Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

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THE HISTORY OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT.
"father, all these things we have heard and seen.
"And we have seen, moreover, that forty winters
"were completed on Him, and we saw His descent
"into the Jordan' to be baptized by John the son
"of Zacharias. Now when our Lord came into the
"Jordan He cried out to John and said unto him,
Christ bap- '"Draw nio^h and baptize Me,' but John answered
tized by . . .
John. "and said unto Him, 'I wish to be baptized by
"'Thee, and comest Thou to me.'' Thou art celestial
"'whilst I am terrestrial; Thou art the Creator, whilst
" 'I am that which was created.' Then Jesus Christ
"answered and said unto him, 'Draw nigh, and
'"baptize Me, and lay thy hand upon My head;
'"let us this once perfect all righteousness.' And
"they two went down into the Jordan, and John
"baptized Him; and as He was going up out of
"the water the heavens were opened, and the
"Spirit came down, and behold a voice [came]
"from heaven which said, 'This is My beloved Son,
"'in Whom I am well pleased.' All these things
"did we hear and see, O father Gerasimas."
He is tempt- "And again, we saw when He went out and
ed of the , .
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Devil. was tempted by the Devil, and how He fasted
"forty days and forty nights.' And when the fast
"was ended He went to Cana of Galilee—for they
"had invited Him, and His mother, and His
"brethren— and He turned water into wine, and
"His disciples believed on Him; all these things
"we have heard and seen, O holy father. And
St. Matthew iii. i6. ' St. Matthew iv. i— ii.