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Part I.--The Acts of Pilate. First Greek Form.

Introduction

Chapter 1. Having called a council, the high priests and scribes Annas and Caiaphas and Semes and…

Chapter 2. And Pilate seeing this, was afraid, and sought to go away from the tribunal…

Chapter 3. And Pilate, filled with rage, went outside of the prætorium…

Chapter 4. And leaving Jesus within the prætorium, Pilate went out to the Jews…

Chapter 5. And one Nicodemus, a Jew, stood before the procurator…

Chapter 6. One of the Jews, stepping up, asked leave of the procurator to say a word.…

Chapter 7. And a woman cried out from a distance, and said…

Chapter 8. And others, a multitude both of men and women…

Chapter 9. And having summoned Nicodemus and the twelve men that said He was not born of…

Chapter 10. And Jesus went forth out of the prætorium, and the two malefactors with Him.…

Chapter 11. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the earth until…

Chapter 12. And the Jews, hearing that Joseph had begged the body of Jesus…

Chapter 13. And while they were still sitting in the synagogue…

Chapter 14. And Phinees a priest, and Adas a teacher, and Haggai a Levite…

Chapter 15. And Nicodemus stood up, and stood before the Sanhedrin…

Chapter 16. And the rulers of the synagogue, and the priests and the Levites…

Part I.--The Acts of Pilate. Second Greek Form.

Introduction

Chapter 1. Our Lord Jesus Christ having wrought in Judæa many and great and extraordinary miracles…

Chapter 2. Pilate says to Jesus: Hearest thou what these testify against thee…

Chapter 3. Pilate therefore went outside in rage and anger, and says to Annas and Caiaphas…

Chapter 4. Pilate therefore, leaving Christ alone, went outside, and says to the Jews…

Chapter 5. A God-fearing Jew, therefore, Nicodemus by name, stood up in the midst…

Chapter 6. And when Nicodemus had thus spoken, another Hebrew rose up…

Chapter 7. There was found there also a woman named Veronica…

Chapter 8. Other men cried: This man is a prophet, and the demons are afraid of him.…

Chapter 9. Then he summoned Nicodemus and the twelve God-fearing Jews…

Chapter 10. The sentence to this effect, then, having been passed by Pilate…

Chapter 11. Then Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, Father…

Chapter 12. When the Jews were made acquainted with these things done by Joseph and Nicodemus…

Chapter 13. And upon this there came up one of the soldiers guarding the tomb…

Chapter 14. And a few days after there came from Galilee to Jerusalem three men.…

Chapter 15. Nicodemus says: O children of the inhabitants of Jerusalem…

Chapter 16. When Joseph had thus spoken, the chief priests cried out to the people…

Part II.--The Descent of Christ into Hell. Greek Form.

Chapter 1 (17). Joseph says: And why do you wonder that Jesus has risen? But it is wonderful…

Chapter 2 (18). O Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection and the life of the world…

Chapter 3 (19). While John, therefore, was thus teaching those in Hades…

Chapter 4 (20). And when all were in such joy, came Satan the heir of darkness…

Chapter 5 (21). While Satan and Hades were thus speaking to each other…

Chapter 6 (22). Immediately Hades cried out: We have been conquered: woe to us! But who art thou…

Chapter 7 (23). And Hades receiving Satan, said to him: Beelzebul, heir of fire and punishment…

Chapter 8 (24). While Hades was thus discoursing to Satan, the King of glory stretched out His right…

Chapter 9 (25). And setting out to paradise, He took hold of our forefather Adam by the hand…

Chapter 10 (26). While they were thus speaking, there came another lowly man…

Chapter 11 (27). All these things we saw and heard; we, the two brothers…

Part I.--The Acts of Pilate. Latin Form.

Introduction

Chapter 1. Annas and Caiaphas, Summas and Datam, Gamaliel, Judas, Levi…

Chapter 2. And Pilate seeing, fear seized him, and immediately he wished to rise from the tribunal.…

Chapter 3. Pilate, filled with fury, went forth outside of the prætorium…

Chapter 4. Pilate therefore, leaving Jesus within the prætorium, went out to the Jews…

Chapter 5. But one Nicodemus, a Jew, stood before the governor…

Chapter 6. And of the Jews a certain other one, starting up…

Chapter 7. And also a certain woman, Veronica by name, from afar off cried out to the…

Chapter 8. And certain others, a multitude of men and women…

Chapter 9. And Pilate, calling Nicodemus and the twelve men who said that He was not born…

Chapter 10. And when Jesus was scourged, he delivered Him to the Jews to be crucified…

Chapter 11. And it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole earth…

Chapter 12. And the Jews, hearing that Joseph had begged the body of Jesus…

Chapter 13. And while they were sitting in the synagogue, and recriminating about Joseph…

Chapter 14. And Finees a certain priest, and Addas a teacher…

Chapter 15. And Nicodemus rising up, stood in the midst of the counsel…

Chapter 16. And the rulers of the synagogue, and the priests and the Levites…

Part II.--Christ's Descent into Hell. Latin. First Version.

Chapter 1 (17). And Joseph rose up and said to Annas and Caiaphas…

Chapter 2 (18). O Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection and the life of the dead…

Chapter 3 (19). And when the first created, father Adam, had heard this…

Chapter 4 (20). And when all the saints were exulting, lo, Satan…

Chapter 5 (21). And as Prince Satan and Hades were thus speaking to each other in turn…

Chapter 6 (22). When this was seen by Hades and Death, and their impious officers…

Chapter 7 (23). Then Hades, receiving Prince Satan, said to him, with vehement revilings…

Chapter 8 (24). And the Lord stretched out His hand, and said…

Chapter 9 (25). And the Lord, holding the hand of Adam, delivered him to Michael the archangel…

Chapter 10 (26). And while the saints Enoch and Elias were thus speaking…

Chapter 11 (27). These are the divine and sacred mysteries which we saw and heard…

Chapter 12 (28). After this, Pilate going into the temple of the Jews…

Chapter 13 (29). Pilate, hearing these words of Annas and Caiaphas, laid them all up in the acts…

Part II.--Christ's Descent into Hell. Latin. Second Version.

Chapter 1 (17). Then Rabbi Addas, and Rabbi Finees, and Rabbi Egias…

Chapter 2 (18). I Karinus.…

Chapter 3 (19). Then Satan said to Hades: Make thyself ready to receive him whom I shall bring…

Chapter 4 (20). And the saints of God heard the wrangling of Satan and Hades.…

Chapter 5 (21). Then all the saints, hearing this again, exulted in joy.…

Chapter 6 (22). After that, another standing there, pre-eminent as it were…

Chapter 7 (23). And again there came the voice of the Son of the Father most high…

Chapter 8 (24). And, behold, suddenly Hades trembled, and the gates of death and the bolts were shattered…

Chapter 9 (25). Then the Lord Jesus, the Saviour of all, affectionate and most mild…

Chapter 10 (26). Then all the saints of God asked the Lord to leave as a sign of…

Chapter 11 (27). And when the paper was finished and read through…