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Gospel of Peter 1

The Cross

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But of the Jews none washed his hands, neither Herod nor any one of his judges.

2And when they had refused to wash them, Pilate rose up.

3And then Herod the king commandeth that the Lord be taken, saying to them, What things soever I commanded you to do unto him, do.

About Gospel of Peter

A passion narrative with a cross that speaks and guards who watch the tomb being left. A fragment found at Akhmim, in Egypt, in 1886. English text: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, The Gospel According to Peter (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), J. Armitage Robinson, 1896 (public domain). Portuguese and Spanish: Lux Veritas translations from this edition.

Source: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 9, The Gospel According to Peter (Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing Co.), J. Armitage Robinson (1896) · public domain