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Descent of Christ into Hell

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Chapter 5

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Chapter 5 (21).

Then all the saints, hearing this again, exulted in

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joy

.

And

one

of

those

standing

round

,

Isaias

by

name

,

cried

out

aloud

,

and

thundered

:

Father

Adam

,

and

all

standing

round

,

hear

my

declaration

.

When

I

was

on

earth

,

and

by

the

teaching

of

the

Holy

Spirit

,

in

prophecy

I

sang

of

this

light

:

The

people

who

sat

in

darkness

have

seen

a

great

light

;

to

them

dwelling

in

the

region

of

the

shadow

of

death

light

has

arisen

.

At

these

words

father

Adam

,

and

all

of

them

,

turned

and

asked

him

:

Who

art

thou

?

because

what

thou

sayest

is

true

.

And

he

subjoined

,

and

said

:

My

name

is

Isaias

.

Then appeared another near him, as if a hermit. And they asked him, saying: Who art thou, who bearest such an appearance in thy body? And he firmly answered: I am John the Baptist, voice and prophet of the Most High. I went before the face of the same Lord, that I might make the waste and rough places into plain ways. I with my finger pointed out and made manifest the Lamb of the Lord, and Son of God, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I baptized Him in the river Jordan. I heard the voice of the Father from heaven thundering over Him, and proclaiming, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. I received from Him the answer that He would descend to the lower world

Then father Adam, hearing this, cried with a loud voice, exclaiming: Alleluia! which is, interpreted, The Lord is certainly coming.

Notes

1
Or, who wearest such (things) on thy body.