The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas

This 1909 translation by a noted German-American scholar took advantage of recent manuscript discoveries and publications to provide fuller translations (or in some cases the first translation) of the earliest apocryphal Acts of the apostles into English.

2736868 The Apocryphal Acts of Paul, Peter, John, Andrew and Thomas 1909 Bernhard Pick APOCRYPHAL ACTS
OF
PAUL, PETER, JOHN,
ANDREW AND THOMAS
BY
BERNHARD PICK

THE
APOCRYPHAL ACTS
OF
PAUL, PETER, JOHN,
ANDREW and THOMAS
BY
BERNHARD PICK
CHICAGO
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.
LONDON AGENTS
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.
1909

Copyright 1909
by
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.
CHICAGO TABLE OF CONTENTS A. The Acts of Paul and Thecla B. Paul's correspondence with the Corinthians C. The Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Paul 1. The deed of Peter 2. Peter's affair with Simon Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Peter 1. Acts of the Holy Apostle John the Theologian 2. Arrival at Ephesus and Work there Lycomedes and Cleopatra The picture of John Healing of the old women Destruction of the Artemis Temple The Raising of the Priest The Parricide John and the Partridge 3. Return to Ephesus and Second Abode there From Laodicea a second time to Ephesus End and Raising up of Drusiana 4. Pertaining to the life of Jesus and His Death 5. The end of John Appendix: John and the robber 1. The double fragment of Euodius 2. Andrew in prison 3. The death of Andrew The deeds of the holy Apostle Thomas

First deed of the Apostle Judas Thomas. How the Lord sold him to the merchant Abban, that he should go down and convert India

Second deed of the Apostle Thomas. His appearance before King Gundafor Third deed. About the dragon Fourth deed. Concerning the colt Fifth deed. About the demon that dwelt in the woman Sixth deed. Concerning the young man who killed the maiden Seventh deed. Concerning the commander Eighth deed. About the wild asses Ninth deed. About the wife of Charis Tenth deed. How Mygdonia receives baptism Eleventh deed. Concerning the wife of Misdai Twelfth deed. Concerning Vazan, Misdai's son Thirteenth deed. How Vazan and the others were baptized Martyrdom of the Holy and Famous Apostle Thomas

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