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The Passing of Mary

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Section 8

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8. Then the Saviour spoke, saying: Rise, Peter,

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and

take

the

body

of

Mary

,

and

send

it

to

the

right

hand

side

of

the

city

towards

the

east

,

and

thou

wilt

find

there

a

new

tomb

,

in

which

you

will

lay

her

,

and

wait

until

I

come

to

you

.

And

thus

saying

,

the

Lord

delivered

the

soul

of

St

.

Mary

to

Michael

,

who

was

the

ruler

of

paradise

,

and

the

prince

of

the

nation

of

the

Jews

;

and

Gabriel

went

with

them

.

And

immediately

the

Saviour

was

received

up

into

heaven

along

with

the

angels

.

Notes

8
Comp. Dan. x. 21, xii. 1.