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Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles; The English Translations
Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles The English Translations Author:William Wright General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Original Publisher: Williams and Norgate Subjects: Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free... more » trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE HISTORY OF PHILIP, THE APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST." In the name of the unbegottenb nature of the immortal God, I write the wondrous and marvellous history of the glorious acts of Philip the Apostle and Evangelist. Our Lord, help me with grace. Amen. - . And our Lord Jesus the Messiah spake with Philip the Apostle in a vision of the night at Jerusalem, and said to him: " Kise, go to the city of Carthage, which is in Azotus, c and drive out thence the ruler of Satan, for lo, he rejoices there like a destroying wolf, which rejoices in the flock that has no shepherd; and after thou hast driven him out, preach there the kingdom of Heaven." And Philip said to our Lord: "I beseech Thee, the Baiser to life of all souls, -- Thou knowest me, that I am a man of Palestine, and I do not know Latin or Greek, and the people of Carthage are not acquainted with See the Syriac text, p. :a-. b Or perhaps rather the unAe- Jlled, apLo. vTov- c Though the name is written rJLTn , NJOEnj) ) yet Oarthqge is intended, and not Cartagena in Spain. What is meant here by ffoaycxrf (usually zotus, or Ash'dod, in Palestine, where Philip was, Acts, ch. viii. 40), I do not know. Aramaic, -- and how shall I go (and) preach to them the Gospel of Thy kingdom?" Our Lord said to Philip: "Who made Adam in His image and His likeness? Who formed for him a mouth, and eyes, and a tongue to speak? Was it not I the Lord?" And Philip said to our Lord: (co.) " Thou art the chosen Son, who didst make Heaven by Thy might, and didst establish the world by Thy ...« less