accustomed to read, among the worst crimes is set he who has
distressed the spirit of his brother. (Jerome,Comm. Ezech. .–).
. How to look at one’s brother
[... as we read in the Hebrew Gospel that the Lord said to the disciples:]
And never rejoice, he said, unless when you look at your brother in love.
(Jerome,Comm. Eph..).
. Woman accused of many sins
Version A, Eusebius
Papias also used evidence from John and from Peter and provides
another story of a woman falsely accused before the Lord of many sins,
which is contained in the Gospel of the Hebrews. (Eusebius,Hist. Eccl.
.; trans. Maier ).
Version B, Didymus the Blind
We find in certain Gospel. A woman, it says, was condemned by the
Jews for a sin and was being sent to be stoned in a place where that was