Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

572 THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"thou didst accept the sacrifice of our father
"Abraham."'
And Gerasimas answered and said unto them,
"Did ye believe the prophecies of the Prophets
"concerninsf the advent of the Saviour of the
"world?" They said unto him, "God Almighty
"revealed unto us the captivity, and cry, and
"destruction of the children of Israel, and we bow
"low before Him Who delivered us from this
"punishment, and Who brought [p. 368] us and
"placed us in this Island, and He hath hidden
"nothinsf whatsoever from us. We saw Ezekiel
"when he was crossing the river Kobar,'' and when
"he went up the mountain which was called Kokab,
"and he saw the chariots of the Cherubim and
"the Son of God Almighty sitting among them,
"and we also saw them with him. And again he
"saw a eate in the east^ which had been sealed
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"by God Almighty, and he went therein and came
"out therefrom; and we saw even as that prophet
"saw. And again, Daniel the prophet prophesied
"and said, 'I saw a lofty mountain from which was
"hewn a stone without hands.'"*
And Gerasimas answered and said unto them,
"God Almighty hath shewn love unto you, and
"He hath not hidden from you the prophecies
"of the Prophets who prophesied concerning the
"coming of the Saviour of the world." And again
' Judges chap. xi. ^ Ezekiel i. i.
3 Ezekiel xl. 2, 6 ff. t Daniel ii. 34.