Papyrus Cairensis 10735
The following translation is
based on the Greek text printed in Adolf Deissmann's Light
From the Ancient East.
. . . the angel
of the Lord said, "Joseph, arise take Mary your wife and flee to
Egypt . . . every gift and if . . . his friends . . . of the king
. . .
. . . let him
interpret for you. Then the archistrategus said to the virgin, "Behold,
Elizabeth your relative has also conceived and and it is the sixth
month for her who is called barren. In the sixth month, which is
Thoth, his mother conceived John. But it was necessary for the archistrategus
to proclaim beforehand that John was the servant who was to go before
the coming of his Lord.
Recto
01 the angel of the Lord said,
"Jo[seph, arise]
02 take Mary [your] w[ife and]
03 flee to Egypt [ . . . ]
04 [ . . . ]
05 [ . . . ]
06 every gift and if [ . . . ]
07 his friends [ . . . ]
08 of the king [ . . . ]
Verso
01 [ . . . ]
02 [ . . . ] let him interpret for you. [Then] the
03 [archistrategus] said to the virgin, "Behold,
04 [Elizabeth] your [rel]ative has also
05 con[ceived and] and it is the [sixt]h month for her who is
06 ca[lled barren. In] the sixth [month,] which is [Thoth,]
07 [his mother] conceived J[ohn.]
08 [But it was necessary for] the archistra[tegus to proclaim beforehand]
09 [that John was t]he servant [who was] to go before
10 [the] coming [of his Lord].
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