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386 Then all the saints worshipped him and cried, saying, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; God the Lord hath given us light. Amen, through all ages. Alleluia, for evermore; praise, honour, might, and glory, because thou hast come from on high to visit us. And singing Alleluia all together, and rejoicing together in glory, they ran together under the hands of the Lord. Then the Saviour, making inquiry concerning all of them, smote Hades; and immediately he cast down some into Tartarus, and took others with him to the world above.

all the saints of God besought the Lord to leave in the underworld the symbol of victory (that of the holy cross), that his most wicked ministers might not prevail to detain any under accusation whom the Lord had absolved. And so it came to pass, and the Lord set his cross in the midst of Hades, and it is the symbol of victory, and will remain so for ever.

Then we all went out thence with the Lord, and left Satan and Hades in Tartarus. And command was given to us and to many others, that we should rise with the body, to bear witness in the world unto the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, and of the things which were done in the underworld.