Apocalypse of Sedrach XII:1
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Work: Apocalypse of Sedrach
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Apocalypse of Sedrach — ANF IX English translation (A. Rutherfurd)
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XII. Christ saith to him: Stay, Sedrach; how long dost thou weep and groan? Paradise is opened to thee, and, dying, thou shalt live. Sedrach saith to him: Once more I will speak unto thee, O Lord: How long shall I live before I die? and do not disregard my prayer. The Lord saith to him: Speak, O Sedrach. Sedrach saith: If a man shall live eighty or ninety or an hundred years, and live these years in sin, and again shall turn, and the man live in repentance, in how many days dost thou forgive him his sins? God saith to him: If he shall live an hundred or eighty years and shall turn and repent f…
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- Apocalypse of Sedrach — ANF IX English translation (A. Rutherfurd)
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