Page:The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas.djvu/33

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slightly bent. His face was pale, his aspect winning. He was bald-headed, and his eyes were bright. His nose was prominent and aquiline, his beard thick and tolerably long, and both this and his head were sprinkled with white hairs."

Luther imagined; "St. Paulus war ein armes, dürres Männlein, wie Magister Philippus" (Melanchthon).</ref> And he saw Paul coming, a man small in size, bald-headed, bandy-legged, of noble mien, with eyebrows meeting, rather long-nosed, full of grace. For sometimes he seemed like a man, and sometimes he had the countenance of an angel.

4. And Paul, seeing Onesiphorus, smiled; and Onesiphorus said, "Hail, O servant of the blessed God." And he said, " Grace be with thee and thy house." And Demas and Hermogenes were jealous and showed greater hypocrisy, so that Demas said: "are we not of the blessed God, that thou hast not thus saluted us?" And Onesiphorus said, "I see not in you the fruit of righteousness; but if such you be, come also into my house and refresh yourselves."

5. And Paul having gone into the house of Onesiphorus, there was great joy, and bending of knees, and breaking of bread, and the word about self-control and the resurrection, Paul saying: "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God;[1] blessed are they that have kept the flesh chaste, for they shall become a temple of God;[2] blessed are they that control themselves, for God shall speak with

  1. Matt. V, 8.
  2. Comp. I Cor. VI, 18, 19.