Acts of John 38:1
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Work: Acts of John
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Acts of John — Bernhard Pick 1909 English translation
After two days the birthday of the idol’s temple was celebrated. While all were dressed in white garments, John put on a black one and went to the temple. They laid hold of him and tried to kill him. But John said, “Men, ye are mad, by laying hold of me, the servant of the only God.” And ascending a platform he spoke to them:
- Source
- Acts of John — Bernhard Pick 1909 English translation
- Rights
- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- grc
- Completeness
- Pick 1909 chapters 18-115 as staged; chapters 56-57 (codex Q) and 87-105 (codex C) supplied from their separately staged reported batches and ordered numerically. Chapters 1-17 are not in Pick.
- Review
- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
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