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are the divine and sacred mysteries which we saw and heard — I Karinus, and Leucius. We are not permitted further to record the other mysteries of God, inasmuch as Michael the Archangel protested, and said unto us, When ye go with your brethren into Jerusalem, ye shall cry aloud in your prayers, and glorify the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, who raised you from the dead with himself. And ye shall speak with no man, and shall abide as if dumb, until the hour cometh when the Lord shall himself permit you to relate the mysteries of his divinity. And Michael the Archangel commanded us to walk over Jordan into a fat and fruitful place, where there are many who arose with us in witness of the resurrection of Christ the Lord. For we, who arose from the dead, were only permitted to be three days in Jerusalem to celebrate the passover of the Lord with our kindred who were living, in witness of the resurrection of Christ the Lord; and we were baptised in the holy river Jordan, and each received white robes. And after three days, when the passover of the Lord had been celebrated, all who arose with us were carried away in clouds, and were taken beyond Jordan, and were seen no more by any. But it was said unto us