64. (R. 85; Ag. 3) Epiphan. Her. lxxx. 5, détos yap 0 épydrns rob pc 800 abrod* Kal dpxerov Tw épyato- Mevy 1 Tpopy avrof: ‘For the labourer is worthy of his hire ; and, Sufficient for the labourer is his maintenance.’
65. (R. 125) Augustine, Contra adversariwm legis ct prophetarum, ii. 4. 14, ‘Sed apostolis, inquit, Dominus noster interrogantibus de Iudorum prophetis quid sentiri deberet, qui de adventu eius aliquid cecinisse in preeteritum putabantur, com- motus talia eos etiam nunc sentire, respondit : Dimisistis vivum qui ante vos est et de mortuis fabulamini. Quid mirum (quandoquidem hoc testi- monium de scripturis nescio quibus apocryphis protulit) si de prophetis Dei talia confinxerunt heretici, qui easdem litteras non accipiunt?? ‘But (he says) when the apostles asked our Lord what ought to be thought about the prophets of the Jews, who were believed formerly to have prophesied his coming, he, angry that they even now had such thoughts, answered, You have sent away the living who is before you, and prate about dead men. What wonder, seeing he has brought out this quotation from some apocryphal serip- tures, if heretics who do not accept the same writings, have invented such things about the prophets of God?’
66. (R. 97; Ap. 24) Ephr. Syr. Evang. cone. expos. (ed. Mésinger, p. 203), ‘Quod autem tur- batus est consonat cum eo, quod dixit: Quamdiu vobiscum ero et vobiscum Joquar? et alio loco: Tedet me de generatione ista. Probaverunt me, ait, decies, hi autem vicies et decies decies’ : ‘ Now that he was distressed agrees with what he said, How long shall I be with you and speak with you? and in another place, I am weary of this genera- tion. They proved me, he said, ten times, but these twenty times and ten times ten times,’
(7) For examples of unauthentic Agrapha from very late sources, see Ropes, Spriiche J esu, pp. 111, 116, 120, 121.
(h) Agrapha from Mohammedan sources. — The following 48 Agrapha from Mohammedan sources were published by Prof. D. S. Margoliouth in the Expository Times, Nov., Dec. 1893, Jan. 1894, pp. 59, 107, 177 f.
1. Castalani, Commentary on Bukhari, i. 163, ‘Jesus asked Gabriel when the hour (i.c. the day of judgment) was to come? Gabriel answered, He es thou askest knows no better than he who asks,
2. Jakut’s Geographical Lexicon, i. 1, ‘Jesus said, The world is a place of transition, full of examples ; be pilgrims therein, and take warning by the traces of those that have gone before,’
3. Baidawi, Commentary on the Koran, p. 71, ed. Constantinop., ‘ Jesus said, Be in the midst, yet walk on one side,’
4, Zamakhshari, Commentary on the Koran, p. 986, ‘In the sermons of Jesus, son of Mary, it is written, Beware how ye sit with sinners.’
5. Ll-Mustatraf, ete., i. p. 20, ‘Jesus said, I
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have treated the leprous and the blind, and have cured them; but when I have treated the fool, I have failed to cure him.’
6. El-Hadaik El-Wardiyyah, i. p. 27, ‘God re- vealed unto Jesus, Command the children of Israel that they enter not my house save with pure hearts, and humble eyes, and clean hands; for I will not answer any one of them against whom any has a complaint.’ .
The following are from El-Ghazzali, Revival of the Religquous Sciences :-—
7. 1. 8, ‘Jesus said, Whoso knows and does and teaches, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.’
8. i. 26, ‘Jesus said, Trees are many, yet not all of them bear fruit; and fruits are many, yet not all of them are fit for food ; and sciences are many, but not all of them are profitable.’
9. i. 30, ‘ Jesus said, Commit not wisdom to those who are not meet for it, lest ye harm it; and with- hold it not from them that are meet for it, lest ye harm them. Be like a gentle physician, who puts the remedy on the diseased spot.’ According to another version : ‘Whoso commits wisdom to them that are not meet for it, is a fool; and whoso with- holds it from them that are meet for it, is an evil- doer. Wisdom has rights, and rightful owners; and give each his due.’
10. i. 49, ‘Jesus said, Evil disciples are like a rock that has fallen at the mouth of a brook; it does not drink the water, neither does it let the water flow to the fields. And they are like the conduit of a latrina which is plastered outside, and foul inside ; or like graves, the outside of which is decorated, while within are dead men’s bones.’
11. i. 50, ‘Jesus said, How can he be a disciple who, when his journey is unto the next world, makes for the things of this world? How can he be a disciple who seeks for words in order to com- municate by them, not to act according to them ?’
12. i. 52, ‘God said unto Jesus, Exhort thyself, and if thou hast profited by the exhortation, then exhort others; otherwise be ashamed before me.’
13. i. 177, ‘Jesus said, If a man send away a beggar empty from his house, the angels will not visit that house for seven nights.’
14, i, 247, Prayer of Jesus—‘O God, I am this morning unable to ward off what I would not, or to obtain what I would. The power is in another’s hands. I am bound by my works, and there is none so poor that is poorer than I. O God, make not mine enemy to rejoice over me, nor my friend to grieve over me; make not my trouble to be in the matter of my faith; make not the world my chief care ; and give not the power over me to him who will not pity me.’