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 who met with (good) reason, and they who raise (from the dead).

86. Having thus prayed and praised God, he left the tomb and made all brethren partake of the eucharist of the Lord. And when he had come into the house of Andronicus, he said to the brethren: "Dear brethren, a spirit within me has prophesied that, in consequence of the bite of the serpent Fortunatus died of blood-poisoning. Let one make haste and inquire whether it is so! And one of the young men ran and found him dead already, the poison having spread and reached the heart. And he returned to John, reporting that he had been dead three hours already. And John said, "Thou hast thy child, devil!"

Thus John rejoiced with the brethren in the Lord.

87. Those then, who were present inquired the cause, and were especially perplexed, for that Drusiana