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The Passing of Mary

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3. And, behold, suddenly, while St. John was

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preaching

in

Ephesus

,

on

the

Lord’s

day

,

at

the

third

hour

of

the

day

,

there

was

a

great

earthquake

,

and

a

cloud

raised

him

and

took

him

up

from

the

eyes

of

all

,

and

brought

him

before

the

door

of

the

house

where

Mary

was

.

And

knocking

at

the

door

,

he

immediately

went

in

.

And

when

Mary

saw

him

,

she

exulted

in

joy

,

and

said

:

I

beg

of

thee

,

my

son

John

,

be

mindful

of

the

words

of

my

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

in

which

He

entrusted

me

to

thee

.

For

,

behold

,

on

the

third

day

,

when

I

am

to

depart

from

the

body

,

I

have

heard

the

plans

of

the

Jews

,

saying

,

Let

us

wait

for

the

day

when

she

who

bore

that

seducer

shall

die

,

and

let

us

burn

her

body

with

fire

.

She

therefore

called

St

.

John

,

and

led

him

into

the

secret

chamber

of

the

house

,

and

showed

him

the

robe

of

her

burial

,

and

that

palm

of

light

which

she

had

received

from

the

angel

,

instructing

him

that

he

should

cause

it

to

be

carried

before

her

couch

when

she

was

going

to

her

tomb

.

Notes

4
The otherms. has a better reading: For, behold, on the third day I am to depart from the body; and I have heard, etc.