The Apocryphon of John.
The teaching of the savior, and the revelation of the mysteries and the things hidden in silence, even these things which he taught John, his disciple.
And it happened one
day, when John, the brother of James - who are the sons of Zebedee - had come
up to the temple, that a Pharisee named Arimanius approached him and said
to him, "Where is your master whom you followed?" And he said to him, "He
has gone to the place from which he came." The Pharisee said to him, "With
deception did this Nazarene deceive you (pl.), and he filled your ears with
lies, and closed your hearts (and) turned you from the traditions of your
fathers."
When I, John, heard these things I turned away from the temple to a desert
place. And I grieved greatly in my heart, saying, "How then was the savior
appointed, and why was he sent into the world by his Father, and who is his
Father who sent him, and of what sort is that aeon to which we shall go? For
what did he mean when he said to us, 'This aeon to which you will go is of
the type of the imperishable aeon, but he did not teach us concerning the
latter, of what sort it is."
Straightway, while I was contemplating these things, behold, the heavens opened
and the whole creation which is below heaven shone, and the world was shaken.
I was afraid, and behold I saw in the light a youth who stood by me. While
I looked at him, he became like an old man. And he changed his likeness (again),
becoming like a servant. There was not a plurality before me, but there was
a likeness with multiple forms in the light, and the likenesses appeared through
each other, and the likeness had three forms.
He said to me, "John, John, why do you doubt, or why are you afraid? You are
not unfamiliar with this image, are you? - that is, do not be timid! - I am
the one who is with you (pl.) always. I am the Father, I am the Mother, I
am the Son. I am the undefiled and incorruptible one. Now I have come to teach
you what is and what was and what will come to pass, that you may know the
things which are not revealed and those which are revealed, and to teach you
concerning the unwavering race of the perfect Man. Now, therefore, lift up
your face, that you may receive the things that I shall teach you today, and
may tell them to your fellow spirits who are from the unwavering race of the
perfect Man."
And I asked to know it, and he said to me, "The Monad is a monarchy with nothing
above it. It is he who exists as God and Father of everything, the invisible
One who is above everything, who exists as incorruption, which is in the pure
light into which no eye can look. "He is the invisible Spirit, of whom it
is not right to think of him as a god, or something similar. For he is more
than a god, since there is nothing above him, for no one lords it over him.
For he does not exist in something inferior to him, since everything exists
in him. For it is he who establishes himself. He is eternal, since he does
not need anything. For he is total perfection. He did not lack anything, that
he might be completed by it; rather he is always completely perfect in light.
He is illimitable, since there is no one prior to him to set limits to him.
He is unsearchable, since there exists no one prior to him to examine him.
He is immeasurable, since there was no one prior to him to measure him. He
is invisible, since no one saw him. He is eternal, since he exists eternally.
He is ineffable, since no one was able to comprehend him to speak about him.
He is unnameable, since there is no one prior to him to give him a name. "He
is immeasurable light, which is pure, holy (and) immaculate. He is ineffable,
being perfect in incorruptibility. (He is) not in perfection, nor in blessedness,
nor in divinity, but he is far superior. He is not corporeal nor is he incorporeal.
He is neither large nor is he small. There is no way to say, 'What is his
quantity?' or, 'What is his quality?', for no one can know him. He is not
someone among (other) beings, rather he is far superior. Not that he is (simply)
superior, but his essence does not partake in the aeons nor in time. For he
who partakes in an aeon was prepared beforehand. Time was not apportioned
to him, since he does not receive anything from another, for it would be received
on loan. For he who precedes someone does not lack, that he may receive from
him. For rather, it is the latter that looks expectantly at him in his light.
"For the perfection is majestic. He is pure, immeasurable mind. He is an aeon-giving
aeon. He is life-giving life. He is a blessedness-giving blessed one. He is
knowledge-giving knowledge. He is goodness-giving goodness. He is mercy and
redemption-giving mercy. He is grace-giving grace, not because he possesses
it, but because he gives the immeasurable, incomprehensible light. "How am
I to speak with you about him? His aeon is indestructible, at rest and existing
in silence, reposing (and) being prior to everything. For he is the head of
all the aeons, and it is he who gives them strength in his goodness. For we
know not the ineffable things, and we do not understand what is immeasurable,
except for him who came forth from him, namely (from) the Father. For it is
he who told it to us alone. For it is he who looks at himself in his light
which surrounds him, namely the spring of the water of life. And it is he
who gives to all the aeons and in every way, (and) who gazes upon his image
which he sees in the spring of the Spirit. It is he who puts his desire in
his water-light which is in the spring of the pure light-water which surrounds
him. "And his thought performed a deed and she came forth, namely she who
had appeared before him in the shine of his light. This is the first power
which was before all of them (and) which came forth from his mind, She is
the forethought of the All - her light shines like his light - the perfect
power which is the image of the invisible, virginal Spirit who is perfect.
The first power, the glory of Barbelo, the perfect glory in the aeons, the
glory of the revelation, she glorified the virginal Spirit and it was she
who praised him, because thanks to him she had come forth. This is the first
thought, his image; she became the womb of everything, for it is she who is
prior to them all, the Mother-Father, the first man, the holy Spirit, the
thrice-male, the thrice-powerful, the thrice-named androgynous one, and the
eternal aeon among the invisible ones, and the first to come forth. "
And they said, 'Let us call him Adam, that his name may become a power of
light for us.' "And the powers began: the first one, goodness, created a bone-soul;
and the second, foreknowledge, created a sinew-soul; the third, divinity,
created a flesh-soul; and the fourth, the lordship, created a marrow-soul;
the fifth, kingdom created a blood-soul; the sixth, envy, created a skin-soul;
the seventh, understanding, created a hair-soul. And the multitude of the
angels attended him and they received from the powers the seven substances
of the natural (form) in order to create the proportions of the limbs and
the proportion of the rump and the proper working together of each of the
parts. "The first one began to create the head. Eteraphaope-Abron created
his head; Meniggesstroeth created the brain; Asterechme (created) the right
eye; Thaspomocha, the left eye; Yeronumos, the right ear; Bissoum, the left
ear; Akioreim, the nose; Banen-Ephroum, the lips; Amen, the teeth; Ibikan,
the molars; Basiliademe, the tonsils; Achcha, the uvula; Adaban, the neck;
Chaaman, the vertebrae; Dearcho, the throat; Tebar, the right shoulder; [...],
the left shoulder; Mniarcon, the right elbow; [...], the left elbow; Abitrion,
the right underarm; Evanthen, the left underarm; Krys, the right hand; Beluai,
the left hand; Treneu, the fingers of the right hand; Balbel, the fingers
of the left hand; Kriman, the nails of the hands; Astrops, the right breast;
Barroph, the left breast; Baoum, the right shoulder joint; Ararim, the left
shoulder joint; Areche, the belly; Phthave, the navel; Senaphim, the abdomen;
Arachethopi, the right ribs; Zabedo, the left ribs; Barias, the right hip;
Phnouth the left hip; Abenlenarchei, the marrow; Chnoumeninorin, the bones;
Gesole, the stomach; Agromauna, the heart; Bano, the lungs; Sostrapal, the
liver; Anesimalar, the spleen; Thopithro, the intestines; Biblo, the kidneys;
Roeror, the sinews; Taphreo, the spine of the body; Ipouspoboba, the veins;
Bineborin, the arteries; Atoimenpsephei, theirs are the breaths which are
in all the limbs; Entholleia, all the flesh; Bedouk, the right buttock (?);
Arabeei, the left penis; Eilo, the testicles; Sorma, the genitals; Gorma-Kaiochlabar,
the right thigh; Nebrith, the left thigh; Pserem, the kidneys of the right
leg; Asaklas, the left kidney; Ormaoth, the right leg; Emenun, the left leg;
Knyx, the right shin-bone; Tupelon, the left shin-bone; Achiel, the right
knee; Phnene, the left knee; Phiouthrom, the right foot; Boabel, its toes;
Trachoun, the left foot; Phikna, its toes; Miamai, the nails of the feet;
Labernioum - .
"And those who were appointed over all of these are: Zathoth, Armas, Kalila,
Jabel, (Sabaoth, Cain, Abel). And those who are particularly active in the
limbs (are) the head Diolimodraza, the neck Yammeax, the right shoulder Yakouib,
the left shoulder Verton, the right hand Oudidi, the left one Arbao, the fingers
of the right hand Lampno, the fingers of the left hand Leekaphar, the right
breast Barbar, the left breast Imae, the chest Pisandriaptes, the right shoulder
joint Koade, the left shoulder joint Odeor, the right ribs Asphixix, the left
ribs Synogchouta, the belly Arouph, the womb Sabalo, the right thigh Charcharb,
the left thigh Chthaon, all the genitals Bathinoth, the right leg Choux, the
left leg Charcha, the right shin-bone Aroer, the left shin-bone Toechtha,
the right knee Aol, the left knee Charaner, the right foot Bastan, its toes
Archentechtha, the left foot Marephnounth, its toes Abrana. "Seven have power
over all of these: Michael, Ouriel, Asmenedas, Saphasatoel, Aarmouriam, Richram,
Amiorps. And the ones who are in charge over the senses (are) Archendekta;
and he who is in charge over the receptions (is) Deitharbathas; and he who
is in charge over the imagination (is) Oummaa; and he who is over the composition
Aachiaram, and he who is over the whole impulse Riaramnacho. "And the origin
of the demons which are in the whole body is determined to be four: heat,
cold, wetness, and dryness. And the mother of all of them is matter. And he
who reigns over the heat (is) Phloxopha; and he who reigns over the cold is
Oroorrothos; and he who reigns over what is dry (is) Erimacho; and he who
reigns over the wetness (is) Athuro. And the mother of all of these, Onorthochrasaei,
stands in their midst, since she is illimitable, and she mixes with all of
them. And she is truly matter, for they are nourished by her. "The four chief
demons are: Ephememphi, who belongs to pleasure, Yoko, who belongs to desire,
Nenentophni, who belongs to grief, Blaomen, who belongs to fear. And the mother
of them all is Aesthesis-Ouch-Epi-Ptoe. And from the four demons passions
came forth. And from grief (came) envy, jealousy, distress, trouble, pain,
callousness, anxiety, mourning, etc. And from pleasure much wickedness arises,
and empty pride, and similar things. And from desire (comes) anger, wrath,
and bitterness, and bitter passion, and unsatedness, and similar things. And
from fear (comes) dread, fawning, agony, and shame. All of these are like
useful things as well as evil things. But the insight into their true (character)
is Anaro, who is the head of the material soul, for it belongs with the seven
senses, Ouch-Epi-Ptoe. "This is the number of the angels: together they are
365. They all worked on it until, limb for limb, the natural and the material
body was completed by them. Now there are other ones in charge over the remaining
passions whom I did not mention to you. But if you wish to know them, it is
written in the book of Zoroaster. And all the angels and demons worked until
they had constructed the natural body. And their product was completely inactive
and motionless for a long time. "And when the mother wanted to retrieve the
power which she had given to the chief archon, she petitioned the Mother-Father
of the All, who is most merciful. He sent, by means of the holy decree, the
five lights down upon the place of the angels of the chief archon. They advised
him that they should bring forth the power of the mother. And they said to
Yaltabaoth, 'Blow into his face something of your spirit and his body will
arise.' And he blew into his face the spirit which is the power of his mother;
he did not know (this), for he exists in ignorance. And the power of the mother
went out of Yaltabaoth into the natural body, which they had fashioned after
the image of the one who exists from the beginning. The body moved and gained
strength, and it was luminous. "And in that moment the rest of the powers
became jealous, because he had come into being through all of them and they
had given their power to the man, and his intelligence was greater than that
of those who had made him, and greater than that of the chief archon. And
when they recognized that he was luminous, and that he could think better
than they, and that he was free from wickedness, they took him and threw him
into the lowest region of all matter. "But the blessed One, the Mother-Father,
the beneficent and merciful One, had mercy on the power of the mother which
had been brought forth out of the chief archon, for they (the archons) might
gain power over the natural and perceptible body.
And he sent, through his beneficent Spirit and his great mercy, a helper to
Adam, luminous Epinoia which comes out of him, who is called Life. And she
assists the whole creature, by toiling with him and by restoring him to his
fullness and by teaching him about the descent of his seed (and) by teaching
him about the way of ascent, (which is) the way he came down. And the luminous
Epinoia was hidden in Adam, in order that the archons might not know her,
but that the Epinoia might be a correction of the deficiency of the mother.
"And the man came forth because of the shadow of the light which is in him.
And his thinking was superior to all those who had made him. When they looked
up, they saw that his thinking was superior. And they took counsel with the
whole array of archons and angels. They took fire and earth and water and
mixed them together with the four fiery winds. And they wrought them together
and caused a great disturbance. And they brought him (Adam) into the shadow
of death, in order that they might form (him) again from earth and water and
fire and the spirit which originates in matter, which is the ignorance of
darkness and desire, and their counterfeit spirit. This is the tomb of the
newly-formed body with which the robbers had clothed the man, the bond of
forgetfulness; and he became a mortal man. This is the first one who came
down, and the first separation. But the Epinoia of the light which was in
him, she is the one who was to awaken his thinking. "And the archons took
him and placed him in paradise. And they said to him, 'Eat, that is at leisure,'
for their luxury is bitter and their beauty is depraved. And their luxury
is deception and their trees are godlessness and their fruit is deadly poison
and their promise is death. And the tree of their life they had placed in
the midst of paradise. "And I shall teach you (pl.) what is the mystery of
their life, which is the plan which they made together, which is the likeness
of their spirit. The root of this (tree) is bitter and its branches are death,
its shadow is hate and deception is in its leaves, and its blossom is the
ointment of evil, and its fruit is death and desire is its seed, and it sprouts
in darkness. The dwelling place of those who taste from it is Hades, and the
darkness is their place of rest. "But what they call the tree of knowledge
of good and evil, which is the Epinoia of the light, they stayed in front
of it in order that he (Adam) might not look up to his fullness and recognize
the nakedness of his shamefulness. But it was I who brought about that they
ate." And to I said to the savior, "Lord, was it not the serpent that taught
Adam to eat?" The savior smiled and said, "The serpent taught them to eat
from wickedness of begetting, lust, (and) destruction, that he (Adam) might
be useful to him. And he (Adam) knew that he was disobedient to him (the chief
archon) due to light of the Epinoia which is in him, which made him more correct
in his thinking than the chief archon. And (the latter) wanted to bring about
the power which he himself had given him. And he brought a forgetfulness over
Adam." And I said to the savior, "What is the forgetfulness?" And he said
"It is not the way Moses wrote (and) you heard. For he said in his first book,
'He put him to sleep' (Gn 2:21), but (it was) in his perception. For also
he said through the prophet, 'I will make their hearts heavy, that they may
not pay attention and may not see' (Is 6:10). "Then the Epinoia of the light
hid herself in him (Adam). And the chief archon wanted to bring her out of
his rib. But the Epinoia of the light cannot be grasped. Although darkness
pursued her, it did not catch her. And he brought a part of his power out
of him. And he made another creature, in the form of a woman, according to
the likeness of the Epinoia which had appeared to him. And he brought the
part which he had taken from the power of the man into the female creature,
and not as Moses said, 'his rib-bone.' "And he (Adam) saw the woman beside
him. And in that moment the luminous Epinoia appeared, and she lifted the
veil which lay over his mind. And he became sober from the drunkenness of
darkness. And he recognized his counter-image, and he said, 'This is indeed
bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.' Therefore the man will leave his
father and his mother, and he will cleave to his wife, and they will both
be one flesh. For they will send him his consort, and he will leave his father
and his mother ... (3 lines unreadable) "And our sister Sophia (is) she who
came down in innocence in order to rectify her deficiency. Therefore she was
called Life, which is the mother of the living, by the foreknowledge of the
sovereignty of heaven. And through her they have tasted the perfect Knowledge.
I appeared in the form of an eagle on the tree of knowledge, which is the
Epinoia from the foreknowledge of the pure light, that I might teach them
and awaken them out of the depth of sleep. For they were both in a fallen
state, and they recognized their nakedness. The Epinoia appeared to them as
a light; she awakened their thinking. "And when Yaltabaoth noticed that they
withdrew from him, he cursed his earth. He found the woman as she was preparing
herself for her husband. He was lord over her, though he did not know the
mystery which had come to pass through the holy decree. And they were afraid
to blame him. And he showed his angels his ignorance which is in him. And
he cast them out of paradise and he clothed them in gloomy darkness. And the
chief archon saw the virgin who stood by Adam, and that the luminous Epinoia
of life had appeared in her. And Yaltabaoth was full of ignorance. And when
the foreknowledge of the All noticed (it), she sent some and they snatched
life out of Eve. "And the chief archon seduced her and he begot in her two
sons; the first and the second (are) Eloim and Yave. Eloim has a bear-face
and Yave has a cat-face. The one is righteous but the other is unrighteous.
(Yave is righteous but Eloim is unrighteous.) Yave he set over the fire and
the wind, and Eloim he set over the water and the earth.
And these he called with the names Cain and Abel with a view to deceive. "Now
up to the present day, sexual intercourse continued due to the chief archon.
And he planted sexual desire in her who belongs to Adam. And he produced through
intercourse the copies of the bodies, and he inspired them with his counterfeit
spirit. "And the two archons he set over principalities, so that they might
rule over the tomb. And when Adam recognized the likeness of his own foreknowledge,
he begot the likeness of the son of man. He called him Seth, according to
the way of the race in the aeons. Likewise, the mother also sent down her
spirit, which is in her likeness and a copy of those who are in the pleroma,
for she will prepare a dwelling place for the aeons which will come down.
And he made them drink water of forgetfulness, from the chief archon, in order
that they might not know from where they came. Thus, the seed remained for
a while assisting (him), in order that, when the Spirit comes forth from the
holy aeons, he may raise up and heal him from the deficiency, that the whole
pleroma may (again) become holy and faultless." And I said to the savior,
"Lord, will all the souls then be brought safely into the pure light?" He
answered and said to me, "Great things have arisen in your mind, for it is
difficult to explain them to others except to those who are from the immovable
race.
Those on whom the Spirit of life will descend and (with whom) he will be with
the power, they will be saved and become perfect and be worthy of the greatness
and be purified in that place from all wickedness and the involvements in
evil. Then they have no other care than the incorruption alone, to which they
direct their attention from here on, without anger or envy or jealousy or
desire and greed of anything. They are not affected by anything except the
state of being in the flesh alone, which they bear while looking expectantly
for the time when they will be met by the receivers (of the body). Such then
are worthy of the imperishable, eternal life and the calling. For they endure
everything and bear up under everything, that they may finish the good fight
and inherit eternal life." I said to him, "Lord, the souls of those who did
not do these works (but) on whom the power and Spirit descended, (will they
be rejected?" He answered and said to me, "If) the Spirit (descended upon
them), they will in any case be saved, and they will change (for the better).
For the power will descend on every man, for without it no one can stand.
And after they are born, then, when the Spirit of life increases and the power
comes and strengthens that soul, no one can lead it astray with works of evil.
But those on whom the counterfeit spirit descends are drawn by him and they
go astray."
And I said, "Lord, where will the souls of these go when they have come out
of their flesh?" And he smiled and said to me, "The soul in which the power
will become stronger than the counterfeit spirit, is strong and it flees from
evil and, through the intervention of the incorruptible one, it is saved,
and it is taken up to the rest of the aeons." And I said, "Lord, those, however,
who have not known to whom they belong, where will their souls be?" And he
said to me, "In those, the despicable spirit has gained strength when they
went astray. And he burdens the soul and draws it to the works of evil, and
he casts it down into forgetfulness. And after it comes out of (the body),
it is handed over to the authorities, who came into being through the archon,
and they bind it with chains and cast it into prison, and consort with it
until it is liberated from the forgetfulness and acquires knowledge. And if
thus it becomes perfect, it is saved." And I said, "Lord, how can the soul
become smaller and return into the nature of its mother or into man?" Then
he rejoiced when I asked him this, and he said to me, "Truly, you are blessed,
for you have understood! That soul is made to follow another one (fem.), since
the Spirit of life is in it. It is saved through him. It is not again cast
into another flesh." And I said, "Lord, these also who did not know, but have
turned away, where will their souls go?" Then he said to me, "To that place
where the angels of poverty go they will be taken, the place where there is
no repentance. And they will be kept for the day on which those who have blasphemed
the spirit will be tortured, and they will be punished with eternal punishment."
And I said, "Lord, from where did the counterfeit spirit come?" Then he said
to me, "The Mother-Father, who is rich in mercy, the holy Spirit in every
way, the One who is merciful and who sympathizes with you (pl.), i.e., the
Epinoia of the foreknowledge of light, he raised up the offspring of the perfect
race and its thinking and the eternal light of man. When the chief archon
realized that they were exalted above him in the height - and they surpass
him in thinking - then he wanted to seize their thought, not knowing that
they surpassed him in thinking, and that he will not be able to seize them.
"He made a plan with his authorities, which are his powers, and they committed
together adultery with Sophia, and bitter fate was begotten through them,
which is the last of the changeable bonds. And it is of a sort that is interchangeable.
And it is harder and stronger than she with whom the gods united, and the
angels and the demons and all the generations until this day. For from that
fate came forth every sin and injustice and blasphemy, and the chain of forgetfulness
and ignorance and every severe command, and serious sins and great fears.
And thus the whole creation was made blind, in order that they may not know
God, who is above all of them. And because of the chain of forgetfulness,
their sins were hidden. For they are bound with measures and times and moments,
since it (fate) is lord over everything. "And he (the chief archon) repented
for everything which had come into being through him. This time he planned
to bring a flood upon the work of man. But the greatness of the light of the
foreknowledge informed Noah, and he proclaimed (it) to all the offspring which
are the sons of men. But those who were strangers to him did not listen to
him. It is not as Moses said, 'They hid themselves in an ark' (Gn 7: 7), but
they hid themselves in a place, not only Noah, but also many other people
from the immovable race. They went into a place and hid themselves in a luminous
cloud. And he (Noah) recognized his authority, and she who belongs to the
light was with him, having shone on them because he (the chief archon) had
brought darkness upon the whole earth. "And he made a plan with his powers.
He sent his angels to the daughters of men, that they might take some of them
for themselves and raise offspring for their enjoyment. And at first they
did not succeed.
When they had no success, they gathered together again and they made a plan
together. They created a counterfeit spirit, who resembles the Spirit who
had descended, so as to pollute the souls through it. And the angels changed
themselves in their likeness into the likeness of their mates (the daughters
of men), filling them with the spirit of darkness, which they had mixed for
them, and with evil. They brought gold and silver and a gift and copper and
iron and metal and all kinds of things. And they steered the people who had
followed them into great troubles, by leading them astray with many deceptions.
They (the people) became old without having enjoyment. They died, not having
found truth and without knowing the God of truth. And thus the whole creation
became enslaved forever, from the foundation of the world until now. And they
took women and begot children out of the darkness according to the likeness
of their spirit. And they closed their hearts, and they hardened themselves
through the hardness of the counterfeit spirit until now. "I, therefore, the
perfect Pronoia of the all, changed myself into my seed, for I existed first,
going on every road. For I am the richness of the light; I am the remembrance
of the pleroma. "And I went into the realm of darkness and I endured till
I entered the middle of the prison. And the foundations of chaos shook. And
I hid myself from them because of their wickedness, and they did not recognize
me. "Again I returned for the second time, and I went about. I came forth
from those who belong to the light, which is I, the remembrance of the Pronoia.
I entered into the midst of darkness and the inside of Hades, since I was
seeking (to accomplish) my task. And the foundations of chaos shook, that
they might fall down upon those who are in chaos and might destroy them. And
again I ran up to my root of light, lest they be destroyed before the time.
"Still for a third time I went - I am the light which exists in the light,
I am the remembrance of the Pronoia - that I might enter into the midst of
darkness and the inside of Hades. And I filled my face with the light of the
completion of their aeon. And I entered into the midst of their prison, which
is the prison of the body. And I said, 'He who hears, let him get up from
the deep sleep.' And he wept and shed tears. Bitter tears he wiped from himself
and he said, 'Who is it that calls my name, and from where has this hope come
to me, while I am in the chains of the prison?' And I said, 'I am the Pronoia
of the pure light; I am the thinking of the virginal Spirit, who raised you
up to the honored place. Arise and remember that it is you who hearkened,
and follow your root, which is I, the merciful one, and guard yourself against
the angels of poverty and the demons of chaos and all those who ensnare you,
and beware of the deep sleep and the enclosure of the inside of Hades. "And
I raised him up, and sealed him in the light of the water with five seals,
in order that death might not have power over him from this time on. "And
behold, now I shall go up to the perfect aeon. I have completed everything
for you in your hearing. And I have said everything to you that you might
write them down and give them secretly to your fellow spirits, for this is
the mystery of the immovable race." And the savior presented these things
to him that he might write them down and keep them secure. And he said to
him, "Cursed be everyone who will exchange these things for a gift or for
food or for drink or for clothing or for any other such thing."
And these things were presented to him in a mystery, and immediately he disappeared
from him. And he went to his fellow disciples and related to them what the
savior had told him.
Jesus Christ, Amen.
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