Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew/Chapter 14

Chapter 14.

And on the third day after the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ, the most blessed Mary went forth out of the cave, and entering a stable, placed the child in the stall, and the ox and the ass adored Him.&#160; Then was fulfilled that which was said by Isaiah the prophet, saying:&#160; The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master&#8217;s crib. &#160; The very animals, therefore, the ox and the ass, having Him in their midst, incessantly adored Him.&#160; Then was fulfilled that which was said by Abacuc the prophet, saying: &#160; Between two animals thou art made manifest.&#160; In the same place Joseph remained with Mary three days.