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The Testament of Our Lord

I. 6

Then there shall be signs in heaven. A bow shall be seen, and a horn, and lights; and noises out of season, and sounds and ragings of the sea? and a roaring*® of the earth.

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But on the earth shall be signs; the birth® of dragons from mankind, and likewise also of wild beasts®; and young women newly wedded shall bring forth’ babes who speak perfectly ® and announce® the last times, and pray” to be put to death. And their looks shall be the looks of [men] far advanced in years ; they shall be grey-headed when they are born. Also women ” shall bear babes with four feet : some shall bear spirits only, and some’ shall bear their progeny with * unclean spirits. Others [there] shall [be who] practise divination in the womb, and shall speak with familiar spirits ®; and there shall be many other horrible signs.” z.

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Text. James Cooper and Arthur John Maclean, Edinburgh, 1902. Public domain by age. The Testamentum Domini from the Syriac, recovered from the scan by the word coordinates. This is not the Ge'ez: the Ethiopic version of this work was unpublished when they wrote and has no public-domain English still. Their chapter numbers are the ones printed. Not audited.