Apocryphal New Testament — Historical English Collection

Apocryphal New Testament — Hone/Wake/Jones — Section 1

' HAIV^' RSITY BRIGHT k Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Brigham Young University http://www.archive.org/details/apocryphalnewtesOOhone jrS-O THE APOCRYPHAL NEW TESTAMENT: BEING ALL THE GOSPELS, EPISTLES, AND OTHER PIECES NOW EXTANT, ITTRIBUTED IN THE FIRST FOUR CENTURIES TO JESUS CHRIST, HIS APOSTLES AND THEIR COMPANIONS; AND NOT INCLUDED, BY ITS COMPILERS, IN THE AUTHORIZED NEW TESTAMENT. TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES. ILLUSTRSTED FROM SNCIENT POINTINGS AND SCULPTURES. PHILADELPHIA: GEBBIE & CO., PUBLISHERS. COPYRIGHTED. HAROID B. LEE LIBRARY BRIGHAiVI YOUkQ UNIVERSITY PROVO, UTAH LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PARE. Frontispiece. Members of the Council of Nice Presenting their Decision to the Emperor Constantine: Fourth Century 1 The Emperor Constantine Presenting the Labors of the Council of Nice to Christ for his blessing 10 The Birth of the Virgin < 17 Elizabeth receiving the visit of Mary 25 The Birth of Christ 33 The Adoration of the Magi 41 The Birth of John the Baptist 49 The Presentation in the Temple 57 Mary Offering in the Temple ^h The Birth of Christ 73 The Murder of the Innocents 73 St. John the Baptist 81 The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan 89 The Last Judgment 97 Hell 105 Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, and Christ before Pilate 113 The two pjDies sent by Joshua to Jericho, and their escape from the house from Raliab 121 Christ in the, Prsetorium and mocked, and his Descent into Hell ... 129 The Bed Sea swallowing up the army of Pharaoh, after the Israelites had passed through 137 Christ Praying in the Garden 145 Peter cutting off the ear of Malchus, and the kiss of Judas ...... 145 Christ bearing his Cross to Golgotha, followed by holy women .... 153 Veronica afflicted with an issue of blood 161 Christ on the Cross between the two Malefactors 177 Marriage of Cana in Galilee , . . . 193 The Burial of Christ 193 Mary supporting the dead Christ on her knees 209 The Interment of Christ 217 The Resurrection of Christ 225 Christ as a Gardener appearing to Mary Magdalene 233 Jesus Christ ascending to Heaven with two angels 241