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1 Text| evangelist of Christ, was abiding in the mountain resting,
2 Text| divine grace having shone abroad, and come even to us, and
3 Text| brought them. And the king accompanied them, watching lest any
4 Text| they should rejoice, and accompany him with great meekness,
5 Text| for food; because, for the accomplishing of my fast of forty days,
6 Text| Since thou wishest to hear accurately about him, O king, I will
7 Text| now through Jesus Christ acknowledging the one and only God, Lord,
8 Text| spirit of many shapes, I adjure thee by the God whom he
9 Text| up to heaven, cried out, Adonai Eloi Sabaoth Marmari Marmunth;
10 Text| every affliction. And he advanced his son to be a presbyter,
11 Text| followed him.~And thus the affair being made manifest, Plato
12 Text| everlasting.~Then the king, affected with great fear at the answer
13 Text| which is of like nature with affectionateness, towards men; once strangers
14 Text| demons, and he cured every affliction. And he advanced his son
15 Text| proclaimed by the three days ago through the night appeared
16 Text| chased by the fire, and not allowed to go into his palace, turned
17 | alone
18 Text| Matthew was burnt up, laughed aloud, and said: Has thy magic
19 Text| and their forms shall be altered so as to be like those of
20 | always
21 | among
22 Text| slay the child Jesus, the ancient of the ages; but of all
23 Text| the church which thou and Andrew founded; and as soon as
24 Text| was seized with rage and anger, and endeavoured to put
25 Text| having sealed him, and anointed him with oil, put him down
26 Text| affected with great fear at the answer of the demon, remained quiet
27 | anything
28 Text| praying in his tunic and apostolic robes without sandals; and,
29 Text| to say: Men and women who appear in our sight, heretofore
30 Text| everything as they had been bid, applied the fire. And they indeed
31 Text| laid me down and slept; I arose: because the Lord will sustain
32 Text| Lord, Judge; who have laid aside the immeasurable greatness
33 Text| astonishes me. But I shall ask thee one thing, O child:
34 Text| to him: Since thou hast asked, hear his dwelling-place.
35 Text| him up with brimstone and asphalt and pitch, and put tow and
36 Text| Psalter of David, and having assembled the presbyters and the multitude
37 Text| is the Christians', who assists Matthew, in whom also we
38 Text| kill him, and Plato his associate. The demon says to him:
39 Text| hither, this altogether astonishes me. But I shall ask thee
40 Text| crowd, were struck with astonishment. And many diseased persons
41 Text| And all ran together, and ate of the fruit of the tree
42 Text| Has thy magic been of any avail to thee, Matthew? Can thy
43 Text| everlasting.~Then the king, having awakened out of sleep, and rejoiced
44 Text| except those naming that awful and holy name of Christ;
45 Text| blessed Matthew, having awoke, and sealed himself over
46 Text| offerings, and they shall bake their bread with fire; and
47 Text| after this, and for the banishing of the demons, I shall know
48 Text| of the man-eaters: for I bare found what I shall do to
49 Text| height of ten cubits. And baring ordered the soldiers to
50 Text| from the furnace of the bath in the palace, and the twelve
51 Text| carried the coals; and others, bearing the gods, brought them.
52 Text| executioners, like most evil wild beasts, pinned down to the ground
53 | became
54 Text| limbs paralyzed? O Asmodaeus Beelzebul Satan! all that thou hast
55 | behind
56 Text| and seeing also that the believers were very many, was very
57 Text| in our sight, heretofore believing in the universe, but now
58 Text| into the church; and having bent his knees, prayed earnestly.
59 Text| and cried out, saying: I beseech thee, whoever thou art,
60 Text| infants who were killed in Bethlehem, I know right well; but
61 Text| king, this stranger has bewitched them all. Learn, then, how
62 Text| everything as they had been bid, applied the fire. And they
63 Text| receive the throne of thy bishopric, and after him his son.
64 Text| Church, I the kingdom of the bishops, I the glory of the presbyters,
65 Text| inflict upon him a more bitter death. For he resolved to
66 Text| being enraged, and having blazed up like fire, gave orders
67 Text| blessed them, saying: The blessing and the grace of our Lord
68 Text| Christ, and this cup, His blood shed for us, be to thee
69 Text| the once married, I the boast of the widowed, I the defence
70 Text| at midnight put it into a boat, no one knowing of it, and
71 Text| cubits, and of each single branch the fruit shall be different
72 Text| to the purport of it, and break to pieces and destroy every
73 Text| oil, and cover him up with brimstone and asphalt and pitch, and
74 Text| servant of God, and our brother, be it known unto thee,
75 Text| unquenchable, Gehenna without end, bubbling mire, worm that sleeps not,
76 Text| he wishes thy body to be buried in our city for a testimony
77 Text| fire, ran to meet them, burning out their eyes. And they,
78 Text| discourse is better than a calf, and words of meekness better
79 Text| the God whom he whom thou callest Matthew proclaims, depart
80 Text| certain name puts it out, calling upon Christ, and invoking
81 Text| with thee and thy whole camp, and destroy all the city
82 | Can
83 | cannot
84 Text| come in but the soldiers carrying the bed. And having shut
85 Text| are at rest, so as not to cast down from the trees to the
86 Text| if thou shalt put him in chains in prison, and seal up the
87 Text| the perfume of love, and cheerfulness of countenance better that
88 Text| the clergy: I wish you, children, to know, Jesus having declared
89 Text| into the church, you will clearly recognise that you have
90 Text| And they indeed laboured closely, kindling it all round;
91 Text| ordered him to take off his clothes, and having examined him
92 Text| body, and they shall put on clothing of the rams of the sheep,
93 Text| fall, again he ordered the coal to be thrown on, and to
94 Text| gave me; perceive now what comes to pass through me, and
95 Text| paradise, that I am the comforter, I am the power of the powers
96 Text| to death by fire. And he commanded several executioners to
97 Text| and praying in Hebrew, and commending his spirit to the Lord,
98 Text| the clergy, they stood in common in prayer, glorifying God.
99 Text| given praise and thanks, communicating the holy bread and mixed
100 Text| great force. And the demon, compelled by an angel, says to the
101 Text| forth serving idols, or concealing them, let such an one be
102 Text| long time, and he having confessed and wept over what he had
103 Text| strangers to Christ, but now confessing Him Lord and God; formerly
104 Text| deacons, in repentance and confession, saying: Truly I believe
105 Text| indeed, O king, by every contrivance of vengeance, have kindled
106 Text| perhaps he will repent and be converted. And when he saw the fire
107 | could
108 Text| thou art entertaining evil counsels in the wickedness of thine
109 Text| love, and cheerfulness of countenance better that feeding, and
110 Text| Saint Matthew finished his course in the country of the man-eaters,
111 Text| heaven, and all his body was covered over with the paper, and
112 Text| flying creature shall find covert in its branches; and a fountain
113 Text| him. Then Matthew says: O crafty tyrant, how long dost thou
114 Text| coming down, and every flying creature shall find covert in its
115 Text| country round about, and in it creatures that swim and creep; and
116 Text| creatures that swim and creep; and in it the man-eaters
117 Text| it, having swimming and creeping things, giving drink to
118 Text| and the soldiers, with the crowd, were struck with astonishment.
119 Text| and we saw how that child crowned Matthew, so as to be like
120 Text| never-fading and golden crowns on their head; and we saw
121 Text| apostle by Jesus, who was crucified by the Jews? For, behold,
122 Text| of God. And he began to cry out: Woe to me, miserable!
123 Text| broke their idols to pieces, crying out and saying: There is
124 Text| sea fixed like a stone of crystal, and the beautiful boy its
125 Text| straightway it sprung up to one cubit; and the sight was strange
126 Text| against unclean demons, and he cured every affliction. And he
127 Text| that sleeps not, because he cut off three thousand infants,
128 Text| him: I cannot kill him. I dare not even look into his face,
129 Text| king's son he appointed deacon, being seventeen years old;
130 Text| son's wife he appointed a deaconess, and she also was seventeen
131 Text| gods nave been found to be deceivers, and soul-destroyers, and
132 Text| to the knowledge of the deception of the idols, that it is
133 Text| children, to know, Jesus having declared it to me, that the king
134 Text| praising God, because they were deemed worthy to have the relics
135 Text| it, and threw it into the deep part of the sea.~And through
136 Text| boast of the widowed, I the defence of the infants, I the foundation
137 Text| of thee hast altogether delighted me, O child; moreover also,
138 Text| sing in paradise, and the delights there? Because here the
139 Text| the God whom he proclaims delivers from fire those who believe
140 Text| callest Matthew proclaims, depart hence without doing hurt
141 Text| down hence, because the departure from thy body through fire
142 Text| of them, when out of the depth of the sea a cross came
143 Text| Because here the place is desert; and what sort of a table
144 Text| and if any one shall be detected from this time forth serving
145 Text| branch the fruit shall be different both to the sight and the
146 Text| fault, and was in great difficulty.~Therefore the wicked and
147 Text| golden bed, in the great dining-room; only, having baptized me
148 Text| he, that I wish to be his disciple. And Matthew hearing, and
149 Text| servant Matthew, know I have disclosed to him that through thee
150 Text| Understand and know that good discourse is better than a calf, and
151 Text| with astonishment. And many diseased persons and demoniacs, having
152 Text| point him out to me from a distance, and take from me gold,
153 Text| the human race. Whence, divine grace having shone abroad,
154 Text| it has seemed good to our divinity that there should not be
155 | does
156 Text| proclaims, depart hence without doing hurt to any one. And straightway
157 Text| having smeared it with dolphins' oil, and cover him up with
158 Text| crafty tyrant, how long dost thou not fulfil the works
159 Text| may know, and then I will draw up against him with a great
160 Text| thee. For since thou didst drive me out of this city, and
161 Text| Asmodaeus; and this Matthew drove me out of them. And now,
162 Text| thou hast asked, hear his dwelling-place. He dwells, indeed, in Hades;
163 Text| hear his dwelling-place. He dwells, indeed, in Hades; and there
164 Text| says: I am the demon who dwelt in thy wife, and in thy
165 Text| having bent his knees, prayed earnestly. Then the bishop having
166 Text| the gods of stone and of earthenware, in that they are neither
167 Text| up with lead; through the eastern gate of the palace at midnight
168 Text| both to the sight and the eating, and from the top of the
169 Text| heaven, cried out, Adonai Eloi Sabaoth Marmari Marmunth;
170 Text| with rage and anger, and endeavoured to put him to death by fire.
171 Text| God. And after they had ended the prayer, the bishop Plato
172 Text| hand, and the crown of thy endurance. ~And the child having said
173 Text| is to undergo, you shall endure. And the soldiers, having
174 Text| And as he was about to enter into the city, there met
175 Text| against me, the devil having entered into him, and manifestly
176 Text| said to me, Since thou art entertaining evil counsels in the wickedness
177 Text| true God, Christ Jesus. I entreat, give me the seal in Christ,
178 Text| upon his eyes, and saying Ephphatha, Jesus, he made him receive
179 Text| whole city ran together, especially the brethren who had believed,
180 Text| it, communicate to me the Eucharist of Christ. And the bishop
181 Text| Matthew, the holy apostle and evangelist of Christ, was abiding in
182 | ever
183 | everything
184 Text| his clothes, and having examined him for a long time, and
185 Text| this, and being the more exasperated by the pretended soldier,
186 | except
187 Text| the seashore, where the execution of malefactors was wont
188 Text| punishment.~And the apostle exhorted the brethren to remain undismayed,
189 Text| and its branches shall extend to thirty cubits, and of
190 Text| and the flames having been extinguished, and the dragon having become
191 Text| thy rest in the Lord, and exultation to ages of ages. And the
192 Text| mysteries of Christ; and they exulted and passed the night, they
193 Text| out, all, rejoicing and exulting, broke their idols to pieces,
194 Text| heavens, and there shall not fail of your loins from generation
195 Text| fastened that they might not fall, again he ordered the coal
196 Text| all the clergy; and having fallen to the ground, they kissed
197 Text| partaking only of the fruits falling by the movement of the winds,
198 Text| dragon, chased the tyrant as far as the palace, and ran hither
199 Text| punishment by the sword. Farewell all, because we also are
200 Text| the accomplishing of my fast of forty days, I, partaking
201 Text| five cubits off, securely fastened that they might not fall,
202 Text| very many, was very much at fault, and was in great difficulty.~
203 Text| and peace, O child highly favoured! And why hast thou come
204 Text| countenance better that feeding, and a pleasant look is
205 Text| east at the coffin, and fell down before the bishop,
206 Text| better than every herb of the field, and a sweet saying as the
207 Text| from me this dreadful and fiery dragon; forget the evil
208 Text| himself.~And Saint Matthew finished his course in the country
209 Text| a circle round Matthew, five cubits off, securely fastened
210 Text| rebuked the fire, and the flames having been extinguished,
211 Text| to be like them, and in a flash of lightning they went away
212 Text| come, thence, pursued, we flee. And even if thou shall
213 Text| prison, and seal up the floors, the doors will open to
214 Text| the top of the tree shall flow down much honey; and from
215 Text| honey coming down, and every flying creature shall find covert
216 Text| the people whole; and they followed him.~And thus the affair
217 Text| on the bed, and sometimes following, and sometimes going before
218 Text| of Christ; for wherever a footstep of theirs has come, thence,
219 Text| against him with a great force. And the demon, compelled
220 Text| dreadful and fiery dragon; forget the evil I have done, as
221 Text| Matthew, servant of God, forgive me as the herald of the
222 | formerly
223 Text| shall be changed, and their forms shall be altered so as to
224 | forty
225 Text| defence of the infants, I the foundation of the Church, I the kingdom
226 Text| church which thou and Andrew founded; and as soon as thou hast
227 Text| against the blessed Matthew four soldiers, having threatened
228 Text| good to the sight; and the fragrance of perfumes shall come forth
229 Text| And having summoned two friends of Matthew, he said to them:
230 Text| with the wood went away froth Matthew, and was poured
231 Text| how long dost thou not fulfil the works of thy father
232 Text| city, and prevent me from fulfilling my wishes among the man-eaters,
233 Text| God.~And when the dawn had fully come, the blessed Matthew,
234 Text| the city, there met him Fulvana the wife of the king, and
235 Text| sea opposite about seven furlongs off; and, behold, Matthew
236 Text| Matthew! And Matthew having gazed upon Him, and not known
237 Text| for him fire unquenchable, Gehenna without end, bubbling mire,
238 Text| up against you, he shall get the same punishment.~And
239 Text| so then they offered the gift of the holy offering for
240 Text| shall acknowledge me, and glorify my Father who is in the
241 Text| those under my kingdom, greeting. Christ having appeared
242 Text| increased in size, and grew into a great tree, as Matthew
243 Text| planted, and he sees the rod grown into a great tree, and near
244 Text| the living God, and a holy habitation of those that live alone.
245 Text| dwelling-place. He dwells, indeed, in Hades; and there has been prepared
246 Text| down from the mountain, hastening to the city. And as he was
247 Text| his disciple. And Matthew hearing, and knowing the craft of
248 Text| the wickedness of thine heart in regard to my servant
249 Text| going to the gate called Heavy; but make haste, and thou
250 Text| to heaven, and praying in Hebrew, and commending his spirit
251 Text| Jesus now give thee any help?~And as he said this a dreadful
252 Text| of God, forgive me as the herald of the good God; for assuredly
253 Text| meekness better than every herb of the field, and a sweet
254 Text| who appear in our sight, heretofore believing in the universe,
255 Text| thing, O child: that impious Herod, where is he? The child
256 Text| voice was heard from on high: Amen, amen, amen. And when
257 Text| thee, and peace, O child highly favoured! And why hast thou
258 Text| of a most beautiful boy, holding a torch of fire, ran to
259 Text| to sleep because lie was hungry, leaped up at dawn, and
260 Text| pieces and destroy every idol; and if any one shall be
261 Text| who have laid aside the immeasurable greatness of evil, and put
262 Text| seven unclean demons, and immediately make away with thee and
263 Text| upon a certain lofty and immoveable stone; and when the whole
264 Text| one thing, O child: that impious Herod, where is he? The
265 Text| having straightway shot up, increased in size, and grew into a
266 Text| perceived that he would inflict upon him a more bitter death.
267 Text| but seeing that they were inseparable from Matthew, he was seized
268 Text| made him receive his sight instantly.~And straightway the king,
269 Text| and thy daughter-in-law, instructed by him, have believed in
270 Text| night in which the king intended to lay hands on Matthew,
271 Text| calling upon Christ, and invoking his cross; and the Christians
272 Text| have no bread nor oil in a jar. Moreover, even the winds
273 Text| who was crucified by the Jews? For, behold, thy wife,
274 Text| communicated in fear and joy, the apostle appeared and
275 Text| one and only God, Lord, Judge; who have laid aside the
276 Text| of the tree and the vine, just as any one wished.~And when
277 Text| going along with him, and keeping hold of him. Then Matthew
278 Text| the other infants who were killed in Bethlehem, I know right
279 Text| to be thrown on, and to kindle the fire at all points.~
280 Text| contrivance of vengeance, have kindled the fire; but the sorcerer
281 Text| indeed laboured closely, kindling it all round; but all the
282 Text| fallen to the ground, they kissed his feet. And Matthew raised
283 Text| church; and having bent his knees, prayed earnestly. Then
284 Text| they had been changed, they knew that they were naked; and
285 Text| this stranger and sorcerer? Knowest thou not that he was a publican,
286 Text| and we having come to the knowledge of the deception of the
287 Text| the fire. And they indeed laboured closely, kindling it all
288 Text| of his own accord, thou labourest in vain, and thou wilt not
289 Text| its root watering all the land of the city of Myrna. And
290 Text| walking in it with naked feet, laugh at us, and we have fled
291 Text| that Matthew was burnt up, laughed aloud, and said: Has thy
292 Text| hold of the apostle, and leading him by the right hand, brought
293 Text| because lie was hungry, leaped up at dawn, and went into
294 Text| has bewitched them all. Learn, then, how thou shall take
295 Text| the king Fulvanus, having learned what had been done by Matthew
296 Text| thither round the king, not letting him go into the palace.
297 Text| being able to sleep because lie was hungry, leaped up at
298 Text| thanksgiving of the undefiled and life-giving mysteries of Christ, they
299 Text| been blinded, and all my limbs paralyzed? O Asmodaeus Beelzebul
300 Text| will sustain me. And they listened to the singing of a song
301 Text| habitation of those that live alone. Behold, O king, I
302 Text| there shall not fail of your loins from generation to generation.
303 Text| points.~And Matthew, having looked up to heaven, cried out,
304 Text| nailed down, his face was looking towards heaven, and all
305 Text| body of the apostle was lying as if in sleep, and his
306 Text| done, as also when thou madest me receive my sight. And
307 Text| aloud, and said: Has thy magic been of any avail to thee,
308 Text| thou art, O mail, whether magician or sorcerer or god, or angel
309 Text| thee, whoever thou art, O mail, whether magician or sorcerer
310 Text| where the execution of malefactors was wont to take place,
311 Text| thus the affair being made manifest, Plato the bishop, having
312 Text| having entered into him, and manifestly armed him against us. But
313 Text| out, Adonai Eloi Sabaoth Marmari Marmunth; that is, O God
314 Text| Adonai Eloi Sabaoth Marmari Marmunth; that is, O God the Father,
315 Text| self-control of the once married, I the boast of the widowed,
316 Text| me gold, as much as thou mayst wish, or go thyself, and
317 Text| in that they are neither melted nor stolen. ~And when the
318 Text| eastern gate of the palace at midnight put it into a boat, no one
319 Text| Matthew, take this rod of mine, and go down from the mountain,
320 Text| Gehenna without end, bubbling mire, worm that sleeps not, because
321 Text| began to cry out: Woe to me, miserable! what evil has come upon
322 Text| communicating the holy bread and mixed cup, the bishop first gave
323 Text| worshipping the Satyr, and mocked by ten thousand false gods,
324 Text| when he saw the fire to be monstrous in height, the king, thinking
325 Text| on the sixteenth of the month of November, our Lord Jesus
326 Text| the fruits falling by the movement of the winds, am glorifying
327 Text| place where the apostle was nailed down, his face was looking
328 Text| called Synesis. And these names of yours shall be written
329 Text| lightning, except those naming that awful and holy name
330 Text| on love, which is of like nature with affectionateness, towards
331 Text| race, the so-called gods nave been found to be deceivers,
332 | neither
333 Text| came to meet him, having never-fading and golden crowns on their
334 | nobody
335 | nothing
336 Text| sixteenth of the month of November, our Lord Jesus Christ reigning,
337 Text| Lord Jesus showed us how to offer up when He rose from the
338 Text| preparing the sacrifices for offerings, and they shall bake their
339 Text| the floors, the doors will open to him of their own accord,
340 Text| and Plato sees the sea opposite about seven furlongs off;
341 Text| are well.~And when this order was given out, all, rejoicing
342 | ourselves
343 Text| servant of the holy God, pardon me, and I will no longer
344 Text| bodies in it, and then thus partake both of the fruits of the
345 Text| for Matthew; and having partaken for thanksgiving of the
346 Text| my fast of forty days, I, partaking only of the fruits falling
347 Text| Christ; and they exulted and passed the night, they also along
348 Text| to flight, and made the people whole; and they followed
349 Text| and will believe, gave me; perceive now what comes to pass through
350 Text| what had been said; for he perceived that he would inflict upon
351 Text| and a sweet saying as the perfume of love, and cheerfulness
352 Text| sight; and the fragrance of perfumes shall come forth from it,
353 | perhaps
354 Text| and stretched him out, pierce his hands and feet with
355 Text| and in the hour of the piercing on the cross, the boy placed
356 Text| like most evil wild beasts, pinned down to the ground Matthew'
357 Text| brimstone and asphalt and pitch, and put tow and brushwood
358 Text| piercing on the cross, the boy placed the coffin on the ground,
359 Text| and flourishing, like the plants in paradise, and a river
360 Text| Christians surrounding him play with the fire, and walking
361 Text| better that feeding, and a pleasant look is as the appearance
362 Text| do to him all that may be pleasing in thine eyes.~The king
363 Text| and soul-destroyers, and plotters against the human race.
364 Text| believed in Him.~And the king, plotting against the blessed Matthew
365 Text| Matthew, come with me, and point him out to me from a distance,
366 Text| to kindle the fire at all points.~And Matthew, having looked
367 Text| his wife Erva, who were possessed by an unclean spirit, and
368 Text| away froth Matthew, and was poured round about their gods,
369 Text| comforter, I am the power of the powers above, I the strength of
370 Text| the holy Apostle Matthew, praised God.~And the king, having
371 Text| great meekness, singing and praising God, because they were deemed
372 Text| singing of a song to God: Precious in the sight of God is the
373 Text| Hades; and there has been prepared for him fire unquenchable,
374 Text| fire in superabundance, preparing the sacrifices for offerings,
375 Text| king's wife he appointed a presbyteress; and his son's wife he appointed
376 Text| bishop, having heard of the presence of the holy Apostle Matthew,
377 Text| is the Christians', who preserves His own apostle in the fire.
378 Text| the holy bread; and having pressed three clusters from the
379 Text| me out of this city, and prevent me from fulfilling my wishes
380 Text| Knowest thou not that he was a publican, but now he has been called
381 Text| rejoiced for a time at their purification; but seeing that they were
382 Text| our decree, keep to the purport of it, and break to pieces
383 Text| worship; and let the fire also pursue the king even to his palace,
384 Text| theirs has come, thence, pursued, we flee. And even if thou
385 Text| sorcerer by a certain name puts it out, calling upon Christ,
386 Text| of God, whom so great a pyre has not touched, remove
387 Text| answer of the demon, remained quiet that day. And the night
388 Text| Matthew, he was seized with rage and anger, and endeavoured
389 Text| kissed his feet. And Matthew raised them, and went with them
390 Text| shall put on clothing of the rams of the sheep, and they shall
391 Text| tell thee all the truth. Really, unless he shall be willing
392 Text| gods are destroyed by the rebuke of Matthew, of which the
393 Text| sight. And Matthew, having rebuked the fire, and the flames
394 Text| heavens. And you, having received this our decree, keep to
395 Text| church, you will clearly recognise that you have believed in
396 Text| wickedness of thine heart in regard to my servant Matthew, know
397 Text| November, our Lord Jesus Christ reigning, to whom be glory and strength,
398 Text| undismayed, and that they should rejoice, and accompany him with
399 Text| through thee will be the release of his body. And straightway
400 Text| deemed worthy to have the relics of the apostle. Having therefore
401 Text| for us, be to thee for the remission of sins unto life. And a
402 Text| a pyre has not touched, remove from me this dreadful and
403 Text| destruction: for perhaps he will repent and be converted. And when
404 Text| presbyters, and the deacons, in repentance and confession, saying:
405 Text| what had come to pass was reported in the palace, the king
406 Text| more bitter death. For he resolved to put him to death by fire.
407 Text| appeared to me altogether resplendent as with lightning, like
408 Text| three years the bishop Plato rested in the Lord. And King Matthew
409 Text| abiding in the mountain resting, and praying in his tunic
410 Text| the strength of those that restrain themselves, I the crown
411 Text| me, and acknowledge the riches of the greatness which He
412 Text| palace, we all saw Matthew rising up, as it were, from the
413 Text| plants in paradise, and a river proceeded from its root
414 Text| as if in sleep, and his robe and his tunic unstained
415 Text| his tunic and apostolic robes without sandals; and, behold,
416 Text| day.~And the bishop having run into the church, and taken
417 Text| cried out, Adonai Eloi Sabaoth Marmari Marmunth; that is,
418 Text| superabundance, preparing the sacrifices for offerings, and they
419 Text| him second to himself.~And Saint Matthew finished his course
420 Text| raise him up for myself, saith the Lord. And all shouted
421 Text| city for a testimony of the salvation of the generations after
422 Text| apostolic robes without sandals; and, behold, Jesus came
423 Text| them; and all in the church sang the whole night, glorifying
424 Text| to you! And when they had sat down, the apostle said to
425 Text| paralyzed? O Asmodaeus Beelzebul Satan! all that thou hast said
426 Text| until now worshipping the Satyr, and mocked by ten thousand
427 Text| sound; and as many as were savage in appearance, in that same
428 Text| I am with thee always to save thee, Matthew; be strong,
429 Text| appeared upon earth, and having saved the human race, the so-called
430 Text| And the child said: Why sayest thou, O Matthew? Understand
431 Text| away to the place by the seashore, where the execution of
432 Text| presbyter, and made him second to himself.~And Saint Matthew
433 Text| he fled he cried out: O secret name, armed against us,
434 Text| Matthew, five cubits off, securely fastened that they might
435 | seemed
436 Text| king, and said to him: Thou seest, O king, this stranger has
437 Text| inseparable from Matthew, he was seized with rage and anger, and
438 Text| crown of the virgins, I the self-control of the once married, I the
439 Text| by the pretended soldier, sent against the blessed Matthew
440 Text| detected from this time forth serving idols, or concealing them,
441 Text| ordered the soldiers to set the gods in a circle round
442 | several
443 Text| by the voice the city was shaken. And some of the executioners,
444 Text| thou art, spirit of many shapes, I adjure thee by the God
445 | she
446 Text| and this cup, His blood shed for us, be to thee for the
447 Text| clothing of the rams of the sheep, and they shall no longer
448 Text| For assuredly thy face shines more than the lightning,
449 Text| Whence, divine grace having shone abroad, and come even to
450 Text| the rod having straightway shot up, increased in size, and
451 Text| saith the Lord. And all shouted out the Alleluia. And the
452 Text| unclean spirit, and cried out shouting: Who has brought thee here
453 Text| with me, as the Lord Jesus showed us how to offer up when
454 Text| and two men, one on each side, in shining garments, and
455 Text| place, and it shall be a sign to your generations, and
456 Text| thirty cubits, and of each single branch the fruit shall be
457 Text| thee for the remission of sins unto life. And a voice was
458 Text| the city of Myrna, on the sixteenth of the month of November,
459 Text| straightway shot up, increased in size, and grew into a great tree,
460 Text| thousand infants, wishing to slay the child Jesus, the ancient
461 Text| bubbling mire, worm that sleeps not, because he cut off
462 Text| again: I laid me down and slept; I arose: because the Lord
463 Text| over with paper, having smeared it with dolphins' oil, and
464 Text| like a soldier, but like smoke, became invisible; and as
465 Text| saved the human race, the so-called gods nave been found to
466 Text| orders to send other ten soldiers-man-eaters-saying to them: Go stealthily to
467 | somehow
468 Text| and Andrew founded; and as soon as thou hast planted it,
469 Text| the king, shall be called Sophia; and Erva, the wife of your
470 Text| place is desert; and what sort of a table I shall lay for
471 Text| found to be deceivers, and soul-destroyers, and plotters against the
472 Text| touched the bed, were made sound; and as many as were savage
473 Text| near them, they heard their speaking indeed, but saw no one.
474 Text| came to the king, being speechless.~And the demon who had before
475 Text| ordered him to put on himself splendid garments, and so then having
476 Text| ground, and straightway it sprung up to one cubit; and the
477 Text| through Christ;-behold, the staff which you see in my hand,
478 Text| and, behold, Matthew was standing on the sea, and two men,
479 Text| of the Christians should steal one of his gods, or bewitch
480 Text| soldiers-man-eaters-saying to them: Go stealthily to the place, and tear them
481 Text| they are neither melted nor stolen. ~And when the fire had
482 Text| cubit; and the sight was strange and wonderful. For the rod
483 Text| affectionateness, towards men; once strangers to Christ, but now confessing
484 Text| ground on his back, and stretched him out, pierce his hands
485 Text| having become invisible, stretching his eyes to heaven, and
486 Text| them, let such an one be subjected to punishment by the sword.
487 Text| the Lord. And King Matthew succeeded him, having given up his
488 | such
489 Text| well; but how thou hast suddenly come hither, this altogether
490 Text| might kill him. And having summoned two friends of Matthew,
491 Text| the palace at the hour of sunrise; and having ordered the
492 Text| shall be to them fire in superabundance, preparing the sacrifices
493 Text| cross; and the Christians surrounding him play with the fire,
494 Text| arose: because the Lord will sustain me. And they listened to
495 Text| is as the appearance of sweetness. Understand, Matthew, and
496 Text| and in it creatures that swim and creep; and in it the
497 Text| from the root of it, having swimming and creeping things, giving
498 Text| your son, shall be called Synesis. And these names of yours
499 Text| desert; and what sort of a table I shall lay for thee, O
500 Text| heard the voices of persons talking. And the king, being enraged,