And in that very hour Michael departed, and the doors were closed. And there was a sound as thunder.
2And I asked the angel, What is the sound?
3And he said to me, Michael is even now presenting the merits of men to God.
Apocrypha · Chapter 15 of 18
III Baruch 15
Greek Apocalypse
About III Baruch
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. English text: The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. II, H. Maldwyn Hughes, 1913 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.
Source: The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, in The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. II, H. Maldwyn Hughes (1913) · public domain