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Acts of Peter 16:1
When the night came, Peter saw Jesus clothed with a shining garment, smiling. Peter was yet awake, and (Christ) said to him, “the greatest part of the brethren has already come back through me, and through him by whom thou hast made signs in my name. But on the coming Sabbath thou shalt have a contest of faith, and many more Gentiles and Jews shall be converted in my name to me, who was reviled, despised and spit upon. For I shall show myself unto thee, when thou askest for signs and wonders, and thou shalt convert many, but thou wilt have an opponent in Simon through the works of his father. But all his doings shall be manifested as sorcery and magical deception. And now delay not and thou shalt confirm in my name all those whom I shall send to thee.” When it was day, he told the brethren how the Lord had appeared unto him and what he commanded him.
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Acts of Peter 16:2
“Believe me, men and brethren, I have driven this Simon from Judea; by means of his magical sayings he did much mischief. In Judea he stayed in the house of a woman called Eubola, highly esteemed in this world and having much gold and pearls. With two like him Simon sneaked in; none of the servants saw the two but only Simon; they used their magic art, carried off all the gold of the woman, and were not seen. When Eubola had found out what had taken place, she had the servants tortured, and said, You made use of the opportunity (when) the man of God (came to me), and robbed me, because you saw that he came to honor a plain woman; his name is the name of the Lord. And I fasted three days and prayed that this event become known, and in a vision I see Italicus and Antulus, whom I had instructed in the name of the Lord, and a boy naked and bound giving unto me a wheaten bread and saying, Peter hold out yet for two days, and thou shalt see the great deeds of God. For (thou shalt see) that by means of magical art and trickery Simon and his two fellows have stolen the things from the house of Eubola. At the ninth hour of the third day thou shalt see them at the gate which leads to Neapolis, trying to sell to a goldsmith, Agrippinus by name, a golden satyriscus weighing two pounds, and containing a precious stone. But thou must not touch him, in order not to pollute thyself; but let some of the lady’s servants accompany thee, and having shown them the shop of the goldsmith, leave them. This event will make many believe in the Lord. For what they did steal in their cunning and wickedness shall be made manifest.
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Acts of Peter 16:3
“Upon hearing this, I went to Eubola, whom I found sitting in a rent garment and with disheveled hair and in grief. I said to her, Eubola, rise (and desist) from thy grief; put thy face in order, arrange thy hair, and put on a dress which is suitable for thee, and pray to the Lord Jesus Christ, who judges every soul. For he is the son of the invisible God, in whom thou must be saved, if thou wilt only heartily repent of thy former sins; and receive strength from him. For the Lord wishes to inform thee through me that thou shalt get back all that thou hast lost. And having received it, see to it that he may find thee as such a one who renounces the present world and finds an everlasting comfort. Wherefore listen: let some of thy (servants) watch at the gate which leads to Neapolis. Day after to-morrow, about the ninth hour, they shall notice two young men who will offer for sale a golden satyriscus set in stones and weighing two pounds — for thus I was shown in a vision — to a certain Agrippinus, a man of piety and believing on the Lord Jesus Christ. Through him it will be shown to thee to believe on the living God and not in Simon the magician, the deceitful demon who would have thee sorrowing and thy innocent servants tortured, who deceived thee with flattering words, but only with words, and only spoke with the mouth of piety, whereas he is wholly impious. For when thou didst imagine to have a good day and didst put up an idol and adorned it, and didst exhibit all thy ornaments on a costly table, he (came) with two young men, whom none of you did see; they uttered their magical saying, robbed thy jewels, and were not seen. But this trickery cannot last. For my God has revealed it to me that thou mayest not be deceived and perish in hell; and whatever impiety and opposition thou hast shown toward God, who is all truth and a righteous judge of the living and the dead <he shall pardon thee>, and men have no other hope of life except by him, through whom that which thou hast lost has been saved for thee. And now save thy soul. And she fell down to my feet and said, Man, who thou art, I know not. It is true that I received that man as a servant of God, and whatever he asked of me for the care of the poor I spent much through his hands, besides what I richly gave to him. But what have I ever done to him that he brought such great misery over my house? Peter said to her, We must not believe in words, but in works and deeds. Therefore let us bring about what has been commenced. Thus I left her, and with two stewards of Eubola I went to Agrippinus and said to him, See that thou recognizest these. For to-morrow two young men shall come to thee, offering for sale a golden satyriscus set in stones, which belongs to their mistress. Receive them under the pretense of examining and praising the work of the artist. These will come in — and the rest God will bring about for a proof. On the following day the stewards of the matron arrived about the ninth hour, and those young men were about to sell to Agrippinus the golden satyriscus. They were seized at once and the matter was reported to the matron. And she went to the governor, her mind being troubled, and with a very loud voice she told him of what had happened. When the governor, Pompey, noticed her, who had never appeared in public, and perceived how troubled she was in her mind, he arose from his judgment seat and went to the pretorium and had them brought before him and carefully examined. Being tortured, they confessed that they were in the service of Simon, who had induced them with money. They also confessed that all which belonged to Eubola was hidden in a cave under the ground on the other side of the gate together with many other things. When Pompey heard this, he arose to go to the gate, the two having been bound with double bonds. And behold, Simon came to the gate to seek them, because they were so slow, when he beheld the great multitude and the two in bonds. He at once understood the case, took to flight, and was never since seen in Judea. Eubola, after she got her property, gave it for the service of the poor; she believed in the Lord Jesus Christ and was strengthened, despised and renounced this world, supported the widows and orphans, clothed the poor, and after a long time fell asleep. This, most beloved brethren, took place in Judea, and he who was called the angel of Satan was driven away thence.
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Acts of Peter (Vercelli Acts 1-29, Martyrdom 30-41, Coptic Act of Peter) — Bernhard Pick 1909 English translation
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