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Demonstration
VIII.—Of
the Resurrection of the Dead.
1. At all times controversies arise on this matter, how the dead shall rise and with what body they shall
come?958
For lo! the
body wears out and is corrupted; and the bones also, no doubt, as time
lengthens out over them, waste away and are not to be recognised.
And when thou enterest a tomb in which a hundred dead men are buried,
thou findest not there an handful of dust. And thus say those
that reflect on these things:—“We know of course that the
dead shall rise; but they will be clothed in a heavenly body and
spiritual forms. And if it is not so, these hundred dead that
were buried in one tomb, of whom after a long time elapses there
remains nothing at all there, when the dead shall be quickened, and
shall be clothed in a body and rise, unless they shall be clothed in a
heavenly body, from whence shall their body come? For lo! there
is nothing in the tomb.”
2. Whosoever reflects thus is foolish, and without knowledge. When the dead were brought in, they were
something; and when they were there for a long time, they became
nothing. And, when the time shall have come that the dead shall
rise, that nothing shall become something according to its former
nature, and a change shall be added to its nature. O thou unwise
who reflectest thus, hear that which the blessed Apostle said when he
was instructing a foolish man like thee; for he said:—Thou
fool, the seed which thou sowest unless it die is not quickened; and
that which thou sowest is not like that which grows up into blade, but
one bare grain of wheat or barley or some other seedling. And to
each one of the seeds is given its own body. But God clothes thy
seed with its body as He wills.959
3. Therefore, O fool, be instructed by this, that
each of the seeds is clothed in its own body. Never dost thou sow
wheat and yet reap barley, and never dost thou plant a vine and yet it
produced figs; but everything grows according to its nature. Thus
also the body that was laid in the earth is that which shall rise
again. And as to this, that the body is corrupted and wastes
away, thou oughtest to be instructed by the parable of the seed; that
as the seed, when it is cast into the earth, decays and is corrupted,
and from its decay it produces and buds and bears fruit. For the
land that is ploughed, into which seed is not cast, produces not fruit,
even if that land drinks in all the rain. So the grave in which
the dead are not buried, from it men shall not issue forth in the
quickening of the dead, though the full voice of the trumpet should
sound within it. And if, as they say, the spirit of the just shall ascend into heaven and
put on a heavenly body, they are in heaven. And He Who raises the
dead dwells in heaven. Then when our Saviour shall come, whom
shall He raise up from the earth? And why did He write for
us:—The hour shall come, and now is, that the dead also shall
hear the voice of the Son of Man, and they shall live and come forth
from their tombs?960
For the
heavenly body will not come and enter into the tomb, and again go forth
from it.
4. For thus say those who are stubborn in folly:—Why did the Apostle say,—Different is the body
which is in heaven from that which is on earth?961
But he that hears this, let him hear
also the other thing that the Apostle said:—There is an animal
body, and there is a spiritual body.962
And again he said:—We shall
all sleep, but we shall not all be changed.963
And again he said:—This
that shall die must clothe itself with that that shall not die, and
this which is corruptible must clothe itself with that which is
incorruptible.964
Again he
said:—We must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ,
that every man may be rewarded in his body for everything that before
time was done by him, whether good or evil.965
Again he said:—What shall those do that are
baptized for the dead? For if the dead rise not, why are they
baptized for them?966
Again he
said:—If there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ
not risen, and if Christ is not risen then your faith is vain, and our
preaching. And if so we are found false witnesses in that we
testified of God, that He raised up Christ, Whom He raised not
up.967
Therefore, if the dead rise not,
there is no judgment. And if there is no judgment, then let us
eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die. Be not deceived; evil
communications corrupt good purposes.968
Now as to this that the Apostle
said:—The body that is in heaven is different from that which
is on the earth, let this word be thus understood by thee.
When the body of the just shall arise and be changed, it is called
heavenly. And that which is not changed is called earthly,
according to its earthly nature.
5. But hear, my beloved, another word like this, which the Apostle has spoken. For he said:—The
spiritual man judgeth everything, and he is judged by no
one.969
And again he
said:—They that are spiritual are spiritually minded, and they
that are carnal are carnally minded.970
And again he said:—When we
were in the flesh, the weaknesses of sins were working in our members
that we might become fruit for death.971
Again he said:—If the
Spirit of Christ is in you, ye are spiritual.972
All these things the Apostle said,
while he was clothed in the flesh but was doing the works of the
Spirit. Thus also in the Resurrection of the dead, the righteous
shall be changed, and the earthly form shall be swallowed up in the
heavenly, and it shall be called a heavenly body. And that which
shall not be changed, shall be called earthly.
6. Concerning then this Resurrection of the dead,
my beloved, according to my power I will instruct thee. For from
the beginning God created Adam; moulded him from the dust of the earth,
and raised him up. For if, while Adam was not, He made him from
nothing, how much easier now is it for Him to raise him up; for lo! as
a seed he is sown in the earth. For if God should do those things
that are easy for us, His works would not appear mighty to us.
For lo! there are amongst men artificers who make wonderful things, and
those who are not artificers of the works stand and wonder how they
were done; and the work of their fellows is difficult in their
eyes. How much more should not the works of God be as a
marvel! But for God this was no great thing, that the dead should
be quickened. Before seed was sown in the earth, the earth
produced that which had not been cast into it. Before it had conceived, it bore in its virginity. How then is this difficult, that the
earth should cause to spring up again what had been cast into it, and
after conception should bear? And lo! her travail-pains are near;
as Isaiah said, Who hath seen anything like this and who hath heard
such things as these? that the earth should travail in one day, and a
people should be born in one hour?973
For Adam unsown sprang up;
unconceived he was born. But lo! now his offspring are sown, and
wait for the rain, and shall spring up. And lo! the earth teems
with many, and the time of her bringing forth is at hand.
7. For all our fathers, in hope of the Resurrection and the quickening of the dead, were looking forward and
hastening; as the blessed Apostle said, If the righteous had been
looking forward to that city from which Abraham went forth, they would
have had an opportunity of again turning back and to it; but they
showed that they were looking forward to one better than it, namely
that which is in heaven.974
They were
looking forward to be released and to go speedily thither. And
from that which I am writing unto thee, understand and observe that
they were looking forward to the Resurrection. For Jacob our
father, when he was dying, bound Joseph his son with an oath, and said
to him, Bury me in the tomb of my fathers, with Abraham and Sarah
and Isaac and Rebecca.975
And why, my
beloved, did Jacob not wish to be buried in Egypt, but with his
fathers? He showed beforehand, that he was looking forward to the
quickening of the dead; that, when the Resurrection shout should be
raised and the sound of the trumpet (heard), he might rise up near to
his fathers, and might not at the time of the Resurrection be mingled
with the wicked who shall return to Sheol and to punishment.
8. Thus also Joseph bound his brethren by an oath,976
and said to them:—When God shall
remember you, take up my bones from hence with you. And
according to the word of Joseph his brethren did, and kept the oath a
hundred and twenty-five years. At that time when the hosts of the
Lord went out from the land of Egypt, then Moses took up the bones of
Joseph when he went forth.977
And the
bones of the righteous man were more precious and better in his
estimation than the gold and the silver that the children of Israel
took from Egypt when they spoiled them. And the bones of Joseph
were forty years in the wilderness; and at that time when Moses fell
asleep, he gave them in inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun. The
bones of Joseph his father were better in his estimation than all the
spoil of that land which he subdued. And why did Moses give the
bones of Joseph to Joshua? Clearly, because he was of the tribe
of Ephraim the son of Joseph. And he buried them in the land of
promise, that there might be in that land a treasure, (even) that of
the bones of Joseph (that were) buried therein. And also at the
time that Jacob was dying, he blessed his tribes, and showed them what
would happen to them in the latter days, and said to
Reuben:—Reuben, thou art my firstborn, might and the beginning
of my strength. Thou hast gone astray; as water, thou shalt not
abide, because thou wentest up father’s bed. Truly thou
defilest my couch and wentest up.978
From
the time that Jacob fell asleep until the time that Moses fell asleep
two hundred and thirty-three years elapsed. Then Moses wished by
his priestly power to absolve Reuben from his transgression and sin, in
that he had lain with Bilhah, his father’s concubine; that when
his brethren should rise, he might not be cut off from their
number. So he said in the beginning of his
blessing:—Reuben shall live and not die, and shall be in the
number.979
9. And also when the time came that Moses should
sleep with his fathers, he was grieved and distressed, and he sought of
his Lord and entreated that he might pass over to the land of promise. And why, my beloved, was the righteous Moses grieved because he did not enter into
the land of promise? Clearly, because he wished to go and be
buried with his fathers, and not be buried in the land of his
adversaries, in the land of Moab. For the Moabites hired Balaam
the son of Beor to curse Israel. Therefore Moses wished not to be
buried in that land, lest the Moabites should come and take vengeance
on him by taking up and casting forth the bones of that righteous
man. And the Lord performed an act of grace towards Moses.
For He brought him forth to Mount Nebo, and showed him all the land,
making it pass before him. And as Moses gazed upon all the land,
and gazed upon the mountain of the Jebusites where the Tabernacle was
to dwell, he was grieved and wept when he saw the tomb in Hebron where
his fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were buried, that he should not be
buried with them, nor his bones cast upon their bones, that he might
rise along with them in the Resurrection. But when he had seen
all the land, his Lord encouraged him and said to him, “I myself
will bury thee and hide thee, and none shall know thy
tomb.” So Moses died according to the word of the mouth
of the Lord, and He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab over
against Beth-Peor, where Israel had sinned, and no man has known his
sepulchre unto this day.980
Two goodly
benefits did his Lord accomplish for Moses in not making known his tomb
to the children of Israel. He rejoiced that his adversaries
should not know it, and cast forth his bones from his tomb; and in the
second place, that the children of his people should not know it, and
make his tomb a place of worship, for he was accounted as God in the
eyes of the children of his people. And understand this, my
beloved, from hence, that when he left them and went up to the
mountain, they said:981
—As for
this Moses who brought us up from the land of Egypt we know not what
has become of him. So they made them a calf and worshipped
it, and they remembered not God Who brought them up from Egypt by means
of Moses with a mighty hand and an uplifted arm.982
Because of this, God had respect
unto Moses, and did not make known his tomb; lest, if He should make
known his tomb, the children of his people might go astray, and make
them an image, and worship it and sacrifice to it, and so by their sins
disquiet the bones of the righteous man.
10. And Moses again proclaimed clearly the Resurrection of the dead, for he said as from the mouth of his
God:—It is I that cause to die and it is I that make
alive.983
Again also Hannah said thus in her prayer:—The
Lord causeth to die and quickeneth; He bringeth down to Sheol and
bringeth up (therefrom).984
The
Prophet Isaiah also said thus:—Thy dead shall live, O Lord,
and their bodies shall rise, and they that sleep in the dust shall
awake and praise thee.985
David also proclaimed, saying:—For lo! for the
dead Thou workest wonderful things, and the mighty ones shall rise and
make confession unto Thee, and those that are in the tombs shall
recount Thy grace.986
And how
in the tombs shall they recount the grace of God?
Clearly, when they shall hear the sound of trumpet summoning them, and
the cornet sounding forth from on high, and the earthquake that shall
be, and the tombs that shall be opened, then the mighty ones shall
arise in glory, and recount one to another in the tombs, saying,
“Great is the grace that is performed towards us. For our
hope was cut off; yet (another) hope has arisen for us. We were
imprisoned in darkness, and have come forth to the light. We were
sown in corruption, and have risen in glory. We were buried
naturally, and we have risen spiritually. Again we were sown in
weakness, and have risen in power.” This is the grace that
they shall tell of in the tombs.
11. And it was not only in words, my beloved, that God said:—“I quicken
the dead,” but also in deeds He showed it to us by many
testimonies; that we might have no hesitation (concerning it). He
showed it beforehand plainly; for through Elijah a wonder was
manifested, (in proof) that the dead shall live and that they that
sleep in the dust shall arise. For when the son of the widow
died, Elijah raised him up and gave him to his mother. And Elisha
again, his disciple, raised up the son of the Shunamite; that the
testimony of two might be established and confirmed for us. And
also again when the children of Israel cast a dead man on the bones of
Elisha, that dead man revived and arose. And the witness of three
is certain.
12. And also through the Prophet Ezekiel, the Resurrection of the dead was manifestly shown, when God brought him
forth to the valley and showed him many bones, and made him pass by
them round about them, and said to him:—Son of Man, will these
bones live? And Ezekiel said to Him:987
—Thou knowest, O Lord of
lords. And the Lord said to him:—Prophesy, O Son
Man, over these bones; prophesy and say to the dry bones, Hear the word
of the Lord of lords. And when he had caused them to hear
those words, there was a shaking and a noise, and the bones were
gathered together, even those that were crushed into pieces and
broken. And when the Prophet saw them, he was astonished, for
they came together from all sides, and each bone received its fellow,
and each joint approached its fellow-joint, and they ordered
themselves, one on another. And their dryness was made moist, and
the joints were united by the ligatures, and the blood grew warm in the
arteries, and skin was stretched over the flesh, and hair grew up
according to its nature. But they lay prostrate and there was no
breath in them. Then again He commanded the Prophet, and said to
him:—Prophesy unto the spirit and say to it, Come, O spirit,
from the four winds, and breathe upon these slain men that they may
live. And when he caused them to hear this second word,
the spirit entered into them, and they revived and stood up upon
their feet, a very great host.
13. But why, my beloved, was it that those dead
did not rise because of the one word (spoken) through Ezekiel, and why
was not their resurrection, both of bones and spirit, accomplished
(through that one word)? For lo! by one word the bones were
fitted together, and by another the spirit came. It was in order
that full perfection might be left for our Lord Jesus Christ, Who with
one utterance and one word will raise up at the last day every body of
man. For it was not the word that was insufficient, but its
bearer was inferior. And with regard to this, understand and
observe that when Elijah also, and Elisha his disciple, raised the
dead, it was not with one word that they raised them up, but after they
had prayed and made intercession and delayed no little time, then they
arose.
14. And our Lord Himself, in that His first Coming raised up three that were dead, that the testimony of three
might be made sure. And He raised up each one of them with two
words each. For when He raised up the widow’s son, He
called him twice, saying to him, Young man, young man,
arise.988
And he
revived and arose. And again, He twice called the daughter of the
chief of the synagogue, saying to her, Damsel, damsel,
arise.989
And her
spirit returned and she arose. And after Lazarus died, when He
came to the place of burial. He prayed earnestly and cried with a
loud voice and said, Lazarus, come forth.990
And he revived and came out of his
tomb.
15. And concerning all this that I have explained
to thee, that those dead persons were raised with two words each, it
was because for them two resurrections take place; that former one, and
the second, that which is to come. For in that resurrection in
which all men shall rise, none shall fall again; and by one word of
God, sent forth through Christ, all the dead shall rise in the twinkling of an eye,
speedily. For He Who brings it to pass is not feeble or
insufficient. For with one word of summons He will cause all the
ends (of the world) to hear, and all that are laid (in the grave) shall
leap forth and rise up; and no word shall return void to Him that sent
it forth, but as it is written in the Prophet Isaiah,991
who compares the word to rain and snow; for he said:—As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and
return not thither, but fertilize the earth and cause it to bring forth
and give seed to the sower and bread for food, so shall the word be
that goes forth from My mouth, and it shall not return to Me void, but
shall accomplish whatsoever I desire and shall accomplish that for
which I shall have sent it. For the rain and the snow do not
return to heaven, but accomplish in the earth the will of Him that
sends them. So the word that He shall send through His Christ,
Who is Himself the Word and the Message, shall return to Him with great
power. For when He shall come and bring it, He shall come down
like rain and snow, and through Him all that is sown shall spring up
and bear righteous fruit, and the word shall return to His sender; but
not in vain shall His going have been, but thus shall He say in the
presence of His sender:—Behold, I and the children that the
Lord has given Me.992
And this is
the voice through which the dead shall live. Concerning it our
Redeemer testifies, saying:—The hour shall come when even the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of Man and shall come forth from
their tombs;993
as it is written, In the beginning was the voice, that is the
Word.994
Again He
said, The Word became a body and dwelt amongst us.995
And this is that voice of God which
shall sound from on high and raise up all the dead.
16. Again, our Lord explained to the Sadducees with regard to the resurrection of the dead, when they
brought forth to Him the parable of the woman who was married to seven
husbands, and said to Him:—Lo! the woman was wife of them all;
in the Resurrection of the dead, to which of them shall she be
wife?996
Then
our Lord said to them:—Ye do greatly err, and ye know not the
Scriptures nor the power of God. For they who are worthy of that
world and of that Resurrection from the dead, they that are men do not
take wives, nor are the women married to husbands, for they cannot die,
for they are as the angels of God and children of the
Resurrection. But concerning the Resurrection, that the dead
shall rise, have ye not read in the Scripture that God said to Moses
out of the bush, “I am the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of
Jacob.” And lo! He is not God of the dead, for they all are
alive unto Him.997
17. And there are those who even while they live are dead unto God. For He laid a commandment on Adam and
said to him, In the day that thou shalt eat of the tree, thou shalt
surely die.998
And after
he had transgressed the commandment, and had eaten, he lived nine
hundred and thirty years; but he was accounted dead unto God because of
his sins. But that it may be made certain for thee that a sinner
is called dead even when he lives, I will make it clear to thee.
For thus it is written in Ezekiel the Prophet, As I live, saith the
Lord of lords, I desire not the death of the dead sinner.999
| 999 Ez. xviii. 23, 32; xxxiii. 11. | 18. Moreover our Lord said to that man who said to Him:—Let me go and bury my father, and I will come to
Thee.1000
And our Lord
said to him, Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou, preach the
Kingdom of God. But how is this word understood by thee, my
beloved? Didst thou ever see the dead burying their dead?
Or how shall a dead man arise to bury another dead man? But
receive this explanation from me, that a sinner, while he is living, is
dead unto God; and a righteous man, though dead, is alive unto
God. For such death is a sleep, as David said, I lay down and slept, and
awoke.1001
Again Isaiah
said, They that sleep in the dust shall awake.1002
And our Lord said concerning the
daughter of the chief of the synagogue, The damsel is not dead, but
sleeping a slumber.1003
And
concerning Lazarus, He said to His disciples:—Our friend
Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go to waken him.1004
And the Apostle said:—We shall
all sleep, but we shall not all be changed.1005
And again he said:—Concerning
those that sleep, be ye not grieved.1006
19. But it is right for us to be afraid of the second death,1007
| 1007 Rev. ii. 11; xx. 14; xxi. 18. | that which is full of weeping and gnashing of teeth, and of groanings and miseries, that
which is situated in outer darkness. But blessed shall be the
faithful and the righteous in that Resurrection, in which they expect
to be awakened and to receive the good promises made them. But as
for the wicked who are not faithful, in the Resurrection woe to them,
because of that which is laid up for them! It would be better for
them according to the faith which they possess, were they not to
arise. For the servant, for whom his Lord is preparing stripes
and bonds, while he is sleeping desires not to awake, for he knows that
when the dawn shall have come and he shall awake, his Lord will scourge
and bind him. But the good servant, to whom his Lord has promised
gifts, looks expectantly for the time when dawn shall come and he shall
receive presents from his Lord. And even though he is soundly
sleeping, in his dream he sees something like what his Lord is about to
give him, whatsoever He has promised him, and he rejoices in his dream,
and exults, and is gladdened. As for the wicked, his sleep is not
pleasant to him, for he imagines that lo! the dawn has come for him,
and his heart is broken in his dream. But the righteous sleep,
and their slumber is pleasant to them, in the day-time and the
night-time, and they take no thought of all that long night, and like
one hour is it accounted in their eyes. Then in the watch of the
dawn they awake with joy. But as for the wicked, their sleep lies
heavy upon them, and they are like a man who is laid low by a great and
deep fever, and tosses on his couch hither and thither, and he is
terrified the whole night long, which lengthens itself out for him, and
he fears the dawn when his Lord will condemn him.
20. But our faith thus teaches, that when men fall
asleep, they sleep this slumber without knowing good from evil.
And the righteous look not forward to their promises, nor do the wicked
look forward to their sentence of punishment, until the Judge come and
separate those whose place is at His right hand from those whose place
is at His left. And be thou instructed by that which is written,
that when the Judge shall sit, and the books be opened before Him and
the good and evil deeds recited, then they that have wrought good works
shall receive good rewards from Him Who is good; and they that have
done evil deeds shall receive evil penalties from the just Judge.
For towards the good, He changes not His nature; and He proves Himself
just because He justly condemns many. But towards the evil He
changes His nature, in that world where grace is lost in justice; and
He proves Himself just to all. And grace will not be joined with
justice towards them. Like as grace avails not (to remedy)
detriment, so justice (avails not to assist) grace. For grace is
far from the judge, but justice urges the judge. If grace be nigh
to any one, let him turn himself towards it, and not deliver himself
into the hands of justice, lest it condemn him, exacting for his
shortcomings the penalty at his hands. And if grace be far from
any one, justice will bring him to the trial, and by it he will be
condemned, and go away to the torment.
21. But hear, my beloved, this proof that
retribution shall take place at the end. For when the Shepherd
divides His flock and sets some on His right hand and some on His
left,1008
until He shall have acknowledged the service of the good, then He will
cause them to inherit the kingdom; and until He shall have rebuked the
evil and they are condemned, then He will send them to the
torment. And as to them that sent messengers after the King,
saying, This man shall not be king over us,1009
when He shall receive the kingdom and return, then His adversaries shall be slain before Him. And the labourers
who hastened and were wearied in the vineyard, shall not receive the
reward till the labour shall cease. And the traders who received
the money, when the Lord of the money shall come, then shall He exact
the usury. And the virgins who, while waiting for the bridegroom,
slumbered and slept because He delayed to come, when they shall hear
the cry, then they shall awake and trim their lamps; and they that are
wise shall enter in; and the foolish shall be shut out. And they
who were before us in entering the faith, without us shall not be
made perfect.1010
22. From all these things, understand thou, my
beloved, as it has been made certain for thee, that as yet no one has
received his reward. For the righteous have not inherited the
kingdom, nor have the wicked gone into torment. The Shepherd has
not as yet divided His flock. And lo! the workmen enter into the
vineyard, and as yet have not received the reward. And lo! the
merchants are trading with the money. And as yet their Lord has
not come to take the account. And the King has gone to receive
the Kingdom, but as yet He has not returned the second time. And
those virgins that are waiting the bridegroom are sleeping up to the
present time, and are awaiting the cry when they will awake. And
the former men who toiled in the faith until the last men shall come,
shall not be made perfect.
23. But they who are babes in understanding say:—“If no one has received his reward, why did the
Apostle say, When we shall depart from the body, we shall be present
with the Lord?”1011
But recollect,
my beloved, that I instructed thee concerning this matter in the
Demonstration concerning Solitaries,1012
that the spirit which the righteous receive, according to its heavenly
nature, goes to our Lord until the time of the Resurrection, when it
shall come to put on the body in which it dwelt. And at every
time it has the memory of this in the presence of God, and looks
eagerly for the Resurrection of that body in which it dwelt, as the
Prophet Isaiah said about the Church of the Gentiles:—They
that make mention of thee shall be faithful and stand before the Lord,
and thou shalt not give them rest.1013
| 1013 Is. lxii. 6, 7. This quotation differs widely
from the Peshitto, as well as from the Hebrew and the Septuagint. | But as to the wicked, they have none
to make mention of them before the Lord, because the Holy Spirit is far
removed from them, because they are animal, and are buried after the
manner of animals.
24. And again, (the followers of) doctrines, which are instruments of the Evil One, are offended by the word which
our Lord spake, No one has ascended up to heaven but He Who came
down from heaven, the Son of Man, Who was in heaven.1014
And they say, “Lo! our Lord
testified that no earthly body has ascended to heaven.” In
their ignorance they cannot apprehend the force of this. For when
our Lord instructed Nicodemus, he did not apprehend the force of the
saying. Then our Lord said to him:—No one has ascended
into heaven, so as to come down and relate to you whatsoever is
there. For if I have spoken unto you of those things that are
in the earth, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I shall speak
unto you of those things which are in heaven?1015
For lo! no other witness besides Me has
come down from thence, to bear witness concerning those things which
are in heaven, so that ye should believe. For Elijah went up thither, but he came not
down along with Me to bear witness, that the testimony of two might be
sure.”
25. But as for thee, my beloved, have no doubt as to the Resurrection of the dead. For the living mouth
(of God) testifies:—I cause to die and I make
alive.1016
And both of
them proceeded out of one mouth. And as we are sure that He
causes to die, and we see it; so also it is sure and worthy of belief,
that He makes alive. And from all that I have explained to thee,
receive and believe that in the day of the Resurrection thy body shall
arise in its entirety, and thou shalt receive from our Lord the reward
of thy faith, and in all that thou hast believed, thou shalt rejoice
and be made glad.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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