Page:The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas.djvu/373

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judgment!" And he brake the bread of the eucharist, gave thanks,[1] and gave it to Vazan, Tertia, Mnêsar, and to the wife and daughter of Sifôr, and said, "May this eucharist be to your salvation and joy and to the healing of your souls!" And they said, "Amen." And a voice was heard, saying "Amen. Be not afraid, only believe!"[2]

Martyrdom of the Holy and Famous Apostle Thomas.

(Aa. pp. 269-288.)

159. And after this Judas went away to be locked up. And Tertia, Mygdonia and Marcia also went to be locked up. And Judas said to them, "My daughters, servants of Jesus Christ, listen to me on this my last day on which I shall finish my word among you, because I shall no more speak in the body (to you). For, lo, I am taken up to my Lord Jesus, who has had pity upon me, who humbled himself even to my weakness and has brought me to the service of his majesty and deemed me worthy to become his minister. And I rejoice that the time is at hand for my deliverance, that I may depart and receive my reward in the end. For my rewarder is just; he knows how to recompense.

  1. Comp. Matt. XXVI, 26.
  2. In the Syriac the chapter closes thus: "And they said, 'Amen.' And a voice was heard, saying, "Yea and Amen." And upon hearing this voice, they fell upon their face. And again a voice was heard saying, "Be not afraid . . ."