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 footed on them. And when the soldiers untied his shoes, he said, "The wisdom of God is better than the wisdom of men. Thou, Lord and King, and thy goodness oppose his (the king's) wrath!" And they brought the plates which were like fire, and put the apostle on them. And straightway water rushed forth from the ground, that the plates were swallowed. And they which held him let him go and went back.

141. When the king saw the great amount of water, he said to Judas, "Pray thy God that he deliver me from this death, that I perish not by the flood." And the apostle prayed and said, "Thou who hast bound this nature and hast united in one place and sendest to different countries; who hast brought it out of disorder to order, who doest great deeds and great miracles by the hands of thy servant Judas; who hast pity on my soul, that I may always receive thy light; who givest reward to the weary; who savest my soul and bringest it again to its own nature not to unite with those that do harm; who art always author of life—calm this element that it rise not and destroy. For there are some here among those present who shall live, because they have believed on thee." Having prayed, the water was soon absorbed, and the place was dry. And when Misdai saw this he ordered him to be led to prison, "till I have decided what to do with him."

142. When Judas was taken to the prison,