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The Passing of Mary

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Section 11

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11. And, behold, a new miracle. There appeared above

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the

bier

a

cloud

exceeding

great

,

like

the

great

circle

which

is

wont

to

appear

beside

the

splendour

of

the

moon

;

and

there

was

in

the

clouds

an

army

of

angels

sending

forth

a

sweet

song

,

and

from

the

sound

of

the

great

sweetness

the

earth

resounded

.

Then

the

people

,

having

gone

forth

from

the

city

,

about

fifteen

thousand

,

wondered

,

saying

:

What

is

that

sound

of

so

great

sweetness

?

Then

there

stood

up

one

who

said

to

them

:

Mary

has

departed

from

the

body

,

and

the

disciples

of

Jesus

are

singing

praises

around

her

.

And

looking

,

they

saw

the

couch

crowned

with

great

glory

,

and

the

apostles

singing

with

a

loud

voice

.

And

,

behold

,

one

of

them

,

who

was

chief

of

the

priests

of

the

Jews

in

his

rank

,

filled

with

fury

and

rage

,

said

to

the

rest

:

Behold

,

the

tabernacle

of

him

who

disturbed

us

and

all

our

race

,

what

glory

has

it

received

?

And

going

up

,

he

wished

to

overturn

the

bier

,

and

throw

the

body

down

to

the

ground

.

And

immediately

his

hands

dried

up

from

his

elbows

,

and

stuck

to

the

couch

.

And

when

the

apostles

raised

the

bier

,

part

of

him

hung

,

and

part

of

him

adhered

to

the

couch

;

and

he

was

vehemently

tormented

with

pain

,

while

the

apostles

were

walking

and

singing

.

And

the

angels

who

were

in

the

clouds

smote

the

people

with

blindness

.

Notes

12
Lit., a song of sweetness.
13
Lit., saying.