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Acts of Peter
Acts of Peter (Vercelli Acts 1-29, Martyrdom 30-41, Coptic Act of Peter) — Bernhard Pick 1909 English translation
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Acts of Peter 15:1
When Peter heard these things, he sent to him a woman with her suckling and said to her, “Go forth speedily and thou shalt see one seeking me. As for thee, speak not, but keep silent and listen to what the child which thou holdest will say to him.” And the woman went down. And her babe was seven months old. Assuming a manly voice, it said to Simon, “O thou horrible before God and men; O destroyer of truth and worst seed of corruption; O unfaithful fruit of nature! Only a little while, an everlasting punishment awaits thee. Son of an impudent father, never taking root in good (soil), but in poison; unfaithful generation, destitute of all hope: when the dog accused thee, thou wast not confounded. I, a child, am forced by God to speak and still thou blushest not. But against thy will, on the coming Sabbath day, another shall lead thee to the Julian forum that thou mayest be shown what thou art. Leave, therefore, the door by which the saints enter in. For no more shalt thou corrupt innocent souls whom thou didst destroy and lead away from Christ. Thy whole evil nature will therefore be manifested, and thy machinations will be spoiled. Now I say to thee the last word: Jesus Christ says to thee, Grow speechless by my name, and leave Rome till the coming Sabbath.”
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Acts of Peter 15:2
At once he became speechless, and being constrained he left Rome till the next Sabbath and remained in a stable. The woman returned to Peter with the babe, and told Peter and the other brethren what the child had said to Simon. And they praised the Lord, who had shown such things to men.
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Recorded completeness: Vercelli Acts chapters 1-29 (chapter 7 not staged), Martyrdom chapters (Pick numbering 1-12 = Lipsius 30-41), and the Coptic "Deed of Peter" fragment.. Available reading sections are listed below.
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