Shepherd of Hermas vision-2:18

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Work: Shepherd of Hermas

Passage referenceShepherd of Hermas vision-2:18

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Shepherd of Hermas — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation

4[8]:2 And afterwards I saw a vision in my house. The aged woman came, and asked me, if I had already given the book to the elders. I said that I had not given it. "Thou hast done well," she said, "for I have words to add. When then I shall have finished all the words, it shall be made known by thy means to all the elect.

Source: Shepherd of Hermas — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation
Rights: Public domain
Reading language: eng
Source language: grc
Completeness: Complete text as staged in the source packet; nothing reconstructed.
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