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Gospel of Peter 12

The Cross

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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 not done at the Lord's sepulchre the things which women are wont to do for those that die and for those that are beloved by them — she took her friends with her and came to the sepulchre where he was laid.

2And they feared lest the Jews should see them, and they said, Although on that day on which he was crucified we could not weep and lament, yet now let us do these things at his sepulchre.

3But 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 due?

4For the stone was great, and we fear lest some one see us.

5And if we cannot, yet if we but set at the door the things which we bring for a memorial of him, we will weep and lament, until we come unto our home.

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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