Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/Christ's Descent into Hell: Latin. Second Version/Chapter 5

Chapter 5 (21).

Then all the saints, hearing this again, exulted in joy.&#160; And one of those standing round, Isaias by name, cried out aloud, and thundered:&#160; Father Adam, and all standing round, hear my declaration.&#160; When I was on earth, and by the teaching of the Holy Spirit, in prophecy I sang of this light:&#160; The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light; to them dwelling in the region of the shadow of death light has arisen.&#160; At these words father Adam, and all of them, turned and asked him:&#160; Who art thou? because what thou sayest is true.&#160; And he subjoined, and said:&#160; My name is Isaias.

Then appeared another near him, as if a hermit.&#160; And they asked him, saying:&#160; Who art thou, who bearest such an appearance in thy body? &#160; And he firmly answered:&#160; I am John the Baptist, voice and prophet of the Most High.&#160; I went before the face of the same Lord, that I might make the waste and rough places into plain ways.&#160; I with my finger pointed out and made manifest the Lamb of the Lord, and Son of God, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.&#160; I baptized Him in the river Jordan.&#160; I heard the voice of the Father from heaven thundering over Him, and proclaiming, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.&#160; I received from Him the answer that He would descend to the lower world

Then father Adam, hearing this, cried with a loud voice, exclaiming:&#160; Alleluia! which is, interpreted, The Lord is certainly coming.