For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life:

and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived.