The Man in the Tree

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye

slew and hanged on a tree.

Acts, 5:30

Now I Joseph was walking, and I walked not. And

I looked up to the air and saw the air in amazement.

And I looked up to the pole of the heaven and saw it

standing still, and the fowls of the heaven without

motion. And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish

set, and workmen lying by it, and their hands were in

the dish: and they that were chewing chewed not, and

they that were lifting the food lifted it not, and they

that put it to their mouth put it not thereto, but the

faces of all of them were looking upward. And

behold there were sheep being driven, and they went

not forward but stood still; and the shepherd lifted

his hand to smite them with his staff, and his hand

remained up. And I looked upon the stream of the

river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water

and they drank not. And of a sudden all things

moved onward in their course.

Book of James, or Protevangelium, XVIII:2