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THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS.
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another said, I was a leper, and he healed me with a word.[1]

CHAPTER VII.

And a certain woman cried out from a distance and said, I had an issue of blood, and I touched the hem of his garment, and my issue of blood, which had been for twelve years, was stayed.[2] The Jews said, We have a law not to admit a woman to witness.[3]

CHAPTER VIII.

And others, a multitude both of men and of women, cried and said, This man is a prophet, and demons are subject unto him. Pilate said to those who said that demons were subject to him, Why were your teachers not also subject to him? They say unto Pilate, We know not. And others said, That he raised up Lazarus from the sepulchre when he had been dead four days.[4] And the governor, becoming afraid, said to all the multitude of the Jews, Why will ye shed innocent blood?

  1. Matt. viii. 1-4; Mark i. 40-45.
  2. Matt. ix. 20-26; Luke viii. 43-48.
  3. The Jews did not allow a woman as a witness. Otho's Lex. Rab. s.v. Testimonium.
  4. John xi. 1-16.