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of the Holy Spirit. And he gave to them from the offering.
16. He sealed their foreheads with the seal of the seven virgins of the light, which made
them to be numbered within the inheritance of the Kingdom of the Light.
17. And the disciples rejoiced with very great joy because they had received the baptism of
the Holy Spirit, and the seal which forgave sins and which purified iniquities and made
them to be numbered among the inheritance of the Kingdom of the Light.
18. This is the seal: [see image line 9]
19. Jesus performed this mystery while all his disciples were clothed in linen garments and
crowned with myrtle; and an anemone of kriste was in their mouths and a single branch
of mugwort in their two hands, and their feet were placed together, and they turned
themselves to the four corners of the world.
CHPATER 48
1. It happened moreover after these things Jesus offered the incense of the mystery which
took away the evil of the archons from the disciples.
2. He caused them to build an incense-altar upon thalassia plants (?).
3. He laid upon it vine branches, and juniper, and betel, and kuoschi (?), and asbestos, and
agate-stone, and frankincense.
4. He caused all his disciples to be clothed with linen garments.
5. He caused them to be crowned with mugwort and he placed frankincense in their
mouths.
6. He placed the cipher [continued]