Shepherd of Hermas — Vision 1, Chapter 4

The Chair Carried Away Toward the East

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Vision 1.4.1When she had finished reading and risen from the chair, four young men came, lifted the chair, and went away toward the east.

Vision 1.4.2She called me to her, touched my breast, and said to me, “Did my reading please you?” I said to her, “Lady, these final words please me, but the first ones are difficult and harsh.” She answered me, “These final words are for the righteous, but the first are for the nations and the apostates.”

Vision 1.4.3While she was speaking with me, two men appeared, took her by the arms, and departed toward the east, where the chair had gone. She went cheerfully, and as she left she said to me, “Be courageous, Hermas!”

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