Christ Returns to Receive Mary’s Soul.

66) And when Peter said this all night, while the crowd was steadfast, the sun rose. And Mary arose and went outside, and she prayed, saying her prayer. And after her prayer, she went in and lay down. And she fulfilled the course of her life. And Peter sat at the head, John at her feet, and the rest of the apostles encircled her brier. And at that hour of the day, there was a tumult and a sweet, pleasant smell, like the odor of Paradise. And all those who were standing near Mary began to sleep, except only the virgins: he kept them from sleeping so that they would be witnesses of Mary’s funeral and of her glory.

67) And our Lord Jesus Christ came on a cloud with an innumerable multitude of angels. And Jesus entered the inner chamber, where Mary was; and Michael and the angels stood outside the inner chamber, singing. And when he entered the place and found the apostles with Mary, he embraced them. And after this, Mary embraced [him] and opened her mouth, and she blessed, saying, “I bless you, the one who spoke with me and did not deceive me, and furthermore who told me, saying, ‘I will now allow the angels [to come] upon your soul,’ and he came to be himself. And it has happened to me, O Lord, according to your word. Who am I, a lowly one, that I have been found worthy of such glory.” And when she said this, she fulfilled the course of her life, not turning her face from the Lord. And then the Lord took her soul and placed it in Michael’s hands, and they wrapped it in a fine garment, so splendid that one could not keep silent.

68) And the apostles saw Mary’s spirit as it was given into Michael’s hands: a perfect form, but its body was both male and female, and nevertheless being one, being similar to every body and seven times white.