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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 10

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Chapter 10 (26).

While they were thus speaking, there came another lowly man,

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carrying

also

upon

his

shoulders

a

cross

,

to

whom

the

holy

fathers

said

:

Who

art

thou

,

who

hast

the

look

of

a

robber

;

and

what

is

the

cross

which

thou

bearest

upon

thy

shoulders

?

He

answered

:

I

,

as

you

say

,

was

a

robber

and

a

thief

in

the

world

,

and

for

these

things

the

Jews

laid

hold

of

me

,

and

delivered

me

to

the

death

of

the

cross

,

along

with

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

.

While

,

then

,

He

was

hanging

upon

the

cross

,

I

,

seeing

the

miracles

that

were

done

,

believed

in

Him

,

and

entreated

Him

,

and

said

,

Lord

,

when

Thou

shalt

be

King

,

do

not

forget

me

.

And

immediately

He

said

to

me

,

Amen

,

amen

:

to

-

day

,

I

say

unto

thee

,

shalt

thou

be

with

me

in

paradise

.

Therefore

I

came

to

paradise

carrying

my

cross

;

and

finding

the

archangel

Michael

,

I

said

to

him

,

Our

Lord

Jesus

,

who

has

been

crucified

,

has

sent

me

here

;

bring

me

,

therefore

,

to

the

gate

of

Eden

.

And

the

flaming

sword

,

seeing

the

sign

of

the

cross

,

opened

to

me

,

and

I

went

in

.

Then

the

archangel

says

to

me

,

Wait

a

little

,

for

there

cometh

also

the

forefather

of

the

race

of

men

,

Adam

,

with

the

just

,

that

they

too

may

come

in

.

And

now

,

seeing

you

,

I

came

to

meet

you

.

The saints hearing these things, all cried out with a loud voice: Great is our Lord, and great is His strength.

Notes

1
Ps. cxlvii. 5.