were filled with fear by reason of the sudden light and the appearance of
the angel: 'Behold, I announce to you a great joy, for there is born
in the city
of David a child who is a prophet of the Lord; who bringeth great salvation
to the house of Israel. The child
ye shall find in the manger, with his mother,
who blesseth God.' And when he had said this there came a great multitude
of angels blessing God, announcing peace to them that have good will.
When the angels were departed, the shepherds
spake among themselves,
saying: 'Let us go even unto Bethlehem, and see the word which God by his
angel hath announced to us.' There came many shepherds to Bethlehem
seeking the
new-born babe, and they found outside the city the child that
was born, according to the word of the angel, lying in the manger. They
therefore made obeisance to him, and gave to the mother that which they
had, announcing to her what they had heard and seen. Mary therefore kept
all these things in
her heart, and Joseph [likewise], giving thanks to God. The
shepherds returned to their flocks, announcing to everyone how great a
thing they had seen. And so the whole hill-country of Judaea was filled with
fear, and every man
laid up this word in his heart, saying: 'What, think we,
shall this child be?'
5. Circumcision of Jesus.
When the eight days were fulfilled according to the law of the Lord, as it is
written in the book of Moses, they took the child
and carried him to the
temple to circumcise him. And so they circumcised the child, and gave him
the name Jesus, as the angel of the Lord had said before he was conceived
in the womb. Mary and Joseph perceived that the child must needs be for
the salvation and ruin of many. Wherefore they feared God, and kept the
child with fear of God.
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