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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 3

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Chapter 3 (19).

And when the first created, father Adam, had heard

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this

,

that

Jesus

was

baptized

in

Jordan

,

he

cried

out

to

his

son

Seth

:

Tell

thy

sons

,

the

patriarchs

and

the

prophets

,

all

that

thou

heardest

from

Michael

the

archangel

when

I

sent

thee

to

the

gates

of

paradise

to

implore

God

that

he

might

send

thee

His

angel

to

give

thee

oil

from

the

tree

of

mercy

,

with

which

to

anoint

my

body

when

I

was

sick

.

Then

Seth

,

coming

near

to

the

holy

patriarchs

and

prophets

,

said

:

When

I

,

Seth

,

was

praying

to

the

Lord

at

the

gates

of

paradise

,

behold

Michael

,

the

angel

of

the

Lord

,

appeared

to

me

,

saying

,

I

have

been

sent

to

thee

by

the

Lord

.

I

am

set

over

the

human

race

.

And

to

thee

,

Seth

,

I

say

,

do

not

labour

with

tears

in

prayers

and

supplications

on

account

of

the

oil

of

the

tree

of

mercy

to

anoint

thy

father

Adam

for

the

pain

of

his

body

,

because

in

no

wise

shalt

thou

receive

of

it

,

except

in

the

last

days

and

times

,

except

when

five

thousand

and

five

hundred

years

have

been

fulfilled

:

then

will

come

upon

the

earth

the

most

beloved

Son

of

God

,

to

raise

up

again

the

body

of

Adam

,

and

the

bodies

of

the

dead

;

and

He

,

when

He

comes

,

will

be

baptized

in

Jordan

.

And

when

he

shall

have

come

out

of

the

water

of

Jordan

,

then

with

the

oil

of

His

mercy

shall

He

anoint

all

that

believe

on

Him

;

and

that

oil

of

mercy

shall

be

for

the

generation

of

those

who

shall

be

born

out

of

water

and

the

Holy

Spirit

into

life

eternal

.

Then

,

descending

upon

earth

,

Christ

Jesus

,

the

most

beloved

Son

of

God

,

will

lead

our

father

Adam

into

paradise

to

the

tree

of

mercy

.

And when they heard all these things from Seth, all the patriarchs and prophets exulted with great exultation.

Notes

1
Lit., body.