Budge_Ethiopic_Alexander

THE SAINTS ADDRESS GERASIMAS. 58
"He said to them, 'What is it that terrifieth you?
'"What is it that causeth you to be dismayed? He appears
"'What thought is this which hath risen up in yourcjpies!
'"hearts? Look at My hands and My feet, and
'"see that I am indeed Jesus.' And thus saying He
"shewed them His hands and His feet, and said,
'"Have ye anything here which we may eat?' And
"they gave Him a broiled spHt fish and some
"honeycomb, and our Lord ate before them, and
"took that which was left and gave [it] unto them.
"All these things did we see and hear. And again,
"we saw His ascent into heaven, and the angels
"received Him with hymns of praise and cries of
'"Holy, Holy, Holy'. And as the angels spake thus
"they looked upon His hands, and His feet, and
"His side, and they said unto Him, 'O Lord, where
'"hast Thou gotten these wounds?' And He said
"unto them, 'In the house of Israel, My friend;' and
"we heard the angels cursing the house of Israel.
"And when we heard this we wept and praised
"God Almighty, saying, 'We ascribe blessing unto
'"Thy name, O God, in that Thou hast chosen
'"us and hast made us to dwell in this Island, and
'"hast not mingled us with the crucifiers.'"
"And again, O father Gerasimas, we saw the The descent
"Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, descend upon theGh*t"°'^
"Apostles in the citadel of Zion, in the form of
"a tongue of fire, and we saw and heard their
"voices as they saluted [p, 375]
each other, and
"again we saw them going forth to preach in all
"the world, even 'as David spake, saying, 'Their