Acts of Peter

Acts of Peter martyrdom-1:1

And on Sunday Peter spoke to the brethren and encouraged them in the belief on Christ. And many senators and knights and wealthy women (and) matrons were present, and they were strengthened in the faith. There was also present a very rich woman, named Chryse, because all her vessels were of gold — since her birth she neither used a vessel of silver nor of glass, but only of gold. She said to Peter, “Peter, servant of God, in a dream he stood by me whom thou callest God, and said to me, Chryse, bring ten thousand pieces of gold to my servant Peter; thou owest these to him. I have brought them, fearing that some evil may come from him whom I saw and who went to heaven.” And having said this, and laid down the money, she went away. And Peter, seeing this, praised God, that the poor should now be provided for. Some of those present said to him, “Peter, is it not wrong to have accepted this money from her? All Rome speaks of her fornications, and (it is reported) that she is not satisfied with one husband; she uses even her own slaves. Have thou therefore nothing to do with the golden table, but let everything be sent back to her, that came from her.” When Peter heard this, he laughed and said to the brethren, “As to her conduct, I know nothing of it; since I have received this money, I received it not without reason, she brought it to me as a debtor of Christ and gives it to the servants of Christ. For he has provided for them.”