1After Our Lord Jesus Christ rose from the dead, Bartholomew approached him.
2Bartholomew said: 'Unveil to us, Lord, the mysteries of the heavens.'
3Jesus answered: 'If I do not divest myself of this carnal body I will not be able to reveal them.'
4Bartholomew said: 'When you were going on the way to the cross, I followed you from afar. And I saw you hanging on the tree.'
5'I saw the angels who, descending from the heavens, worshiped you. When darkness came, I saw you disappear from the cross.'
6'I could only hear the laments and the gnashing of teeth that were produced from the bowels of the earth.'
7'Tell me, Lord, where did you go after the cross.'