Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew/Chapter 36

Chapter 36.

After these things Jesus crossed the Jordan, in the sight of them all, with the lions; and the water of the Jordan was divided on the right hand and on the left. &#160; Then He said to the lions, in the hearing of all:&#160; Go in peace, and hurt no one; but neither let man injure you, until you return to the place whence you have come forth.&#160; And they, bidding Him farewell, not only with their gestures but with their voices, went to their own place.&#160; But Jesus returned to His mother.