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But throughout the night, which was really powerless and which came upon them from the recesses of powerless Hades, they all slept the same sleep,
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and now were driven by monstrous specters, and now were paralyzed by their souls' surrender; for sudden and unexpected fear overwhelmed them.
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And whoever was there fell down, and thus was kept shut up in a prison not made of iron;
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for whether they were farmers or shepherds or workers who toiled in the wilderness, they were seized, and endured the inescapable fate; for with one chain of darkness they all were bound.
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Whether there came a whistling wind, or a melodious sound of birds in wide-spreading branches, or the rhythm of violently rushing water,
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