Full Word of God · 3.10 New Testament Apocrypha — Acts, Letters, Gospels, and Jesus Traditions
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Arabic Infancy Gospel
Arabic Infancy Gospel
Chapter 1 - The child speaks from the cradle
The narrative opens by claiming to record the miracles of Yeshua’s infancy. It attributes the tradition to a book of Joseph the high priest, sometimes identified in the tradition with Caiaphas.
The child Yeshua, lying in the cradle, speaks to Mary and identifies Himself with divine mission and the Word sent for the healing of the world.
Chapters 2-3 - The birth in the cave and the healing of the old woman
Joseph and Mary travel for enrollment. Mary gives birth in a cave rather than inside the town. Light fills the cave.
An old Hebrew woman enters, sees the child, and is healed of paralysis after touching Him.
Chapter 4 - Shepherds and the cave like a temple
Shepherds rejoice, heavenly voices praise God, and the cave becomes like an upper-world temple.
The old woman gives thanks because her eyes have seen salvation.
Chapter 5 - Circumcision, the preserved skin or cord, and the ointment jar
On the eighth day, the child is circumcised. The old woman preserves either the foreskin or the navel cord in oil of nard.
The narrative links this jar to the later anointing woman who pours ointment on Yeshua.
Chapter 6 - Simeon and Hanna
In the temple, Simeon sees the child shining like a pillar of light. Angels surround Him.
Simeon and Hanna bless God for salvation and light to the nations.
Chapters 7-8 - The magi, Zoroaster, and the fire-tested swaddling cloth
Magi from the East arrive, connected in this tradition to a prophecy of Zoroaster.
Mary gives them one of the child’s swaddling cloths. Back home, they test it in fire, but it is not consumed, so they preserve it as a treasure.
Chapter 9 - Herod and the flight into Egypt
Herod seeks the child’s life. Joseph is warned and takes Mary and Yeshua toward Egypt.
Chapters 10-12 - The idol falls and the priest’s son is healed
In an Egyptian city, an idol trembles and falls because the hidden God has entered.
A priest’s son afflicted by destructive powers is healed when he touches one of Yeshua’s cloths. Joseph and Mary fear retaliation after the idol collapses.
Chapter 13 - The robbers flee from an unseen king
Robbers hear a royal army approaching and flee, freeing captives.
Joseph says the king will come behind them.
Chapters 14-16 - Women afflicted by destructive powers are restored
A woman tormented in wilderness places is freed when Mary sees her.
A silent bride is restored when she embraces the child.
Another woman tormented by a serpent-like power is released when she receives the child into her arms.
Chapters 17-18 - Healing through bath-water and the leprous child
Water used to wash Yeshua is given to a diseased girl, who is healed.
Later she helps a royal household whose child suffers from leprosy; the same kind of washing brings restoration.
Chapter 19 - The bound bridegroom is released
A newly married man, unable to complete his marriage because of harmful enchantment, is released after the holy family spends the night in his house.
Chapters 20-22 - The brother changed into a mule
Three women mourn their brother, who has been transformed into a mule by witchcraft.
Mary places Yeshua on the mule’s back and asks her son to heal him. He returns to human form.
The healed brother marries the servant girl who had pointed the women to Mary.
Chapter 23 - Titus, Dumachus, and the two robbers
Two robbers, Titus and Dumachus, encounter the holy family. Titus protects them. Mary blesses him.
Yeshua foretells that these two will be crucified beside Him, and that Titus will enter Paradise before Him.
Chapters 24-26 - Matarea, balsam, Memphis, and return from Egypt
Yeshua brings forth a fountain at Matarea. Mary washes His garment there, and balsam grows from His sweat.
The family stays in Egypt, then returns when Herod dies and settles in Nazareth.
Chapters 27-30 - Bethlehem healings through water, cloth, and bed
Several children and adults are healed through water connected with Yeshua’s washing, through cloth from Mary, or through lying in Yeshua’s bed.
One healed child is identified as Bartholomew.
Chapter 29 - The rival wife, the oven, the well, and vengeance
Mary mother of Cleopas receives a bandage from Mary and makes it into a healing garment for her son.
Her rival tries to kill the child in an oven and a well, but he survives. The rival later dies in the well.
Chapters 31-34 - Leprosy, a dragon, and the healing cloth
A leprous woman is healed, then carries news of Mary to others.
A woman tormented by a dragon-like satanic presence is given Yeshua’s cloth. When she displays it, the dragon flees.
Chapter 35 - The child Judas
A boy named Judas, afflicted by a destructive power, comes near child Yeshua and strikes Him in the side.
The text identifies him as Judas Iscariot and connects the blow to the later spear wound.
Chapter 36 - Clay animals and sparrows come to life
Yeshua forms clay animals and birds. They move, fly, stand, eat, and drink at His command.
Other parents warn their children to avoid Him as a wonder-worker.
Chapter 37 - The dyer’s cloths
Yeshua throws many cloths into one dye tub.
When the dyer grieves, Yeshua draws out each cloth in the exact color desired.
Chapters 38-39 - Joseph’s carpentry and the throne
Yeshua helps Joseph correct the dimensions of woodwork and stretches a royal throne to the proper size.
Chapter 40 - The boys changed into goats
Boys hide from Yeshua. Women deny seeing them, claiming there are only young goats.
Yeshua calls the goats out as boys, then restores them to human form after the women plead for mercy.
Chapters 41-42 - The child-king and Simon the Cananite
Children crown Yeshua with flowers and play at royal enthronement.
A boy bitten by a serpent is healed after Yeshua commands the serpent to draw out its venom.
The healed boy is identified as Simon the Cananite.
Chapter 43 - James healed from a snakebite
Joseph sends James to gather wood. A viper bites him, and Yeshua heals him by breathing upon the wound.
Chapter 44 - The dead boy on the roof speaks
A boy falls from a roof and dies. Yeshua is accused.
He calls the dead boy by name, and the boy testifies that someone else caused the fall.
Chapter 45 - Water carried in a cloth
Mary sends Yeshua to draw water. The pitcher breaks, so He carries the water home in a cloth.
Mary preserves the memory in her heart.
Chapters 46-47 - Sabbath clay birds and the death of the opposing boy
Yeshua makes clay sparrows on the Sabbath. When challenged, the birds fly away.
A boy destroys His pool and is cursed; he dries up.
Another boy runs into Yeshua and dies after a curse.
Chapters 48-49 - Teachers and the letters Aleph and Beth
Teachers try to instruct Yeshua in the alphabet.
He asks for the meaning of Aleph before Beth and explains hidden meanings of the letters.
One teacher who strikes Him dies.
Chapters 50-53 - The twelve-year-old among the teachers
At twelve, Yeshua remains in the temple.
He questions teachers about the Messiah, Scripture, law, astronomy, natural science, medicine, the soul, body, speech, anger, and desire.
Mary and Joseph find Him after three days.
Chapters 54-55 - Hidden miracles until the Jordan
After returning to Nazareth, Yeshua hides His miracles and mysteries until age thirty, when the heavenly voice at the Jordan declares Him beloved and the Set-Apart Breath appears like a dove.
The text closes with praise.