CHAPTER 4.

The disciples, however, sat with one another in fear,
and were greatly agitated. ( They were afraid, however, on
account of the great earthquake which happened, and they
wept together, saying: "What will happen now? Perhaps
the Saviour will destroy all the places".
As they were saying these things and were weeping to
one another, on the ninth hour of the following day the
heavens opened, and they saw Jesus coming down, giving
light exceedingly, and there was no measure to the light
in which he was. For he gave more light than in the hour
-that he went up to heaven, so that the men in the world
were not able to speak of the light which was his, and it cast
forth very many rays of light, and there was no measure
to its rays. And his light was not equal throughout, but
it was of different kinds, and it was of different types, so that
some were many times superior to others, and the whole
light together was in three forms, and the one was many
times superior to the other; the second which was in the
middle was superior to the first which was below; and the
third which was above them all was superior to the second
which was below. And the first ray which was below them
all was similar to the light which had come down upon Jesus
before he went up to heaven, and it was quite equal to it in
its light. And the three light-forms were of different kinds
of light and they were of different types. And some were
many times superior to others.

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