Kebra Nagast

Concerning the Two Servants " J They made me drink vinegar for my thirst," and this showeth clearly that He drank vinegar because of the The Breath of Life that had breathed sin of Adam. drank vinegar, and the Hand that had upon Adam earth was pierced with a nail. He Who founded the for the sake of Adam abased Himself was born, and took the form of a servant. CONCERNING THE Two SERVANTS Now [it is said] that a certain king had two slaves the one was arrogant and strong, and the other was humble 99. : and weak. And the arrogant slave overcame the humble one, and smote him and all but slew him, and robbed him, and the king upon his throne saw them. And the king descending seized the arrogant slave, and beat him, and crushed him, and bound him in fetters, and And he raised up his cast him into a place of darkness. humble and weak slave, and embraced him, and brushed away the dust from him, and washed him, and poured oil and wine into his wounds, and set him upon his ass, and brought him into his city and set him up on his Now the throne, and seated him on his right hand. king is in truth Christ, and the arrogant servant whom I have mentioned is Satan, and the humble servant is Adam. And when Christ saw how the arrogant servant overcame the humble one, and cast him down in the dust, He came down from His throne and raised up Adam, His servant, and bound Satan in fetters in the And He seated the body of Adam upon terror of Sheol. the throne of His Godhead, and magnified him, and exalted him, and honoured him and he was praised all the He had whom the angels and created, by beings the archangels, thousands of thousands, and tens of thousands of thousands of spiritual beings. For He brought low the arrogant and raised up the humble, and reduced the arrogant to shame and exalted to honour ; 1 Psalm Ixix, 21. 183