They saidto her, "You are out of your mind!"But she kept insistingthat it was so.They kept saying,"It is his angel."
The angelwho has redeemedme from allevil,Blessthe lads;And may my nameliveon in them, And the namesof my fathersAbrahamand Isaac;And may they growinto a multitudein the midstof the earth."
"IfI calledand He answeredme, I could not believethat He was listeningto my voice.
"Seethat you do not despiseoneof theselittle ones,for I sayto you that their angelsin heavencontinuallyseethe faceof My Fatherwho is in heaven.
When they heardthat He was aliveand had been seenby her, they refused to believeit.
AfterwardHe appearedto the eleventhemselvesas they were reclining[at the table]; and He reproachedthem for their unbeliefand hardness of heart,becausethey had not believedthosewho had seenHim after He had risen.
After aboutan hourhad passed,another man[began] to insist,saying,"Certainlythis manalsowas with Him, for he is a Galileantoo."
But thesewordsappearedto them as nonsense,and they would not believethem.
But Petercontinuedknocking;and when they had opened[the door], they sawhim and were amazed.
While [Paul] was sayingthisin his defense,Festussaidin a loudvoice,"Paul,you are out of your mind![Your] greatlearningis drivingyou mad."
