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1 Clement

1 Clement — J. B. Lightfoot 1891 English translation

Unverified edition · Chapter 25

Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)

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1 Clement 25:1

Let us consider the marvelous sign which is seen in the regions of the east, that is, in the parts about Arabia.

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1 Clement 25:2

There is a bird, which is named the phoenix. This, being the only one of its kind, liveth for five hundred years; and when it hath now reached the time of its dissolution that it should die, it maketh for itself a coffin of frankincense and myrrh and the other spices, into the which in the fullness of time it entereth, and so it dieth.

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1 Clement 25:3

But, as the flesh rotteth, a certain worm is engendered, which is nurtured from the moisture of the dead creature and putteth forth wings. Then, when it is grown lusty, it taketh up that coffin where are the bones of its parent, and carrying them journeyeth from the country of Arabia even unto Egypt, to the place called the City of the Sun;

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1 Clement 25:4

and in the daytime in the sight of all, flying to the altar of the Sun, it layeth them thereupon; and this done, it setteth forth to return.

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1 Clement 25:5

So the priests examine the registers of the times, and they find that it hath come when the five hundredth year is completed.

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