The Old Woman Appears To Hermas In A Vision
3:1
The vision which I saw, brethren, was this:
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When I had often fasted and prayed to the Lord so that he would give me the
revelation he had promised by the old woman to show to me, the same night she
appeared and said to me:
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Because you thus afflict yourself and are so desirous to know all things, come
into the field, wherever you choose, and about the sixth hour, I will appear to
you and show you what you must see. The sixth hour means noon. (The day began at
6 a.m., the first hour.)
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I asked her, saying: Lady, into what part of the field? She answered, wherever
you prefer, only choose a good and a private place. And before I began to speak
and tell her the place, she said to me, I will come there.
Hermas Goes To The Field To Meet The Old Woman
3:5
I
was therefore, brethren, in the field, and I observed the hours and came into
the place where I had appointed her to come.
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And I beheld a bench placed there. It was a linen pillow, and over it spread a
covering of fine linen.
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When I saw these things arranged in this manner and
that there was nobody in the place, I began to be astonished, and because I was
alone, my hair stood on end and a kind of horror seized me.
The Old Woman And Six Young Men (Angels) Appear
3:9
And while I was doing this, the old woman came there with the six young men whom
I had seen before, and stood behind me as I was praying, and heard me praying
and confessing my sins to the Lord.
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And touching me, she said: Stop praying now only for your sins; pray also for
righteousness, that you may receive a part of her in your house.
The Young Men (Angels) Are Told To Go And Build
3:11
And she lifted me up from the place and took me by the hand, and brought me to
the seat and said to the young men, Go, and build.
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And soon as they were departed, and we were alone, she said to me, Sit here. I
answered her, Lady, let those who are elder sit first. She replied, Sit down as
I bid you.
A
Bright Wand
3:22
Therefore, falling down before her feet, I began to entreat her for the Lord's
sake that she would show me the vision she had promised.
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Then she again took me by the hand and lifted me up, and made me sit upon the
seat on the left side, and holding up a certain bright wand, said to me, See
that great thing? I replied, Lady I see nothing.
The Young Men (Angels) Build A Tower Upon The Water
3:24
She answered, Do you not see opposite you a great tower with bright square
stones built upon the water?
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For the tower was built upon a square by these six young men who came with her.
The Six Young Men Are Identified As Angels
3:43
And I answering, said to her, These things are very admirable, but Lady, who are
those six men that build?
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She said, They are the angels of God who were first appointed, and to whom the
Lord has delivered all his creatures, to frame and build them up, and to rule
over them. For by these the building of the tower will be finished.
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And who are the rest who bring them stones?
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They also are the holy angels of the Lord, but the others are more excellent
than these. When the whole building of the tower will be finished, they will all
feast together beside the tower, and will glorify God because the structure of
the tower is finished.
The Angels Carry The Old Woman To The Tower
3:105
When she had ended talking with me, the six young men that built came and
carried her to the tower; and four others took up the seat on which she had sat,
and they also went away again to the tower. I did not see the faces of these,
for their backs were towards me.
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As she was going away, I asked her that she would reveal to me what concerned
the three forms in which she had appeared to me.
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But she answering said to me, Concerning these things you must ask some other,
that they may be revealed to you.
The Old Woman Appeared In Three Forms
3:108
Now, brethren, in the first vision the last year, she appeared to me exceeding
old, and sitting in a chair.
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In another vision, she indeed had a youthful
face, but her flesh and hair were old; but she talked with me standing, and was
more cheerful than the first time.
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In the third vision, she was in all respects much younger, and appealing to the
eye; only she had the hair of an aged person; yet she looked cheerful, and sat
upon a seat.
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I was therefore very sad concerning these things, until I might understand the
vision.
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Then I saw the same old woman in a vision of the night saying to me, All prayer
needs humiliation. Fast, therefore, and you will learn what you ask from the
Lord. I fasted therefore one day.
A
Young Man (Angel) Appears To Hermas
3:113
The same night a young man appeared to me and said, Why do you thus often desire
Revelation in your prayers? Take heed that by asking many things, you hurt not
the body. Let these Revelation suffice you.
Vision 4
Hermas Hears A Voice
4:5
And behold somewhat like a voice answered me, Doubt not, Hermas. I began to
think and say within myself, Why should I doubt, seeing I am thus settled by the
Lord and have seen such glorious things?
Hermas Sees The Beast
4:6
I
had gone but a little farther, brethren, when behold I saw a dust rise up to
heaven. I began to say within myself, Is there a drove of cattle coming, that
raises such a dust?
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It was about a furlong off from me. And behold I saw the dust rise more and
more, so much that I began to suspect that there was something extraordinary in
it.
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The sun shone a little, and behold, I saw a great beast, as it were a whale, and
fiery locusts came out of his mouth. The height of the beast was about a hundred
feet, and he had a head like a large earthen vessel.
A
Virgin With Shining Hair Is Seen By Hermas
4:14
After I had passed by it and was gone forward about thirty feet, behold there
met me a certain virgin, well adorned as if she had just come out of her bridal
chamber, all in white, having on white shoes, a veil down her face, and covered
with shining hair.
The Angel Hegrin Stops The Mouth Of The Beast
4:18
For this reason the Lord sent his angel who is over the beast, whose name is
Hegrin, and stopped his mouth, that he should not devour you. You have escaped a
great trial through your faith, and because you did not doubt for such a
terrible beast.
Hermas Hears A Loud Noise As The Virgin Leaves
4:29
When she had spoken this, she departed. I did not see where she went, but
suddenly I heard a noise, and I turned back afraid, for I thought the beast was
coming toward me.
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