842. There is sometimes seen by the Jews an angel at a moderate height above them with a rod in his hand, who gives them to believe that he is Moses. He begs them to abandon the folly of waiting for the Messiah even there, since the Messiah is Christ, their ruler and everyone's. He says that he knows this and knew it when he was in the world. On hearing this they depart; the majority forget it, and only a few remember. Those who do remember are sent to synagogues run by converted Jews, where they are instructed. When their instruction is over, they are given new clothes to replace their rags, and a neatly written copy of the Word; they are allotted a home in a not unlovely city. But those who do not receive the teaching are cast down, many of them into forests and deserts, where they prey on one another.