13
and the inner expectation of help, being weak, prefers ignorance of what causes the torment.
14
But throughout the night, which was really powerless, and which beset them from the recesses of powerless Hades, they all slept the same sleep,
15
and now were driven by monstrous specters, and now were paralyzed by their souls' surrender, for sudden and unexpected fear overwhelmed them.
16
And whoever was there fell down, and thus was kept shut up in a prison not made of iron;
17
for whether he was a farmer or a shepherd or a workman who toiled in the wilderness, he was seized, and endured the inescapable fate; for with one chain of darkness they all were bound.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.