It came to pass then, when the disciples had heard this word, that they said: "Lord, if it be thou, withdraw thy light-glory into thyself that we may be able to stand; otherwise our eyes are darkened, and we are agitated, and the whole world also is in agitation because of the great light which is about thee."
2Then Jesus drew to himself the glory of his light; and when this was done, all the disciples took courage, stepped forward to Jesus, fell down all together, adored him, rejoicing in great joy, and said unto him: "Rabbi, whither wentest thou, or what was thy ministration on which thou wentest, or wherefor was all this agitation and all this shaking which took place?"
3Then Jesus, the compassionate, said unto them: "Rejoice and exult from this hour, for I have gone to the regions whence I came forth. From this day on then will I discourse with you in openness, from the beginning of the Truth to its completion; and I will discourse with you face to face without similitude. From this hour on will I not hide anything from you of the [mysteries] of the height and of the region of Truth. For authority hath been given me through the Ineffable and through the First Mystery of all mysteries to discourse with you, from the Beginning to the Fulness, both from the interiors to the exteriors and from the exteriors to the interiors. Hearken, therefore, that I may tell you all things."