Acts of John

Acts of John 24:1

And Cleopatra followed John into her room, and saw Lycomedes dead on her account. Her voice failed, she gnashed her teeth, bit her tongue, closed her eyes, and commenced to weep. And silently she looked at the apostle. And John had compassion for Cleopatra, and, perceiving that she became neither restless nor excited, he called upon the full mercy free from presumption, saying, “Lord Jesus Christ, thou seest that she collects herself; thou seest that she imposes restraint on herself; thou seest how Cleopatra’s soul cries in silence. For she hides within herself the insufferable grief. And I know that she will die yet because of Lycomedes.” And in a low voice she said to John, “This I have in my mind, Lord, and nothing else.” And the apostle went to the litter, on which Lycomedes was, seized the hand of Cleopatra, and said, “Cleopatra, because of the people which stand by and because of thy relatives which have come, call to thy husband, ‘Arise, and glorify God’s name, because He gives the dead to the dead!’” And she went and spoke to her husband as she was told, and immediately she raised him. Having risen, he fell down and kissed the feet of John. And he lifted him up and said, “Man, kiss not my feet, but God’s; by whose power both of you have risen!”