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The Acts of John refers to a collection of stories about John the Apostle that began circulating in written form as early as the 2nd-century AD. Translations of the Acts of John in modern languages have been reconstructed by scholars from a number of manuscripts of later date. The Acts of John are generally classified as New Testament apocrypha.
The Acts of John in Rome is a 4th-century Christian apocryphal text that presents stories about the Apostle John.The text, written in Greek, [1] is believed to be based on orally handed down stories [1] [2] (and in particular collected stories recounted in the writings of Eusebius of Caesarea) [2] about the works of John in Rome.
The majority of scholars see four sections in the Gospel of John: a prologue (1:1–18); an account of the ministry, often called the "Book of Signs" (1:19–12:50); the account of Jesus's final night with his disciples and the passion and resurrection, sometimes called the Book of Glory [33] or Book of Exaltation (13:1–20:31); [34] and a ...
John is also associated with the pseudepigraphal apocryphal text of the Acts of John, which is traditionally viewed as written by John himself or his disciple, Leucius Charinus. It was widely circulated by the second century AD but deemed heretical at the Second Council of Nicaea (787 AD). Varying fragments survived in Greek and Latin within ...
Acts of John, late 2nd century in Greek [3]: 8:23 The Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, probably a 19th-century forgery in English without a Greek original [9] Acts of Mar Mari, 600–650 CE in Syriac [10] Acts of the Martyrs, term for a group of writings describing the martyrdom of various apostles, including: Martyrdom of Polycarp, c ...
A 9th- or 10th-century manuscript of the Gospel of Nicodemus in Latin. The Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of Pilate [1] (Latin: Acta Pilati; Ancient Greek: Πράξεις Πιλάτου, romanized: Praxeis Pilatou), is an apocryphal gospel purporting to derived from an original work written by Nicodemus, who appears in the Gospel of John as an acquaintance of Jesus.
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
Hengel believes Acts was written early [43] by Luke as a partial eyewitness, [44] praising Luke's knowledge of Palestine, [45] and of Jewish customs in Acts 1:12. [46] With regard to Acts 1:15–26 , Lüdemann is skeptical with regard to the appointment of Matthias, but not with regard to his historical existence. [ 47 ]