II. 2. A lame Jew, hearing that an idol was healing the lame, went thither. In the night a demon, coming out of the wall, anointed the sleepers but refused to anoint the Jew. The others were treated in order to retain their faith in idol-worship but the Jew was rebuked by the demon, for he should pray to God. His time had arrived for healing but he had forfeited it by having gone to the idol.
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