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THERE was also at Jerusalem one named Zaccheus, who was a schoolmaster.
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And he said to Joseph, Joseph, why dost thou not send Jesus to me, that he may learn his letters?
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Joseph agreed, and told St. Mary;
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So they brought him to that master; who, as soon as he saw him, wrote out an alphabet for him.
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And he bade him say Aleph; and when he had said Aleph, the master bade him pronounce Beth.
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Then the Lord Jesus said to him, Tell me first the meaning of the letter Aleph, and then I will pronounce Beth.
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And when the master threatened to whip him, the Lord Jesus explained to him the meaning of the letters Aleph and Beth;
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Also which were the straight figures of the letters, which the oblique, and what letters had double figures; which had points, and which had none; why one letter went before another; and many other things he began to tell him, and explain, of which the master himself had never heard, nor read in any book.
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The Lord Jesus farther said to the master, Take notice how I say to thee; then he began clearly and distinctly to say Aleph, Beth, Gimel, Daleth, and so on to the end of the alphabet.
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At this the master was so surprised, that he said, I believe this boy was born before Noah;
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And turning to Joseph, he said, Thou hast brought a boy to me to be taught, who is more learned than any master.
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He said also unto St. Mary, This your son has no need of any learning.
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They brought him then to a more learned master, who, when he saw him, said, say Aleph.
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And when he had said Aleph, the master bade him pronounce Beth; to which the Lord Jesus replied, Tell me first the meaning of the letter Aleph, and then I will pronounce Beth.
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But this master, when he lift up his hand to whip him, had his hand presently withered, and he died.
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Then said Joseph to St. Mary, henceforth we will not allow him to go out of the house; for every one who displeases him is killed.
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