Acts of John

Acts of John 46:1

Thus John remained with them, and received them in the house of Andronicus. And one of those gathered there and placed the body of the Artemis priest, whose relative he was, before the gate, and had quickly come in with the others, without saying anything to anyone. After John had preached to the brethren, prayed, thanked and blessed everyone by laying on of hands, he said, moved by the Spirit, “Here is one, brought hither through the faith in God, who put the priest of Artemis before the gate and afterward came in, because in the desire of his soul he regarded the care for his soul as the first, and thought thus within himself: It is better to care for the living than for the body of my relative. For I know that by turning to the Lord and saving my soul John will not refuse to raise the dead.” And John rose from his place and went to that which the relative of the priest had occupied with these thoughts, and, taking him by the hand, he said, “Were these not thy thoughts, as thou camest to me, child?” And he answered tremblingly, “Yea, lord!” and fell down at his feet. And John said, “Our Lord is Jesus Christ, who will prove His power on the body of thy relative by raising him.”