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Gospel of Peter 4

The Cross

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And they brought two malefactors, and they crucified the Lord between them.

2But he held his peace, as though having no pain.

3And when they had raised the cross, they wrote the title: This is the king of Israel.

4And having set his garments before him they parted them among them, and cast lots for them.

5And one of those malefactors reproached them, saying, We for the evils that we have done have suffered thus, but this man, who hath become the Saviour of men, what wrong hath he done to you?

6And they, being angered at him, commanded that his legs should not be broken, that he might die in torment.

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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