THE GOSPEL

Section 10. Zadok. And Zadok was the father of Achim. And Achim was the father of Eliud. And Eliud was the father of Eleazar. And Eleazar was the fa- 15

* Second hand: Matthan. ther of Matthan*. And Matthan was the father of Jacob. And Jacob was the fa- 16

ther of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is
Section D called Christ. Thus all the generations from Abraham until Da- 17

vid were fourteen generations; and from David until the deportation
to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Ba-
bylon until the Christ, fourteen generations.

Section E Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when his 18

mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was
found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. And Joseph her hus- 19

band, being a righteous man and not wishing to disgrace her publicly, planned to
release her secretly. But after he had considered these things, behold, an an- 20

gel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: "Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which is
conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will bear a son, and you 21

shall call his name Jesus; for he will save his people
from their sins." Now all this happened so that what was 22

spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying: "Behold, the vir- 23

gin shall be with child and shall bear a son, and they shall call his
name Emmanuel," which is translated as, "God with us." original: "Ἐμμανουήλ... μεθ’ ἡμῶν ὁ θεός"
Section 6 When Joseph woke from sleep, he did as the an- 24

gel of the Lord had commanded him, and he took her as his wife. And 25

* Second hand: [he] knew. he did not know* her until she had given birth to a son; and he called his
name Jesus.

CHAPTER 2.

CHAP II. Section Z Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days 1

of Herod the king, behold, wise men original: "μάγοι" (magoi); often translated as "Magi," these were Persian priests or astrologers. from the east arrived in
Jerusalem, saying: "Where is the one who has been born king of the Ju- 2

deans? For we saw his star in the east and have come—