Book V - Snyder Bible

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demons, and therefore I spoke to him according to his own
ideas: for he has learned from the Jews that judgment and
vengeance are to be brought forth against those who set
themselves against the true faith, and do not repent. But here
are men to whom, as being perfect in crimes, the wicked one
appears that he may deceive them, so that they may never be
turned to repentance.
s Benediction
itude
bent their knees to Yahweh; and Kefa, looking towards
heaven, prayed for them with tears that Yahweh, for His
goodness, would deign to receive those betaking themselves
to Him. And after he had prayed and had instructed them to
meet early the next day, he dismissed the multitude. Then according
to custom, having taken food, we went to sleep.
Kefa, therefore, rising at the usual hour of the night, found
us waking; and when, saluting us in his usual manner, he had
I permit not only you but all, and not only now but always,
that every one confess what moves him and the part in
his mind that is pained, in order that he may obtain healing.
For things which are covered with silence and are not made
known to us are cured with difficulty, like maladies of long
standing; and therefore, since the medicine of seasonable and
necessary discourse cannot easily be applied to those who
keep silence, every one ought to declare in what respect his
mind is feeble through ignorance. But to him who keeps silence,
it belongs to Yahweh alone to give a remedy. We indeed
also can do it, but by the lapse of a long time. For it is necessary
that the discourse of doctrine, proceeding in order from
the beginning and meeting each single question, should disclose
all things and resolve and reach to all things, even to that