And I answered and said: 'He that lighted has taken from the light, and there are but few that have imitated him.
2But those many whom he has lighted have taken from the darkness of Adam and have not rejoiced in the light of the lamp.'
Apocrypha · Chapter 18 of 87
II Baruch 18
Syriac Apocalypse
About II Baruch
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. 2, II Baruch (Oxford: Clarendon Press), R. H. Charles, 1913 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. 2, II Baruch (Oxford: Clarendon Press), R. H. Charles (1913) · public domain