41 Then I said, “No, Lord, that can it not.” He said to me, “In Hades, the chambers of souls are like the womb. (WEB)
2 Esdras 4:41
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2 Esdras 5:47–49
47 I said, “She can’t, but must do it each in their own time.” (WEB) 48 Then said he to me, “Even so, I have given the womb of the earth to those who are sown in it in their own times. (WEB) 49 For just as a young child may not give birth, neither she who has grown old any more, ev… (WEB)
2 Esdras 7:99–101
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2 Esdras 13:51–53
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9 However, those on whom the false spirit descends are dragged by him, and are led astray.” (APJ) 10 I, however, asked: “Lord, when their souls have departed from their flesh, where will they go?” (APJ) 11 He, however, grinned and said to me: “The soul, in which the power will gro… (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 18:13–15
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2 Esdras 7:131–133
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