EUSEBIUS (H. E., in., 3, 2) says: "However, as regards that work ascribed to him, called the 'Acts of the Apostles,' and the 'Gospel according to Peter,' which is attributed to him, called the 'Acts of the Apostles ', ' and 'The Gospel according to Peter'. THEODORET (c. 455), in his Religious History, ii., 2, says that the Nazarenes used "the gospel called 'according to Peter.' Later references Nazarenes used "the gospel called 'according to Peter'". Later references in Western Literature, eg, Jerome, De vir.
Herod was the judge who condemned Jesus, and to him application had to be made for the body
Of that portion of the Passion which it narrates, an account is given which follows the outline of the canonical tradition, but with important variations in detail. The record of the events between the burial and resurrection of our Lord is far more extensive and detailed than anything in the canonical tradition.
The Jews, Herod, and the judges would not wash their hands, and Pilate then raised the sitting
The attached synoptic table shows where Peter's account fits and where it differs from those offered by the canonical gospels.
Joseph was the friend of Pilate (sec. 2)
Joseph begged for the body before the crucifixion, and Pilate sent for permission from Herod
The mockery of the soldiers
Mocking speech
One of the malefactors blamed the multitude, and his speech
The legs of either the malefactor or Jesus were not broken, in order that he might die in torment
The gall and vinegar (sec. 5)
In the darkness many went about with lamps, and fell down
The cry, “My power, my power.”
The fact that when he had so cried Christ was taken up
Mention of the nails in the hands at the taking down from the cross (sec 6)
The earthquake when the body touched the ground
The joy of the Jews when the sun shone again
Joseph “had seen all the good things” that the Lord had done
Joseph washed the body
The cries of woe of the Jews and their leaders over their sins, and their expectation of the judgment on Jerusalem (seac. 7)
The disciples remained in concealment, full of grief, and fasted and wept till the Sabbath
They were searched for as malefactors and as anxious to burn the temple
The centurion, the soldiers, and the elders rolled up the stone
The elders also watched at the grave
Seven seals were placed on the stone
A tent pitched for the watch
The gathering of the multitude on the morning of the Sabbath to view the sealed grave (sec. 9)
That there is no account of any appearance of Christ for the first eight days after his death (sec. 13)
That the disciples, along with the rest of those who had taken part in the feast, returned home to Galilee on the seventh day of unleavened
That they were then sad, and wept
That the first appearance of Jesus must have taken place on the Lake of Gennesaret, either to Peter alone, or to Peter, Andrew, and
THE GOSPEL
ACCORDING TO PETER
- And there was standing there Joseph the friend of Pilate and of the Lord; and, knowing that they were about to crucify him, he came to Pilate
- Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, perceiving what evil they had done to themselves, began to lament and to say, Woe for our sins: the
- But the scribes and Pharisees and elders being gathered together one with another, when they heard that all the people murmured and beat their
- And in the night in which the Lord’s day was drawing on, as the soldiers kept guard two by two in a watch, there was a great voice in the heaven;
- They therefore considered one with another whether to go away and shew these things to Pilate. And while they yet thought thereon, the
- And at dawn upon the Lord’s day Mary Magdalen, a disciple of the Lord, fearing because of the Jews, since they were burning with wrath, had
- And they went and found the tomb opened, and coming near they looked in there; and they see there a certain young man sitting in the midst
And then they pulled the nails out of the Lord's hands and laid him on the ground, and the whole earth trembled, and great fear arose. And with them came elders and scribes to the sepulchre, and having rolled a great stone together with the centurion and the soldiers, they set all who were there together at the door of the sepulchre; and they put seven.
PETER
When Pilate saw that he
Then
Then released he
And so Pilate, willing to
And Pilate gave sentence
And he released unto
Then delivered he
6 And they took the Lord and pushed Him as they ran, saying: Let us drag away the Son of God after we have obtained power over Him. 7 And they clothed him with purple and set him on the judgment seat and said: Rule justly, O King of Israel!
Then the soldiers of the governor took
And one of them brought a crown of thorns and put it on God's head. Others sat and spat in their eyes, others struck their cheeks; others pierced him with a cane; and some scourged him saying: "With this honor we honor the Son of God".
And they stripped him, and put on him a
And when they had platted a crown of
And they spit upon him, and took
And the soldiers led him away into the
And they clothed him with purple, and
And they smote him on the head with a
And after that they had mocked him,
And as they came out, they found a man
And when they had mocked him, they
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian,
And as they led him away,
And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him
But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children
For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps
Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us
For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in
And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death
And when they were come
And they crucified him;
And they bring him unto
And they gave him to
And he bearing his
Where they
12 And when they set his clothes before him, they divided them among them and cast lots for them.
And sitting down they watched him
And when they had crucified him, they
And it was the third hour, and they
Then said Jesus, Father,
And the people stood
And the soldiers also
And saying, If thou be the
And set up over his head his
Then were there two
And they that passed by
And saying, Thou that
Likewise also the chief
And the superscription
And with him they crucify
And the scripture was
And they that passed by
And a superscription
And Pilate wrote
This title then read
Then said the chief
If he is the king of Israel, let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe him.
He trusted in God; let him
Likewise also the chief
Let Christ the King of
Pilate answered,
They said therefore among
The thieves also, which were crucified
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy
Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home
Now from the sixth hour there was
And when the sixth hour was come, there
And it was about the sixth
And the sun was darkened,
And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
Some of them that stood there, when they
And straightway one of them ran, and
The rest said, Let be, let us see whether
And some of them that stood by, when
And one ran and filled a spunge full of
After this, Jesus knowing
Now there was set a vessel full of
Jesus, when he had cried
And Jesus cried with a loud
And when Jesus had cried
When Jesus
20 And at that hour the veil of the Jerusalem temple was torn in two.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the
And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that
Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him
But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs
But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken
And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced
Now when the centurion, and they
And many women were there beholding
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and
And when the centurion, which stood
There were also women looking on afar
Now when the centurion saw
And all the people that came
And all his acquaintance, and
21 And then they pulled the nails out of the Lord's hands and laid him on the ground, and the whole earth trembled, and great fear arose.
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea,
And now when the even was come, because it was the
He went to Pilate, and
Joseph of Arimathaea, an
And Pilate marvelled if he
And when he knew it of the
And, behold, there was a man
This man went unto
And after this
And when Joseph had
And laid it in his own new
And there was Mary
And he bought fine
And Mary Magdalene and
And he took it down, and
And that day was the
And the women
And they returned, and
And there came also
Then took they the body
Now in the place
24 And he took the Lord, and washed him, and wrapped him in a linen cloth, and brought him to his own tomb, which was called the Garden of.
There laid they Jesus
29 The elders were afraid and came to Pilate and begged him and said: 30 Give us soldiers so that we can guard his tomb for three days, so that his disciples do not come and steal him and the people think that he rose from the dead. didn't have and do us harm. 32 And after they had rolled a great stone with the centurion and the soldiers, all who were there placed it at the entrance of the tomb.
Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
28 But the scribes and Pharisees and elders who had gathered among themselves, when they heard that the whole people murmured and beat their breasts and said: If through his death these most powerful signs happened, then see how righteous He is. And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered at Pilate.
Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again
Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can
So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
36 And they saw the heavens opened, and two men came down from thence with much light, and drew near to the tomb. 45 When the centurion and those with him saw this, they hastened to Pilate by night and left the tomb where they were.
Pilate answered and said, I am pure from the blood of the Son of God
Then they all drew near and besought him and entreated him to command the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing of the things which
For it is better, say they, for us to incur the greatest sin before God, and not to fall into the bands of the people of the Jews and to be stoned
Pilate therefore commanded the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing
And at dawn upon the Lord’s day, Mary Magdalen, a disciple of the Lord, fearing because of the Jews, since they were burning with wrath, had
In the end of the sabbath, as it
And when the sabbath was
And very early in the
Now upon the first day of
The first day of the
And they feared that the Jews should see them, and they said: Although on the day he was crucified, we could not yet weep and complain.
And they feared lest the Jews should see them, and they said, Although on the day on which he was crucified we could not weep and lament, yet
But who shall roll away for us the stone that was laid at the door of the sepulchre, that we may enter in and sit by him and do the things that are
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
And they went away and found the tomb open, and came near and looked into it; and they saw there a certain young man sitting in the middle.
And they went away and found the tomb opened, and coming near they looked in there; and they see there a certain young man sitting in the midst
And, behold, there was a great
And when they looked,
And entering into the
And they found the stone
And they entered in, and
And it came to pass, as they
And as they were afraid, and
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men
But if you don't believe it, look inside and see the place where he lay down, got up and left. But if ye believe not, look within, and see the place where he lay, that he is not [here]; for he arose and went to the place from whence he was sent.
Then the women feared and fled
And he saith unto them, Be not
But go your way, tell his disciples and
And they went out quickly, and fled from
Now it was the last day of the unleavened bread, and many were going forth, returning to their homes, as the feast was ended
But we, the twelve disciples of the Lord, mourned and were grieved
But I, Simon Peter and Andrew my brother, took our nets and went to the sea; and there was with us Levi the son of Alphaeus, whom the Lord
THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN
INTRODUCTION
Passages Lost from the Diatessaron. — If the Diatessaron has thus been growing so as to represent the ordinary text of the canonical gospels
The Armenian text differs substantially from the regular Syriac version of the New Testament (the Peshitta) and shows a clear connection with another type of Syriac text now represented by the Curetonian and Sinaitic (Lewis) MSS. Outside of the Syriac-speaking churches, we find no evidence of such use of the Diatessaron.
The Author of the Diatessaron. — The Diatessaron is such an impersonal work that we do not need to know very much about its
The Diatessaron is such an impersonal work that we don't need to know much about it. The Diatessaron opens up a very broad field of study. A few points can be listed here (cf.
Problems Connected with the Diatessaron. — The Diatessaron opens up a very wide field of study A few points may be here enumerated (see
A new revision of the present translation, in the light of a more detailed study of these features, would doubtless entail changes both in the text and in the notes. It should be noted that many linguistic usages, which are briefly noted in the footnotes, are characteristic of this work, viz. compared to plain Arabic, common in Arabic versions.
THE DIATESSARON
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
IN THE BORGIAN MS
IN THE VATICAN MS
THE TEXT OF THE DIATESSARON
SECTION 1.]
LUKE 1:1-80
And the angel went in to her and said to her: Peace be with you, you who are full of grace. And the angel said to (32) her: Fear not, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
LUKE 2:1-39
God came to them, and the glory of the Lord shone upon them; and they were greatly terrified. And when they had fulfilled all that is written in the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their city Nazareth.
3:21-4:7; MARK 1:12-13
He said to them: Draw out (30) now and present to the leader of the feast. And she was given the book of the prophet Isaiah. And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written.
JOHN 3:22-4:54;
MARK 1:29-33
How narrow is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life. and few find it. And he said to them, "Why are you so afraid (37)?" and why have ye no faith?
LUKE 12:3-53;
For it is enough for the disciple to be like his Lord, and for the servant like his master. When the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out devils, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, who is in him.
MATTHEW 11:20-30
And he answered the one who spoke to him: Who is my (17) mother. and who are my brothers. 36, 37) And when Jesus had finished all these parables, he departed from there and came to his own city. and he taught them in their synagogues, so that they were embarrassed.
JOHN 6:19-60; MARK 6:54-56 (1) And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus came unto them, walking
Jesus answered and said to them: Why do you also transgress the commandment of God on the basis of your ordinance? He answered and said to them: I was not sent (52) except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
JOHN 4:4-45
That woman said to him, "My Lord, you have no bucket, and the well is deep; (16) whence have you the water of life." And Jesus (49) testified that a prophet is not honored in his own city. And when he came to Galilee, the Galileans received him.
MARK 1:4145; JOHN 5:1-47
And from that city many of the Samaritans believed on him because of the words (44) of that woman, who testified and said: He told me all that I ever did. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour shall come, and it is now also, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and those (34) who hear shall live.
JOHN 4:45; MARK 8:3-38
He said to them: How did you not understand that I did not speak to you for the sake of the bread, but that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees (25) and. Simon Céfas answered (36) and said: You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
MATTHEW 16:23-17:23; LUKE 9:2945
And he taught his disciples and said to them: (50) Keep these words in your ears and in your hearts, for the Son of Man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, he shall (51) rise again on the third day. It is neither suitable for the ground nor for dung, but they throw it out. and be at peace with one another.
MATTHEW 18:13-14
And he said to them: Whoever divorces his wife and (39) marries another has committed adultery with her. And he became angry (30) and would not come in; then his father went out and bade him come in.
LUKE 12:47-13:17
Jesus answered and said to them: Do you think that those Galileans were sinners (33) more than all the Galileans, so that this thing happened to them? But Jesus, answering, said: "You hypocrite, don't each of you untie the ox or the donkey from the stable on the Sabbath day, 46 and go and give them water.
MATTHEW 19:1-22; LUKE 12:13-21
The people answered and said to him, "You (22) have demons who seek to kill you." Jesus said to him: (46) You shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not kill, you shall not bear false witness, you shall not harm, honor your father (47) and your mother, and: Love your neighbor as yourself.
MARK:10-24-31;
He said to them: Go also to my vineyard, and I will pay you what is right. He said to them: Enter also (34) into the vineyard, and what is good you will receive.
MARK 10:32-40
And when he saw them, he said to them: Go and show yourselves to the priests. He said to him, Arise and go; because your faith gave you life.
JOHN 2:14-3:21;
His Lord said to him: From your mouth I will judge you, you wicked and idle servant who was unfaithful. And he said to those who stood before him, "Take the share from him and give it to him who has ten shares."
LUKE 18:9-14
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless a man (30) be born a second time, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Jesus answered and said to him, You teach Israel, (37) and yet you do not know these things.
MATTHEW 21:21-46;
A man had two sons; and he went to the first and said to him, "My son, go today and to the vineyard." Jesus said to them: "Truly I say to you, tax collectors and harlots go before you into the kingdom of God.
LUKE 20:15-36; 10:25-37;
JOHN 7:31-36
And (24) some of the scribes answered him: “Teacher, you have said well. And he, wanting to excuse himself, said to him: And who is my neighbor?
MATTHEW 22:41-46
He said to them: "And what does David call the Holy Spirit God?". Therefore the Jews surrounded him and said: "How long will you trouble our hearts?".
LUKE 9:55-56
And the passover of the Jews was near, and before the festival many went up from the towns to Jerusalem to purify themselves. And they brought the donkey and the colt, (30) and put their clothes on the colt; and Jesus ascended it.
JOHN 12:19-36;
Therefore, some Pharisees from the crowd (37) said to him: "Our disciple, warn your disciples. And when he entered into Jerusalem, all the city was troubled, and they said: (43) Who is this?
11:5, 45, 46 MARK 12:37-40
Jerusalem took young palm branches, and went to meet him, and cried, and said, Praise: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord, the (36) King of Israel. The crowds said to him: We have heard out of the law that the Messiah endures forever; how then do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? who is this, the Son of Man.
JOHN 12:42
Jesus answered and said to them: The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man (36, 37), but you will not see them. For as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 39).
MATTHEW 24:45-25:46
And when he came to Simon Céphas, Simon said to (17) him: Were you, my Lord, my feet for me? He answered and said to them: One of the twelve, (47) who puts his hand into the dish with me, will betray me.
MARK 14:22-31; 26:28-29;
Jesus said to him: I am the way and the truth (35) and the life, and no one comes to my Father but through me. Jesus said to him: "I have been with you for a long time, and you do not know me, Philip?
LUKE 22:35-39
I proceeded from my Father and came into the world, and I am leaving the world and going to my Father. And just as you have sent me into the world, I (37) have also sent them into the world.
LUKE 22:40-55;
And the glory that you have given me (41) I have given to them; that they may be one, as we are one; I in them and you in me, that they may be perfect in one; and that the world may know that (42) you sent me and that I loved them, as you loved me. My righteous Father and the world did not know you (44), but I know you; and they knew that you sent me; and I have made thy name known, and will make it known to them; that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I may be in them.
MARK 14:35-51
And the foot soldiers and the officers (45) and the soldiers of the Jews seized Jesus and came. And when the handmaid who held the door saw Simon, she fixed her eyes on him and said to him: Are you not also one of this man's disciples, I mean Jesus the Nazarene (52).
MARK 14:59-69;
LUKE 22:59-23:2
And they received Him (31) into their assembly and said to Him: If You are the Messiah, tell us. They answered and said to him: If he had done no harm, neither would we have delivered him to you.
MARK 15:3-15;
Jesus said to him: My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I should not (54) be delivered to the Jews; now my kingdom is not from here. And for this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to bear witness to the truth (55).
JOHN 18:40-19:12
Then Pilate said to him: Do you not hear (18) how much they testify against you? The judge answered and said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release you?
MATTHEW 27:24-47;
Pilate said to them: Take Him yourself and crucify Him, for I find no reason against (46) Him. The Jews said to him: We have a law, and according to our law He deserves death (47), because He made Himself the Son of God.
LUKE 23:26-45
And when the chief priests and the soldiers saw Him, they cried out and said: Crucify Him, crucify Him. And the soldiers (42) also mocked him in that they approached and brought him vinegar, and (43) said to him: If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself.
MATTHEW 27:48-28:6;
And he said to Jesus: Remember me, my Lord, when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus saw his mother and that disciple with whom He loved standing; and he said to his mother: (51) Woman, look, your son!
LUKE 23:34-24:2
And the officer of the foot soldiers, and they that were with him that guarded Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, and praised God, and said: . This he did that (20) the scripture might be fulfilled, which says: Not a bone shall be broken in him; and also the scripture which says: Let them look unto him whom they pierced.
