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Weyant + + + + + + + THE + SUPPRESSED + GOSPELS AND EPISTLES + OF THE ORIGINAL + NEW TESTAMENT + OF + JESUS THE CHRIST + + AND OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ANCIENT HOLY SCRIPTURES. + NOW EXTANT, ATTRIBUTED TO + HIS APOSTLES, AND THEIR DISCIPLES, + AND VENERATED BY THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES DURING + THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES, + BUT SINCE, AFTER VIOLENT DISPUTATIONS + FORBIDDEN BY THE + BISHOPS OF THE NICENE COUNCIL, + IN THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE + AND OMITTED FROM THE CATHOLICS AND PROTESTANT + EDITIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, BY ITS COMPILERS + + TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES, WITH HISTORICAL + REFERENCES TO THEIR AUTHENTICITY, + + BY + ARCHBISHOP WAKE + AND OTHER + LEARNED DIVINES + + + + + + THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS, + FORMERLY CALLED THE ACTS OF PONTIUS PILATE. + + +The Gospel of NICODEMUS, the disciple, +concerning the Sufferings and Resurrection +of our Master and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. + + +CHAPTER I. + + 1 Christ accused to Pilate by the Jews + of healing on the Sabbath. + 9 Summoned before Pilate by a messenger + who does him honour. + 20 Worshipped by the standards bowing down to him. + +ANNAS and Caiphas, and +Summas, and Datam, Gamaliel, +Judas, Levi, Nepthalim, Alexander, +Cyrus, and other Jews, went +to Pilate about Jesus, accusing +him with many bad crimes. + +2 And said, We are assured that +Jesus is the son of Joseph, the +carpenter, and born of Mary, and +that he declares himself the Son of +God, and a king; and not only so, +but attempts the dissolution of the +Sabbath, and the laws of our +fathers. + +3 Pilate replied, What is it +which he declares? and what is it +which he attempts dissolving? + +4 The Jews told him, We have +a law which forbids doing cures +on the Sabbath day; but he cures +both the lame and the deaf, those +afflicted with the palsy, the blind, +the lepers, and demoniacs, on that +day, by wicked methods. + +5 Pilate replied, How can he +do this by wicked methods? They +answered He is a conjurer, and +casts out devils by the prince of +the devils; and so all things, +become subject to him. + +6 Then said Pilate, Casting out +devils seems not to be the work of +an unclean spirit, but to proceed +from the power of God. + +7 The Jews replied to Pilate, +We entreat your highness to summon +him to appear before your tribunal, +and hear him yourself. + +8 Then Pilate called a messenger, +and said to him, By what means +will Christ be brought hither? + +9 Then went the messenger +forth, and knowing Christ, +worshipped him; and having spread +the cloak which he had in his hand +upon the ground, he said, Lord, +walk upon this, and go in, for the +governor calls thee. + +10 When the Jews perceived +what the messenger had done, +they exclaimed (against him) to +Pilate, and said, Why did you not +give him his summons by a beadle, +and not by a messenger?--For the +messenger, when he saw him, +worshipped him, and spread the +cloak which he had in his hand +upon the ground before him, and +said to him, Lord, the governor +calls thee. + +11 Then Pilate called the +messenger, and said, Why hast thou +done thus? + +12 The messenger replied, When +thou sentest me from Jerusalem to +Alexander, I saw Jesus sitting in +a mean figure upon a she-ass, and +the children of the Hebrews cried +out, Hosannah, holding boughs of +trees in their hands. + +13 Others spread their garments +in the way, and said, Save us, thou +who art in heaven; blessed is he +who cometh in the name of the +Lord. + +14 Then the Jews cried out, +against the messenger, and said, +The children of the Hebrews made +their acclamations in the Hebrew +language; and how couldst thou, +who art a Greek, understand the +Hebrew? + +15 The messenger answered +them and said, I asked one of the +Jews and said, What is this which +the children do cry out in the +Hebrew language? + +16 And he explained it to me, +saying, they cry out, Hosannah, +which being interpreted, is, O +Lord, save me; or, O Lord, save. + +17 Pilate then said to them, +Why do you yourselves testify to +the words spoken by the children, +namely, by your silence? In what +has the messenger done amiss? +And they were silent. + +18 Then the governor said unto +the messenger, Go forth and +endeavour by any means to bring +him in. + +19 But the messenger went forth +and did as before; and said, Lord +come in, for the governor calleth +thee. + +20 And as Jesus was going in +by the ensigns, who carried the +standards, the tops of them bowed +down and worshipped Jesus. + +21 Whereupon the Jews exclaimed +more vehemently against the ensigns. + +22 But Pilate said to the Jews, +I know it is not pleasing to you +that the tops of the standards did +of themselves bow and worship +Jesus; but why do ye exclaim +against the ensigns, as if they had +bowed and worshipped? + +23 They replied to Pilate, +We saw the ensigns themselves +bowing and worshipping Jesus. + +24 Then the governor called the +ensigns, and said unto them, Why +did you do thus? + +25 The ensigns said to Pilate, +We are all Pagans and worship +the gods in temples; and how +should we think anything about +worshipping him? We only held +the standards in our hands, +and they bowed themselves and +worshipped him. + +26 Then said Pilate to the rulers +of the synagogue, Do ye yourselves +choose some strong men, and let +them hold the standards, and we +shall see whether they will then +bend of themselves. + +27 So the elders of the Jews +sought out twelve of the most +strong and able old men, and made +them hold the standards, and they +stood in the presence of the governor. + +28 Then Pilate said to the +messenger, Take Jesus out, and by +some means bring him in again. +And Jesus and the messenger went +out of the hall. + +29 And Pilate called the ensigns +who before had borne the standards, +and swore to them, that if they +had not borne the standards in +that manner when Jesus before +entered in, he would cut off +their heads. + +30 Then the governor commanded +Jesus to come in again. + +31 And the messenger did as he +had done before, and very much +entreated Jesus that he would go +upon his cloak, and walk on it; +and he did walk upon it, and went +in. + +32 And when Jesus went in, +the standards bowed themselves as +before, and worshipped him. + + + +CHAPTER II. + + 2 Is comppassionated by Pilate's wife, + 7 charged with being born in fornication. + 12 Testimony to the betrothing of his parents. + 15 Hatred of the Jews to him. + +NOW when Pilate saw this, he +was afraid, and was about to +rise from his seat. + +2 But while he thought to rise, +his own wife who stood at a +distance, sent to him, saying, Have +thou nothing to do with that just +man; for I have suffered much +concerning him in a vision this +night. + +3 When the Jews heard this +they said to Pilate, Did we not say +unto thee, He is a conjuror? Behold, +he hath caused thy wife to dream. + +4 Pilate then calling Jesus, said, +thou hast heard what they testify +against thee, and makest no answer? + +5 Jesus replied, If they had not +a power of speaking, they could +not have spoke; but because every +one has the command of his own +tongue, to speak both good and +bad, let him look to it. + +6 But the elders of the Jews +answered, and said to Jesus, What +shall we look to? + +7 In the first place, we know +this concerning thee, that thou +wast born through fornication; +secondly, that upon the account of +thy birth the infants were slain in +Bethlehem; thirdly, that thy father +and mother Mary fled into Egypt, +because they could not trust their +own people. + +8 Some of the Jews who stood +by spake more favourably, We +cannot say that he was born +through fornication; but we know +that his mother Mary was betrothed +to Joseph, and so he was not born +through fornication. + +9 Then said Pilate to the Jews +who affirmed him to be born +through fornication, This your +account is not true, seeing there was +a betrothment, as they testify who +are of your own nation. + +10 Annas and Caiphas spake to +Pilate, All this multitude of people +is to be regarded, who cry out, +that he was born through fornication, +and is a conjurer; but they who deny +him to be born through fornication, +are his proselytes and disciples. + +11 Pilate answered Annas and +Caiphas, Who are the proselytes? +They answered, They are those +who are the children of Pagans, +and are not become Jews, but +followers of him. + +12 Then replied Eleazer, and +Asterius, and Antonius, and James, +Caras and Samuel, Isaac and Phinees, +Crispus and Agrippa, Annas and Judas, +We are not proselytes, but children +of Jews, and speak the truth, +and were present when Mary was +betrothed. + +13 Then Pilate addressing +himself to the twelve men who +spake this, said to them, I conjure +you by the life of Caesar, that ye +faithfully declare whether he was +born through fornication, and those +things be true which ye have related. + +14 They answered Pilate, We +have a law whereby we are forbid +to swear, it being a sin: Let them +swear by the life of Caesar that it +is not as we have said, and we will +be contented to be put to death. + +15 Then said Annas and Caiphas +to Pilate, Those twelve men will +not believe that we know him to be +basely born, and to be a conjurer, +although he pretends that he is +the Son of God, and a king: which +we are so far from believing, that +we tremble to hear. + +16 Then Pilate commanded +every one to go out except the +twelve men who said he was not +born through fornication, and +Jesus to withdraw to a distance, +and said to them, Why have the Jews +a mind to kill Jesus? + +17 They answered him, They +are angry because he wrought +cures on the sabbath day. Pilate +said, Will they kill him for a +good work? They say unto him, +Yes, Sir. + + + +CHAPTER III. + +1 Is exonerated by Pilate. +11 Disputes with Pilate concerning truth. + +THEN Pilate, filled with anger, +went out of the hall, and said +to the Jews, I call the whole +world to witness that I find no +fault in that man. + +2 The Jews replied to Pilate, +If he had not been a wicked person, +we had not brought him before thee. + +3 Pilate said to them, Do ye take +him and try him by your law. + +4 Then the Jews said, It is not +lawful for us to put any one to +death. + +5 Pilate said to the Jews, The +command, therefore, thou shalt +not kill, belongs to you, but +not to me. + +6 And he went again into the +hall, and called Jesus by himself, +and said to him, Art thou the king +of the Jews? + +7 And Jesus answering, said +to Pilate, Dost thou speak this +of thyself, or did the Jews tell +it thee concerning me? + +8 Pilate answering, said to +Jesus, Am I a Jew? The whole +nation and rulers of the Jews have +delivered thee up to me. What +hast thou done? + +9 Jesus answering, said, My +kingdom is not of this world: +if my kingdom were of this world, +then would my servants fight, +and I should not have been +delivered to the Jews: but now +my kingdom is not from hence. + +10 Pilate said, Art thou a king +then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest +that I am a king: to this end +was I born, and for this end came +I into the world; and for this +purpose I came, that I should bear +witness to the truth; and every +one who is of the truth, heareth +my voice. + +11 Pilate saith to him, What is +truth? + +12 Jesus said, Truth is from +heaven. + +13 Pilate said, Therefore truth +is not on earth. + +14 Jesus saith to Pilate, +Believe that truth is on earth +among those, who when they have +the power of judgment, are governed +by truth, and form right judgment. + + + +CHAPTER IV. + + 1 Pilate finds no fault in Jesus. + 16 The Jews demand his crucifixion. + +THEN Pilate left Jesus in the hall, +and went out to the Jews, and said, +I find not any one fault in Jesus. + +2 The Jews say unto him, But +he said, I can destroy the temple +of God, and in three days build it +up again. + +3 Pilate saith to them, What +sort of temple is that of which he +speaketh? + +4 The Jews say unto him, +That which Solomon was forty-six +years in building, he said he +would destroy, and in three days +build up. + +5 Pilate said to them again, I +am innocent from the blood of that +man! do ye look to it. + +6 The Jews say to him, His +blood be upon us and our children. +Then Pilate calling together the +elders and scribes, priests and +Levites, saith to them privately, +Do not act thus; I have found +nothing in your charge (against +him) concerning his curing sick +persons, and breaking the sabbath, +worthy of death. + +7 The priests and Levites replied +to Pilate, By the life of Caesar, +if any one be a blasphemer, he is +worthy of death; but this man hath +blasphemed against the Lord. + +8 Then the governor again +commanded the Jews to depart out +of the hall; and calling Jesus, +said to him, What shall I do with +thee? + +9 Jesus answered him, Do according +as it is written. + +10 Pilate said to him, How is it +written? + +11 Jesus saith to him, Moses +and the prophets have prophesied +concerning my suffering and +resurrection. + +12 The Jews hearing this, were +provoked, and said to Pilate, +Why wilt thou any longer hear the +blasphemy of that man? + +13 Pilate saith to them, If these +words seem to you blasphemy, do +ye take him, bring him to your +court, and try him according to +your law. + +14 The Jews reply to Pilate, +Our law saith, he shall be obliged +to receive nine and thirty stripes, +but if after this manner he shall +blaspheme against the Lord, he +shall be stoned. + +15 Pilate saith unto them, If +that speech of his was blasphemy, +do ye try him according to your +law. + +16 The Jews say to Pilate, Our +law command us not to put any one +to death. We desire that he may be +crucified, because he deserves the +death of the cross. + +17 Pilate saith to them, It is not +fit he should be crucified: let him +be only whipped and sent away. + +18 But when the governor looked +upon the people that were present +and the Jews, he saw many of the +Jews in tears, and said to the +chief priests of the Jews, All +the people do not desire his death. + +19 The elders of the Jews answered +to Pilate, We and all the people +came hither for this very purpose, +that he should die. + +20 Pilate saith to them, Why should +he die? + +21 They said to him, Because +he declares himself to be the Son +of God and a King. + + + +CHAP. V. + + 1 Nicodemus speaks in defence of Christ, + and relates his miracles. + 12 Another Jew, + 26 with Veronica, + 34 Centurio, and others, + testify of other miracles. + +BUT Nicodemus, a certain Jew, +stood before the governor, +and said, I entreat thee, +O righteous judge, that thou +wouldst favour me with the +liberty of speaking a few words. + +2 Pilate said to him, Speak on. + +3 Nicodemus said, I spake to +the elders of the Jews, and the +scribes, and priests and Levites, +and all the multitude of the Jews, +in their assembly; What is it ye +would do with this man? + +4 He is a man who hath wrought +many useful and glorious miracles, +such as no man on earth ever +wrought before, nor will ever +work. Let him go, and do him +no harm; if he cometh from God, +his miracles, (his miraculous +cures) will continue; but if from +men, they will come to nought. + +5 Thus Moses, when he was +sent by God into Egypt, wrought +the miracles which God commanded +him, before Pharaoh king of Egypt; +and though the magicians of that +country, Jannes and Jambres, +wrought by their magic the same +miracles which Moses did, yet they +could not work all which he did; + +6 And the miracles which the +magicians wrought, were not of +God, as ye know, O Scribes and +Pharisees; but they who wrought +them perished, and all who +believed them. + +7 And now let this man go; +because the very miracles for +which ye accuse him, are from +God; and he is not worthy of +death. + +8 The Jews then said to Nicodemus, +Art thou become his disciple, +and making speeches in his favour? + +9 Nicodemus said to them, Is +the governor become his disciple +also, and does he make speeches +for him? Did not Caesar place +him in that high post? + +10 When the Jews heard this +they trembled, and gnashed their +teeth at Nicodemus, and said to +him, Mayest thou receive his +doctrine for truth, and have +thy lot with Christ! + +11 Nicodemus replied, Amen; +I will receive his doctrine, and +my lot with him, as ye have said. + +12 Then another certain Jew +rose up, and desired leave of the +governor to hear him a few words. + +13 And the governor said, +Speak, what thou hast a mind. + +14 And he said, I lay for thirty- +eight years by the sheep-pool at +Jerusalem, labouring under a great +infirmity, and waiting for a cure +which should be wrought by the +coming of an angel, who at a +certain time troubled the water: and +whosoever first after the troubling +of the water stepped in, was made +whole of whatsoever disease he had. + +15 And when Jesus saw me languishing +there, he said to me, Wilt thou be +made whole? And I answered, Sir, +I have no man, when the water is +troubled, to put me into the pool. + +16 And he said unto me, Rise, +take up thy bed and walk. And +I was immediately made whole, +and took up my bed and walked. + +17 The Jews then said to Pilate, +Our Lord Governor, pray ask +him what day it was on which he +was cured of his infirmity. + +18 The infirm person replied, +It was on the sabbath. + +19 The Jews said to Pilate, Did +we not say that he wrought his +cures on the sabbath, and cast out +devils by the prince of devils? + +20 Then another certain Jew +came forth, and said, I was blind, +could hear sounds, but could not +see any one; and as Jesus was +going along, I heard the multitude +passing by, and I asked what +was there? + +21 They told me that Jesus was +passing by: then I cried out, +saying, Jesus, Son of David, have +mercy on me. And he stood still, +and commanded that I should be +brought to him, and said to me, +What wilt thou? + +22 I said, Lord, that I may +receive my sight. + +23 He said to me, Receive thy +sight: and presently I saw, and +followed him, rejoicing and giving +thanks, + +24 Another Jew also came forth, +and said, I was a leper, and he +cured me by his word only, saying, +I will, be thou clean; and presently +I was cleansed from my leprosy. + +25 And another Jew came +forth, and said I was crooked, +and he made me straight by his +word. + +26 And a certain woman +named Veronica, said, I was +afflicted with an issue of blood +twelve years, and I touched the +hem of his garment, and presently +the issue of blood stopped. + +27 The Jews then said, We +have a law, that a woman shall +not be allowed as an evidence. + +28 And, after other things, +another Jew said, I saw Jesus +invited to a wedding with his +disciples, and there was a want +of wine in Cana of Galilee; + +29 And when the wine was all +drank, he commanded the servants +that they should fill six pots which +were there with water, and they +filled them up to the brim, and he +blessed them and turned the water +into wine, and all the people drank, +being surprised at this miracle, + +30 And another Jew stood forth, +and said, I saw Jesus teaching +in the synagogue at Capernaum; +and there was in the synagogue +a certain man who had a devil; +and he cried out, saying, +let me alone; what have we to +do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? +Art thou come to destroy us? +I know that thou art the Holy One +of God. + +31 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, +Hold thy peace, unclean spirit, +and come out of the man; and +presently he came out of him, and +did not at all hurt him. + +32 The following things were +also said by a Pharisee: I saw +that a great company came to +Jesus from Galilee and Judea, and +the sea-cost, and many countries +about Jordan; and many infirm +persons came to him, and he healed +them all. + +33 And I heard the unclean +spirits crying out, and saying, +Thou art the Son of God. And +Jesus strictly charged them, that +they should not make him known. + +34 After this another person, +whose name was Centurio, said, +I saw Jesus in Capernaum, and I +entreated him, saying, Lord, my +servant lieth at home sick of the +palsy. + +35 And Jesus said to me, I +will come and cure him. + +36 But I said, Lord, I am not +worthy that thou shouldst come +under my roof; but only speak +the word, and my servant shall be +healed. + +37 And Jesus said unto me, Go +thy way; and as thou hast believed +so be it done unto thee. And my +servant was healed from that same +hour. + +38 Then a certain nobleman +said, I had a son in Capernaum, +who lay at the point of death; and +when I heard that Jesus was come +into Galilee, I went and besought +him that he would come down to +my house, and heal my son, for he +was at the point of death. + +39 He said to me, Go thy way, +thy son liveth. + +40 And my son was cured from +that hour. + +41 Besides these, also many +others of the Jews, both men and +Women, cried out and said, He is +truly the Son of God, who cures +all diseases only by his word, and +to whom the devils are altogether +subject. + +42 Some of them farther said, +This power can proceed from none +but God. + +43 Pilate said to the Jews, Why +are not the devils subject to your +doctors? + +44 Some of them said, The +power of subjecting devils cannot +proceed but from God. + +45 But others said to Pilate, +That he had raised Lazarus from +the dead, after he had been four +days in his grave. + +46 The governor hearing this, +trembling, said to the multitude of +the Jews, What will it profit you +to shed innocent blood? + + + +CHAPTER VI. + + 1 Pilate dismayed by the turbulence of the Jews, + 5 who demand Barabbas to be released, and Christ + to be crucified. + 9 Pilate warmly expostulates with them, + 20 washes his hands of Christ's blood, + 23 and sentences him to be whipped and crucified. + +THEN Pilate having called +together Nicodemus, and the +fifteen men who said that Jesus +was not born through fornication, +said to them, What shall I do, +seeing there is like to be a tumult +among the people. + +2 They say unto him, We know +not; let them look to it who raise +the tumult. + +3 Pilate then called the +multitude again, and said to them, +Ye know that ye have a custom, that +I should release to you one prisoner +at the feast of the passover: + +4 I have a noted prisoner, a +murderer, who is called Barabbas, +and Jesus who is called Christ, in +whom I find nothing that deserves +death; which of them, therefore, +have you a mind that I should +release to you? + +5 They all cry out, and say, +Release to us Barabbas. + +6 Pilate saith to them, What +then shall I do with Jesus who is +called Christ? + +7 They all answer, Let him be +crucified. + +8 Again they cry out and say to +Pilate, You are not the friend of +Caesar, if you release this man; +for he hath declared that he is the +Son of God, and a king. But are +you inclined that he should be +king, and not Caesar? + +9 Then Pilate filled with anger +said to them, Your nation hath +always been seditious, and you are +always against those who have +been serviceable to you. + +10 The Jews replied, Who are those +who have been serviceable to us? + +11 Pilate answered them, Your +God who delivered you from the +hard bondage of the Egyptians, +and brought you over the Red Sea +as though it had been dry land, +and fed you in the wilderness with +manna and the flesh of quails, and +brought water out of the rock, and +gave you a law from heaven. + +12 Ye provoked him all ways, +and desired for yourselves a +molten calf, and worshipped it, +and sacrificed to it, and said, +These are thy Gods, O Israel, +which brought thee out of the +land of Egypt: + +13 On account of which your +God was inclined to destroy you; +but Moses interceded for you, and +your God heard him, and forgave +your iniquity. + +14 Afterwards ye were enraged +against, and would have killed +your prophets, Moses and Aaron, +when they fled to the tabernacle, +and ye were always murmuring +against God and his prophets. + +15 And arising from his +judgment seat, he would have gone +out; but the Jews all cried out, +We acknowledge Caesar to be king, +and not Jesus; + +16 Whereas this person, as +soon as he was born, the wise +men came and offered gifts unto +him; which when Herod heard, +he was exceedingly troubled, +and would have killed him: + +17 When his father knew this, +he fled with him and his mother +Mary into Egypt. Herod, when +he heard he was born, would have +slain him; and accordingly sent +and slew all the children which +were in Bethlehem, and in all the +coasts thereof, from two years old +and under. + +18 When Pilate heard this +account, he was afraid; and +commanding silence among the +people, who made a noise, he said +to Jesus, Art thou therefore a king? + +19 All the Jews replied to +Pilate, he is the very person +whom Herod sought to have slain. + +20 Then Pilate taking water, +washed his hands before the people +and said, I am innocent of the +blood of this just person; look ye +to it. + +21 The Jews answered and said, +His blood be upon us and our +children. + +22 Then Pilate commanded Jesus +to be brought before him, and +spake to him in the following +words; + +23 Thy own nation hath charged +thee as making thyself a king; +wherefore I, Pilate, sentence thee +to be whipped according to the +laws of former governors; and +that thou be first bound, then +hanged upon a cross in that place +where thou art now a prisoner; +and also two criminals with thee, +whose names are Dimas and Gestas. + + + +CHAP. VII. + + 1 Manner of Christ's crucifixion + with the two thieves. + +THEN Jesus went out of the +hall, and the two thieves +with him. + +2 And when they came to the +place which is called Golgotha, +they stript him of his raiment, and +girt him about with a linen cloth, +and put a crown of thorns upon his +head, and put a reed in his hand. + +3 And in like manner did they +to the two thieves who were +crucified with him, Dimas on his +right hand and Gestas on his left. + +4 But Jesus said, My Father, +forgive them, For they know not +what they do. + +5 And they divided his garments, +and upon his vesture they cast lots. + +6 The people in the mean time +stood by, and the chief priests +and elders of the Jews mocked him, +saying, He saved others, let him +now save himself if he can; if he +be the son of God, let him now +come down from the cross. + +7 The soldiers also mocked him, +and taking vinegar and gall, offered +it to him to drink, and said to him, +If thou art king of the Jews, +deliver thyself. + +8 Then Longinus, a certain soldier, +taking a spear,' pierced his side, +and presently there came forth blood +and water. + +9 And Pilate wrote the title +upon the cross in Hebrew, Latin, +and Greek letters, viz., THIS IS +THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +10 But one of the two thieves +who were crucified with Jesus, +whose name was Gestas, said to +Jesus, If thou art the Christ, +deliver thyself and us. + +11 But the thief who was +crucified on his right hand, +whose name was Dimas, answering, +rebuked him, and said, Dost not +thou fear God, who art condemned +to this punishment? We indeed +receive rightly and justly the +demerit of our actions; but this +Jesus, what evil hath he done. + +12 After this, groaning, he said +to Jesus, Lord, remember me +when thou comest into thy kingdom. + +13 Jesus answering, said to +him, Verily I say unto thee, that +this day thou shalt be with me in +Paradise. + + + +CHAPTER VIII. + + 1 Miraculous appearance at his death. + 10 The Jews say the eclipse was natural. + 12 Joseph of Arimathcea embalms Christ's + body and buries it. + +AND it was about the sixth +hour, and darkness was upon +the face of the whole earth until +the ninth hour. + +2 And while the sun was eclipsed, +behold the veil of the temple was +rent from the top, to the bottom; +and the rocks also were rent, and +the graves opened, and many +bodies of saints, which slept, +arose. + +3 And about the ninth hour +Jesus cried out with a loud voice, +Eli, Eli, lama sabacthani? which +being interpreted is, My God, My +God, why hast thou forsaken me? + +4 And after these things, Jesus +said, Father, into thy hands I +commend my spirit; and having +said this, he gave up the ghost. + +5 But when the centurion saw +that Jesus thus crying out gave up +the ghost, he glorified God, and +said, Of a truth this was a just +man. + +6 And all the people who stood +by, were exceedingly troubled at +the sight; and reflecting upon +what had passed, smote upon their +breasts, and then returned to the +city of Jerusalem. + +7 The centurion went to the +governor, and related to him all +that had passed: + +8 And when he had heard all +these things, he was exceedingly +sorrowful; + +9 And calling the Jews together, +said to them, Have ye seen the +miracle of the sun's eclipse, and +the other things which came to +pass, while Jesus was dying? + +10 Which when the Jews heard, +they answered to the governor, +The eclipse of the sun happened +according to its usual custom. + +11 But all those who were the +acquaintance of Christ, stood at +a distance, as did the women who +had followed Jesus from Galilee, +observing all these things. + +12 And behold a certain man +of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who +was also a disciple of Jesus, but +not openly so, for fear of the Jews, +came to the governor, and entreated +the governor that he would give him +leave to take away the body of Jesus +from the cross. + +13 And the governor gave him leave. + +14 And Nicodemus came, bringing +with him a mixture of myrrh and +aloes about a hundred pounds +weight; and they took down Jesus +from the cross with tears, and +bound him in linen cloths with +spices, according to the custom of +burying among the Jews; + +15 And placed him in a new +tomb, which Joseph had built, +and caused to be cut out of a rock, +in which never any man had been +put; and they rolled a great stone +to the door of the sepulchre. + + + +CHAPTER IX. + + 1 The Jews angry with Nicodemus: + 5 and with, Joseph of Arimathaea, + 7 whom they imprison. + +WHEN the unjust Jews heard +that Joseph had begged and buried +the body of Jesus, they sought +after Nicodemus, and those fifteen +men who had testified before the +governor, that Jesus was not born +through fornication, and other +good persons who had shown any +good actions towards him. + +2 But when they all concealed +themselves through fear of the +Jews, Nicodemus alone showed +himself to them, and said, How +can such persons as these enter +into the synagogue? + +3 The Jews answered him, But +how durst thou enter into the +synagogue, who wast a confederate +with Christ? Let thy lot be along +with him in the other world. + +4 Nicodemus answered, Amen; +so may it be, that I may have +my lot with him in his kingdom. + +5 In like manner Joseph, when +he came to the Jews, said to them, +Why are ye angry with me for +desiring the body of Jesus of +Pilate? Behold, I have put him in +my tomb, and wrapped him up in +clean linen, and put a stone at the +door of the sepulchre: + +6 I have acted rightly towards +him; but ye have acted unjustly +against that just person, in +crucifying him, giving him vinegar +to drink, crowning him with thorns, +tearing his body with whips, and +praying down the guilt of his blood +upon you. + +7 The Jews at the hearing of +this were disquieted and troubled; +and they seized Joseph, and +commanded him to be put in custody +before the Sabbath, and kept there +till the Sabbath was over. + +8 And they said to him, Make +confession; for at this time it is +not lawful to do thee any harm, +till the first day of the week come. +But we know that thou wilt not be +thought worthy of a burial; but +we will give thy flesh to the birds +of the air, and the beasts of the +earth. + +9 Joseph answered, That speech +is like the speech of proud Goliath, +who reproached the living God in +speaking against David. But ye +scribes and doctors know that God +saith by the prophet, Vengeance is +mine, and I will repay to you evil +equal to that which ye have +threatened to me. + +10 The God whom you have +hanged upon the cross, is able to +deliver me out of your hands. All +your wickedness will return upon +you. + +11 For the governor, when he +washed his hands, said, I am clear +from the blood of this just person. +But ye answered and cried out, +His blood be upon us and our +children. According as ye have +said, may ye perish for ever. + +12 The elders of the Jews hearing +these words, were exceedingly +enraged; and seizing Joseph, they +put him into a chamber where +there was no window; they fastened +the door, and put a seal upon +the lock; + +13 And Annas and Caiaphas placed +a guard upon it, and took counsel +with the priests and Levites, +that they should all meet after +the Sabbath, and they contrived +to what death they should put Joseph. + +14 When they had done this, the +rulers, Annas and Caiaphas, +ordered Joseph to be brought +forth. + +(In this place there is a portion +of the Gospel lost or omitted. +which cannot be supplied. It +may, nevertheless, be surmised +from the occurrence related in +the next chapter, that the order +of Annas and Caiaphas were rendered +unnecessary by Joseph's miraculous +escape, and which was announced +to an assembly of people.) + + + +CHAPTER X. + + 1 Joseph's escape. + 2 The soldiers relate Christ's resurrection. + 18 Christ is seen preaching in Galilee. + 21 The Jews repent of their cruelty to him. + +WHEN all the assembly heard +this (about Joseph's escape), +they admired and were astonished, +because they found the same seal +upon the lock of the chamber, and +could not find Joseph. + +2 Then Annas and Caiaphas went +forth, and while they were all +admiring at Joseph's being gone, +behold one of the soldiers, who +kept the sepulchre of Jesus, spake +in the assembly, + +3 That while they were guarding +the sepulchre of Jesus, there was +an earthquake; and we saw an angel +of God roll away the stone of the +sepulchre and sit upon it; + +4 And his countenance was like +lightning and his garment like +snow; and we became through fear +like persons dead. + +5 And we heard an angel saying +to the women at the sepulchre of +Jesus, Do not fear; I know that +you seek Jesus who was crucified; +he is risen as he foretold; + +6 Come and see the place where +he was laid; and go presently, and +tell his disciples that he is risen +from the dead; and he will go before +you into Galilee; there ye shall +see him as he told you. + +7 Then the Jews called together +all the soldiers who kept the sepulchre +of Jesus, and said to them, Who are +those women, to whom the angel spoke? +Why did ye not seize them. + +8 The soldiers answered and said, +We know not who the women were; +besides we became as dead persons +through fear, and how could we +seize those women? + +9 The Jews said to them, As the +Lord liveth, we do not believe you; + +10 The soldiers answering said to +the Jews, when ye saw and heard +Jesus working so many miracles, +and did not believe him, how should +ye believe us? Ye well said, +As the Lord liveth, for the Lord +truly does live. + +11 We have heard that ye shut +up Joseph, who buried the body of +Jesus, in a chamber, under a lock +which was sealed; and when ye +opened it, found him not there. + +12 Do ye then produce Joseph +whom ye put under guard in the +chamber, and we will produce +Jesus whom we guarded in the +sepulchre. + +13 The Jews answered and said, +We will produce Joseph, do ye +produce Jesus. But Joseph is in +his own city of Arimathaea. + +14 The soldiers replied, +If Joseph be in Arimathaea, +and Jesus in Galilee, we heard +the angel inform the women. + +15 The Jews hearing this, were +afraid, and said among themselves, +If by any means these things +should become public, then +everybody will believe in Jesus. + +16 Then they gathered a large +sum of money, and gave it to the +soldiers, saying, Do ye tell the +people that the disciples of Jesus +came in the night when ye were +asleep, and stole away the body of +Jesus; and if Pilate the governor +should hear of this, we will satisfy +him and secure you. + +17 The soldiers accordingly took +the money, and said as they were +instructed by the Jews; and their +report was spread abroad among +all the people. + +18 But a certain priest Phinees, +Ada a schoolmaster, and a Levite, +named Ageus, they three came from +Galilee to Jerusalem, and told +the chief priests and all who +were in the synagogues, saying, + +19 We have seen Jesus, whom +ye crucified, talking with his +eleven disciples, and sitting in the +midst of them in Mount Olivet, +and saying to them, + +20 Go forth into the whole world, +preach the Gospel to all nations, +baptizing them in the name of the +Father, and the Son, and the Holy +Ghost; and whosoever shall believe +and be baptized, shall be saved. + +21 And when he had said these +things to his disciples, we saw him +ascending up to heaven. + +22 When the chief priests and +elders, and Levites heard these +things, they said to these three +men, Give glory to the God of +Israel, and make confession to +him, whether those things are true, +which ye say ye have seen and heard. + +23 They answering said, As the +Lord of our fathers liveth, the +God of Abraham, and the God of +Isaac, and the God of Jacob, +according as we heard Jesus talking +with his disciples, and according +as we saw him ascending up to +heaven, so we have related the +truth to you. + +24 And the three men farther +answered, and said, adding these +words, If we should not own the +words which we heard Jesus speak, +and that we saw him ascending +into heaven, we should be guilty +of sin. + +25 Then the chief priests +immediately rose up, and holding +the book of the law in their hands, +conjured these men, saying, Ye +shall no more hereafter declare +those things which ye have spoken +concerning Jesus. + +26 And they gave them a large +sum of money, and sent other +persons along with them, who +should conduct them to their own +country, that they might not by any +means make any stay at Jerusalem. + +27 Then the Jews did assemble +all together, and having expressed +the most lamentable concern said, +What is this extraordinary thing +which is come to pass in Jerusalem? + +28 But Annas and Caiaphas comforted +them, saying, Why should we believe +the soldiers who guarded the sepulchre +of Jesus, in telling us, that an angel +rolled away the stone from the door +of the sepulchre? + +29 Perhaps his own disciples told +them this, and gave them money +that they should say so, and they +themselves took away the body of Jesus. + +30 Besides, consider this, that +there is no credit to be given to +foreigners, because they also took +a large sum of us, and they have +declared to us according to the +instructions which we gave them. +They must either be faithful to us +or to the disciples of Jesus. + + + +CHAPTER XI. + + 1 Nicodemus counsels the Jews. + 6 Joseph found. + 11 Invited by the Jews to return. + 19 Relates the manner of his miraculous escape. + +THEN Nicodemus arose, and +said, Ye say right, O sons of +Israel; ye have heard what those +three men have sworn by the Law +of God, who said, We have seen +Jesus speaking with his disciples +upon mount Olivet, and we saw +him ascending up to heaven. + +2 And the scripture teacheth +us that the blessed prophet Elijah +was taken up to heaven, and Elisha +being asked by the sons of the +prophets, Where is our father Elijah? +He said to them, that he is taken up +to heaven. + +3 And the sons of the prophets +said to him, Perhaps the spirit +hath carried him into one of the +mountains of Israel, there perhaps +we shall find him. And they besought +Elisha, and he walked about with +them three days, and they could +not find him. + +4 And now hear me, O sons of +Israel, and let us send men into +the mountains of Israel, lest +perhaps the spirit hath carried +away Jesus, and there perhaps we +shall find him, and be satisfied. + +5 And the counsel of Nicodemus +pleased all the people; and they +sent forth men who sought for Jesus, +but could not find him; and they +returning, said, We went all about, +but could not find Jesus, but we +have found Joseph in his city of +Arimathaea. + +6 The rulers hearing this, and +all the people, were glad, and +praised the God of Israel, because +Joseph was found, whom they had +shut up in a chamber, and could +not find. + +7 And when they had formed a +large assembly, the chief priests +said, By what means shall we bring +Joseph to us to speak with him? + +8 And taking a piece of paper, +they wrote to him, and said, Peace +be with thee, and all thy family, +We know that we have offended +against God and thee. Be pleased +to give a visit to us, your fathers, +for we were perfectly surprised at +your escape from prison. + +9 We know that it was malicious +counsel which we took against +thee, and that the Lord took care +of thee, and the Lord himself +delivered thee from our designs. +Peace be unto thee, Joseph, who +art honourable among all the +people. + +10 And they chose seven of +Joseph's friends, and said to them, +When ye come to Joseph, salute +him in peace, and give him this +letter. + +11 Accordingly, when the men +came to Joseph, they did salute +him in peace, and gave him the +letter. + +12 And when Joseph had read it, +he said, Blessed be the Lord God, +who didst deliver me from the +Israelites, that they could not +shed my blood. Blessed be God, +who hast protected me under thy +wings. + +13 And Joseph kissed them, and +took them into his house. And on +the morrow, Joseph mounted his +ass, and went along with them to +Jerusalem. + +14 And when all the Jews heard +these things, they went out to +meet him, and cried out, saying, +Peace attend thy coming hither, +father Joseph. + +15 To which he answered, +Prosperity from the Lord attend +all the people. + +13 And they all kissed him; and +Nicodemus took him to his house, +having prepared a large +entertainment. + +17 But on the morrow, being +a preparation-day, Annas, and +Caiaphas, and Nicodemus, said to +Joseph, Make confession to the +God of Israel, and answer to us +all those questions which we shall +ask thee; + +18 For we have been very much +troubled, that thou didst bury the +body of Jesus; and that when we +had locked thee in a chamber, we +could not find thee; and we have +been afraid ever since, till this +time of thy appearing among us. +Tell us therefore before God, all +that came to pass. + +19 Then Joseph answering, +said Ye did indeed put me under +confinement, on the day of +preparation, till the morning. + +20 But while I was standing at +prayer in the middle of the night, +the house was surrounded with +four angels; and I saw Jesus as +the brightness of the sun, and fell +down upon the earth for fear. + +21 But Jesus laying hold on my +hand, lifted me from the ground, +and the dew was then sprinkled +upon me; but he, wiping my face, +kissed me, and said unto me, Fear +not, Joseph; look upon me for +it is I. + +22 Then I looked upon him, and +said, Rabboni Elias! He answered +me, I am not Elias, but Jesus of +Nazareth, whose body thou didst +bury. + +23 I said to him, show me the +tomb in which I laid thee. + +24 Then Jesus, taking me by the +hand, led me unto the place where +I laid him, and showed me the +linen clothes, and napkin which I +put round his head. Then I knew +that it was Jesus, and worshipped +him, and said; Blessed be he who +cometh in the name of the Lord. + +25 Jesus again taking me by the +hand, led me to Arimathaea, to my +own house, and said to me, Peace +be to thee; but go not out of thy +house till the fortieth day; but +I must go to my disciples. + + + +CHAPTER XII. + + 1 The Jews astonished and confounded. + 16 Simeon's two sons, Charinus and Lenthius, + rise from the dead at Christ's crucifixion. + 19 Joseph proposes to get them to relate the + mysteries of their resurrection. + 21 They are sought and found, + 22 brought to the synagogue, + 23 privately sworn to secrecy, + 25 and undertake to write what they had seen. + +WHEN the chief priests and +Levites heard all these +things, they were astonished, and +fell down with their faces on the +ground as dead men, and crying +out to one another, said, What is +this extraordinary sign which is +come to pass in Jerusalem? We +know the father and mother of +Jesus. + +2 And a certain Levite said, +I know many of his relations, +religions persons, who are wont to +offer sacrifices and burnt-offerings +to the God of Israel, in the temple, +with prayers. + +3 And when the high-priest +Simeon took him up in his arms, +he said to him, Lord, now lettest +thou thy servant depart in peace, +according to thy word; for mine +eyes have seen thy salvation, +which then halt prepared before +the face of all people; a light to +enlighten the Gentiles, and the +glory of thy people Israel. + +4 Simeon in like manner blessed +Mary the Mother of Jesus, and +said to her, I declare to thee +concerning that child; He is +appointed for the fall and rising +again of many, and for a sign +which shall be spoken against; + +5 Yea, a sword shall pierce +through thine own soul also, and +the thoughts of many hearts shall +he revealed. + +6 Then said all the Jews, Let +us send to those three men, who +said they saw him talking with +his disciples in mount Olivet. + +7 After this, they asked them +what they had seen; who answered +with one accord, In the presence +of the God of Israel we affirm, +that we plainly saw Jesus talking +with his disciples in Mount Olivet, +and ascending up to heaven. + +8 Then Annas and Caiaphas took +them into separate places, and +examined them separately; who +unanimously confessed the truth, +and said, they had seen Jesus. + +9 Then Annas and Caiaphas said +"Our law saith, By the mouth of +two or three witnesses every word +shall be established." + +10 But what have we said? +The blessed Enoch pleased God, +and was translated by the word of +God; and the burying-place of the +blessed Moses is known. + +11 But Jesus was delivered to +Pilate, whipped, crowned with +thorns, spit upon, pierced with a +spear, crucified, died upon the +cross, and was buried, and his +body the honourable Joseph buried +in a new sepulchre, and he testifies +that he saw him alive. + +12 And besides, these men have +declared, that they saw him talking +with his disciples in Mount Olivet, +and ascending up to heaven. + +13 Then Joseph rising up, said +to Annas and Caiaphas, Ye may be +justly under a great surprise, +that you have been told, that +Jesus is alive, and gone up to +heaven. + +14 It is indeed a thing really +surprising, that he should not +only himself arise from the dead, +but also raise others from their +graves, who have been seen by +many in Jerusalem. + +15 And now hear me a little +We all knew the blessed Simeon, +the high-priest, who took Jesus +when an infant into his arms in +the temple. + +16 This same Simeon had two sons +of his own, and we were all present +at their death and funeral. + +17 Go therefore and see their +tombs, for these are open, and +they are risen: and behold, they +are in the city of Arimathaea, +spending their time together in +offices of devotion. + +18 Some, indeed, have heard +the sound of their voices in prayer, +but they will not discourse with +anyone, but they continue as mute +as dead men. + +19 But come, let us go to them, +and behave ourselves towards them +with all due respect and caution. +And if we can bring them to swear, +perhaps they will tell us some of +the mysteries of their resurrection. + +20 When the Jews heard this +they were exceedingly rejoiced. + +21 Then Annas and Caiaphas, +Nicodemus, Joseph, and Gamaliel, +went to Arimathaea, but did not +find them in their graves; but +walking about the city, they found +them on their bended knees at +their devotions: + +22 Then saluting them with all +respect and deference to God, they +brought them to the synagogue at +Jerusalem; and having shut the +gates, they took the book of the +law of the Lord, + +23 And putting it in their hands, +swore them by God Adonai, and +the God of Israel, who spake to +our fathers by the law and the +prophets, saying, If ye believe +him who raised you from the dead, +to be Jesus, tell us what ye have +seen, and how ye were raised from +the dead. + +24 Charinus and Lenthius, the +two sons of Simeon, trembled +when they heard these things, and +were disturbed, and groaned; and +at the same time looking up to +heaven, they made the sign of the +cross with their fingers on their +tongues, + +25 And immediately they spake, +and said, Give each of us some +paper, and we will write down for +you all those things which we have +seen. And they each sat down +and wrote, saying:-- + + + +CHAPTER XIII. + + 1 The narrative of Charinus and Lenthius commences. + 3 A great light in hell. + 7 Simeon arrives, and announces the coming of Christ. + +O LORD Jesus and Father, who +art God, also the resurrection +and life of the dead, give us +leave to declare thy mysteries, +which we saw after death, belonging +to thy cross; for we are sworn by +thy name. + +2 For thou hast forbidden thy +servants to declare the secret +things, which were wrought by +thy divine power in hell. + +3 When we were Placed with +our fathers in the dept of hell, +in the blackness of darkness, +on a sudden there appeared the +colour of the sun like gold, +and a substantial purple-coloured +light enlightening the place. + +4 Presently upon this, Adam, +the father of all mankind, with +all the patriarchs and prophets, +rejoiced and said, That light is the +author of everlasting light, who +hath promised to translate us to +everlasting light. + +5 Then Isaiah the prophet cried +out and said, This is the light +of the Father, and the Son of God, +according to my prophecy, when I +was alive upon earth. + +6 The land of Zabulon, and the +land of Nephthalim, beyond Jordan, +a people who walked in darkness, +saw a great light; and to them +who dwelled in the region of the +shadow of death, light is arisen. +And now he is come, and hath +enlightened us who sat in death. + +7 And while we were all rejoicing +in the light which shone upon us, +our father Simeon came among us, +and congratulating all the company, +said, Glorify the Lord Jesus Christ +the Son of God. + +8 Whom I took up in my arms when +an infant in the temple, and +being moved by the Holy Ghost, +said to him, and acknowledged, +That now mine eyes have seen thy +salvation, which thou hast prepared +before the face of all people; a +light to enlighten the Gentiles, +and the glory of thy people Israel. + +9 All the saints who were in +the depth of hell, hearing this, +rejoiced the more. + +10 Afterwards there came forth +one like a little hermit, and was +asked by every one, Who art thou? + +11 To which he replied, I am +the voice of one crying in the +wilderness, John the Baptist, and +the prophet of the Most High, who +went before his coming to prepare +his way, to give the knowledge of +salvation to his people for the +forgiveness of sins. + +12 And I, John, when I saw +Jesus coming to me, being moved +by the Holy Ghost, I said, Behold +the Lamb of God, behold him who +takes away the sins of the world. + +13 And I baptized him in the +river Jordan, and saw the Holy +Ghost descending upon him in the +form of a dove, and heard a voice +from heaven saying, This is my +beloved Son, in whom I am well +pleased. + +14 And now while I was going +before him, I came down hither to +acquaint you, that the Son of God +will next visit us, and, as the +day-spring from on high, will come to +us, who are in darkness and the +shadow of death. + + + +CHAPTER XIV. + + 1 Adam causes Seth to relate what he heard + from Michael the archangel, when he sent him + to Paradise to entreat God to anoint his + head in his sickness. + +BUT when the first man our father +Adam heard these things, that +Jesus was baptized in Jordan, +he called out to his son Seth, +and said, + +2 Declare to your sons, the +patriarchs and prophets, all those +things, which thou didst hear from +Michael, the archangel, when I +sent thee to the gates of Paradise, +to entreat God that he would +annoint my head when I was sick. + +3 Then Seth, coming near to the +patriarchs and prophets, said, I, +Seth, when I was praying to God +at the gates of Paradise, beheld +the angel of the Lord, Michael, +appear unto me, saying, I am sent +unto thee from the Lord; I am +appointed to preside over human +bodies. + +4 I tell thee, Seth, do not pray +to God in tears, and entreat him +for the oil of the tree of mercy +wherewith to anoint thy father +Adam for his head-ache; + +5 Because thou canst not by any +means obtain it till the last day +and times, namely, till five thousand +and five hundred years be past. + +6 Then will Christ, the most +merciful Son of God, come on +earth to raise again the human +body of Adam, and at the same +time to raise the bodies of the +dead, and when he cometh he will +be baptized in Jordan; + +7 Then with the oil of his +mercyhe will anoint all those +who believe in him; and the oil +of his mercy will continue to +future generations, for those +who shall be born of the water +and the Holy Ghost unto eternal +life. + +8 And when at that time the +most merciful Son of God, Christ +Jesus, shall come down on earth, +he will introduce our father Adam +into Paradise, to the tree of mercy. + +9 When all the patriarchs and +prophets heard all these things +from Seth, they rejoiced more. + + + +CHAPTER XV. + + 1 Quarrel between Satan and the prince of hell, + concerning the expected arrival of Christ in hell. + +WHILE all the saints were +rejoicing, behold Satan, the +prince and captain of death, said +to the prince of hell, + +2 Prepare to receive Jesus of +Nazareth himself, who boasted +that he was the Son of God, and +yet was a man afraid of death, and +said, My soul is sorrowful even to +death. + +3 Besides he did many injuries +to me and to many others; for +those whom I made blind and lame +and those also whom I tormented +with several devils, he cured by +his word; yea, and those whom I +brought dead to thee, he by force +takes away from thee. + +4 To this the prince of hell +replied to Satan, Who is that so +powerful prince, and yet a man who +is afraid of death? + +5 For all the potentates of the +earth are subject to my power, +whom thou broughtest to subjection +by thy power. + +6 But if he be so powerful in his +human nature, I affirm to thee for +truth, that he is almighty in his +divine nature, and no man can +resist his power: + +7 When therefore he said he was +afraid of death, he designed to +ensnare thee, and unhappy it will be +to thee for everlasting ages, + +8 Then Satan replying, said to +the prince of hell, Why didst thou +express a doubt, and wast afraid to +receive that Jesus of Nazareth, +both thy adversary and mine? + +9 As for me, I tempted him and +stirred up my old people the Jews +with zeal and anger against him; + +10 I sharpened the spear for his +suffering; I mixed the gall and +vinegar, and commanded that he +should drink it; I prepared the +cross to crucify him, and the nails +to pierce through his hands and +feet; and now his death is near +at hand, I will bring him hither, +subject both to thee and me. + +11 Then the prince of hell +answering, said, Thou saidst to me +just now, that he took away the +dead from me by force. + +12 They who have been kept here +till they should live again upon +earth, were taken away hence, +not by their own power, but by +prayers made to God, and their +almighty God took them from me. + +13 Who then is that Jesus of +Nazareth that by his word hath +taken away the dead from me +without prayer to God? + +14 Perhaps it is the same who +took away from me Lazarus, after +he had been four days dead, and +did both stink and was rotten, and +of whom I had possession as a dead +person, yet he brought him to life +again by his power. + +15 Satan answering, replied to +the prince of hell, It is the very +same person, Jesus of Nazareth. + +16 Which when the prince of hell +heard, he said to him, I adjure +thee by the powers which belong +to thee and me, that thou bring +him not to me. + +17 For when I heard of the power +of his word, I trembled for fear, +and all my impious company were +at the same disturbed; + +18 And we were not able to detain +Lazarus, but he gave himself a +shake, and with all the signs of +malice he immediately went away +from us; and the very earth, in +which the dead body of Lazarus +was lodged, presently turned him +out alive. + +19 And I know now that he is +Almighty God who could perform +such things, who is mighty in his +dominion, and mighty in his human +nature, who is the Saviour of +mankind. + +20 Bring not therefore this person +hither, for he will set at liberty +all those whom I hold in prison +under unbelief, and bound with +the fetters of their sins, and will +conduct them to everlasting life. + + + +CHAPTER XVI. + + 1 Christ's arrival at hell-gates; + the confusion thereupon. + 19 He descends into hell. + +AND while Satan and the Prince +of hell were discoursing thus +to each other, on a sudden there +was a voice as of thunder, and the +rushing of winds, saying, Lift up +your gates, O ye princes; and be +ye lift up, O everlasting gates, +and the King of Glory shall come in. + +2 When the prince of hell heard +this, he said to Satan, Depart from +me, and begone out of my habitations; +if thou art a powerful warrior, +fight with the King of Glory. +But what hast thou to do with +him? + +3 And he cast him forth from his +habitations. + +4 And the prince said to his +impious officers, Shut the brass gates +of cruelty, and make them fast with +iron bars, and fight courageously, +lest we be taken captives. + +5 But when all the company of +the saints heard this they spake +with a loud voice of anger to the +prince of hell, + +6 Open thy gates, that the King +of Glory may come in. + +7 And the divine prophet David +cried out, saying, Did not I, when +on earth, truly prophesy and say, +O that men would praise the Lord +for his goodness, and for his +wonderful works to the children +of men! + +8 For he hath broken the gates +of brass, and cut the bars of iron +in sunder. He hath taken them +because of their iniquity, and +because of their unrighteousness +they are afflicted. + +9 After this, another prophet, +namely, holy Isaiah, spake in like +manner to all the saints, Did not +I rightly prophesy to you when I +was alive on earth? + +10 The dead men shall live, and +they shall rise again who are in +their graves, and they shall rejoice +who are in the earth; for the dew +which is from the Lord, shall +bring deliverance to them. + +11 And I said in another place, +O grave, where is thy victory? +O death, where is thy sting? + +12 When all the saints heard +these things spoken by Isaiah, +they said to the prince of hell, +Open now thy gates, and take +away thine iron bars; for thou +wilt now be bound, and have no +power. + +13 Then was there a great voice, +as of the sound of thunder, saying, +Lift up your gates, O princes; and +be ye lifted up, ye gates of hell, +and the King of Glory will enter +in. + +14 The prince of hell perceiving +the same voice repeated, cried out, +as though he had been ignorant, +Who is that King of Glory? + +15 David replied to the prince +of hell, and said, I understand the +words of that voice, because I +spake them in his spirit. And now, +as I have before said, I say unto +thee, the Lord strong and powerful, +the Lord mighty in battle: he is +the King of Glory, and he is the +Lord in heaven and in earth. + +16 He hath looked down to hear +the groans of the prisoners, and to +set loose those that are appointed +to death. + +17 And now, thou filthy and +stinking prince of hell, open thy +gates, that the King of Glory may +enter in; for he is the Lord of +heaven and earth. + +18 While David was saying this, +the mighty Lord appeared in the +form of a man, and enlightened +those places which had ever before +been in darkness. + +19 And broke asunder the fetters +which before could not be broken; +and with his invincible power +visited those who sate in the deep +darkness by iniquity, and the shadow +of death by sin. + + + +CHAPTER XVII. + + 1 Death and the devils in great horror + at Christ's coming. + 13 He tramples on death, seizes the prince + of hell, and takes Adam with him to Heaven. + +IMPIOUS death and her cruel +officers hearing these things, +were seized with fear in their +several kingdoms, when they saw +the clearness of the light, + +2 And Christ himself on a sudden +appearing in their habitations, +they cried out therefore, and said, +We are bound by thee; thou seemest +to intend our confusion before +the Lord. + +3 Who art thou, who has no signs +of corruption, but that bright +appearance which is a full proof of +thy greatness, of which yet thou +seemest to take no notice? + +4 Who art thou, so powerful, +and so weak, so great and so little; +mean, and yet a soldier of the first +rank, who can command in the form +of a servant and a common soldier? + +5 The king of Glory, dead and +alive, though once slain upon the +cross? + +6 Who layest dead in the grave, +and art come down alive to us, +and in thy death all the creatures +trembled, and all the stars were +moved; and now hast thy liberty +among the dead, and givest +disturbance to our legions? + +7 Who art thou, who dost release +the captives that were held +in chains by original sin, and +bringest them into their former +liberty? + +8 Who art thou, who dost spread +so glorious and divine a light over +those who were made blind by the +darkness of sin? + +9 In like manner all the legions +of devils were seized with the like +horror, and with the most submissive +fear cried out, and said, + +10 Whence comes it, O thou +Jesus Christ, that thou art a man +so powerful and glorious in majesty +so bright as to have no spot, and +so pure as to have no crime? For +that lower world of earth, which +was ever till now subject to us, +and from whence we received +tribute, never sent us such a +dead man before, never sent such +presents as these to the princes of +hell. + +11 Who therefore art thou, who +with such courage enterest among +our abodes, and art not only not +afraid to threaten us with the +greatest punishments, but also +endeavourest to rescue all others +from the chains in which we hold +them? + +12 Perhaps thou art that Jesus, +of whom Satan just now spoke to +our prince, that by the death of +the cross thou wert about to +receive the power of death. + +13 Then the King of Glory +trampling upon death, seized the +prince of hell, deprived him of all +his power, and took our earthly +father Adam with him to his glory. + + + +CHAPTER XVIII. + + 1 Beelzebub, prince of hell, vehemently upbraids Satan for + persecuting Christ and bringing him to hell. + 14 Christ gives Beelzebub dominion over Satan forever, + as a recompence for taking away Adam and his sons. + +THEN the prince of hell took +Satan, and with great indignation +said to him, O thou prince of +destruction, author of Beelzebub's +defeat and banishment, the scorn +of God's angels and loathed by all +righteous persons! What inclined +thee to act thus? + +2 Thou wouldst crucify the King +of Glory, and by his destruction, +hast made us promises of very +large advantages, but as a fool +wert ignorant of what thou wast +about. + +3 For behold now that Jesus of +Nazareth, with the brightness of +his glorious divinity, puts to flight +all the horrid powers of darkness +and death; + +4 He has broke down our prisons +from top to bottom, dismissed +all the captives, released all +who were bound, and all who were +wont formerly to groan under the +weight of their torments, have +now insulted us, and we are like +to be defeated by their prayers. + +5 Our impious dominions are +subdued, and no part of mankind +is now left in our subjection, but +on the other hand, they all boldly +defy us; + +6 Though, before, the dead never +durst behave themselves insolently +towards us, nor being prisoners, +could ever on any occasion be +merry. + +7 O Satan, thou prince of all +the wicked, father of the impious +and abandoned, why wouldest thou +attempt this exploit, seeing our +prisoners were hitherto always +without the least hope of +salvation and life? + +8 But now there is not one of +them does ever groan, nor is there +the least appearance of a tear in +any of their faces. + +9 O prince Satan, thou great +keeper of the infernal regions, +all thy advantages which thou didst +acquire by the forbidden tree, and +the loss of Paradise, thou hast +now lost by the wood of the +cross; + +10 And thy happiness all then +expired, when thou didst crucify +Jesus Christ the King of Glory. + +11 Thou hast acted against thine +own interest and mine, as thou +wilt presently perceive by those +large torments and infinite +punishments which thou art +about to suffer. + +12 O Satan, prince of all evil, +author of death, and source of all +pride, thou shouldest first have +inquired into the evil crimes of +Jesus of Nazareth, and then thou +wouldest have found that he was +guilty of no fault worthy of death. + +13 Why didst thou venture, +without either reason or justice, +to crucify him, and hast brought +down to our regions a person +innocent and righteous, and thereby +hast lost all the sinners, impious +and unrighteous persons in the +whole world? + +14 While the prince of hell was +thus speaking to Satan, the King +of Glory said to Beelzebub the +prince of hell, Satan the prince +shall he subject to thy dominions +for ever, in the room of Adam and +his righteous sons, who are mine, + + + +CHAPTER XIX. + + 1 Christ takes Adam by the hand, + the rest of the saints join hands, + and they all ascend with him to Paradise. + +THEN Jesus stretched forth his +hand, and said, Come to me, +all ye my saints, who were created +in my image, who were condemned +by the tree of the forbidden fruit, +and by the devil and death; + +2 Live now by the wood of my +cross; the devil, the prince of this +world, is overcome, and death is +conquered, + +3 Then presently all the saints +were joined together under the +hand of the most high God; and +the Lord Jesus laid hold on Adam's +hand, and said to him, Peace be +to thee, and all thy righteous +posterity, which is mine. + +4 Then Adam, casting himself +at the feet of Jesus, addressed +himself to him with tears, in +humble language, and a loud voice, +saying, + +5 "I will extol thee, O Lord, for +thou halt lifted me up, and hast +not made my foes to rejoice over +me. O Lord my God, I cried +unto thee, and thou hast healed +me." + +6 "O Lord thou hast brought up +my soul from the grave; thou +hast kept me alive, that I should +not go down to the pit." + +7 "Sing unto the Lord, all ye +saints of his, and give thanks at +the remembrance of his holiness, +for his anger endureth but for a +moment; in his favour is life." + +8 In like manner all the saints, +prostrate at the feet of Jesus, +said with one voice, Thou art come, +O Redeemer of the world, and hast +actually accomplished all things, +which thou didst foretell by the +law and thy holy prophets. + +9 Thou hast redeemed the living +by thy cross, and art come down +to us, that by the death of the +cross thou mightest deliver us +from hell, and by thy power from +death. + +10 O Lord, as thou hast put the +ensigns of thy glory in heaven, +and hast set up the sign of thy +redemption, even thy cross on earth; +so, Lord, set the sign of the victory +of thy cross in hell, that death +may have dominion no longer. + +11 Then the Lord stretching +forth his hand, made the sign of +the cross upon Adam, and upon +all his saints. + +12 And taking hold of Adam by +his right hand, he ascended from +hell, and all the saints of God +followed him. + +13 Then the royal prophet, David, +boldly cried, and said, O sing +unto the Lord a new song, for he +hath done marvellous things; his +right hand and his holy arm have +gotten him the victory. + +14 The Lord hath made known +his salvation, his righteousness +hath he openly shewn in the sight +of the heathen. + +15 And the whole multitude of +saints answered, saying, This +honour have all his saints, Amen, +Praise ye the Lord. + +16 Afterwards, the prophet +Habbakuk cried out, and said, +Thou wentest forth for the salvation +of thy people, even for salvation +with thine anointed. + +17 And all the saints said, +Blessed is he who cometh in the +name of the Lord; for the Lord +hath enlightened us. This is our +God for ever and ever; he shall +reign over us to everlasting ages. +Amen. + +18 In like manner all the prophets +spake the sacred things of his +praise, and followed the Lord. + + + +CHAPTER XX. + + 1 Christ delivers Adam to Michael the archangel. + 3 They meet Enoch and Elijah in heaven, + 5 and also the blessed thief, who relates + how he came to Paradise. + +THEN the Lord, holding Adam +by the hand, delivered him +to Michael the archangel; and he +led them into Paradise, filled with +mercy and glory; + +2 And two very ancient men +met them, and were asked by the +saints, Who are ye, who have not +yet been with us in hell, and have +had your bodies placed in Paradise? + +3 One of them answering, said, +I am Enoch, who was translated +by the word of God: and this man +who is with me, is Elijah the +Tishbite, who was translated in a +fiery chariot. + +4 Here we have hitherto been, +and have not tasted death, but are +now about to return at the coming +of Antichrist, being armed with +divine signs and miracles, to +engage with him in battle, and to be +slain by him at Jerusalem, and to +be taken up alive again into the +clouds, after three days and a +half. + +5 And while the holy Enoch +and Elias were relating this, +behold there came another man in a +miserable figure, carrying the sign +of the cross upon his shoulders. + +6 And when all the saints saw +him, they said to him, Who art +thou? For thy countenance is like +a thief's; and why dost thou carry +a cross upon thy shoulders? + +7 To which he answering, said, +Ye say right, for I was a thief, +who committed all sorts of wicked. +ness upon earth. + +8 And the Jews crucified me +with Jesus; and I observed the +surprising things which happened +in the creation at the crucifixion +of the Lord Jesus. + +9 And I believed him to be the +Creator of all things, and the +Almighty King; and I prayed to +him, saying, Lord remember me, +when thou comest into thy kingdom. + +10 He presently regarded my +supplication, and said to me, +Verily I say unto thee, this day +thou shalt be with me in Paradise. + +11 And he gave me this sign of +the cross, saying, Carry this, and +go to Paradise; and if the angel +who is the guard of Paradise will +not admit thee, show him the sign +of the cross, and say unto him +Jesus Christ who is now crucified, +hath sent me hither to thee. + +12 When I did this and told the +angel who is the guard of Paradise +all these things, and he heard +them, he presently opened the +gates, introduced me, and placed +me on the right hand in Paradise, + +13 Saying, Stay here a little +time, till Adam, the father of all +mankind, shall enter in, with all +his sons, who are the holy and +righteous servants of Jesus Christ, +who was crucified. + +14 When they heard all this +account from the thief, all the +patriarchs said with one voice, +Blessed be thou, O Almighty God, +the Father of everlasting goodness, +and the Father of mercies, who hast +shown such favour to those who were +sinners against him, and hast +brought them to the mercy of +Paradise, and hast placed them +amidst thy large and spiritual +provisions, in a spiritual and +holy life. Amen. + + + +CHAPTER XXI. + + 1 Charinus and Lenthius being only allowed + three days to remain on earth, + 7 deliver in their narratives, which miraculously + correspond; they vanish, + 13 and Pilate records these transactions. + +THESE are the divine and +sacred mysteries which we saw +and heard. We, Charinus and +Lenthius are not allowed to declare +the other mysteries of God, as the +archangel Michael ordered us, + +2 Saying, ye shall go with my +brethren to Jerusalem, and shall +continue in prayers, declaring and +glorifying the resurrection of +Jesus Christ, seeing he hath raised +you from the dead at the same +time with himself. + +3 And ye shall not talk with +any man, but sit as dumb persons +till the time come when the Lord +will allow you to relate the +mysteries of his divinity. + +4 The archangel Michael farther +commanded us to go beyond Jordan, +to an excellent and fat country, +where there are many who rose +from the dead along with us +for the proof of the resurrection +of Christ. + +5 For we have only three days +allowed us from the dead, who +arose to celebrate the passover of +our Lord with our parents, and to +bear our testimony for Christ the +Lord, and we have been baptized +in the holy river of Jordan. And +now they are not seen by any one. + +6 This is as much as God allowed +us to relate to you; give ye +therefore praise and honour to +him, and repent, and he will have +mercy upon you. Peace be to you +from the Lord God Jesus Christ, +and the Saviour of us all. Amen, +Amen, Amen. + +7 And after they had made an +end of writing, and had written +on two distinct pieces of paper, +Charinus gave what he wrote into the +hands of Annas, and Caiaphas, and +Gamaliel. + +8 Lenthius likewise gave what +be wrote into the hands of Nicodemus +and Joseph; and immediately they +were changed into exceeding white +forms and were seen no more. + +9 But what they had written +was found perfectly to agree, the +one not containing one letter more +or less than the other. + +10 When all the assembly of the +Jews heard all these surprising +relations of Charinus and Lenthius, +they said to each other, Truly all +these things were wrought by +God, and blessed be the Lord Jesus +for ever and ever, Amen. + +11 And they went all out with +great concern, and fear, and +trembling, and smote upon their +breasts and went away every one +to his home. + +12 But immediately all these +things which were related by the +Jews in their synagogues concerning +Jesus, were presently told by Joseph +and Nicodemus to the governor. + +13 And Pilate wrote down all +these transactions, and placed all +these accounts in the public records +of his hall. + + + +CHAPTER XXII. + + 1 Pilate goes to the temple; calls together + the rulers, and scribes, and doctors. + 2 Commands the gates to be shut; + orders the book of the Scriptures; and + causes the Jews to relate what they really + knew concerning Christ. + 14 They declare that they crucified Christ + in ignorance, and that they now know him + to be the Son of God, according to the + testimony of the Scriptures; which, + after they put him to death, were examined. + +AFTER these things Pilate went +to the temple of the Jews, +and called together all the rulers +and scribes, and doctors of the +law, and went with them into a +chapel of the temple. + +2 And commanding that all the +gates should be shut, said to them, +I have heard that ye have a certain +large book in this temple; I desire +you, therefore, that it may be +brought before me. + +3 And when the great book, +carried by four ministers of the +temple, and adorned with gold and +precious stones, was brought, +Pilate said to them all, I adjure +you by the God of your Fathers, +who made and commanded this temple +to be built, that ye conceal not the +truth from me. + +4 Ye know all the things which +are written in that book; tell me +therefore now, if ye in the +Scriptures have found any thing of +that Jesus whom ye crucified, and at +what time of the world he, ought +to have come: show it me. + +5 Then having sworn Annas and +Caiaphas, they commanded all the +rest who were with them to go out +of the chapel. + +6 And they shut the gates of the +temple and of the chapel, and said +to Pilate, Thou hast made us to +swear, O judge, by the building of +this temple, to declare to thee that +which is true and right. + +7 After we had crucified Jesus, +not knowing that he was the Son +of God, but supposing he wrought +his miracles by some magical arts, +we summoned a large assembly in +this temple. + +8 And when we were deliberating +among one another about the +miracles which Jesus had wrought, +we found many witnesses of our +own country, who declared that +they had seen him alive after his +death, and that they heard him +discoursing with his disciples, and +saw him ascending into the height +of the heavens, and entering into +them; + +9 And we saw two witnesses, +whose bodies Jesus raised from the +dead, who told us of many strange +things which Jesus did among the +dead, of which we have a written +account in our hands. + +10 And it is our custom annually +to open this holy book before an +assembly, and to search there for +the counsel of God. + +11 And we found in the first of +the seventy books, where Michael +the archangel is speaking to the +third son of Adam the first man, +an account that after five thousand +five hundred years, Christ the +most beloved son of God was to +come on earth, + +12 And we further considered, +that perhaps he was the very God +of Israel who spoke to Moses, +Thou shalt make the ark of the +testimony; two cubits and a half +shall be the length thereof, and a +cubit and a half the breadth thereof, +and a cubit and a half the height +thereof. + +13 By these five cubits and a +half for the building of the ark +of the Old Testament, we perceived +and knew that in five thousand +years and half (one thousand) years, +Jesus Christ was to come in the +ark or tabernacle of a body; + +14 And so our Scriptures testify +that he is the Son of God, and the +Lord and King of Israel. + +15 And because after his suffering, +our chief priests were surprised +at the signs which were wrought +by his means, we opened that book +to search all the generations down +to the generation of Joseph and +Mary the mother of Jesus, +supposing him to be of the +seed of David; + +16 And we found the account of +the creation, and at what time he +made the heaven and the earth, +and the first man Adam, and that +from thence to the flood, were two +thousand seven hundred and forty- +eight years. + +17 And from the flood to Abraham, +nine hundred and twelve. +And from Abraham to Moses, four +hundred and thirty. And from +Moses to David the King, five +hundred and ten. + +18 And from David to the Babylonish +captivity five hundred years. +And from the Babylonish captivity +to the incarnation of Christ, four +hundred years. + +19 The sum of all which amounts +to five thousand and half (a thousand.) + +20 And so it appears, that Jesus +whom we crucified, is Jesus Christ +the Son of God, and true Almighty +God. Amen. + +(In the name of the Holy Trinity, +thus end the acts of our Saviour +Jesus Christ, which the Emperor +Theodosius the Great found at +Jerusalem, in the hall of Pontius +Pilate, among the public records; +the things were acted in the +nineteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, +Emperor of the Romans, and in +the seventeenth year of the +government of Herod, the son of +Herod and of Galilee, on the +eighth of the calends of April, +which is the twenty-third day of +the month of March, in the CCIId +Olympiad, when Joseph and Caiaphas +were rulers of the Jews; being a +History written in Hebrew by +Nicodemus, of what happened after +our Saviour's crucifixion.) + + + + REFERENCES TO THE GOSPEL OF NICODEMUS, FORMERLY + CALLED THE ACTS OF PONTIUS PILATE. + +[Although this Gospel is, by some among the learned, supposed to have +been really written by Nicodemus, who became a disciple of Jesus Christ, +and conversed with him; others conjecture that it was a forgery towards +the close of the third century by some zealous believer, who, observing +that there had been appeals made by the Christians of the former age, +to the acts of Pilate, but that such acts could not be produced, +imagined it would be of service to Christianity to fabricate and publish +this Gospel; as it would both confirm the Christians under persecution, +and convince the Heathens of the truth of the Christian religion. The +Rev. Jeremiah Jones says, that such pious frauds were very common among +Christians even in the first three centuries; and that a forgery of this +nature, with the view above-mentioned, seems natural and probable. The +same author, in noticing that Eusebius in his Ecclesiastical History, +charges the Pagans with having forged and published a book, called "The +Acts of Pilate," takes occasion to observe that the internal evidence of +this Gospel shows it was not the work of any Heathen, but that if in the +latter end of the third century we find it in use among Christians (as +it was then certainly in some churches), and about the same time find a +forgery of the Heathens under the same title, it seems exceedingly +probable that some Christians, at that time, should publish such a piece +as this, in order partly to confront the spurious one of the Pagans, and +partly to support those appeals which had been made by former Christians +to the Acts of Pilate; and Mr. Jones says, he thinks so more particularly +as we have innumerable instances of forgeries by the faithful in the +primitive ages, grounded on less plausible reasons. Whether it be +canonical or not, it is of very great antiquity, and is appealed to by +several of the ancient Christians. The present translation is made from +the Gospel, published by Grynaeus in the Orthodoxographa, vol, i, tom, +ii, p. 613.] + +Notwithstanding the diversity of opinions here alluded to, the majority +of the learned believe that the internal evidence of the authenticity of +this Gospel is manifested in the correct details of that period of +Christ's life on which it treats, while it far excels the canonical +Evangelists narrative of the trial of our Saviour before Pilate, with +more minute particulars of persons, evidence, circumstance, &c. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FORBIDDEN GOSPELS, BY WAKE, V4 *** + +********* This file should be named 6510.txt or 6510.zip ********** + +This eBook was produced by David Widger <widger@cecomet.net> + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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