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18. John hastened to Ephesus, induced by a vision. On this account Daemonicus and his relative Aristodemus and the very rich Cleobius and the wife of Marcellus detained him hardly a day at Miletus to rest with him. When they had left early in the morning, and had almost gone about four miles, a voice from heaven was heard: "John, thou art to procure, for thy Lord at Ephesus the glory which thou knowest, thou and all thy brethren with thee, and some of those who shall believe there through thee." And John rejoicing considered within himself what it might be that were to happen to him at Ephesus, and said, "Lord, behold I go according to Thy will. Thy will be done."

19. When we came near the city, Lycomedes