Chapter III

1 Astonishes his schoolmaster by his learning.

A CERTAIN schoolmaster
named Zaccheaus, standing
in a certain place, heard Jesus
speaking these things to his father.

2 And he was much surprised,
that being a child he should speak
such things; and after a few days
he came to Joseph, and said,

3 Thou hast a wise and sensible
child, send him to me, that he may
learn to read.

4 When he sat down to teach
the letters to Jesus, he began with
the first letter Aleph;

5 But Jesus pronounced the
second letter Mpeth (Beth) Cghimel
(Gimel), and said over all the
letters to him to the end.

6 Then opening a book, he
taught his master the prophets
but he was ashamed, and was at a
loss to conceive how he came to
know the letters.

7 And he arose and went home,
wonderfully surprised at so strange
a thing.