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The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed

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IV. And I saw there a naked man sitting

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,

and

said

in

myself

,

Surely

this

is

not

the

tempter

.

And

I

remembered

the

voice

of

the

cloud

that

it

said

to

me

,

Not

even

the

tempter

in

this

world

passes

through

me

.

And

thus

taking

courage

I

said

to

him

,

Hail

,

brother

.

And

he

answering

said

to

me

,

The

grace

of

my

God

be

with

thee

.

Again

I

said

to

him

,

Tell

me

,

man

of

God

,

who

thou

art

?

He

answered

and

said

to

me

,

Who

art

thou

rather

?

And

I

answered

and

told

him

all

concerning

myself

,

and

that

I

had

prayed

to

God

and

he

had

brought

me

into

that

place

.

He

answered

and

said

to

me

,

I

also

know

that

thou

art

a

man

of

God

,

for

if

not

,

thou

couldst

not

have

passed

through

the

cloud

and

the

river

and

the

air

.

For

the

breadth

of

the

river

is

about

thirty

thousand

paces

,

and

the

cloud

reaches

to

heaven

,

and

the

depth

of

the

river

to

the

abyss

.