Page:The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas.djvu/189

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grave seized her hand and said, "Thou who alone art God, I call upon thee, the immense, the unspeakable, the incomprehensible, to whom all worldly power is subject, before whom every might bows, before whom every pride falls down and is silent, before whose voice the demons are confounded, at whose contemplation the whole creation surrenders in quiet meditation. Thy name will be hallowed by us, and raise Drusiana that Callimachus be still more established in thee who alone canst do what is wholly impossible with man, and hast established the dispensation of salvation and resurrection, and let Drusiana come out comforted from the grave, which in consequence of the conversion of the youth has no more in herself the least impediment, to long for thee!"

80. Having spoken thus, John said, "Drusiana, arise!" And she arose and came from the tomb. And when she saw that she wore nothing but her shirt, she knew not how to explain it, how it happened. Having learned everything from Andronicus, while John was upon his face and Callimachus weepingly praised God, she also rejoiced and praised God.[1]

81. Having dressed herself and looking around, she saw Fortunatus. And she said to John, "Father, he, too, shall rise, though he tried ever so much to become my traitor." When Callimachus heard her speaking thus, he said, "No, I

  1. Here the text ends in Zahn, loc. cit., p. 234.