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The Apocalypse of Peter

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Section 6

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6. And as we prayed, suddenly there appeared two men standing

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before

the

Lord

towards

the

East

,

on

whom

we

were

not

able

to

look

;

7

,

for

there

came

forth

from

their

countenance

a

ray

as

of

the

sun

,

and

their

raiment

was

shining

,

such

as

eye

of

man

never

saw

;

for

no

mouth

is

able

to

express

or

heart

to

conceive

the

glory

with

which

they

were

endued

,

and

the

beauty

of

their

appearance

.

8

.

And

as

we

looked

upon

them

,

we

were

astounded

;

for

their

bodies

were

whiter

than

any

snow

and

ruddier

than

any

rose

;

9

,

and

the

red

thereof

was

mingled

with

the

white

,

and

I

am

utterly

unable

to

express

their

beauty

;

10

,

for

their

hair

was

curly

and

bright

and

seemly

both

on

their

face

and

shoulders

,

as

it

were

a

wreath

woven

of

spikenard

and

divers

-

coloured

flowers

,

or

like

a

rainbow

in

the

sky

,

such

was

their

seemliness

.

Notes

6
Not able to look. Cf. 2 Cor. iii. 7 ff.
7
Eye of man, etc. Cf. 1 Cor. ii. 9.
8
Snow and rose. Cf. Bk. of Enoch cvi. 2.
9
Wreath. Cf. Ep. of Lyons and Vienne, ap. Euseb. H. E. v. 1, 36.