# Acts of John - Author: Anonymous - Latin title: *Acta Ioannis* - Date: ca. 150–200 (approximate) - Source: Maximilian Bonnet, ed., in Acta apostolorum apocrypha, ed. R. A. Lipsius and M. Bonnet, vol. 2.1 (Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn, 1898), 151–216 (OCR text layer from the Internet Archive scan) - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/ - Passages: 82 ## Acts of John (title) - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-0 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The title of the work. ### Greek text Πράξεις τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου καὶ εὐαγγελιστοῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου ### English translation (Claude) The Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian. ### Translation notes - The Greek here is an OCR of Bonnet's edition (1898). In chapters 1–14 Bonnet prints the late account of John's trial before Domitian, and below it a second, different recension of the same story; the OCR interleaves the two. The translation follows the main text and gives the pieces of the second recension where they fall, in square brackets headed "Other recension". Clear misreadings are read by sense, passages of the apparatus are removed, and lines lost in the OCR are marked "…". Chapter numerals the OCR lost are marked "[n]" where the break falls by sense; these placements are approximate. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John pref. (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-0). ## Acts of John 1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-1 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Domitian moves to expel the Jews from Rome, and some Jews petition him, denouncing the Christians as a new and lawless nation. ### Greek text μεμνημένος τῶν ὑπὸ TOU πατρὸς αὐτοῦ περὶ «αὐτῶν χελευσῦ ἐντων, ὥρμησεν ἐπὶ τὸ πάντας ἐχβαλεῖν ἐκ τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων πύλεως. τολιήσαντες δέ τινὲς τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων ἔδωχαν τῷ 4ομετιανῷ βίβλον ἐν ᾧ ἐγέγραπτο τάδε" | ὃ Δομετιανὲ Καῖσαρ βασιλεῦ πώσης τῆς οἰκουμένης, ὅσοι Ιουδαῖοι cov δεόμεϑα καὶ ἱκέται προσκείμείγα τῆς σῆς δυνώμεως μὴ φυγαδεύειν ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ Δϑείου καὶ φιλανϑρώπου σου προσώπου" εἴκομεν γώο σοι, καὶ τοῖς ἔϑεσιν καὶ τοῖς νόμοις καὶ πράξεσιν καὶ πολιτείαις μηδὲν ἀδιχοῖντες ἀλλὰ Ῥωμαίοις ὁμοφρονοῦντες. ἔστιν δὲ καινὸν καὶ ξένον ἔϑγος, αἡτε τοῖς ἡμετέροις ξϑεσιν ὑπακοῖον μήτε ταῖς ᾿Ιουδαίων ϑρησκείαις συνευδοχοῦν, ἀὠπερίτμητον, ἀπάνίξρωπον, ἄνοιιον, ὅλους οἴχους ἀνατρέπον, ἄνϑυωπον ϑεὸν καταγγέλλοντες, οἷς ἐχχλησία ἅπασιν ἐπιγίνεται ξένον ὕνοιιαᾳ χριστιανῶν. οὗτοι ἡεὸν ἀϑετοῖσιν μὴ προοσέχοντες τῷ vx αὐτοῦ δοϑέντι νόμῳ, υἱὸν δὲ ϑεοῦ χκαταγγέλλουσιν ἄνϑρωπον ἐξ ἡμῶν αὐτῶν γεννηϑέντα ὀνόματι ᾿Ιησοῦν, οὗ οἱ γονεῖς καὶ οἱ ἀδελᾳοὶ xdi πᾶσα γενεὰ ἐξ Ἑβραίων ἐξήρτηται" ὃν διὰ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦ βλασφημίαν καὶ τὴν ἄνομον φλυωρίων ἡμεῖς σταυρῷ παρεδώχωμεν. ### English translation (Claude) … remembering what had been commanded by his father concerning them, he set about expelling them all from the city of the Romans. But some of the Jews took courage and gave Domitian a petition in which this was written: "O Domitian, Caesar, king of the whole world, all of us who are Jews entreat you, and as suppliants we lie before your power, that you will not drive us away from your divine and benevolent presence; for we are obedient to you, doing no wrong in customs and laws and practices and ways of life, but of one mind with the Romans. But there is a new and strange nation, neither obedient to our customs nor in agreement with the religious observances of the Jews: uncircumcised, inhuman, lawless, overturning whole households, proclaiming a man as God; they all gather into an assembly under a strange name, that of Christians. These set God aside, paying no heed to the law given by him, and proclaim as Son of God a man born of ourselves named Jesus, whose parents and brothers and whole family are descended from the Hebrews; whom, because of his great blasphemy and lawless babbling, we handed over to the cross. ### Translation notes - The opening of the account is lost; the text begins in the middle of a sentence about Domitian (his father is Vespasian). - The petition is the narrative's own invention and its polemic is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 1 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-1). ## Acts of John 2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-2 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The petition accuses the Christians of proclaiming that the crucified Jesus rose from the dead. ### Greek text ψεῦσια τὲ ἕτερον τῷ πρώτῳ αὐτῶν βλάσφημον συνώπτουσιν" τὸν γὼρ παγέντα καὶ ταφέντα τοῦτον ὡς ἐχ ὠνήνεγκαν πρὸς βασιλέα οὕτως" ### English translation (Claude) And they join to the first lie another, blasphemous one: for this man, who was fixed to the cross and buried, they glorify as risen from … [Other recension: … they reported to the emperor as follows:] ### Translation notes - The main text continues in ref 3. The closing words here belong to the second recension, which goes on in ref 3 with a letter to the emperor. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 2 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-2). ## Acts of John 3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-3 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Domitian decrees death for confessing Christians, and the fame of John's teaching reaches him. ### Greek text -droxoüropi Καίσαρι Macro γνικητῇ τροπαιούχῳ᾽ γνωστὸν ἔστω σοι ὅτι ᾿Ιωώννης τις ὀνόιατι, τῷ γένει lov25 δαΐος, τῆς ϑρησχείας rov D «λιλαίων, καταλαβὼν τὴν datar, ἔτι μὴν καὶ τὴν δουλικὴν σου πόλιν ᾿φεσέων, ἐξέστησε πώντως καὶ ὠνέτρεψ εν ἐκ τῆς πατροπωραδύτου ϑρησκχείας, ἕλχων πώντας ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ, ὥστε γενέσϑαι ξένον ὄνομα καὶ & roc ἕτερον" καὶ εἰ μὴ σπεύσας τοῦτον ταχέως σβέσης, ἀπώ80 λεσὲ καὶ τὸ ἔϑνος καὶ τὴν χώραν. νεχρῶν ἀναστώντα δοξολογοῦσιν" ποὸς TOUTOIS καὶ ἀναληφἥξντα ἐν νεφέλαις ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καταψεύδονται. mi τούτοις πᾶσιν ὀργὴ συσχεϑεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς δόγμα τὴ συγχλήτῳ ἐκελεύσατο vc ὥσδην τοὺς ὁμολογοῦντας αὐτοὺς εἶναι χριστιανοὺς φονεύσωσιν. τῶν οὖν παραυτὰ τῆς ὀργῆς D εὑρεϑέντων xui τὸν τῆς ὑπομονῆς καρπὸν τρυγησώντων GTtVGμένων τὲ τὸν πώμμαχον ὠγῶνω χατὼ τῶν τοῖʼ διαβόλου πραὰγμάτων προσελάβετο ἡ τῆς ἀφίϑαρσίας ἐνώφψυξις. Διεφηίσϑϑη τὲ ἐν τῇ Pour ἡ τοῦ Ἰωώννου διδασκαλίᾳ xt μέχρι τῶν Δομετιανοῖʼ ὠχοῶν, εἶναί wa ### English translation (Claude) [Other recension: "To the Emperor Caesar …, victor, bearer of trophies: Be it known to you that a certain man named John, a Jew by race, of the religion of the Galileans, having come to Asia, and even to your subject city of the Ephesians, has utterly unsettled it and turned it away from its ancestral religion, drawing all after him, so that a strange name and another nation has arisen; and unless you make haste and quench him quickly, he will destroy both the nation and the country."] … the dead; and besides this they falsely claim that he was taken up in clouds into the heavens." At all this the king, seized with anger, ordered the senate by decree to put to death without restraint all who confessed themselves to be Christians. So those who were found at the very time of his anger, gathering the fruit of endurance and fighting the hard-fought contest against the works of the devil, received the refreshment of incorruption. And the teaching of John was spread abroad in Rome, even to the ears of Domitian: that there was a certain ### Translation notes - The emperor's name in the second recension's letter is garbled in the OCR ("Macro"); in ref 4 that recension names the emperor as Hadrian. - "Without restraint" reads a garbled word by sense; the sense is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 3 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-3). ## Acts of John 4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-4 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Domitian sends soldiers to Ephesus, who find John at his door and take him to Rome. ### Greek text Eqéco ᾿ΠΞ3ραῖον ὑνόματι Ιωάννην, ὃς περὶ τοῦ Ῥωμαίων βασιλείου διαφημίζει λέγων ἐν τώχει ἐκριζω rosa ai, καὶ ἑτέρῳ τὴν βασιλείων τῶν Ῥωμαίων διαδεδόσ Oc. ταραχϑἁεὶς δὲ ὃ Δομετεανὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἔπεμτμεν ἑκατόντωυχον μετὼ στρατιωτῶν ἵνα ἁρπέσαντες ὠγώγωσιν τὸν ᾿Ιωώννην. καὶ ἐλϑόντες εἰς τὴν Lqecor invrÜGvovro ποῦ μένει ὁ Ιωάννης. προσελθόντες δὲ τῷ πυλῶνι CUTOU εὗρον αὐτὸν ἑστῶτα πρὸ τῶν ϑυρῶν, καὶ γνομίGüvtég αὐτὸν εἶναι ϑυρωρὸν ἐξήταζον ποῦ μένει ὁ ᾿ἰωώννης. δὲ ἀποχριδϑεὶς εἶπεν" Ἐγώ εἰμι. (ἢ δὲ τὸ μέτριον αὐτοῦ καὶ ταπεινὸν καὶ πενιχρὸν ὑπερὴηφ ἀνήσαντες ἐπέπλησσον μετὰ ἀπειλῆς λέγοντες᾽ Εἰπὲ ἡμῖν τὴν ἐληϑειαν. Ὁμολογοῦντος ἡὲ αὐτοῦ πώλιν αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν ζητούμενον, ὠλλὼ καὶ τῶν Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ᾿ἰδριανὸς ταῦτα ὠχούσας ἀπέστειλε ταχυδρόμους στρατιώτας μεταστείλασϑαι τὸν ἀπόστολον πρὸς αὐτόν. οἱ δὲ στρατιώται σπεύσαντες κατέλαβον τὴν "Eq eaov. καὶ δὶ ἐρωτήσαντες Ποῦ φησίν iore ᾿Ιωάννης ὁ Γαλιλαῖος; ὑπέδειξων αὐτοῖς τὸ κελλίον ἡμῶν. οἱ δὲ ἐγγίσαντες εἶρον τὼν ϑεολόγυν καὶ λέγουσι» αὐτῷ: Σὺ εἰ Ἰωώννης ὃ Γαλιλαῖος; δὲ γαί φησιν, ἐγώ tu. Οἱ δὲ ἰδόντες τὴν ἀρετὴν τοῦ ἀν)gós, τό τε ταπεινὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡσύχιον, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸ εὐπρεπὲς τοῦ προσώπου, μᾶλλον ἐτίμησαν τὸν ἄνδρα" καὶ μετὰ αἰδοῖς λέγουσιν αὐτῷ" Καλεῖ σὲ βασιλεὺς Ρωμαίων" δεῦρο, πορείϑητι pe ἡμῶν. Ὃ δὲ ϑεολόγος ταύτην τὴν ἀγγελέαν δεξώγειτόνων μαρτυρούντων, ἔφησαν αὐτὸν ἐν τάχει ἐξιέναι σὺν αὐτοῖς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα ἐν Ῥώμη. τοῦ δὲ παρακαλέσαντος αὐτοὺς λαβεῖν ἐφόδια, ἐπιστρέψας καὶ λαβὼν «φοίνικας ὀλίγους ἐξηλϑεν εὐϑέως. ### English translation (Claude) Hebrew in Ephesus named John, who was spreading reports about the empire of the Romans, saying that it would soon be uprooted, and that the kingdom of the Romans had been handed over to another. [5] Domitian, troubled at what was said, sent a centurion with soldiers to seize John and bring him. And when they came to Ephesus they enquired where John lived. And coming to his gate they found him standing before the doors, and thinking him the doorkeeper they asked him where John lived. And he answered and said: "I am he." But they, despising his modest, humble and poor appearance, rebuked him with threats, saying: "Tell us the truth." And when he again confessed that he was the one they sought, and the neighbours too [Other recension: And the emperor Hadrian, hearing this, sent swift soldiers to summon the apostle to him. And the soldiers hastened and reached Ephesus. And when they asked, "Where," he says, "is John the Galilean?", they were shown our cell. And coming near they found the Theologian and say to him: "Are you John the Galilean?" And he says: "Yes, I am." And seeing the virtue of the man, his humility and quietness, and also the comeliness of his face, they honoured the man the more; and with respect they say to him: "The king of the Romans calls you; come, travel with us." And the Theologian, receiving this message,] bore witness, they told him to come out at once with them to the emperor at Rome. And when he asked them to take provisions, he turned back, took a few dates, and came out at once. ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 5 is lost; "[5]" is placed by sense and is uncertain. - The second recension is told in the first person by a companion of John ("our cell"; in ref 6, "letting me also follow"); it names the emperor as Hadrian, as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 4 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-4). ## Acts of John 6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-6 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: On the journey to Rome John refuses food until the Lord's day, when he eats a single date. ### Greek text Kei λαβόντες oí στρατιῶται Ónuóciz ὀχήματα ἐν τάχει ὥδευον, μέσον αὐτὸν καϑίσαντες. ἐλϑόντων οὖν αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν πρώτην ἀλλαγήν, ὥρας ἀρίστου οὔσης, ἐδέοντο αὐτοῦ εὐιϊνθυχεῖν καὶ λαβόντα ἄρτον σὺν αὐτοῖς ἐσϑίειν, ὃ δὲ Tocrrs ἔφη" CUR μὲν wy χαίρω, τροφῆς δὲ τέως οὐ βούλομαι λαβεῖν. Oi δὲ ἐλαύνοντες ἐφέροντο ταχέως. ὀψίας δὲ γενομένης καταχϑέντες εἴς τι πανδοχεῖον, καὶ τῆς ὥρας οὔσης λοιπὸν δείπνου, ὄντες «ἰλοῳφ ὑονέστατοι ὁ ἑκατόνταρχος Xi οἱ στρατιῶται παρεκάλουν τὸν ᾿Ιωώννην yonaacod αι τοῖς παρίχειμένοις. ὃ δὲ ἔφη κεχουπῶσϑαι καὶ δεῖσϑαι ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν τροφὴν τοῦ ὕπνου. καὶ τοῦτο ἑκάστης ἡμέρας αὐτοῦ ποιοὔντος ἐξεπλήσσοντο πάντες οἱ στρατιῶται καὶ ἐδειλίων μὴ ὁ Ἰ᾿ωόννης ἀποϑανὼν κινδύνῳ αὐτοὺς περιβάλῃ τὸ δὲ ἅγιον πνεῦμα «φαιδρύτερον αὐτὸν ἐδείκνυ αὐτοῖς. καὶ τῇ ἑβδόμη ἡμέρᾳ κυριακῆς οὔσης ἔφη αὐτοῖς" Νὺῦν χαιρὸς τοῦ χἀμὲ χρήσασϑαι τροφῆς. Νιψιάώμενός τε τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὸ πρύσωμενος ταχέως ἀναστὰς καὶ λαβὼν τὸ πάλλιον αὐτοῦ ἔδησεν ἐν αὐτῷ φοίνικας ὡσεὶ χεῖρας δύο" καὶ ἐξελϑιὼν λέγει αὐτοῖς" Δεῦτε καὶ πορευϑῶμεν. αὐτίκα γοῦν λαβόντες οἱ στρατιῶται τὸν Ἰωάννην, κὠμὲ ἐπιτρέψαντες ἀχολουΐγεῖν, ἐπορείϑηιεν μετὰ σπουδῆς. καὶ ἀνύσαντες ὁδὸν ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ οὐδενὸς βρώματος μετέλαβεν ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης. ὁρῶντες δὲ αὐ τὸν οἱ στρατιῶται ἄσιτον διαμέ: vovra, ἔσχαλον. δεδοικότες ui, πως ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς ἀσιτέας ἀτονήσας τῆς ζωῆς eq eoe καὶ τούτοις οἴχτιστον ὑλάνατον ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπάξῃ, ἐδεξιοῦντο αὐτὸν προσχυλινδούμενοι τοῖς τούτου ποσὶ βρώσεως μεταλαβεῖν. ὁ δὲ ϑεολόγος DAY αὐτοὺς ϑεραπεῦσαι, λαβὼν ἐχ τῶν φοινίχων͵ ὧν εἶχε i δεδεμένων ἐν τῷ πολλίῳ αὐτοῦ ἔφαγεν ἔμπροσϑεν αὐτῶν. οἱ οὖν στρατι"OV προσευξάμενος προεκύμιζεν TO λέντιον καὶ λαβὼν ἕνα e τῶν φοινίχων. ἤσϑιεν πάντων ὁρώντων. ### English translation (Claude) And the soldiers, taking public carriages, travelled quickly, seating him in the middle. When they came to the first stage, it being the hour of breakfast, they begged him to be of good cheer and take bread and eat with them. And John said: "In soul I rejoice, but for the present I do not wish to take food." And they drove on and were carried along swiftly. And when evening came they put up at an inn, and as it was by then the hour for supper, the centurion and the soldiers, being very kind, begged John to partake of what was set before them. But he said that he was tired and needed sleep more than any food. And as he did this every day, all the soldiers were astonished, and were afraid that John might die and involve them in danger; but the Holy Spirit showed him to them more cheerful. And on the seventh day, it being the Lord's day, he said to them: "Now it is time for me too to take food." And having washed his hands and face [Other recension: he quickly rose, took his cloak, and tied in it about two handfuls of dates; and going out he says to them: "Come, let us go." At once the soldiers took John, letting me also follow, and travelled with haste. And having completed a journey of seven days, John partook of no food. And the soldiers, seeing him continue without food, were distressed, fearing that from his long fasting he might lose his strength and his life and bring upon them a most pitiable death from the emperor; and they entreated him, rolling at his feet, to take food. And the Theologian, wishing to put them at ease, took some of the dates which he had tied in his cloak and ate them before them. So the soldiers …] and having prayed, he brought out the linen cloth, took one of the dates, and ate it in the sight of all. ### Translation notes - A passage of the edition's apparatus and some OCR debris are removed. - "The Lord's day": Sunday. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 6 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-6). ## Acts of John 7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-7 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John is brought to Domitian and kisses his breast rather than his mouth, citing Proverbs. ### Greek text Πολλοῦ ovv χρόνου διιππευσώντος ἔμ ἵλασων τὴν ὁδὸν, τοῦ Ἰωάννου οὕτως νηστεύοντος. ποοσαγάγοντες δὲ αὐτὸν un T ἐμεῦ τῷ βασιλεῖ εἶπον" Σεβαστὲ βασιλεῦ, Ἰωάννην σοι προσάγοιεεν,: ar à ϑεὸν οὐχ ἄνϑοωπονʼ ἐξ ἧς γὰρ αὐτὸν συνελώζομεν ἄχρι τῆς um. ἄρτι ὥρως ἄρτου οὐκ ἐγεύσατο. dloóg τούτοις ἐκπλαγεὶς ὁ m "ἡ Δομετιανὸς ἐξέτεινεν τὸ στόμ, διὰ τὸ παράδοξον «ιλήματι ini E αὐτὸν προσαγορεῦσαι ϑελησας" τοῦ δὲ Ἰωώννου ἀποχλίνωντος ᾿ μα τὴν χεραλὴν κατεφίλησεν αὐτοῖ TO Gros καὶ εἶπεν ὁ τὸ AR Δομετιανός" "Tí τοῦτο ἐποίησας; οὐκ ἠξίωσάς μὲ quALGuL σε: duet Ka ὁ Ἰωάννης πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπεν" “ίκάιον τὴν χεῖρε τοῦ ge ϑεοῦ ἐν πρώτοις προσχυνεῖν, καὶ οὕτως τὸ στύμω τοῦ βασιquete n λέως xtTCqiAS" γέγραπται γὰρ ἐν reis ἑευσῖς ϑίϑλοις" Ναρδίέα qn je βασιλέως ἐν χειρὶ D ov. ap ᾽ ### English translation (Claude) So after a long time they completed the journey, John fasting in this way. And bringing him to the emperor they said: "Augustus, king, we bring to you John, a god and not a man; for from the hour we arrested him until now he has not tasted bread." Amazed at this, Domitian stretched out his mouth, wishing to greet him with a kiss because of the marvel; but John, bending his head, kissed his breast. And Domitian said: "Why have you done this? Did you not think me worthy to kiss you?" And John said to him: "It is right first to worship the hand of God, and so to kiss the mouth of the king; for it is written in the holy books: 'The heart of the king is in the hand of God.'" ### Scripture references - Prov 21:1: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - Many words in this chapter are interrupted by OCR debris; they are read by sense. - "The heart of the king is in the hand of God": Prov 21:1. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 7 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-7). ## Acts of John 8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-8 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Before Domitian John proclaims the coming of Christ, the eternal king and judge. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν αὐτῷ" Xv εἰ ἸΙωώννης ὁ τὴν ΧΗ «ἢ βωσιλείαν μου λέγων ἐν τώχει ἐκοιζω ἡ,σεσίδαι καὶ μέλλειν ku, ἕτερον βασιλεύειν ἀντ᾽ ἐμοῦ, TiooUv; ποχριϑεὶς δὲ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης » Ἢ das» αὐτῷ" Σὺ καὶ βασιλεύση πολλοῖς χούνοις τοῖς ὑπὸ sob σοι δεδομένοις, καὶ μετὰ σὲ ἕτεροι πλεῖστοι" zou Evrav δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς χρόνων ἐξ οὐρανοῦ ἐλεύσεται βασιλεὺς αἰώνιος, ἀληϑής, κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεχρῶν, ᾧ πᾶν ἔϑνος καὶ φυλαὶ ἐξομολογήσεται, δὲ ὃν πᾶσα ἐξουσία καὶ ἀρχὴ ἐπίγειος καταργηδϑησεται καὶ πᾶν στόμα λαλοῦν μεγάλα φραγήσεται. οὗτος δέ ἐστιν ὃ κύριος ὁ δυνατὸς καὶ βασιλεὺς πώσης πνοῆς xti σαρχός, ὁ λόγος καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ ϑεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. ### English translation (Claude) And the king said to him: "Are you John, who said that my kingdom would soon be uprooted, and that another, Jesus, is to reign in my place?" And John answered and said to him: "You too will reign for many years, those given you by God, and after you very many others; and when the times on earth are fulfilled, there will come from heaven a king eternal, true, judge of the living and the dead, to whom every nation and tribe will confess, through whom every earthly authority and rule will be abolished, and every mouth that speaks great things will be stopped. This is the Lord, the mighty one, and king of all breath and flesh, the Word and Son of the living God, who is Jesus Christ." ### Scripture references - 2 Tim 4:1: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Cor 15:24: allusion, medium confidence - Dan 7:8: echo, medium confidence - Rev 13:5: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - "Judge of the living and the dead": 2 Tim 4:1; Acts 10:42. "Every authority and rule will be abolished": 1 Cor 15:24. "A mouth speaking great things": Dan 7:8; Rev 13:5. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 8 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-8). ## Acts of John 9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-9 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John drinks poison unharmed before Domitian; a second recension has a magician prepare it. ### Greek text Πρὸς ταῦτα ἔφη αὐτῷ ὁ Δομετιανός" Tis τούτων ἀπύδειξις; ὁήμασιν μόνοις οὐ πείϑομαι" ὄψις ἀδήλων rà φϑὲ)γόμενα. τί δύνῃ δεῖξαι ἐπίγειον ἢ ἐπουρώνιον ἐν τῇ Ovrdut ἐκείνου τοῦ μέλλοντος βασιλεύειν καϑιὼς καὶ λέγεις; ποιήσει γάρ, εἴπερ ἐστὶν υἱὸς ἅϑεοῦ. Εὐθέως δὲ ὁ Ἰωάννης ἥτησεν φάώριιωκον ϑανάσιμον. κελεύσαντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως δοϑῆναι φάρμακον αὐϑωρὸν προσεκύμισαν. λαβὼν οὖν ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης καὶ βαλὼν ἐν κύλικι μεγώλῳ πληρώσας ὕδατος συνεχέρασεν, καὶ ἀναβοήσας φωνῇ μεγάλῃ εἶπεν" Ἔν τῷ ὀνόματί σου Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ υἱὲ τοῦ ϑεοῦ πίνω τὸ ποτήριον ὃ σὺ γλυχανεῖς, καὶ τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ φώρμακον τῷ ἀγέῳ σου πνεύματι συγκέρασον καὶ ποίησον αὐτὸ πόμα ζωῆς καὶ σωτηρίας γενέσϑαι εἰς ἴασιν ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος, εἰς πέιμιν, εἰς ἀβλωαβὴ διοίκησιν, εἰς φαντασίαις τινὲς καὶ μαγικαῖς χρώμενος μαγγανείαις" ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτερον ϑεὸν χηρύττεις καὶ προσχυνεῖς᾿ παρὰ τοὺς ὄντας ϑεοὺς τοὺς παρ᾽ ἡμῶν σεβομένους" πλὴν πειράσομαι καὶ γνώcouci εἰ βοηϑήσει ὁ ϑεὸς ὃν κηρύττεις. Lire προσχαλεσώμενος ὁ βασιλεὺς μάγον τινὰ ἐπίσημον ἐργώτι»ν τοῦ διωβόλου λέγει αὐτῷ ΟΣ χεύασόν μοι δηλητήριον τοιοῦτον ὥστε μόνωρον yevíécOÓci τὸν ἁινάμενον αὐτό. "abre ἀκούσας ὁ μάγος παρὼ τοῦ βασιλέως ἀπελϑὼν ἐποίησε τὸ ἐπιταχὲν αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ φέρει αὐτῷ, καί φησιν ὁ βασιλεύς" Δοϑήτω ᾿Ιωώννῃ τῷ Γαλιλαίῳ, Καὶ γεμέσας ὁ μάγος τὴν κύλικα, ἐπιδίδωσι τῷ ϑεολόγῳ. ὃ δὲ δεξάμενος τὸ φώρμακον καὶ κατασφραγισώμενος αὐτὸ xdi Θαυμασάώντων δὲ πώντων ἐπὶ τοῖς yevouévoig σημείοις καὶ τοῦ Δομετιανοῦ τῷ «φόβῳ συσχεώέντος καὶ ἀπερχοιιένου sg τὸ παλάτιον, ἕφι, πρὸς αὐτὸν ὃ ᾿Ιωάννης" Ῥωμαίων βασιλεῦ Δομετιανέ, τοῦτο ἡ βουληΐλης ἵνα σοῦ παρόντος καὶ μαρ5 rvootrrog ἐγὼ σήμερον φονεὺς γένωμαι; περὶ τοῦ κειμένου νεκροῦ τί μέλλει γενέσίγαι; Ὃ δὲ ἐκέλευσεν ἀρϑέντα αὐτὸν ῥιφῆναι. ᾿Ιωώννης δὲ προσελὴἡ ὧν τῷ πτώματι εἶπεν" Ὃ ϑεὺς ὁ τῶν οὐρυνῶν ποιητής, ὁ κύριος καὶ δεσπύτης ἀγγέλων δοξῶν χυριοτήτων, ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι ᾿Ιησοῦ Χρι στοῦ τοῦ παιδὸς ### English translation (Claude) To this Domitian said to him: "What is the proof of these things? I am not persuaded by words alone; words are the appearance of things unseen. What can you show, earthly or heavenly, by the power of him who is to reign, as you say? He will do it, if he is the Son of God." At once John asked for a deadly poison. And when the king ordered poison to be given, they brought it at once. So John took it and put it in a large cup, filled it with water and mixed it, and crying out with a loud voice said: "In your name, Jesus Christ, Son of God, I drink the cup which you will sweeten; and mix the poison in it with your Holy Spirit, and make it a drink of life and salvation, for healing of soul and body, for digestion, for harmless management, for … [Other recension: … using illusions and magical tricks; but you also preach and worship another god besides the gods who are revered among us. However, I will make trial and learn whether the god whom you preach will help." Then the king, calling a notable magician, a worker of the devil, says to him: "Prepare me a poison such that whoever drinks it dies instantly." Hearing this from the king, the magician went off and did what the king had ordered, and brings it to him; and the king says: "Let it be given to John the Galilean." And the magician filled the cup and hands it to the Theologian. And he, receiving the poison and sealing it, and …] … And as all marvelled at the signs that had happened, and Domitian, seized with fear, was going away to the palace, John said to him: "Domitian, king of the Romans, is it your wish that in your presence and with you as witness I should today become a murderer? What is to happen about the dead man lying here?" And he ordered him to be lifted up and thrown out. But John went up to the corpse and said: "O God, maker of the heavens, Lord and Master of angels, glories and dominions, in the name of Jesus Christ, your ### Scripture references - Mark 16:18: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Lines of the main text are lost in the OCR after John's prayer (in the main account, John drinks the poison unharmed, and a condemned man made to drink what remains dies); marked "…". "The dead man" is that condemned man. - Compare Mark 16:18 ("if they drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them"). ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 9 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-9). ## Acts of John 10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-10 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John raises the dead man, and Domitian banishes him to an island instead of executing him. ### Greek text gov rob μονογενοῦς δὸς τούτῳ τῷ δὲ ἀφορμῆς τεϑνηκότι ζωῆς παλιγγενεσίωαν καὶ ἀπόδος αὐτῷ τὴν υυχήν, ἵνα μώϑη δΔομετιανὺς Ort ὁ λύγος rob tob καὶ φαρμάκου πολὺ δυνατώτερος x«i ζωῆς δεσπόζει. «αβόμενος δὲ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ἀνέστησεν αὐτὸν ζῶντα. “οξαζόντων δὲ τὸν ϑεὸν πάντων καὶ ϑαυμαζόντων τὴν rov Ιωάννου πίστιν, ἔφη, αὐτῷ ὁ Δομετιωνός" Δύγμα τῆς συγκλήτου ἐξέϑικα πάντας τοὺς τοιούτους ἀναπολογήτους ὠπιάγεσδ αι" ὠλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ διὼ σοῦ εὑρίσχω αὐτοὺς ἀϑῴους καὶ μᾶλλον inoqiái εἶναι αὐτῶν τὴν ϑεοσέβειων, ἐξορίζω 6t εἰς νῆσον, ἵνα LL ἢ δόξω ἐγὼ αὐτὸς καταλύειν τὰ ἐμαυτοῦ δόγματα. Τὸν uiv οὖν κατώκριτον ἡτήσατο ἀπολυϑῆναι, καὶ &x0kv06r ### English translation (Claude) only-begotten Child, give to this man, who died through this occasion, the rebirth of life, and restore his soul to him, so that Domitian may learn that the word of God is far more powerful than poison and is master of life." And taking him by the hand he raised him up alive. And as all glorified God and marvelled at the faith of John, Domitian said to him: "I have published a decree of the senate that all such persons are to be put away without defence; but since I find through you that they are innocent, and that their religion is rather beneficial, I banish you to an island, so that I may not seem myself to annul my own decrees." So he asked that the condemned man be released, and when he had been ### Translation notes - The sentence continues at the end of ref 12. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 10 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-10). ## Acts of John 11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-11 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In the second recension John raises a man who died from the poison. ### Greek text δόντες δὲ ὃ τε βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ £i αὐτῷ πώντες ἐφ oii nor om ὄδρα. TOTE λέγει ὁ ἡεολόγ ' Eme) αἴτιος (urerov γέγονα τοῦ ὀνϑρώπου τούτου, v0 μὲ λοιπὸν καὶ εὐξαμένου! uov ἐγεῖραι αὐτόν. Kat στὰς ἐπὶ ὥραν uic καὶ εὐξώμενος ἤγειρε τὸν τεώωνηκοότα ξιπροσῶεν τοῦ βασιλέως xti τῶν συνόντων (CUTQ πώντων. ### English translation (Claude) [Other recension: … seeing this, the king and all those with him were exceedingly afraid. Then the Theologian says: "Since I have become the cause of this man's death, allow me now to pray and raise him." And standing for an hour and praying, he raised the dead man before the king and all who were with him.] ### Translation notes - This ref belongs entirely to the second recension; it is garbled in the OCR and read by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 11 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-11). ## Acts of John 12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-12 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In the second recension the emperor exiles John; in the main text John dismisses the released prisoner. ### Greek text Τότε ἰδὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ ἐφοβήϑησαν τὸν “εὸν τοῦ οὐρανοῖ; καὶ ἐπίστευσαν πολλοὶ τῷ ὑεῷ καὶ τῷ ὠποστύλῳ. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἰδὼν ὅτι εὔλογον αἰτίας εὑρίσχει καὶ ἡμῶν λέγει τῷ ἀποστόλῳ" ἐπειδὴ κατηγορίας ἐδεξάμην κατὰ σοῦ καὶ ϑεσμοὶ βασιλιχοὶ εἰσι μὴ ἀτεμωρήτους ἐξέρχεσίγαι τοὺς χκατηγορουμένους, κελεύομέν σὲ ἐν νήσῳ τινὶ ὀπενεχίλῆναι rog αὐτοῦ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰωώννης" Ὕπαγε, χάριν ἔχε τῷ θεῷ rq σήμερόν σὲ ἐκ φυλακῆς καὶ ἐκ Üuverov λυτρωσαμένῳ. ### English translation (Claude) [Other recension: Then the king and those with him, seeing it, feared the God of heaven; and many believed in God and in the apostle. And the king, seeing that he could find no reasonable cause, says to the apostle: "Since I have received accusations against you, and there are royal ordinances that the accused should not go away unpunished, we order you to be taken away to an island …] … released, John said to him: "Go, give thanks to God, who today has redeemed you from prison and from death." ### Translation notes - The second recension's sentence continues in ref 14 ("… called Patmos"). The closing words here finish the main text's sentence from ref 10. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 12 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-12). ## Acts of John 13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-13 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John raises a servant girl of Domitian, who then sends him to an island for a set time. ### Greek text Ἑστώτων δὲ αὐτιῶὼν ἱδρεπτή τις Δομετιανοῦ τῶν πρὸς τῷ χοιτῶνι αἰφνιδίως ληφίλεῖσα ὑπὸ του ἀκαίλάρτου δαίμονος iuro νεχρά, καὶ ἀνηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ. κινηϑεὶς δὲ ὁ fct λεὺς ἐδέετο τοῦ ᾿Ιωώννου fonce αὐτῆ. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν" Ürx ἔστιν ἀνθρώπου τοῦτο παρασχεῖν" ἐπεὶ δὲ σὺ βασιλεύειν μὲν οἶδας, ὑπὸ τίνος δὲ ἔλαβες ἀγνοεῖς, μάΐδγε τίς καὶ σοῦ καὶ τῆς βασιλείας σου ἐξουσίων ἔχει. Καὶ ηὔξατο οὕτως" Κύριε ϑεὸς πάσης βασιλείας καὶ δέσποτα πάσης κτίσεως, δὸς τῇ χύρῃ ταύτη πνοὴν ζωῆς. Καὶ εὐξώμενος ἀνέστησεν αὐτήν. ἐχπλαγεὶς δὲ ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ϑαυμασίοις ὁ Δοιιετιωνὸς ἀπέλυσεν αὐτὸν εἰς νῆσον, ὁρίσας αὐτὸν ταχτὸν χρόνον. ### English translation (Claude) And as they stood there, a servant girl of Domitian, one of those of the bedchamber, was suddenly seized by the unclean demon and lay dead; and it was reported to the king. And the king was moved and begged John to help her. And John said: "It is not for a man to grant this. But since you know how to reign, but do not know from whom you received it, learn who has authority over you and over your kingdom." And he prayed thus: "Lord, God of every kingdom and Master of all creation, give to this girl the breath of life." And having prayed he raised her up. And Domitian, astounded at all the wonders, sent him away to an island, fixing for him a set time. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 13 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-13). ## Acts of John 14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-14 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John is exiled to Patmos, sees the Revelation, and returns to Ephesus under Nerva and Trajan. ### Greek text Εὐδϑέως δὲ ἀπέπλευσεν ὁ Ἰωώννης tg Héruov, ὕπλου καὶ ἠξιώϑη τὴν τῆς συντελείας ἰδεῖν ἀποχάλυνριν. τελευτήσώντος δὲ τοῦ Δομετιωνοῦ παρέλαβεν τὴν βασιλείαν Δʼέρβας, ὃς πώντας τοὺς ἐξορισϑέντας ἀνεκαλέσατο" ἐνιαυτὸν δὲ χατασχὼν τὴν βασιλείων, διώδοχον τῆς βασιλείας 'Γραϊανὺν ἐποι΄σατο. οὗ βασιλεύοντος Ρωμαίων ἐπανελίξὼν εἰς τὴν Ἔφεσον ὁ Ἰωάννης ἐχρώτυνεν πᾶν τὸ τῆς ἐχκλησίας διδωσκαλεῖον, λεγομένη Πώάτμῳ ἄχρι καιροῦ. 'O δὲ ϑεολόγος λέγει αὐτῷ" loi ὃ βούλη. ### English translation (Claude) And immediately John sailed to Patmos, where he was counted worthy to see the revelation of the end. And when Domitian died, Nerva received the kingdom, who recalled all the exiles; and having held the kingdom for a year, he made Trajan successor to the kingdom. While he reigned over the Romans, John returned to Ephesus and strengthened the whole teaching of the church … [Other recension: … called Patmos, for a time." And the Theologian says to him: "Do what you wish."] ### Scripture references - Rev 1:9: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 15–17 were not found in the OCR, and their text is not in this ref: the end of chapter 14 and chapters 15–17 appear to be lost in the OCR. The bracketed words finish the second recension's sentence from ref 12. - Patmos: Rev 1:9. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 14 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-14). ## Acts of John 18 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-18 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John returns from Patmos to Miletus, and on the road to Ephesus a voice from heaven promises that he will glorify the Lord there. ### Greek text Ὃ δὲ βασιλεὺς ὠπέστειλεν ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, l4 τριετῆ χρόνον ποιήσαντες ἐν Hórug*** τοῦ δὲ βάσιλέως ἹΡωμωίων τοῦ βίου τούτου ἐξελίλόντος κατὰ τοὺς καιροὺς τῆς ἐξορίας Ἰωώννου, αὐτίκα καὶ ὁ ὠπόστολος διὼ τὸ μὴ εἶναι πλοῖον ἐν τῇ νήσῳ ὅπερ ἐξορμήσει πρὸς τὴν στερεὰν γῆν ξίλου ἑυτελοῦς ἐπιλαβόμενος φελλοῖʼ τοὔνοια καὶ τοῦτο ἐπιδήσας ἐπὶ τὰ νῶτα τῆς ϑαλάσσης καὶ ἐπιβιβάσας ἑαυτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον χὠμὲ ἐπιτρέννας ἀνελίλεῖν, εὐδουδροιιεῖν ἡ πείγετο ἄντιχρους: Μαρχέλλου ἐπέσχον αὐτὸν μόλις μιᾶς ἡμέρας dv τῇ Μιλήτῳ συνανωπαυύόμενοι αὐτῷ. ὡς δὲ ὑπὸ βαϑὺν oooor ἐξήεσαν x«i ἤδη τῆς ὁδοῦ ἤνυστο ὡσεὶ μίλια τέσσαρα, φωνὴ ἠνέχϑίη ἀπὸ οὐρανοῦ πώντων ἡμῶν ἀκουόντων λέγουσα" Ἰωάννη, μέὲλλεις ἐν Ἐφέσῳ δόξαν τῷ κυρίῳ σου διδόναι ἣν εἴσῃ, σὺ καὶ πώντες οἱ σύν σοι ἀδελφοὶ καί τινὲς τῶν ἐκεῖ μελλύντων διὰ σοῦ πιστεύειν. ᾿Ενενόει οὖν ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀγαλλιώμεvog tí ἄρα ἦν τὸ μέλλον iv ιρέσῳ ἀπαντᾶν, λέγων" Κύριε ἰδοὺ χατὰ τὸ ϑέλημώ cov βαδίζω" γενέσϑαι ὃ βούλει. ### English translation (Claude) And the king sent us to the island, … having spent three years in Patmos … And when the king of the Romans departed this life during the time of John's exile, at once the apostle too, since there was no boat on the island that would set out for the mainland, took hold of a cheap piece of wood, called cork, and having set it on the back of the sea and placed himself on the wood, and having let me too come up on it, he pressed on to cross straight over … of Marcellus held him back with difficulty for one day, resting with him in Miletus. And when they set out at early dawn and had already completed about four miles of the road, a voice came from heaven, all of us hearing it, saying: "John, you are about to give glory to your Lord in Ephesus, which you will come to know, you and all the brothers with you, and some of those there who are to believe through you." So John considered within himself, rejoicing, what it might be that would meet him in Ephesus, saying: "Lord, see, I go according to your will; let what you wish be done." ### Translation notes - The opening of this ref is a connecting passage in the first person (a companion of John); the edition marks a gap after "in Patmos". Words are also lost or garbled before "of Marcellus"; marked "…". - From here the text is the older Acts of John (from chapter 18 in the edition), told in the first person plural by John's companions. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 18 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-18). ## Acts of John 19 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-19 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Lycomedes, a general of Ephesus, meets John and begs him to heal his paralysed wife Cleopatra, as a vision had told him. ### Greek text Καὶ ἐγγιζόντων ἡμῶν τὴ πόλει ὁ στρατηγὸς ᾿Εφεσίων Αυχομήδης, ἀνϑρωπος τῶν δαιμόνων, ἀπήντησεν ἡμῖν, καὶ προσπεσὼν τοῖς ποσὶν Ιωάώννου παρεκάλει λέγων" Ἰωάννης ἐστί σοι ὄνομα; ἔπεμι!έ σὲ ὁ ϑεὸς ὃν κηρύσσεις ἐπ᾽ εὐεργεσίᾳ τῆς ἐμῆς γυναιχός, παραπλήγου γεγονότος ἤδη ἡμέρας ἑπτὰ καὶ ἀϑεραπεύτου χειμένης. ὠλλὰ δόξασόν σου τὸν ϑεὸν ἰασίμενος αὐτὴν σπλαγχνισϑεὶς ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς. παραστὰς γάρ τις ἤδη σχεπτομένῳ ἐμαυτὸν λογισμὸν δοῦναι τοῦτον ἔφη" “υχύμηδε, παῦσαι τῆς κατὰ σοῦ στρατευομένης ἐννοίας χαλεπῆς οὔσης" μὴ ὑποβάλης σεαυτὸν ταύτην" ἐγὼ γὰρ σπλαγχνισϑ εὶς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐμὴν δούλην Κλεοπάτρων ἔπεμινα ἐκ Μιλήτου ἄνδρα ὀνόματι Ἰωώννην ὅστις αὐτὴν ἀναστήσας ὠποδώσει σοι σῴων. Μὴ βράδυνε οὖν δοῦλε τοῦ φανερώσαντός μοι ϑεοῦ σαυτόν, ἀλλὰ σπεῦσον ἐπὶ τὴν πνοὴν μόνην ἔχουσαν γυναῖκα. Καὶ εὐϑέως ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἀπήει ἀπὸ τῆς πύλης ἅμα τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ ἀδελφοῖς καὶ ΜΠυχομήδης εἰς τὸν οἶχον αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ Κλεύϑιος ἔφη τοῖς αὐτοῦ νεωανίσχοις" Ἱπέλϑατε πρὸς τὸν συγγενῆ μου Κάλλιππον καὶ ξενίαν ἀρετὴν λάβετε παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ --- ἔχων γὰρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ παραγίνομαι ἐχεῖ --- ὅπως εὐπρεπῆ τὰ πώντω εὕρωμεν. ### English translation (Claude) And as we drew near to the city, Lycomedes, the general of the Ephesians, a man …, met us, and falling at John's feet he besought him, saying: "Is your name John? The God whom you preach has sent you for the benefit of my wife, who has been paralysed now for seven days and lies incurable. But glorify your God by healing her, having compassion on us. For as I was considering what decision to make, someone stood by me and said: 'Lycomedes, cease from the thought that wars against you, for it is a grievous one; do not give yourself over to it. For I, having compassion on my servant Cleopatra, have sent from Miletus a man named John, who will raise her up and restore her to you in health.' Do not delay, then, servant of the God who has revealed you to me, but hasten to the woman who has only breath left." And at once John went from the gate, with the brothers who were with him and with Lycomedes, to his house. And Cleobius said to his young men: "Go to my kinsman Callippus and receive suitable lodging from him, for I am coming there with his son, so that we may find everything in good order." ### Translation notes - The word describing Lycomedes is garbled in the OCR ("ἄνθρωπος τῶν δαιμόνων", "a man of the demons"); it is probably a misreading and is not translated. - Cleobius is one of John's companions. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 19 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-19). ## Acts of John 20 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-20 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Lycomedes laments his wife and dies of grief, and John prays for both to be raised. ### Greek text Γενόμενος δὲ ὁ “Πυχομήδης σὺν τῷ locrry ἐν τῇ οἰχίᾳ ἐν ἡ ἡ γυνὴ ἔκειτο πάλιν αὐτοῦ τῶν ποδῶν ἥπτετο λέ-: yov: Ἴδε χύριε τὸ μαρανϑὲν κάλλος, ἴδε τὴν νεότητα, ἴδε τὸ διαβόητον ἄνϑος τῆς ταλαιπώρου μου γυναικὸς ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ὅλη ἡὶ Ἔφεσος ἐξεστήκει" ἐφϑονήϑην ὁ τάλας, ἐταπεινώδλην, ὀφϑιαλμὸς ἐχϑρῶν ἔπληξέ μεʼ οὐδέποτε ἠδίκησα οὐδένα, καίτοι πολλοὺς δυνώμενος βλάιναι, τοῦτο αὐτὸ προορώμενος, μή τι κακὸν ἢ τινα τύχη ταύτην ἴδοιμι φυλασσόμενος. τί οὖν οφελος γέγονε Κλεοπάτρα εὐλαβούμενον με; τί οὖν ὥνησα εὐσεβὴς χρη; μωτίσας ἕως σήμερον; δυσσεβοῦς χείρονα πάσχω ὅτι σὲ τοιαύτην Κλεοπάτραν ὁρῶ χειμένην. οὐκ ὄψεταί μὲ ἥλιος περιπολῶν coU μηχέτι προσομιλοῦντος. φϑάσω σὲ Κλεοπάτρα ἀπολύων ἑαυτὸν τοῦ βίου. ἀφειδήσω τῆς σωτηρίας μου ἔτι νεάνιδος οὔσης. ὠπολογήσομαι τὴ δίκη ὡς δικαίως μοι ὑποδράσαντος ἐξὸν δικασϑῆηναι πρὸ αὐτὴν ὡς ἀδίκως δικάζουσαν. τιμωρήσοιαι αὐτὴν εἴδωλον βίου παραγενόμενος. ἐρῶ πρὸς αὐτήνʼ Σύ μου τὸ φῶς ἐβιάσω Κλεοπάτραν ἀφαρπάσασαʼ c* με γε: χρὸν ἐποίησας γενέσίλαι τοῦτό μοι παρασχομένη" σύ με τὴν πρόνοιαν ἐβιάσω ἐνυβρίσαι ἐχκόψασώ μου τὴν παρρησίαν. Καὶ ἔτι πλείονα λέγων ὃ “υκομήδης πρὸς τὴν Κλεοπάτραν προσελϑὼν τῇ κλίνη ἀνωβοῶν ἐϑρήνει. ὃ δὲ lor νης ἀπέσπασεν αὐτὸν εἰπών" Μετάστηϑι τῶν ϑρήνων τούτων καὶ τῶν ἀναρμόστων σου ῥημώτων. οὐ προσήχει ἀπειcO zva τῷ ϑεωμένῳ σοι. ἵστη γὰρ ἀπολαμβώνων τὴν αὐτοῦ σύμβθιον. σὺν ἡμῖν τοίνυν στὰς τοῖς διὰ ταύτην ἐληλυϑόσιν ἔπευξαι τῷ ϑεῷ ὃν εἶδες φανεροῦντάώ σὲ δι᾿ ὀνειράτων. τὶ οὖν ἐστιν ὦ “υχόμηδες; διυπνίσϑητι καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ ἀνοιξύν σου τὴν ψυχήν. ἀπόβαλε τὸν πολὺν ὕπνον ἀπὸ σοῦ. δεήϑητι roU χυρίου, παρακάλεσον αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ τῆς συμβίου cov xti ἀναστήσῃ. Ὃ δὲ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐδώφους ἐϑρήνει ὁλοψυχῶν. ὁ οὖν Ἰωάννης ἔφη μετὰ δαχρύων" "£2 καινῆς προδοσίας ὁρᾶ: ματος" ὦ χαινοῦ πειρασμοῦ ἐμοῦ κατασχευασϑέντος" ὦ καινῆς τέχνης τοῦ κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ τεχνασαμένου. ἡ ἀπ᾽ οὐρανοῦ φωνὴ ἐνεχϑδεῖσά μοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ ταῦτά μοι ἐπραγματεύσατο; ταῦτά μοι προεδήλωσε r& μέλλοντα γενέσθαι ἐνθάδε, παραδιδοὺς μὲ ἔχλῳ τοσούτῳ τῶν πολιτῶν ἕνεχεν “Πυχομήδους; ὠνὴθ ἄπνους κεῖται, κἀμὲ εὖ οἷδα ὅτι ζῶντα τῆς οἰκίας οὐχ ἐάσει μὲ ἐξελθεῖν. τί μέλλεις κύριε; τί aov τὸ χρηστὸν ἐπάγγεῖμα ὠποκέκληκας ἡμῖν; μή, δέομαί σου κύριε, μὴ δῷς χορεῦσωι τῷ ix ἀλλοτρίοις xtxoig ἡδομένῳ" μὴ δῷς τούτῳ ὀρχεῖσίλαι τῷ χαταγγέλοντι ἡμῶν ἀεί. ἀλλά σου τὸ ἅγιον ὄνοι καὶ τὸ ἔλεος σπευσέτω. ἀνέγειρον πτωματὰ δύο κατ᾽ ἐμοῦ γεγενημένα. ### English translation (Claude) And Lycomedes, having come with John into the house in which the woman lay, again took hold of his feet, saying: "See, lord, the withered beauty; see the youth; see the renowned flower of my unhappy wife, at which all Ephesus used to marvel. I, wretched man, have been envied; I have been humbled; the eye of my enemies has struck me. I never wronged anyone, though I could have harmed many, foreseeing this very thing and guarding against seeing any evil or misfortune befall her. What use, then, has my caution been to me, Cleopatra? What have I gained by being called pious until today? I suffer worse than an impious man, because I see you, Cleopatra, lying like this. The sun shall not see me going about when you no longer converse with me. I will go before you, Cleopatra, and release myself from life. I will not spare my own safety, though it is still young. I will defend myself before Justice, as one who has rightly turned against her, since I may bring her to judgment as one who judges unjustly. I will take vengeance on her when I come to her as a phantom of life. I will say to her: 'You did violence to my light by snatching away Cleopatra; you made me a corpse by bringing this upon me; you forced me to insult Providence by cutting off my confidence.'" And saying still more, Lycomedes went up to Cleopatra's bed, crying aloud and lamenting. But John drew him away, saying: "Leave off these laments and your unfitting words. It is not right for you, who saw the vision, to disbelieve. For you will receive your wife back. So stand with us, who have come on her account, and pray to the God whom you saw making me known to you through dreams. What is it, then, Lycomedes? Wake up yourself too and open your soul. Cast the deep sleep from you. Beg the Lord, entreat him for your wife, and he will raise her up." But he fell on the floor and lamented with all his soul. [21] So John said with tears: "O new betrayal of a vision! O new temptation prepared for me! O new device of him who devises against me! Did the voice from heaven that came to me on the road contrive this for me? Did it announce to me beforehand these things that were to happen here, handing me over to such a crowd of citizens because of Lycomedes? The man lies without breath, and I know well that they will not let me leave the house alive. Why do you delay, Lord? Why have you shut away from us your good promise? Do not, I beg you, Lord, do not let him who delights in others' ills dance; do not let him who always mocks us leap for joy. But let your holy name and your mercy make haste. Raise up the two corpses that have been made against me." ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 21 is lost; "[21]" is placed by sense. - Lycomedes, who has fallen to the floor, dies of grief: hence "the man lies without breath" and "the two corpses". - "Justice" (Δίκη) and "Providence" are personified in Lycomedes' lament. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 20 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-20). ## Acts of John 22 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-22 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Before the gathered city John prays that the two dead may be raised so that many may believe. ### Greek text Καὶ δὴ τοῦ Ἰωάννου ἐχβοῶντος ἡ Ἐφεσίων πόλις συνέδραμεν εἰς τὸν οἶχον “υχομήδους ὡς τετελευτηχότος. ὃ δὲ Ιωώννης ἰδὼν τὸν πολὺν ὄχλον τὸν ἐληλυλϑότα εἶπε πρὸς χύριον" Νῦν χαιρὸς ἀναψύξεως καὶ παρρησίας τῆς πρὸς σὲ Χριστέ. νῦν χαιρὸς κάμνουσιν ἡμῖν τῆς ix σοῦ βοηϑείως ἰατρὲ δωρεὼν ἰωμένῳ. ὠκαταγέλαστον uov τὴν ἐνταῦ λα εἴσοδον διαφύλαξον. δέομαί cov ᾿Ιησοῦ, ἐπαμύνω πλήϑει τοσούτῳ ἐλϑεῖν ἐπὶ σὲ τὸν τῶν ὅλων δεσπότην. ἴδε τὴν ὥλῖιιν, ἴδε τοὺς χαταωχειμένους. σὺ χατάώρτισον καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐντεῦ γεν συνεληλυϑότων σκεύη ἅγια εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν τὴν σὴν ϑεασαμένων τὴν δωρεών σου. αὐτὸς γὰρ εἶπας Χροιστέʼ Αἰτεῖτε καὶ δὸοϑήσεται ὑμῖν. Αἰτούμεϑα οὖν σὲ βασιλεῦ οὐ χρυσόν, οὐκ ἄργυρον, οὐχ ὕπαρξιν, οὐ κτῆσιν, οὐδέ τι τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ὄντων ἀπολλυμένων, ἀλλὰ ψυχὰς δύο δὲ ὧν ἐπιστρέφειν μέλλοντας ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν 000v, ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν μάϑησιν, ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν παρρὴησίαν, ἐπὶ τὴν ἄριστόν σου ἐπαγγελίαν" καταμαθόντες γὰρ τὴν δυναστείαν σου διὰ τοῦ ἐγηγέρϑαι τοὺς ἀποιψύξωντας σωϑήσονταί τινὲς αὐτῶν. παοροώσχου οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐλπίδα ἐπὶ σέ, πρόσειμε τοίνυν τῇ Κλεοπάτρᾳ λέγων" ᾿Ἰνάστηΐλι ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And as John cried out, the city of the Ephesians ran together to the house of Lycomedes, hearing that he was dead. And John, seeing the great crowd that had come, said to the Lord: "Now is the time of refreshment and of confidence toward you, O Christ; now is the time for us who are weary to have help from you, physician who heals freely. Keep my entrance here from being laughed at. I beg you, Jesus, help so great a multitude to come to you, the Master of all. See the affliction, see those who lie here. Make ready even from those who have come together here holy vessels for your service, when they have seen your gift. For you yourself said, O Christ: 'Ask, and it will be given to you.' We ask you, then, O King, not for gold, not for silver, not for substance, not for possession, nor for any of the perishing things on earth, but for two souls, through whom those present will turn to your way, to your teaching, to your confidence, to your most excellent promise; for when they have learned your power through the raising of those who have died, some of them will be saved. Grant them, then, yourself, hope in you. I will go, then, to Cleopatra, saying: Arise in the name of Jesus Christ." ### Scripture references - Matt 7:7: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - "Ask, and it will be given to you": Matt 7:7. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 22 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-22). ## Acts of John 23 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-23 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John raises Cleopatra in the name of the one whom all powers fear. ### Greek text Καὶ προσελίών, ἁψάμενος τοῦ προσώπου αὐτῆς ἔφη" Κλεοπάτρα, λέγει ὃν ἐφοβήϑη πᾶς ἄρχων καὶ πᾶσα κτίσις, δύνωωις, ὥβυσσός τε καὶ σχύτος ἅπαν καὶ ϑάνατος ἀγέλαστος καὶ οὐρανῶν ὕψωμα καὶ ἅδου χυχλωματω καὶ νεχρῶν ἀνά6TUGig καὶ πηρῶν ὄψις καὶ τοῦ xocuoxocropog ἅπασω ἡ δύ"Vig καὶ ἡ τοῦ ἄρχοντος ὑπερηφανία" νάστηδι, καὶ μὴ γίνου πρόφασις πολλοῖς ὠπιστεῖν ὑγέλουσι καὶ OA ψυχὰς δυναμένας ἐλπίσαι καὶ σωϑῆναι. Καὶ ἡ Κλεοπάτρα εὐΐλέως μετὰ φωνῆς ἐβόησεν" ᾿Ἱνίσταμαι δέσποτα᾽ σὥζε τὴν δούλη» σου. ἀγαστήσεις δέ μου δι᾿ ἡμερῶν ἑπτὰ ἡ πόλις Eqsotov ἐκινεῖτο ἐπὶ τῷ παραδύξῳ ϑεάώματι. ἠρώτα δὲ ἡ Κλεοπάτρα περὶ τοῦ ἀνδοὺὸς αὐτὴς “υχομηδους" o δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπεν αὐτῇ" Κλεοπάώτρω, ὠκίνητον ἔχουσα τὴν υυυχὴν καὶ ὠμετάτρεπτον αὐτόϑεν ἕξεις “υχομήδη» τὸν σύμβιον cov ἐνταῦϑα σοι παρεστῶσα, εἴ γε μὴ ταράσσῃ μηδὲ χινῇ ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι, πιστεύσασα ἐπὶ τῷ ϑεῷ μου. ὅστις δι᾿ ἐμοῦ ζῶντα αὐτὸν χαρίσεται. ἐλϑὲ οὖν ἅμα ἐμοὶ εἰς τὸν ἕτερόν σου κοιτῶνα, καὶ ϑεάώση αὐτὸν vtyeχρωμένον, ἀνιστώμενον δὲ τῇ τοῦ ϑεοῦ μου δυνάμει. ### English translation (Claude) And going up to her and touching her face he said: "Cleopatra, he says, whom every ruler fears, and every creature, power, abyss and all darkness and unsmiling death, and the height of the heavens and the circles of Hades, and the resurrection of the dead and the sight of the blind, and the whole power of the ruler of the world, and the pride of its prince: Arise, and do not be an occasion for many who wish to disbelieve, nor an affliction to souls that are able to hope and be saved." And Cleopatra at once cried out with her voice: "I arise, master; save your handmaid." And when she had arisen after seven days, the city of the Ephesians was stirred at the strange sight. And Cleopatra asked about her husband Lycomedes; and John said to her: "Cleopatra, if you keep your soul unmoved and unwavering, you will at once have Lycomedes your husband standing here beside you, provided you are not troubled or shaken by what has happened, but believe in my God, who through me will grant him to you alive. Come then with me into your other bedroom, and you will see him dead, but rising by the power of my God." ### Translation notes - "Nor an affliction to souls" reads a garbled phrase by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 23 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-23). ## Acts of John 24 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-24 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At John's word Cleopatra raises her husband Lycomedes. ### Greek text Καὶ ἡ Κλεοπάτρα ἐλθοῦσα σὺν τῷ ᾿Ιωάώννῃ εἰς τὸν χοιτῶνα αὐτῆς καὶ ἰδοῦσα τὸν “Πυχομήδην τεϑνηκχύτα αὐτὴ ἕνεκα, ἔπασχε τῇ φωνῇ καὶ τοῖς ὀδοῦσιν ἔτριζε καὶ τὴν γλῶσσων ὠπέδακνε καὶ τοὺς ὀφϑαλμοὺς χαμμύουσα δάκρυα προcífosys' καὶ ἠρέμα τῷ ἀποστόλῳ προσεῖχεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης σπλαγχνισϑεὶς ἐπὶ τῇ Κλεοπάτρᾳ ὡς εἶδεν αὐτὴν μὴ μανεῖσαν μηδὲ ἐκστᾶσαων, ἐκώλεσε τὰ τέλεια σπλάγχνα καὶ ἀνυπερήφανα, εἶπεʼ Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, ὁρῶς τὸ συνέχον" ὁρᾷς τὴν ἀνάγκην" ὁρᾷς Κλεοπάτραν ἐκβοῶσα τὴν ψυχὴν διὰ τοῦ σιγῶν" συνέχει γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῇ τὴν ἀφόρητον μανίαν" ἐπίσταμαι δὲ ὅτι ἕνεχεν τοῦ “Ἰυχομήδους καὶ αὐτὴν ἐπαποϑανουμένην. Ἢ δὲ ἠρέμα εἶπε πρὸς ᾿Ιωώννην" Tovro σχέπτομαι δέσποτα καὶ οὐχ ἕτερον. Καὶ προσελϑὼν τῷ χλινιδίῳ ἀπόστολος ἐφ᾽ ov ὁ “υχομήδὴς ἔκειτο καὶ λαβόμενος τῆς χειρὸς Κλεοπάτρας ἔφη" Kio πάτρα, διὰ τὸν παρεστῶτα ὕχλον καὶ τοὺς ἐπεισελϑόντας συγγενεῖς σου μετὰ χραυγῆς ἰσχυρᾶς εἶπόν σου τῷ ἀνδρί" Μναστὰς δόξασον τοῦ ϑεοῦ τὸ ὄνομα, ὅτι νεχροὺς νεχροῖς χαρίζεται. Ἣ δὲ προσελϑοῦσα καὶ εἰποῦσα τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς καϑʼ ἃ ἐδιδάχϑη εὐθὺς ἀνέστησεν αὐτόν. ὃ δὲ ἀναστὰς καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐδάφους τοὺς τοῦ locvvov πόδας κατεφίλει. ὃ δὲ ἐγείρεις αὐτὸν λέγει: Μὴ τοὺς ἐμοὺς πόδας ἄνϑρωπε φίλει ἀλλὰ τοὺς τοῦ ϑεοῦ οὗ δυνώμει ἀνέστητε ἀμφότεροι. ### English translation (Claude) And Cleopatra, coming with John into her bedroom and seeing Lycomedes dead on her account, lost her voice, and gnashed her teeth and bit her tongue, and closing her eyes shed tears; and quietly she gave heed to the apostle. And John, having compassion on Cleopatra when he saw that she neither raged nor lost her senses, called upon the perfect and unhaughty mercy, and said: "Lord Jesus Christ, you see the pressure, you see the need, you see Cleopatra crying out her soul in silence; for she holds within herself the unbearable frenzy; and I know that for Lycomedes' sake she too will die after him." And she said quietly to John: "That is what I have in mind, master, and nothing else." And the apostle went up to the couch on which Lycomedes lay, and taking Cleopatra's hand said: "Cleopatra, because of the crowd that is present and your relatives who have come in, say with a loud cry to your husband: Arise and glorify the name of God, for he gives back the dead to the dead." And she went up and said to her husband as she had been taught, and at once raised him up. And he rose, fell on the floor and kissed John's feet. But he raised him and says: "Do not kiss my feet, man, but those of God, by whose power you have both arisen." ### Translation notes - "Lost her voice" reads a garbled verb by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 24 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-24). ## Acts of John 25 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-25 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Lycomedes and Cleopatra persuade John and his companions to stay with them. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ “υκομήδης τῷ ᾿Ιωάννῃ ἔφη" Παραχαλῶὼν 6t ἐνορχίζω οὗ ὀνόματι ἤγειρας ἡμᾶς ϑεοῦ σὺν ἡμῖν μεῖναι ἅμα τοῖς σύν σοι πᾶσιν. Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ἡ Κλεοπάτρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἁπτομένη ταὐτὰ ἔλεγεν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης ἔφη avro Αὔριον παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἔσοιιαι. Κἀκεῖνοι πάλιν αὐτῷ ἔφησανʼ ἐλπὶς uiv οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ ϑεῷ σου, ἀλλὰ μάτην εἴημεν ἐγηγερμένοι, ἐὼν μὴ μείνῃς παρ᾽ ἡμῖν. Καὶ ὁ Κλεόβιος ἅμα τῷ 3a “ριστοδήμῳ καὶ c Δαμόνικος πληγέντες τὰς ψυχὰς ἔφησαν τῷ πῶς Ἰωάννῃ" Μείνωμεν πρὸς αὐτοὺς 070g ἀσχανδαλιστοι μείνωσι iow mpüg τὸν χύριον. δὲ ἐπέμεινεν ἐχεῖ σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς.;, emt ### English translation (Claude) And Lycomedes said to John: "I beseech you and adjure you, by the God in whose name you raised us, to stay with us, together with all who are with you." And likewise Cleopatra, holding his feet, said the same. And John said to them: "Tomorrow I will be with you." And they said to him again: "There is no hope for us in your God, but we shall have been raised in vain, if you do not stay with us." And Cleobius, with Aristodemus and Damonicus, struck to the soul, said to John: "Let us stay with them, so that they may continue toward the Lord without stumbling." And he stayed there with the brothers. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 25 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-25). ## Acts of John 26 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-26 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Lycomedes has a painter secretly make a portrait of John. ### Greek text Συνῆλθϑον οὖν πλήϑους πολλοῦ συναγωγὴ τοῦ Ι͂ωeniti. ἐδ ἄγνου ἕνεκα. καὶ ἐν τῷ ὁκιλεῖν αὐτὸν τοῖς παροῦσιν ὁ vxo- an sit μήδης φίλον εὐφυῆ ἔχων ξωγράφον δρομαῖος ἐπ αὐτὸν 14.0 €, ΜΩΝ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ" Ὁρᾷς ἐμὲ αὐτὸν ἐσκυλμένον πρὸς σέ" ἐλθὲ τ πές αν ταχέως εἰς τὴν οἰχίαν, καὶ ὃν ὑποδείχνυμί GOL τοῦτον γράώιν"ον P vui uj ἐπισταμένου αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ὁ ζωγράφος ἐπιδούς τινι τὰ, aud ἑκυτοῦ ἐπιτήδεια ἐργαλεῖα καὶ χρώματω εἶπε τῷ “υχομήδη" τὸ amm Ὑπύδειξόν μοι αὐτὸν καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ éco ἀφρόντιστος. Καὶ "-— Μυχομήδης δείξας τὸν ᾿Ιωάννην τῷ ζωγράφῳ καὶ ἐγγίσας καὶ συγκλείσας εἰς τινα οἶχον ἀφ᾽ oU ἑωρᾶτο ὁ τοῦ Χριστοῦ eiim ἀπόστολος" συνῆν δὲ ὁ «Τυκομήδης τῷ μακαρίῳ εὐωχούμενος ΤΩΝ Tj πίστει καὶ τῇ γνώσει τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν, ἐπὶ πλεῖον δὲ ἠγαλ- gin λιάσατο ὅτι bv εἰκόνι ἤμελλεν αὐτὸν ἔχειν. got εν ### English translation (Claude) So a gathering of a great multitude came together on John's account. And as he was speaking to those present, Lycomedes, who had a friend who was a skilled painter, went running to him and says to him: "You see me hurrying to you myself; come quickly to my house, and paint the man I point out to you, without his knowing it." And the painter, handing his necessary tools and colours to someone, said to Lycomedes: "Point him out to me, and for the rest have no worry." And Lycomedes pointed John out to the painter and, bringing him near, shut him in a room from which the apostle of Christ could be seen. And Lycomedes was with the blessed one, feasting on the faith and the knowledge of our God, and he rejoiced the more because he was going to have him in a portrait. ### Translation notes - Many marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 26 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-26). ## Acts of John 27 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-27 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John discovers that Lycomedes honours his portrait with garlands, lamps and altars. ### Greek text Ὁ οὖν ζωγράφος τῇ πρώτῃ ἡμέρᾳ σκιαγραφήσας αὐ- Ζ "LL τὸν ὠπηλλώγη" τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς καὶ τοῖς χρώμασιν αὐτὸν κατεκέρασε, jf Jy καὶ οὕτως TQ “1υχοιιήδει χαίροντι τὴν εἰκόνα ἀπέδωκεν. ἣν ΠΊΩΝ λαβὼν καὶ ὠναϑεὶς εἰς τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κοιτῶνω ἔστεφεν" ὡς ὕστε- g à" í | 00v γνόντα | τὸν ᾿Ιωώννην εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ" ᾿1γ)γ απητὸν μου τέχνον, unis v Ἢ τί διαπράττῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ βαλανείου εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὸν κοιτῶνά οὐ; Ur σου μόνος; ἐγὼ οὐχὶ σὺν σοὶ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀδελφοῖς εὔχο"54 μαι; ) ἡμᾶς χρύπτεις; Καὶ ταῦτα λέγων καὶ παίζων utr αὐτοῦ ΡΣ εἴσεισιν εἰς τὸν κοιτῶνα" καὶ ὁρᾷ εἰκόνα περιεστεμμένην πρε- iplo at σβύτου καὶ παρακειμένους λύχνους καὶ βωμοὺς ἔμπροσϑεν. καὶ gri a φωγήσας αὐτὸν εἶπε" “Τυχκόμηδες, τί βούλεταί σοι τὸ τῆς εἰκόνος μας ταύτης, τῶν ϑεῶν σού τις τυγχάνει ὁ γεγραμμένος; ὁρῶ γάρ σὲ ἔτι ἐϑνικῶς ζῶντα. Καὶ ὁ “υχομήδης αὐτῷ caexpivato Ὁ ϑεὸς μέν μοί ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος μόνος ὁ ἐμὲ ἐγείρας ἐκ τοῦ ϑαγάτου μετὰ τῆς συιβίου μου. εἰ δὲ γε καὶ μετὰ τὸν ϑεὸν ἐκεῖνον τοὺς εὐεργέτας ἡμῶν ἀνϑιυώπους ϑεοὺς χρὴ καλεῖσϑαι, σὺ εἰ πώτερ ὁ ἐν Tj εἰχόνε γεγραμμένος μοι, ὃν στέφω καὶ φιλῶ καὶ σέβομαι ὁδηγὸν ἀγαθόν uoc γεγονότα. ### English translation (Claude) So the painter on the first day sketched him and went away; and on the next he filled him in with colours, and so delivered the portrait to Lycomedes, who rejoiced. And taking it, he set it up in his own bedroom and hung garlands on it; so that later, when John learned of it, he said to him: "My beloved child, what are you doing, going into your bedroom alone when you come from the bath? Do I not pray with you and the other brethren? Are you hiding something from us?" And saying this, and joking with him, he goes into the bedroom; and he sees the garlanded portrait of an old man, and lamps set beside it and altars before it. And calling him he said: "Lycomedes, what does this portrait mean to you? Is the one painted one of your gods? For I see you are still living like a pagan." And Lycomedes answered him: "My God is he alone who raised me from death with my wife. But if, after that God, we may call our human benefactors gods, it is you, father, who are painted for me in the portrait, whom I crown and love and revere, because you have become a good guide to me." ### Translation notes - The episode of John's portrait was later cited in the iconoclast controversy (Second Council of Nicaea, 787). ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 27 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-27). ## Acts of John 28 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-28 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John sees in a mirror that the portrait resembles his body, but not his true self. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ Ἰωάννης μηδέποτε τὸ ἑαυτοῦ πρόσωπον ϑεώσάμενος εἶπεν αὐτῷ: Παίζεις μὲ réxvov' τοιοῦτός εἰμι τῇ μορφῇ τὸν χύριόν σου; πῶς μὲ πεέϑεις ὅτι μοι ἡ εἰχὼν ὁμοία ὑπάρχει; Καὶ ὁ “υκομήδης αὐτῷ προσήγαγε κάτοπτρονʼ καὶ ἰδὼν ἑωυτὸν ἐν τῷ χατόπτρῳ καὶ ἀτενίσας τῇ εἰκόνι εἶπεʼ Ζῃ κύριος ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός, ὑμοία μοι ἡὶ εἰκών" | ovx ἐμοὶ δὲ τέκνον ἀλλὰ τῷ σαρκικῷ pov εἰδώλῳ" εἰ γὼρ ϑέλει ut ὁ ζωγράφος οὗτος ὁ μιμησώμενός μου τὴν ὄψιν ταύτην ἐν εἰκόνι γρώψαι, χρωμώτων τῶν δεδομένων σοι νῦν ἀπορῆσαι αὐτὸν καὶ σανίδων καὶ τόπου καὶ πόλις καὶ σχήματος μορφῆς xa γήρους καὶ νεότητος xui πάντων τῶν ὁρωμένων. ### English translation (Claude) And John, who had never seen his own face, said to him: "You are joking with me, child. Am I like that in form? By your Lord, how can you persuade me that the portrait is like me?" And Lycomedes brought him a mirror. And seeing himself in the mirror and gazing at the portrait he said: "As the Lord Jesus Christ lives, the portrait is like me; yet not like me, child, but like my fleshly image. For if this painter, who has imitated this face of mine, wishes to paint me in a portrait, he will be at a loss for the colours now given to you, and for boards and space and …, and for the shape of form, and old age and youth, and all things that are seen. ### Translation notes - One word in the list ("πόλις") is garbled in the OCR and is not translated. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 28 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-28). ## Acts of John 29 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-29 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John urges Lycomedes to paint his soul with the colours of the virtues instead of a portrait of the body. ### Greek text γενοῦ δέ μοι σὺ ἀγαϑὸς ζωγράφος «Ιυχόμηδες" ἔχεις χρώματα & σοι δίδωσι δι ἐμοῦ ὁ ἑαυτῷ πάντας ἡμᾶς Goyocφῶν ᾿Ιησοῦς, ὁ τὰς μορφὰς καὶ τὰ εἴδη καὶ τὼ σχήματα καὶ τὼς διαϑέσεις καὶ τοὺς τύπους τῶν WwVvyGV ἡμῶν ἐπιστάμενος. ἔστι δὲ ταῦτα τὰ χρώματα ὥπερ σοι λέγω ζωγραφεῖν πίστις ἡ εἰς ϑεόν, γνῶσις, εὐλάβεια, quce, κοινωνία, πρᾳότης, χρη" στύτης, φιλαδελφίωα, ἁγνεία, εἰλικρίνεια, ἀταραξία, ἀφοβία, ἀλυπέα, σεμνότης, καὶ ὅλος ὁ τῶν χρωμάτων χορὸς ὁ eixoroγραφῶν cov τὴν ψυχήν, καὶ κατωβεβλημένα cov τὼ μέλη ἀνε: γείρων ἤδη, τὰ δὲ ἐπηρμένα ὁμαλίζων, καὶ τὼς πληγὰς ϑὲ ραπεύων καὶ τὰ τραύματα ἰώμενος καὶ τὰς πειρωμένας σου τρίχας συντιϑεὶς καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν σου νίπτων καὶ τοὺς ὑφϑαλμούς Guv παιδεύων καὶ τὼ σπλάγχνα σου καϑαρίζων καὶ τὴν γαστέρω σου χοιλαίνων καὶ τὰ ὑπογάώστριώ σου ἐχκόπτων᾽" xu ἁπλῶς ὅλη συνελϑοῦσωα τῶν τοιούτων χρωμάτων καὶ μίξεις ἐπὶ τὴν ψυχήν σου ἀνέχπληχτον καὶ ὥξεστον καὶ στερεόμορφον d αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὸν χύριον ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστὸν καταστήσει" ὃ ὃ Bet δὲ viv διεπρώξω παιδιῶδες καὶ ἀτελές" ἔγραψας vexooU νεχρὰν odi " εἰχύνα. ### English translation (Claude) But become for me a good painter, Lycomedes. You have colours which he gives you through me, Jesus, who paints all of us for himself, who knows the shapes and forms and figures and dispositions and types of our souls. And these are the colours with which I tell you to paint: faith in God, knowledge, godly fear, friendship, fellowship, meekness, kindness, brotherly love, purity, sincerity, tranquillity, fearlessness, freedom from grief, sobriety, and the whole band of colours that paints the image of your soul, already raising up your members that were cast down, levelling those that were lifted up, tending your bruises, healing your wounds, arranging your disordered hair, washing your face, training your eyes, cleansing your heart, emptying your belly, and cutting off what is below your belly; and in a word, when the whole blend and mixture of such colours has come together into your soul, it will present it to our Lord Jesus Christ undaunted and smooth and firm of shape. But what you have now done is childish and imperfect: you have painted a dead likeness of the dead." ### Translation notes - "Cutting off what is below your belly" (τὰ ὑπογάστρια ἐκκόπτων) refers to the passions; the work's ascetic language is translated as written. "Heart" renders σπλάγχνα. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 29 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-29). ## Acts of John 30 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-30 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John has the old women of Ephesus gathered, finds most of them sick, and is told by Jesus to heal them in the theatre. ### Greek text Καὶ χελεύσας Doo τῷ διωχονοῦντι αὐτῷ ἀδελφῷ oou τὰς ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ᾿βιρέσῳ ἀγαγεῖν πρεσβυτέρας, ἡτοιμάζετο δὲ Lodi ἅμα rj KAtonérou καὶ τῷ «Ἰυχοιιήδει τὰ πρὸς ἐπιμέλειαν, ΤῊ μὰ ἦλϑεν οὖν ὁ Βῆρος λέγων τὸν ᾿Ιωώννην" Tav ἐνίγ δε οὐσῶν iu; τῇ si | πρεσβυτίδων ὑπὲρ ἑξήκοντα τεσσάρων μόνον τῷ σώματι ὑγεαιinr Μ᾽ γούσας εὗρον, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν τινὰς δὲ καὶ παραλυτικὰς καὶ qp vul ἄλλας νοσούσας. Ὁ δὲ ἸΙωώννης ταῦτα Cxovoug καὶ ἐπὶ πολὺ n gn: ἡσυχώάσας καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀποτρίβων εἶπεν" crovía JL τῶν b Eso οἰχούντων" ὦ πράγματα ἐκλελυμένω καὶ ἀσ ϑένεια acris ἡ πρὸς τὸν ϑεόν" ὦ χρόνῳ ἐμπαίξας Lqtoiov roig πιστοῖς T διώβολε" ᾿Ιησοῦς μοι χώριν διδοὺς καὶ δωρεὼν ἔχειν μὲ τῆς; Jn iv αὐτῷ παρρησίας λέγει μοι νῦν σιγῶν" Μετάπεμιμαι τὼς ἫΝ i γοσούσας γραίας καὶ γενοῦ ἅμα αὐταῖς ἐν τῷ ϑεάτρῳ καὶ ἃ 1c δι᾿ ἐμοῦ ϑερώπευσον αὐτάς" εἰσὶ y&Q τινὲς τῶν ἐρχομένων imi TL i τῇ δὲμ ταύτῃ obs; διὰ τῶν τοιούτων ἰώσεων εἴ τι χρήσιμον ort wt γενόμενος ἐπιστρέψω. νι, T ó ### English translation (Claude) And having ordered Verus, the brother who served him, to bring the old women from all Ephesus, he made preparations with Cleopatra and Lycomedes for their care. So Verus came, saying to John: "Of the old women here over sixty, I found only four healthy in body; of the rest, some are paralysed and others sick." And John, hearing this, kept silent a long time, and rubbing his face said: "O the slackness of those who live in Ephesus! O the collapse of things, and weakness toward God! O devil, who have so long mocked the faithful in Ephesus! Jesus, who gives me grace and the gift of having confidence in him, says to me now in silence: 'Send for the sick old women and be with them in the theatre, and through me heal them; for there are some of those who come to this spectacle whom I will turn through such healings, if anything profitable may come of it.'" ### Translation notes - Many marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. The name Verus (Βῆρος) is garbled at its first occurrence. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 30 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-30). ## Acts of John 31 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-31 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The city gathers in the theatre, and the general Andronicus challenges John to act without magic. ### Greek text Tov δὲ παντὸς ὄχλου συνελϑόντος πρὸς τὸν “υχομ΄Ρ Vy» τοῦ Ἰωώννου ἕνεκα ἀπετάξατο πᾶσι λέγων: Αὔριον γί- " pet γεσϑὲ iy τῷ ϑεάτρῳ ὁπόσοι βούλεσϑε τὴν τοῦ ϑεοῦ δύναμιν. ΩΝ θὲ δὲ ὄχλοι τῇ ἐπαύριον ἐκ νύχτωρ ἦλθον εἰς τὸ ϑέατρον" ji y^ ὡς xu τὸν ἀνθύπατον γνόντα σπεῦσαι καὶ συγκαϑίσαι τῷ su auvr) ὄχλῳ. ldvópovixog δὲ rig στρατηγύς, πρῶτος ὧν τῶν "gn? Ἐφεσίων κατ᾽ ἐχεῖνο χαιροῦ, ἐφήμιζεν ἀδύνατα καὶ ἄπιστα τῷ Ἰωάννῃ ὑπεσχνεῖσϑαι" Εἰ δὲ τι τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον ἀκούω, αἱ ἐπ ἔλεγεν, ἔχειν, τὸ δημόσιον ϑέατρον ἀνεῳγὸς εἰσιέτω γυμνός, ill yd μηδὲν ἐπὶ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτοῦ κρατῶν, μηδὲ τὸ μαγιχὸν ἐχεῖνο s ὐνομαζέτω ὄνομα ὃ ἀχήκοα αὐτοῦ λέγοντος. ### English translation (Claude) And when the whole crowd had gathered at Lycomedes' house on John's account, he dismissed them all, saying: "Tomorrow come to the theatre, all who wish to see the power of God." And the crowds came to the theatre on the next day while it was still night, so that the proconsul too heard of it and hastened and took his seat with the crowd. And a certain general, Andronicus, who was the first of the Ephesians at that time, spread it about that John was promising impossible and incredible things: "If he has any such power as I hear," he said, "let him enter the public theatre when it is opened, naked, holding nothing in his hands, nor naming that magical name which I have heard him say." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 31 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/0/#p-31). ## Acts of John 32 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-32 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In the theatre John begins his sermon to the Ephesians on the care of the soul, wealth and poverty. ### Greek text Ταῦτα ovv γνοὺς ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης καὶ κινηϑεὶς ὑπὸ τῶν ῥημάτων τούτων ἐχέλεισε τὰς πρεσβύτιδας εἰς τὸ ϑέατρον ἀχϑῆναι. ὡς δὲ εἰσήχϑιησαν πᾶσαι, ci μὲν κραββάτοις αἱ δὲ νυσταγμῷ κείμεναι αὐτῶν, εἰς τὸ μέσον, καὶ τῆς πόλεως συνδραμουύσης, σιγῆς πολλὴς γενομένης, ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἀνοίξας τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο λέγειν" νὸρες ᾿Εφέσιοι, γνῶτε πρῶτον τίνος ἕνεχεν τῇ Vutτέρᾳῳ πύλει ἐπιδημῶ, τίς ἡ τοσαύτη μου παρρησία πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὡς καὶ τῷ κοινῷ τούτῳ βουλευτηρίῳ πᾶσιν ἡμῖν καταδήλου γενέσϑαι. ἀπέσταλμαι οὖν ὠποστολὴν οὐκ ἀνϑιρωπίνην οὐδὲ ἀποδημίαν ματαίαν" οὐδὲ τις ἔμπορος τυγχάνω ἀντιπράσεις ποιούμενος ἢ ἀντικαταλλαγάς, ἀλλ᾽ ὑμᾶς ὅλους ἐπιστρέφων ἀπιστίᾳ κεχρατημένους καὶ ἐπιϑυμίαις αἰσχραῖς πεπραμένου: ὃν κηρύσσω Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν εὔσπλαγχνος ὧν καὶ χρηστὸς βούλεται δι᾿ ἐμοῦ τῆς πλώνης ὑμῶς ἐξελέσϑαι" οὗ δυνάμει x«i τὴν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ ὑμῶν ἀπιστίαν ἐλέγξω τὰς ἔμπροσϑεν ἡμῶν κατακειμένως ὠνιστῶν, ἃς πάντες ὁρᾶτε ἐν oio δὴ καὶ ἐν ποίοις νόσοις ὑπάρχετε" καὶ οὐχ ἔστι μοι νῦν τοῦτο OÀUσμένων αὐτῶν καὶ ϑεραπείαις συναιρεϑήσονται. ἐχεῖνο δὲ ἐβουλόμην πρῶτον ἐγκατασπεῖραι ὑμῶν ταῖς ἀχοαῖς τῷ τῶν ψυχῶν ἐπιμελεῖσθαι, οὗ ἕνεχεν παραγέγονα πρὸς ὑμᾶς, μὴ προσδοχᾶν τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον αἰῶνα ὑπάρχειν ὃς ἐστι ζυγοῦ, μηδὲ ϑησαυρίζειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς &évÓ« ἅπαντα μαραίνονται" μηδὲ ἡγεῖσϑε παίδων ὑμῖν συγγινομένων αὐτοῖς ἀνωαπεπαῦϑαι" μηδὲ τούτων ἕνεκεν ἀποστερεῖν καὶ πλεονεκτεῖν πειρᾶσϑε: μηδὲ λυπῆσϑε οἱ πένητες εἰ μὴ ἔχητε ταῖς ἡδοναῖς ὑπηρετεῖν" καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἔχοντες ἐν νόσοις γενόμενοι μακαρίζουσι" μηδὲ ὑμεῖς οἱ πλούσιοι χαΐίρετε ἐπὶ τῷ ἔχειν πλείονα yonucra' ἐν γὰρ τῷ ταῦτα κεκτῆσίλαι ἀχώριστον τὴν λύπην πορίζεσϑε ἀπολυόμενοι αὐτῶν" καὶ πάλιν φοβεῖσϑε παοὖντες μη τις πείϑεται ὑμῖν αὐτῶν ἕνεχα. ### English translation (Claude) John, then, learning this and moved by these words, ordered the old women to be brought into the theatre. And when they had all been brought into the middle, some on pallets and others lying in a stupor, and the city had run together and there was great silence, John opened his mouth and began to say: "Men of Ephesus, learn first why I am staying in your city, and what is this great confidence of mine toward you, so that it has become manifest to all of you in this common assembly. I have been sent on a mission that is not of men, nor on a vain journey; nor am I a merchant making bargains or exchanges; but I am turning all of you, who are held fast by unbelief and sold to shameful desires. Jesus Christ, whom I preach, being compassionate and kind, wishes through me to rescue you from error; by his power I will also refute the unbelief of your general, by raising up these who lie before us, whom you all see, in what state and in what diseases they are. And this is not possible for me now … [33] … they will be done away with by healings. But I wished first to sow this in your ears: to care for your souls, for which reason I have come to you; not to expect that this time is an age, for it is a balance; nor to lay up treasures on earth, where all things wither; nor to think, when children are born to you, that you may rest on them; nor for their sakes to try to rob and to defraud. [34] Do not grieve, you poor, if you do not have the means to serve your pleasures; for those who have them, when they fall sick, call you blessed. Nor should you rich rejoice in having more money; for in acquiring it you procure for yourselves a grief inseparable from it when you lose it; and again, while you have it, you fear that someone may attack you for its sake. ### Scripture references - Matt 6:19: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 33 and 34 are lost; "[33]" and "[34]" are placed by sense and are uncertain. Words are lost in the OCR before "they will be done away with by healings"; marked "…". - "For it is a balance" reads an uncertain phrase ("ὅς ἐστι ζυγοῦ") by sense. - "Treasures on earth": Matt 6:19. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 32 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-32). ## Acts of John 35 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-35 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John's sermon warns the vain, adulterers, the miserly, the wrathful and the drunken of their end. ### Greek text ὁ δὲ iv εὐμορφίᾳ σώματος ἐπαιρόμενος καὶ τὸ βλέμμα ἐπανατείνων τὸ τέλος γοῦν τῆς ἐπαγγελέας ἐπὶ τοῦ μνήματος ϑεώση" ὁ δὲ μοιχείᾳ χαίρων γνῶϑι ὅτι καὶ νόμῳ καὶ φύσις qni; δι: reru QT. καὶ πρὸ τούτων ἡ συνείδησις. ἡ δὲ μοιχευομένη, "TT. γυνὴ αὔταρχις οὖσα τῷ vOuQ ἀγνοεῖς ὅπου καντατήσεις. ὁ δὲ vices toig δεομένοις μὴ χοινωνῶν, ἔχων δὲ χρήματα ὠπόϑεται, i «ὡς: ἀπαλλαγεὶς τοῦ σώματος τούτου καὶ δεόμενός τινος ἐλέους ἐν an mo πυρὶ φλεγόμενος οὐχ ἕξει τὸν ἐλεοῦντα. ὁ δὲ ὀργέλος καὶ ὅ μανιώδης γνῶϑι ὅτι ὅμοια τοῖς ἀλύγοις ζῴοις πολιτεύῃ. ὁ δὲ μξδυσος καὶ αἱρετικὸς κατάώμωαϊλε ὅτι ἐξίσταται τῶν φρενῶν ! af δουλεύων αἰσχρᾷ καὶ ῥυπαρᾷ ἐπιϑυμίᾳ. ὯΝ M | ### English translation (Claude) … And you who are puffed up with bodily beauty and lift your gaze high, you will see the end of the promise at the tomb. And you who delight in adultery, know that both law and nature … and before these, conscience. And you, the woman who commits adultery, … , you do not know where you will end. And you who do not share with those in need, but having money store it up, … when you are released from this body and need some mercy, burning in fire, you will have no one to pity you. And you, the wrathful and the furious, know that you live like the irrational animals. And you, the drunkard and the quarrelsome, learn that you go out of your senses, serving a shameful and filthy desire. ### Scripture references - Luke 16:24: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The beginning of this ref and several words within it are lost or garbled in the OCR; marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 35 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-35). ## Acts of John 36 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-36 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John ends his sermon with warnings of judgment and heals all the sick; he then proposes to visit the temple of Artemis. ### Greek text ὁ δὲ χρυσῷ χαίρων καὶ ἐλεφαντίνων καὶ λίϑοις τερmu πύμενος νυχτὸς ἐπελϑούσης ἃ φιλεῖς ϑεῶσαι; δὲ μαλακαῖς l0 M ἐσθῆσι νικώμενος, εἶτα δὲ ὠπαλλασσόμενος τοῦ βίου, ταῦτα i» aus ὀφλῆσαι κἀκεῖ ὕπου πορεύῃ; ὁ δὲ φονεὺς γινωσχέτω τὴν ἀξίαν " τς τιμωρίαν διπλὴν ὠποκεῖσϑαι μετὰ τὴν ἐνϑένδε λύσιν. ὁμοίως ii -— ὁ φαρμακός, ὃ περέεργος, ὁ ἅρπαξ, ὁ ἀποστερητής, ὁ Á m ὠρσενοχοίτης, ὁ χλέπτης, καὶ ὁπόσοι τοιούτου χοροῦ ὑπάρ- l5 T ina χοντες, τῶν ἔργων ὑμῶν καϑηγουμένων ini πῦρ ἄσβεστον καὶ: e T j σχύτος μέγιστον καὶ βυϑὸς χολαστηρίων καὶ ὠπειλὼς αἰωνίους (τε g ga χαταντήσετε. ὅϑεν ἄνδρες Ἐφέσιοι ἐπιστρέψατε ἑωυτούς, ἐπιjo, Y T στώμενοι καὶ τοῦτο ὅτε οἱ βασιλεῖς, οἱ δυνάσται, οἱ τύραννοι, οἱ jd Ε ἀλαζόνες, οἱ πολέμους χειρωσάμενοι γυμνοὶ τῶν àv évós ἀπαλ- λασσόμενοι, ἐν κακοῖς δὲ αἰωνίοις συγγινόμενοι o0vvovrat. T1311] πὸ - " ^ ω ᾿ f —-— 0s gum Ji Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὃ ᾿Ιωάννης δυνάμει DtoU ἰώσατο y QU πάσας τὰς νύσους. οἱ δὲ ἀπὸ Μιλήτου ἀδελφοὶ ἔφησαν τῷ πο, Ἰωάννῃ" Πολὺν χρόνον ἐν τῇ qoo μεμενήχαμεν" εἰ δοχεῖ TL sd καὶ εἰς Σμύρνην πορευϑῶμεν. ἤδη γάρ ἀκούομεν τὰ με- γαλεῖα τοῦ ϑεοῦ χἀχεῖ κεχγωρηκότα. Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ἰνδρόνιχος ἔφη εἰ "" n αὐτοῖς" Ὁπόταν ὁ διδάσκαλος ϑέλῃ, τότε πορευϑῶμεν. Ὁ δὲ wt. Ο Ἰωάννης ἔφη" Πρῶτον ἐν τῷ τῆς ρτέμιδος ναῷ πορευϑῶjg I ut. τύχα γὰρ xxsi ἡμῶν ὀφϑέντων εὑρεϑησονται τοῦ xv«di ut θίου οἱ δοῦλοι. in V 30-31 Μετὰ δὲ rotis ἡμέοας ἐνεφώνισεν ἑαυτὸν ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης Z » Toig ᾿Επεσίοις x«i ἤρξατο διδάσκειν αὐτούς. καὶ οἵ μὲν ἐπείyx in, lVovro τοῖς λεγομένοις ὑπὶ αὐτοῦ, οἱ δὲ κυχτηρίζοντες ἀνεχώρουν. ### English translation (Claude) And you who delight in gold and ivory and take pleasure in precious stones, when night comes, do you see what you love? And you who are overcome by soft clothing, and then depart this life, will these things be of use to you there, where you are going? Let the murderer know that the punishment he deserves is laid up for him doubly after his release from here. Likewise the poisoner, the sorcerer, the robber, the defrauder, the man who sleeps with males, the thief, and all who belong to such a band: with your works leading you, you will come to unquenchable fire and utmost darkness and the abyss of punishments and eternal threats. Therefore, men of Ephesus, turn yourselves, knowing this too, that kings, rulers, tyrants, boasters, and those who have triumphed in wars depart naked from here and are in anguish, living amid eternal evils." And having said this, John healed all the diseases by the power of God. [37] And the brothers from Miletus said to John: "We have stayed a long time in Ephesus; if you think fit, let us go to Smyrna too; for we hear already that the great deeds of God have reached there too." And Andronicus said to them: "When the teacher wishes, then let us go." And John said: "Let us first go into the temple of Artemis; for perhaps when we are seen there too, the servants of the Lord will be found." [Other recension: And after three days John showed himself to the Ephesians, and began to teach them. And some were persuaded by what he said, but others went away sneering.] ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 6:9: allusion, medium confidence - Mark 9:43: echo, medium confidence - 1 Tim 6:7: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 37 is lost; "[37]" is placed by sense. The bracketed words at the end begin a passage of a second recension printed by the editor, which continues in the next staged ref (see the renumbering note). - The list of sinners echoes 1 Cor 6:9–10; "unquenchable fire": Mark 9:43; departing naked: Job 1:21; 1 Tim 6:7. - Many marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. - This staged ref holds only a fragment of the second recension printed by the editor; it continues the bracketed words at the end of the preceding ref. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 36 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-36). ## Acts of John 38 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-38 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At the festival of Artemis John enters the temple in black and is seized by the crowd. ### Greek text Ἦν οὖν μετὰ δύο ἡμέρας ἡ γενέϑλιος τοῦ εἰδωλείου, ὁ ovv ᾿Ιωάννης πάντων λευχοφορούντων μόνος ἐνδυσάμενος μέλανα ὠνηξι εἰς τὸν ναόν" oi δὲ συλλαβόμενοι αὐτὸν ἀνελεῖν ἐπειρῶντο. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἔφη" Μεμήνατε ἐπιχειροῦντες ἐμοὶ ἄνδοες δοῦλοι τοῦ μόνου ϑεοῦ. Καὶ ἀνελϑὼν ἐπί τινὰ βάσιν ὑψηλὴν ἔλεγε πρὸς αὐτούς" ### English translation (Claude) Now two days later was the birthday of the idol's temple. So John, while all were dressed in white, alone put on black and went up into the temple; and they seized him and tried to kill him. But John said: "You are mad, men, to lay hands on me, the servant of the only God." And going up on a high pedestal he said to them: ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 38 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-38). ## Acts of John 39 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-39 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In the temple John challenges the Ephesians to pray to Artemis for his death. ### Greek text ΚΑινδυνεύετε ἄνδρες ᾿ἐϊρέσιοι αλάώσσης ἐπέχειν τρύπον. πᾶς ποταμὸς ἀπορρέων καὶ πᾶσα πηγὴ κατατρέχουσα, ὄμβρον τε καὶ ἐπάλληλοι κλύδωνες καὶ χειμώρροι πετρώδεις ὑπὸ τῆς ἐν αὐτῇ πικρᾶς ἐπαγγελίας συνεξαλμυροῦνται" οὕτω καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀμετάδετοι ἕως σήμερον πρὸς τὴν ὄντως εὐσέβειαν γεγόνατε ὑποφϑειρόμενοι ἐν τοῖς παλαιοῖς ὑμῶν ϑρησχεύμασι. πύσα εἴδετε δι ἐμοῦ τεράστια, ἰώσεις νόσων; καὶ ἔτει πεπήρωσϑε τὰς καρδίας καὶ οὐ δύνασϑε ἀναβλέψαι. τί οὖν ἐστιν ἄνδρες Ἐφέσιοι; τολμήσας νῦν ἀνῆλθον καὶ εἰς τοῦτο ὑμῶν τὸ εἰδωλεῖον, διελέγξω ὑμᾶς ἀϑεωτάτους ὄντας καὶ νεχροὺς τῶν ἀνϑρωπίνων λογισμῶν. ἰδοὺ ἔστηχα ἐνϑʼώδε" πώντες ὑμεῖς ϑεὼν εἶναι λέγετε ἔχειν τὴν Ἄρτεμιν" εὔξασϑε ἐν ἐκείνῃ ἵνα ἐγὼ μόνος ἀποϑάνω" ἢ μόνος ἐγώ, μὴ δυναιιένων ὑμῶν τοῦτο ποιῆσαι, τὸν ἴδιόν μου ϑεὸν ἐπικαλεσάμενος διὼ τὴν ἀπιστίαν ὑμῶν πάντας ὑμᾶς ϑανατώσω. ### English translation (Claude) "Men of Ephesus, you are in danger of having the nature of the sea: every river that flows into it and every spring that runs down, the rain and the successive waves and the rocky torrents, are made salt together by the bitterness in it. So you too have remained unchanged to this day toward true piety, being corrupted in your ancient religious rites. How many wonders have you seen through me, healings of diseases? And still you are blinded in your hearts and cannot recover your sight. What then is it, men of Ephesus? I have dared now to come up even into this idol temple of yours; I will prove you to be utterly godless and dead in human reasoning. See, I stand here. You all say that you have Artemis as a goddess: pray to her that I alone may die; or I alone, if you cannot do this, will call upon my own God and, because of your unbelief, put you all to death." ### Translation notes - "By the bitterness in it" reads a garbled word by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 39 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-39). ## Acts of John 40 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-40 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The crowd begs John not to destroy them, and he prepares to pray. ### Greek text Οἱ δὲ πεπειραμένοι αὐτοῦ πάλαι καὶ ϑεασάμενοι vt χροὺς ἐγηγερμένους ἐβόων: Μὴ οὕτως ἀνέλης ἡμᾶς, παρακαλοῦυιν σὲ ᾿Ιωάννη" ἐπιστάμεϑα οὖν ὅτε δύνῃ. Καὶ ὁ Ἰωάννης ἕφη αὐτοῖς" Ei οὖν μὴ ϑέλετε ὑμεῖς ἀποθανεῖν, ἐλεγχϑήτω τὸ ϑρήσχευμα ὑμῶν καὶ ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἐλέγχετε, ὅπως καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀποστήσησϑε τῆς παλαιᾶς ὑμῶν πλάνης. νῦν γὰρ μάλιστα ἢ αὐτοὶ ἐπιστρέινατε διὰ τοῦ ϑεοῦ μου ἢ αὐτὸς ἀποϑωνοῦμαι διὰ τῆς ϑεᾶς ὑμῶν" εὔξομαι γὰρ ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν παρακαλέσας μου τὸν ϑεὸν ἐλεηϑῆναι ὑμᾶς, ### English translation (Claude) But they, who had long had experience of him and had seen the dead raised, cried out: "Do not destroy us in this way, we beg you, John; we know that you can." And John said to them: "If then you do not wish to die, let your religion be refuted, and that in which you are refuted, so that you too may depart from your ancient error. For now above all, either you will turn through my God, or I myself will die through your goddess; for I will pray before you, beseeching my God that you may receive mercy." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 40 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-40). ## Acts of John 41 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-41 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John prays in the temple that the demon of the place be put to flight. ### Greek text Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα προσηύξατο οὕτως" Ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ ὑπὲρ πάντων λεγομένων ϑεῶν ὑπάρχων ϑεός" ὁ μέχρι σήμερον ἐν τῇ Ἐφεσίων πόλει ἀϑετούμενος" ὁ ὑπερβαλών μου τῇ διανοίᾳ ἐλϑεῖν εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον ὃν οὐδέποτε ἐν νῷ εἶχον" ὑ πᾶσαν ϑεοσέβειων ἐλέγξας διὰ τῆς σῆς ἐπιστροφῆς" oU ὀνύueri πῶν εἴδωλον φεύγει καὶ πᾶς δαίμων δύναωμές τὲ καὶ πᾶσα ἀχάϑαρτος" καὶ νῦν φεύγων τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ σῷ τοῦ ἐνδ δε δαίμονος, ὕστις πλανᾷ τοσοῦτον ὄχλον, δεῖξον τὸ σὸν ἔλεος ἐν τῷ τύπῳ τούτῳ, ὕτε πεπλώνηνται. ### English translation (Claude) And having said this, he prayed thus: "O God, who are God above all so-called gods; who until today have been set at naught in the city of the Ephesians; who put it into my mind to come to this place, which I never had in mind; who have refuted every form of worship by turning men to you; at whose name every idol flees, and every demon and every unclean power; and now, as the demon here flees at your name, he who deceives so great a crowd, show your mercy in this place, for they have been led astray." ### Translation notes - "Every form of worship" means every false worship. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 41 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-41). ## Acts of John 42 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-42 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At John's prayer the altar and half the temple of Artemis collapse, and the Ephesians confess John's God. ### Greek text Καὶ ἅμα τῷ λέγειν τὸν ἸΙωώννην ταῦτα ἐξωπένης ὁ βωμὸς τῆς Ἡρτέμιδος διέστη εἰς μέοη πολλώ, καὶ τὼ ἐν τῷ ναῷ ἀναχείμενα ἄφνω πώνταω εἰς ἔδαφυς ἕπεσε, καὶ τὸ δόξαν αὐτῷ διερράγη, ὁμοίως καὶ τῶν ξοώνων πλεῖον τῶν ἑπτώ" καὶ τὸ τοῦ ναοῦ ἡμισυ κατέπεσεν, ὡς καὶ τὸν ἱευέω XGTEQYO- lO μένου τοῦ στυμόνος μονόπληγω ἀναιρεϑῆναι. ὁ οὖν ὄχλος ῳεσίων idóu: Εἷς ϑεὸς Ἰωώννου, si; (tóg ὁ ἐλεῶν ἡμᾶς, - “υνηγμένων οὖν πώντων ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τὴς μιαρᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος καὶ τὰς ϑυσίας ἐπιτελούντων -- τὸν γὰρ vor αὐτῆς χαταστραςέντα ὑπὸ Ἰωάννου ὄντων ἡμῶν ἐν τῇ ἐξορίᾳ οὗτοι 1ἢ πάλιν ἀνοιχοδύμη «v — ὁ δὲ Ἰωώννης ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ αὐτῶν ἔστη iq ὑψηλοῦ τόπου καὶ ἐδίδασκεν τοὺς ὄχλους ἀποστῆναι τῆς μυσαρῶς “ϑυσίας. οἵ δὲ οὐκ ἡ νέσχοντο ἀκοῦσαι αὐτοῦ λέγοντες; Τὶς σε ἥφερεν ὧδε μώγε; μὴ καὶ τοῦτον τὸν ναόν, ὃν μετὰ πολλοῦ κύπου οἰκοδομήσαμεν, βούλει καταστρέιμαι ὃν τρόπον ul πρότερον πεποίηχως; Ὃ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης ἔφ) πρὸς αὐτούς θὺ μόνον ὁ ναὸς ὑμῶν ἀφίεται ἔρημος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑμεῖς καὶ τὰ τέχναῳ ὑμῶν πανολεϊϑοίς παραδοϑηήσεσϑε, ἐὼν μὴ ἐπιγνῶτε τὸν ὄντως ὄντα ϑεύόν, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν ἄριστον. Πλησϑέντες δὲ ϑυμοῦ καὶ καταγαγόντες αὐτὸν τύπτοντες ἐσύραν ἀνηλεῶς. χείμενος δὲ ὁ ἀπόστολος τοῦ «Χριστοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν προσηύξατο λέγων" Κύριε σοῦ «Χριστὲ, καταπέσοι τὸ ἱερὸν τῆς μιαρᾶς Ἡρτέμιδος καὶ ἔμβαλε εὐϑύυτητα εὶς τὰς χαρδίας τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ἐπιγνῶναι σὲ τὸν ὠληδινὸν ϑεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας υἱὸν σου μονογενῆ ᾿Ιησοῦν Χριστὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ χόσιιου. Καὶ εὐθέως σεισμὸς ἐγένετο καὶ βροντὴ φοβερὰ καὶ AUTEGT QI 1j ὁ ναὸς τῆς ᾿Ἱρτέμιδος ἄνω κάτω, καὶ TG εἴδωλα πώντα συνετρίβησαν, καὶ πλῆϑος τοῦ λαοῦ ἐχ τοῦ φόβου ἀπέϑανον. ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ λοιποὶ τὸ “7εγονὸς εἶπον" (Οὐαὶ ἡμῖν" ἕως πότε “παροργέίζομεν τὸν ϑεὸν ἀνεχόμενος ἐπὶ ταῖς καχίκχες ἡμῶν; μή ποτὲ ἐν τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ ἡμῶν navokt oic πωραπέμιμει ἡμᾶς καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἡ μῶν. Καὶ ἐλϑόντες ἅπαντες ὁμοϑυμαδὸν ὅτι σὺ μόνος ϑεός, νῦν ἐπεστρέψαμεν ὁρῶντές cov τὼ ϑαυμάσια" ἐλέησον ἡμιᾶς ὁ ϑεὸς ὡς ϑέλεις, καὶ τῆς πολλῆς πλώνης "d à ῥῦσαι ἡμᾶς. Καὶ ob μὲν αὐτῶν ἐπ᾽ Ownv κείμενοι ἐλιτάνευον᾽ "PN: οἱ δὲ τὰ γόνατα κλίνοντες ἐδέοντο" οἱ δὲ τὰς ἐσϑῆτας διαρ- Ha ^ ρήξαντες ἔχλαιον" oi δὲ φυγεῖν ἐπειρῶντο. lido ### English translation (Claude) And as John was saying this, suddenly the altar of Artemis split into many pieces, and all the offerings in the temple suddenly fell to the ground, and what seemed … to it was shattered, and likewise more than seven of the images; and half of the temple fell down, so that the priest too, when the pillar came down, was killed at one blow. So the crowd of the Ephesians cried out: "One is the God of John, one is the God who has mercy on us, [Other recension: So when all were gathered at the feast of the abominable Artemis and were performing the sacrifices (for her temple, which had been overthrown by John while we were in exile, these men had built again), John stood at their feast on a high place and taught the crowds to depart from the abominable sacrifice. But they would not bear to hear him, saying: "Who brought you here, magician? Do you wish to overthrow this temple too, which we built with great toil, as you did before?" And John said to them: "Not only is your temple left desolate, but you and your children will be given over to utter destruction, unless you acknowledge the God who truly is, our Lord Jesus Christ." Filled with anger, they pulled him down and dragged him off, beating him mercilessly. And the apostle of Christ, lying on the ground, prayed, saying: "Lord Jesus Christ, may the temple of the abominable Artemis fall; and put uprightness into the hearts of this people, to know you the true God and him whom you sent, your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world." And at once there was an earthquake and fearful thunder, and the temple of Artemis was overturned from top to bottom, and all the idols were shattered, and a multitude of the people died of fear. And the rest, seeing what had happened, said: "Woe to us! How long shall we provoke God, who bears with our wickedness? Lest in our unbelief he give us and our city over to utter destruction." And coming all with one accord …] for you alone are God; now we have turned, seeing your wonders; have mercy on us, O God, as you will, and rescue us from our great error." And some of them lay on their faces entreating, others bent their knees and begged, others tore their garments and wept, and others tried to flee. ### Scripture references - Matt 23:38: allusion, medium confidence - John 17:3: allusion, high confidence - John 4:42: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - A word describing what was shattered is garbled in the OCR ("τὸ δόξαν"); marked "…". - The bracketed passage is the second recension printed by the editor, interleaved by the OCR; the main text resumes after it. - "Your temple is left desolate": Matt 23:38. "You the true God and him whom you sent": John 17:3. "Saviour of the world": John 4:42. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 42 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-42). ## Acts of John 43 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-43 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John gives glory to Jesus, and the Ephesians ask to be received. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης ἀνατείνας αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας ἐπαρϑεὶς T rjv ψυχὴν εἶπε πρὸς τὸν xvgiov: Δόξα σοι ᾿]ησοῦ μου ὃ τῆς i; "s ἀληϑείας μόνος ϑεός, ὅτι σὺ τοὺς σοὺς δούλους τέχνη ἀπο- δ ?1n | λαμβάνεις ποικίλῃ. Καὶ τοῦτο εἰπὼν εἶπε πρὸς TOY ὄχλονʼ "ipe μὲν ἀπολέσαντες" εἴδομεν rovg ϑεοὺς ἡμῶν ματαίως ἱδραμένον; εἴδομεν τὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς πολὺν καὶ αἰσχρὸν καταγέλωτα. Ghi ἐπίτρεπε ἡμῖν, δεόμεϑώ σου, παραγενομένοις εἰς τὴν οἱχίαν βοηϑεῖσϑαι ἀκωλύτως. δέχου ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἐν ὠπορίᾳ γεγονύτας. ### English translation (Claude) And John, stretching out his hands and lifted up in soul, said to the Lord: "Glory to you, my Jesus, the only God of truth, for you win your servants back by various arts." And having said this, … [44] … to the crowd: "… we have seen that our gods were set up in vain; we have seen the great and shameful mockery in them. But allow us, we beg you, when we come to your house, to be helped without hindrance. Receive us who have come to a loss." ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 44 is lost, and lines are lost in the OCR around it; "[44]" is placed by sense and lost words are marked "…". The last speech is the crowd's. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 43 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-43). ## Acts of John 45 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-45 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John promises to remain in Ephesus until the new believers are established. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν αὐτοῖς" Ἴνδρες πιστεύσατε ὅτι ὑμῶν ἕνεχεν ἐν τῇ ἔιρεσίων πόλει Éucive, τὴν ὁρμὴν εἰς ΣΣ μύργὴν ἐσχηκὼς καὶ τὰς λοιπὼς πόλεις, ὅπως καὶ οἱ ἐκεῖ δοῦλοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιστρέψουσι πρὸς αὐτόν. ἀλλ᾽ ἐπειδὴ ἀνισταμένην μηδέπω ἐν ὑμῖν τελείως ἀναπεπαυμένος, μεμένηκα tUyoμεγός μου τῷ ϑεῷ, καὶ παρεκάλουν αὐτὸν τότε ἐξελϑεῖν ᾿Εφέcov ὑπότωαν ὑμᾶς στηρίξω" ὃ καὶ ἰδὼν γεγονὼς καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον γινόμενος οὐχ ἀπολειφϑήσομαι ὑμῶν μέχρις &v καϑϑ περ παῖδας τοῦ τῆς τροφοῦ;dAuxroc ἀποσπώσω καὶ ini στερεὼν πέτράν χαταστήσω. ### English translation (Claude) And John said to them: "Men, believe that for your sakes I have remained in the city of the Ephesians, though I was eager to go to Smyrna and the other cities, so that the servants of Christ there too may turn to him. But since I was not yet fully at rest about you, I have remained, praying to my God, and I begged him to leave Ephesus only when I had strengthened you; and since I see that this has come about and is still more coming about, I will not leave you until I have weaned you like children from the nurse's milk and set you on a firm rock." ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:2: echo, medium confidence - Matt 7:24: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - "Milk" and "rock": compare 1 Cor 3:2; Matt 7:24. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 45 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-45). ## Acts of John 46 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-46 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A kinsman of the priest killed in the temple's fall turns to the Lord, and at John's word he raises the priest himself. ### Greek text '"Exiusvev οὖν ὁ Ἰωάννης παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς εἰσδεχόμενος roi πυλῶνος ἀναπαύσας εἰσῆλϑεν, τῷ τῆς υυχῆς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ey, ii πόϑῳ πρότερον τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἐπιμέλειαν ποιούμενος ἐνεϑυμηϑη — ns τοῦτο ἐν ἑαυτῷ “Ἵμεινον ἐμὲ τοῦ ζῶντος φροντίζειν ἢ τοῦ "a Jin γεχροῦ μου συγγενοῦς" οἷδα γὼρ ὅτι ἐπιστρέψαντός μου πρὸξῤ "nue, δ κύριον καὶ διασῴσαντος τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ψυχὴν οὐκ ἀντερεῖ δ — "usns ᾿Ιωώννης καὶ τὸν νεκρὸν ἀναστῆσαι. Καὶ ἀναστὰς τοῦ τύπου Ο jy, ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἐπορεύϑη κατ᾽ ἐκεῖνον xu" ὃν ὁ ταῦτα ἐννοήσας pus εἰσῆλϑε συγγενὴς τοῦ ἱερέως, x«i λαβόμενος αὐτοῦ τῆς χειρὸς "n εἶπεν" Πνεϑυμήϑης ταῦτα παραγενόμενος πρός ut τέκνον; — uus jo Κἀκεένῳ τούμῳ καὶ φρίχῃ συνεχόμενος εἶπε Ναὶ χύριε, oivus "itum, ἑαυτὸν εἰς τοὺς πύδας αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης" Ὁ κύριος uw, ἡμῶν ἔστιν ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός, ὅστις τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ δείξει ἐν τῷ νεχρῷ cov συγγενεῖ ὁ ἀναστήσας αὐτόν. ἰῷ v. 4i Καὶ ἀναστήσας τὸν νεωνίσχον καὶ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ "m. ι λαβόμενος εἶπεν" Ovx ἔστι μέγας ἀνδοὶ μεγώλων μυστηρίων — uns Νὰ χρατούντων ἔτι ἐν τοῖς μικροῖς κατατρίβεσίλαι. ἢ τί μέγα Tn his γόσοις νύσους σωματικὰς ἀπαλλάττεσϑαι, Καὶ ἔτι τὸν veavi- m " cxov ix τῆς χειρὸς κρατῶν ἔφη" “Σοὶ λέγω τέκνον, πορευϑὲς — αὐτὸς τὸν τεϑνεῶτα ἔγειρον μηδὲν εἰπὼν jj τοῦτο μόνον" 4e EN y&v σοι ὁ τοῦ ϑεοῦ δοῦλος ᾿Ιωάννης" νάστα. Ὁ δὲ νιαν — ἣν σχος πορευϑεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον συγγενῆ μόνον τοῦτο εἰπὼν σὺ- E wb vóvrog αὐτοῦ ὄχλου πολλοῦ, ἔχων αὐτὸν ζῶντα εἰσῆλϑεν ες us δραμὼν ὁ ἕτερος πρὸς Ἰωάννην λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ" Πώντως M ἐμοῦ πιστεύοντος καὶ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ ψυχὴν διασῴσαντος οὐχ ἀν- i T reget ὁ Ἰωάννης ἀναστῆσαι νεχρὸν τὸν ἀδελφόν uo. Καὶ πω b ἡνίκα ἤγγισεν πρὸς ᾿Ιωάννην, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν" Üv ταῦτα gy; ive vui o τέχνον; ὄντως, καὶ καλὴν βουλὴν ἐποιήσω. Tonos E LUN δὲ καὶ φρίκη κατέσχεν τὸν ἱερέω ὅτι οὕτως εἶπεν αὐτὸν ogüíos — ei ὁ ὠπόστολος τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὰ ἐνθυμήματα αὐτοῦ. ND Di ΑἹ "Tórs λαβόμενος αὐτοῦ τῆς χειρὸς ἀνῆλθεν iv p TO — C898, πτῶμα ἣν τοῦ τεϑνηχότος, ὄχλου πολλοῦ περιόντος, καὶ χρα- "i i τήσας τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ εἶπεν. ἀνάστα ὁ χαϑεύδων ἐν τῷ. LA ὀνύματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ roD Ναζωραίου" Καὶ εὐϑέως ἀνέστι; Lo ὁ ἱερεὺς ὑγιής. τοῦ δὲ ὄχλου ϑαυμάζοντος x«i χρώζοντο —— Ju Μέγας ὁ ϑεὸς ᾿Ιωάννου" ἐπιλαβόμενος αὐτοὺς ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης xti ALES χατηχησας ἐβάπτισεν εἰς τὸ ὄνοιια τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ "e τὸν "Iacvrgr.. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωώννης ἰδὼν τὸν ἐγηγερμένον εἶπεʼ IVov ἀναστὰς οὐ ζῆς ὄντως οὐδὲ τῆς ἀληϑινῆς ζωῆς κοινωνὸς καὶ χληρονόμος" βούλει γενέσϑδαι οὗ ὀνόμωτι καὶ δυνώμει ἀνέστης; xui νῦν πίστευσον, καὶ ζήσεις εἰς ἅπαντας αἰῶνας. Ὃ δὲ αὐτόϑι πιστεύσας ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον ᾿Ιησοῦν ἣν λοιπὸν προσκαρτερῶὼν τῷ locvvy. ### English translation (Claude) So John stayed with them, receiving them … [A kinsman of the priest, having laid the body] at the gate, came in, and, with longing for his own soul, taking care of himself first, he considered this within himself: "It is better for me to care for the living than for my dead kinsman; for I know that if I turn to the Lord and save my own soul, John will not refuse to raise the dead man too." And John, rising from his place, went to where he was, the kinsman of the priest, who had been thinking these things; and taking him by the hand he said: "Did you come to me with these thoughts, child?" And he, seized with trembling and awe, said: "Yes, lord," and threw himself at his feet. And John said: "Our Lord is Jesus Christ, who will show his power in your dead kinsman by raising him." [47] And raising the young man up and taking his hand he said: "It is no great thing for a man who has control of great mysteries to busy himself still with small things. Or what great thing is it to free bodies from diseases?" And still holding the young man by the hand he said: "I tell you, child, go and raise the dead man yourself, saying nothing but only this: 'John the servant of God says to you: Arise.'" And the young man went to his kinsman, and saying only this, with a great crowd present, came in bringing him alive … [Other recension: … the other ran to John, saying within himself: "Surely, if I believe and save my own soul, John will not refuse to raise my dead brother." And when he came near to John, John said to him: "Is this what you are thinking, child? Truly, you have made a good resolve." And fear and trembling seized him, because the apostle of Christ had told him his thoughts so plainly. Then John took him by the hand and went up to where the body of the dead man was, with a great crowd around; and taking hold of his hand he said: "Arise, you who sleep, in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene." And at once the priest rose up sound. And as the crowd marvelled and cried out, "Great is the God of John!", John took them and, having instructed them, baptized them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.] And John, seeing the man who had been raised, said: "Now that you have risen, you are not truly living, nor are you a partaker and heir of the true life. Will you become his, by whose name and power you arose? Believe now, and you will live for all ages." And he believed in the Lord Jesus at once, and from then on he kept close to John. ### Scripture references - Eph 5:14: allusion, medium confidence - Matt 28:19: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 47 is lost; "[47]" is placed by sense. The opening of chapter 46 is garbled in the OCR; the words in square brackets ("A kinsman of the priest, having laid the body") supply the sense and are not in the Greek. - The bracketed "Other recension" passage is the second recension printed by the editor, interleaved by the OCR. Its last words ("and of the Holy Spirit") are garbled. - Many marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 46 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-46). ## Acts of John 48 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-48 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: On the road John sees a young man kill his father, who had rebuked him for pursuing another man's wife. ### Greek text Ty δὲ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ ὄναρ ϑεασώμενος ὃ ᾿Ιωάννης μίλια τρία ἔξω πυλῶν περιπατῆσαι, οὐχ ἠμέλησεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὄρίδρου ἀνώστὰς ἅμα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν ἐβάδιζε. χαί τις χωρικὸς νουϑετούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου πατρὸς ὕπως τὴν τοῦ συγεργοῦ γυναῖχα μὴ λάβη ἑαυτῷ, ἀπειλοῦντος ἑαυτῷ σφάξαι ἐχείνου, ὁ νεανίσχος μὴ φέρων τὴν νουϑεσίων τοῦ πωτρὸς λαχτίσας αὐτὸν ἄφωνον ἔζϑηκεν. ἰδὼν δὲ τὸ συμβὰν ὁ ᾿Ιωέώννης εἶπε πρὸς τὸν χύριονʼ Κύριε, τούτοιʼ με ἕνεχεν ἐχέλευσας σήutpov ἐνθάδε ἐξελϑεῖν; ### English translation (Claude) On the next day, having seen in a dream that he should walk three miles outside the gates, John did not neglect it, but rising at dawn set out on the road with the brothers. And a certain countryman, being admonished by his own father not to take to himself the wife of his fellow-worker, while he threatened to slaughter him, — the young man, not bearing his father's admonition, kicked him and left him speechless. And John, seeing what had happened, said to the Lord: "Lord, was it for this that you commanded me to come out here today?" ### Translation notes - The construction of the second sentence is broken in the Greek; it is translated as it stands. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 48 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-48). ## Acts of John 49 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-49 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John stops the fleeing parricide, who confesses that he meant to kill the woman, her husband and himself. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ νεωνίσχος ἰδὼν τὸ ὀξὺ τοῦ ϑανάτου, προσδοκῶν συλληφϑῆναι, σπασώμενος ὃ ἣν ἐν τῇ ζώνῃ αὐτοῦ δρέπανον ὁρμῇ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἔπαυλιν δρομαέως" καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἀπανχαὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος σὺν πολλῷ πλείονι OgÀQ. ἐμείναμεν δὲ ἐν ταῖς πέριξ χώραις ἔτη βαπτίζοντες καὶ καταρτίζοντες ἱερεῖς xui ϑεραπεύοντες πᾶσαν vocor καὶ πᾶσαν μαλαχέαν, πώντων πιστευσάντων ἀπὸ ϑάλασσαν ἕως ϑώλασσαν" καὶ uer ταῦτα ὑπεστρένιωμεν ἐν "Eqéao δοξώζοντες τὸν ϑεόν. Μετὰ οὖν ἡμέρας τινὰς κατὰ ϑείαν ἀποκάλυιηιν ἐξὴλϑὲν ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης Év τινι κώμῃ εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν τῶν ὠδελφῶν. καὶ ἣν ixü τις νεανίας χωρικύς, vovisrovutrog πολλώκις παρὼ τοῦ ἰδίου πατρὸς ἵνα μὴ λώβη τοῦ συνεργοῦ τὴν γυναῖχα" φϑύνῳ δὲ διαβόλῳ κινηϑ είς, μὴ φέρων παῖς τὴν τοῦ παωτρὺς νουϑεσίων, λαχτίσας αὐτὸν ὥφνω ἔϑηκεν ἐπὶ τὴν γὴν "xoóv, τοῦτον οὖν ὁ Ἰωάννης ἰδὼν εἶπεν: κύριε, σήμερον iz ἕνεχεν rovrov ue ἐχάλεσας ivt; Ὁ δὲ νεανίας ὁρῶν τὸν ἄωρον ϑάνατον τοῦ πατρὸς τήσας αὐτῷ ἔφη" Φτῆϑι σὺ δαῖμον ἀναιδέστατε, καὶ λέγε μοι ποῦ τὴν ὁρμὴν ἔχων φέρεις δρέπανον αἵματος ὀρεγόμενον. Καὶ ὁ νεανίσκος ταραχϑεὶς καὶ τὸ σέδηρον εἰς γὴν ἀφεὶς εἶπεν αὐτῷ" Αϑλιόν τι καὶ ἀπάνϑρωπον διαπραξάμενος, καὶ ἐπιστάμενος, βιαιότερον τὸ κακὸν ἔχριναω πρᾶξαι καὶ ὠμότερον ἑαυτόν, ὠποϑανεῖν ἅπαξ. τοῦ γὰρ πατρὸς ἀεὶ σωφρονίζοντὸς μὲ ἀμοίχευτον βίον ἔχειν καὶ σεπτόν, μὴ φέρων αὐτὸν διελέγχοντώ ut λωαχτίσας αὐτὸν ἀπέκτεινα, καὶ ἰδὼν τὸ συμβὰν ἔσπευδον πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα δι᾿ ἣν πατρὸς γέγονα φονεύς, xti αὐτὴν σφάξαι πειρώμενος καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς καὶ ἐμαυτὸν ὕστερον πάντων, μὴ ὑποφέρων ὁραϑῆναι τῷ τῆς γυναιχὸς ἀνδρί, δίκην ϑανάτου ὑπομένων. ### English translation (Claude) And the young man, seeing the suddenness of the death and expecting to be arrested, drew the sickle that was in his belt and ran at full speed toward his own farmhouse; and John, meeting [Other recension: … of the Holy Spirit, with a much larger crowd. And we stayed for years in the surrounding regions, baptizing and appointing priests and healing every disease and every sickness, all believing from sea to sea; and after this we returned to Ephesus glorifying God. Then after some days, by divine revelation, John went out to a certain village to visit the brothers. And there was there a young countryman, often admonished by his own father not to take his fellow-worker's wife; and moved by the envy of the devil, the youth, not bearing his father's admonition, kicked him and suddenly laid him on the ground dead. Seeing this, John said: "Lord, was it for this that you called me here today?" And the young man, seeing his father's untimely death, …] him, said: "Stand, most shameless demon, and tell me where you are rushing, carrying a sickle that thirsts for blood." And the young man, troubled, let the iron fall to the ground and said to him: "I have done a wretched and inhuman deed, and knowing it, I resolved to do a still more violent and crueller evil to myself: to die once for all. For since my father was always admonishing me to live a chaste and honourable life without adultery, I could not bear his reproof, and I kicked him and killed him; and seeing what had happened I was hurrying to the woman on whose account I have become my father's murderer, intending to kill her and her husband, and myself last of all, since I could not bear to be seen by the woman's husband while I underwent the penalty of death." ### Translation notes - The bracketed passage is the second recension printed by the editor, interleaved by the OCR; the main text resumes after it. - The young man's adultery is with another man's wife; μοιχεία is rendered "adultery". ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 49 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-49). ## Acts of John 50 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-50 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The young man promises to give up the woman if his father is raised, and John begins to pray. ### Greek text Kei ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπεν αὐτῷ" "Iva μὴ τόπον δῶ τῷ ἐν σοὶ ϑέλοντι γελᾶν καὶ παίζειν ὑποχωρήσας καὶ παριδὼν ὑμᾶς κινδυνεύοντας, ἐλϑὲ σὺν ἐμοὶ καὶ τὸν πατέρα σου δεῖξόν μοι ποῦ ἐστι κχείμενος. καὶ ἐών σοι αὐτὸν ἀναστήσω, ἀπο: στήσω ἔτι τῆς ἐπισφαλοῦς σοι γενομένης γυναιχός; Ὁ δὲ ve ανίσκος εἶπεν Eav ζῶνταώ μοι αὐτὸν τὸν πατέρα μου dva. στήσης, καὶ ὄψοιιαι αὐτὸν ὅλον διαλεγόμενον ἐν τῷ βίῳ, ἀποστήσομαι τοῦ λοιποῦ. Καὶ ὡς ταῦτω ἔλεγεν, ἐπέστησαν τῷ τόπῳ λέγοντες ἔνϑα ἔχειτο ὁ πρεσβύτης νεκρός, καὶ παροδιτῶν πλειόνων παρεστώτων τῷ τόπῳ. Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης ἔφη τῷ νεωτέρῳ" ': λαίπωρε, οὐδὲ τὸ γῆρας ἐφείσω τοῦ πατρός σου; Ὃ δὲ χλαίων καὶ κατατιλλόμενος ἐπὶ τούτῳ μετεγνωχέναι ἔλεγεν" ὁ δὲ roi χυρίου δοῦλος ᾿Ιωώννης εἶπεν" Ὁ ἐμφανίσας μοι σήμερον ottπρὸς αὐτόν" Στῆϑε δαῖμον καὶ ἀνάγγειλόν μοι τί τρέχεις. Ὁ δὲ παῖς τρέμων καὶ κλαίων διηγήσατο τὸν ᾿Ιωάώννην ori Πατρὸς φονεὺς γέγονα ὁ ταλαίπωρος" καὶ ἰδοὺ διὰ τὴν πολλὴν ϑλίψεν μέλλω καὶ ἣν ἐμοίχευσα γυναῖκα ἀνελεῖν καὶ ἐμαυτόν. δ0ὺ ἀλλ᾽ εἴ τι δύνασαι, βοήϑησον. ἡμῖν μαϑητὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. ἐὰν οὖν τοῦτον ἀναστήσης, ἀπὸ τοῦ λοιποῦ ἀποστηcope: τὸ χκαχὸν. ### English translation (Claude) And John said to him: "So that I may not give room to the one in you who wishes to laugh and mock, by withdrawing and overlooking you in your danger, come with me and show me where your father lies. And if I raise him for you, will you give up the woman who has become so dangerous to you?" And the young man said: "If you raise my father alive for me, and I see him whole and speaking in this life, I will give her up for the future." And as he was saying this, they came to the place where the old man lay dead, and many passers-by were standing at the place. And John said to the youth: "Wretch, did you not spare even your father's old age?" And he, weeping and tearing his hair, said that he repented of it; and the servant of the Lord John said: "You who showed me today … [Other recension: … to him: "Stand, demon, and tell me why you are running." And the boy, trembling and weeping, told John: "I, wretch that I am, have become my father's murderer; and see, in my great distress I am about to kill the woman with whom I committed adultery, and myself. But if you can do anything, help us, disciple of Christ. If you raise this man, I will turn away from evil for the future."] ### Translation notes - John's prayer, begun at the end of the main text here, continues in ref 51. The bracketed passage is the second recension printed by the editor. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 50 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-50). ## Acts of John 51 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-51 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John prays for the father to be restored to life. ### Greek text Τοῦ δὲ Ιωάννου εἰπόντος πρὸς αὐτὸν LL τὰς T0Autg τοῦ πατρύς σου ᾧχτιρως ταλαίπωρε; εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν λασϑαι εἰς τὸν τόπον τοῦτον, ὁ ἐπιστάμενος ὅτι τοῦτο ἤμελλε γίνεσϑαι, ὃν μηδὲ λαϑεῖν δύναται τῶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ πράξεων, ὅπως ὧν ϑεραπείαν καὶ ἴωσιν παρεχόμενός μοι ϑελήματι τῷ σῷ" καὶ νῦν παράσχου τὸν πρεσβύτην ζῶντα, ὁρῶν τὸν φονέων ἑκυτοῦ διχαστὴν γενόμενον" καὶ φεῖσαι αὐτοῦ μόνος σὺ χύριε ) ὠἀφειδησωντῶ πατρὸς συιιβουλεύυεσϑδαι αὐτῷ τὰ ἄριστα. ### English translation (Claude) [Other recension: And when John said to him: "Did you not spare your father's grey hairs, nor pity them, wretch?" … looking up] to heaven: … to come to this place, you who knew that this was going to happen, from whom none of the deeds of life can be hidden, who grant me every cure and healing by your will: now too grant the old man to us alive, seeing that his murderer has become his own judge; and spare him, you alone, Lord, though he did not spare the father who counselled him for the best." ### Translation notes - The first words belong to the second recension; the main text of John's prayer resumes with "to come to this place". The words between are garbled in the OCR; marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 51 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-51). ## Acts of John 52 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-52 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The father is raised, and John leads him into the city as a believer. ### Greek text Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν προσελϑὼν τῷ γέροντι εἶπεν" Οὐκ ἀτυνήσει μου ὁ χύριος καὶ μέχρι σοῦ τὸ χρηστὸν ἕλεος καὶ τὰ ἀνυπερήφανα σπλάγχνα ἁπλῶσαι" ἀναστὰς οὖν δὸς τοῦ ἐπιχείρου γεγενημένου ἔργου δόξων τῷ ϑεῷ. Καὶ ὁ γέρων εἶπεν" ἀνίσταμαι κύριε. Καὶ ἀνέστη. ὃς ἀνακαϑίσας ἔφη; Απηλλαγμένον μὲ βίου δεινοτώτου καὶ ὕβρεις υἱοῦ ἐπιφέροντα δεινὰς καὶ πολλὰς καὶ φιλοστοργίαν μετεχαλέσω ἄνϑρωπε τοῦ ϑεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος ἐπὶ τένι; ἐπὶ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἀνίστασαι, ἔδει σε μᾶλλον τεϑνώναι" ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ κρείττοσιν ἔγειραι. Καὶ παραλω- βὼν αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὴν πόλιν εὐαγγελιζόμενος αὐτῷ τὴν χάριν τοῦ ϑεοῦ, ὡς πρὶν ἐπιβῆναι τῇ πύλῃ τὸν πρεσβύτὴν πιστεῦσαι. ### English translation (Claude) And having said this he went up to the old man and said: "My Lord will not grow weary of extending his kind mercy and his unhaughty compassion even to you. Rise, then, and give glory to God for the work that has been done before your eyes." And the old man said: "I arise, lord." And he arose. And sitting up he said: "I had been released from a most terrible life, and from bearing the many terrible insults of my son and his want of natural affection; for what purpose have you called me back, man of the living God?" … "If you rise for the same things, it were better for you to be dead; but rise for better things." And taking him he led him into the city, preaching to him the grace of God, so that the old man believed before he entered the gate. ### Translation notes - The words introducing John's reply are lost in the OCR; marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 52 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-52). ## Acts of John 53 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-53 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The young man mutilates himself and throws the severed parts at the adulteress. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ νεανίσκος ϑεασώμενος τὴν ὠπροσδόχητον τοῦ πατρὸς ἀνάστασιν καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίαν, λαβὼν δρέπανον τὰ ἑαυτοῦ μόρια ἀφείλατο, καὶ δραμὼν εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν ἐν ἢ tjv μοιχαλίδα εἶχεν, εἰς ὄψιν αὐτῆς προσέρρεψεν εἰπών" Διὰ σὲ πατρὸς φονεὺς καὶ ὑμῶν τῶν δύο καὶ ἐμαυτοῦ ἐγενόμην. ἔχεις τὰ τούτῳ ὅμοια καὶ αἴτια. ἐμὲ γὼρ ὁ ϑεὸς ἠλέησεν ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν, ἀναβλέψνας xui στενάξας εἶπεν: Κύριε σοῦ μόνου ἐστὶν τὸ ἔργον τοῦτο. Καὶ χρατήσας τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ τεϑνηκότος εἶπεν: Ἔν τῷ ὀνόματι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἀνάστα. Καὶ εὐϑέως ἀνέστη. Ιδὼν δὲ ὁ παῖς τὴν παρ᾽ ἐλπέδα ἀναβίωσιν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ σωτηρίαν, λαβὼν τὸ δρέπανον τὰ ícvτοῦ μόρια ἀφείλετο" καὶ δραμὼν εἰς τὴν οἰκίων εὶς ὄψιν τῆς μοιχαλίδος αὐτοῦ ἔρρεψεν αὐτὰ λέγων" Διὰ σὲ πατρὸς φονεὺς ^" ἡμῶν τῶν δύο γέγονα" καὶ ἰδοὺ ἔχεις τὼ τούτων αἴτια. ji r6 ὁ ϑεὸς ἠλέησεν ἐπιγνῶναι αὐτὸν διὼ τοῦ δούλου αὐτοῦ ### English translation (Claude) And the young man, seeing the unexpected raising of his father and his own salvation, took the sickle and cut off his private parts, and running into the house where he kept the adulteress, threw them in her face, saying: "Because of you I became the murderer of my father and of you two and of myself. You have what is like these and the cause. For God has had mercy on me to know his power." [Other recension: … looking up and groaning, he said: "Lord, this work is yours alone." And taking the dead man's hand he said: "In the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God, arise." And at once he arose. And the boy, seeing his father's unhoped-for return to life and his own salvation, took the sickle and cut off his private parts; and running into the house he threw them in the face of his adulteress, saying: "Because of you I became the murderer of my father and of us two; and see, you have the cause of these things. But God has had mercy on me, to know him through his servant"] ### Translation notes - The self-mutilation is part of the story, and John rebukes it in the next ref; it is translated as written. The bracketed passage is the second recension printed by the editor. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 53 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-53). ## Acts of John 54 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-54 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John rebukes the young man's self-mutilation and accepts his repentance; the Smyrnaeans invite John; and John answers a priest who scorned him for watching a partridge. ### Greek text Καὶ ἀνελὼν ἀνήγγειλε τῷ ᾿Ιωώννῃ £umpocót» τῶν ὠδελῳῶν τὸ ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πραχϑέν. ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπεν αὐτῷ" Ὁ ὑποβαλών σοι νεωνίσχε τὸν πατέρα σου ἀποκτεῖνιιι καὶ μοιχὸν ἀλλοτρίως γυναικὸς γενέσίδαι, οὗτός σοι ὡς δίχωιον ὅ ἔργον x«i τὸ ἀφελεῖν τὰ ἄκαιρα ἐποίησεν. ἔδει δέ os οὐχὶ τοὺς τόπους ὠφαωνίσαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἔννοιων, ἥτις διὰ τῶν μορίων ἐχείνων ἐδείκνυτο χαλεπαίνουσα" οὐ γὰρ τὰ ὄδυγανώ ἐστι βλεπτιχὼ τῷ ἀνϑοώπῳ ἀλλ᾽ αἱ ἀφανεῖς πηγαὶ δι᾿ ὧν πῶσα χίνησις αἰσχρὰ χινεῖται καὶ εἰς τὸ ψ νερὸν πρόεισιν. μετεγνωχιὼὸς οὖν τέκνον ἐπὶ τῇ τοιαύτῃ cire καὶ χαταμωϑὼν τὰς τοῦ “Σατανῶ τέχνας ἔχεις τὸν ϑεὸν βοη ϑοῦντώ σοι εἰς πάντα τὰ τῆς 'νυχῆς cov ἐγχειρίζοντα. ὋὉ δὲ νεανίσχος ἡσυχάζων προσεχαυτέρει μετεγνωκχὼς ἐπὶ τοῖς προτέροις ἁμαοτήμασιν ὕπως ὠᾳφέσεως τύχη παρὼ τῆς τοῦ ϑεοῦ χρηστότητος" καὶ οὐχ ἐχω15 ρίζετο τοῦ ᾿]ωώννου. δῦ Τούτων οὖν γινομένων ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐν τῇ Ἐφεσίων πόλει “Σμυρναῖοι διεπέμιμαντο πρὸς αὐτὸν πρέσβεις λέγοντας ᾿ἀχοῖο94 Ταῦτα ὠχκούσας ὁ Ἰωάννης καὶ λυπηϑεὶς εἶπεν πρὺς αὐτόν" Takainopt, ὁ ὑπο Bes σὲ TOY πατέρα OOV φονεῦσαι δαίμων, αὐτός σε ὑπέβαλεν καὶ τοῦτο ποιῆσαι. ἔδει γάρ ot οὐχὶ τοὺς τόπους αὐτῶν ἀφ ανέσαι, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἔννοιαν ἐχ τῆς εὐχῆς σου" οὐ γὰρ τὰ ὄργανά εἰσιν,βλαπτιχώ, ἀλλ ὁ νοῦς ὁ συγκαταβαίνων τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ. μετανόησον οὖν GA ἐπὶ τὴ παρανόμῳ τύλμῃ ἡ ἐποίησας. 'Ü δὲ παῖς στένων καὶ τρέμων παρεχάλει τὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολον συγγνώμην λαβὼν τʼ ind ἡμαρτημένων. ὃν λαβὼν. ὁ ἀπόστολος τοῦ “Χριστοῦ εἰσήγα ἐν τῇ πόλει" καὶ XCTI ous καὶ Danrícus αὐτῷ ἅμα τοῦ κι μὲν ὃν χηρύσσεις ϑεὺὸν ἄφϑονός ἐστε καὶ διετώξατό σοι μὴ ἐμφιλοχωρεῖν ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ. ὡς οὖν ϑεοῦ τοιούτου κηρυξ ὑπάρχεις, ἐλϑὲ εἰς τὴν Σμύρναν καὶ εἰς τὰς λοιπὰς πόλεις, (rz cov τὸν ϑεὸν ἐπιγνῶμεν, καὶ ἐπιγνόντες αὐτὸν ἐν αὐτῷ τὰς ἐλπίδας ἔχωμεν.: ϑύμησιν αὐτοῦ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν ἄμεινον ἦν καὶ σὲ τέκνον ὑρῶν πέρδιχα χονιζομένην xt μὴ εὶς αἰσχρὰς καὶ βεβήλους πράξεις μολύνεσϑαι. ὁ γὰρ πάντων τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ τὴν μετώνοιαν ἀναμένων διὰ τοῦτο ἐνταῦϑα cs ἤγαγεν" ἐπεὶ ἐγὼ πέρδικος χονιζομένης οὐ χρήζω" ἡ γὰρ πέρδιξ ἡ σή ἐστιν ### English translation (Claude) And he went back and reported to John, in the presence of the brothers, what he had done. And John said to him: "Young man, he who put it into your mind to kill your father and to become the adulterer of another man's wife, he also made you do this, as though it were a righteous deed, to remove the unseasonable parts. But you ought to have destroyed not the places, but the thought that showed itself angry through those members; for it is not the organs that are harmful to man, but the unseen springs through which every shameful motion is stirred and comes out into the open. Having repented, then, child, of such a fault, and having learned the arts of Satan, you have God to help you in everything that your soul requires." And the young man kept quiet and persevered, repenting of his former sins so that he might obtain forgiveness from the goodness of God; and he did not leave John. [55] So while these things were being done by him in the city of the Ephesians, the Smyrnaeans sent envoys to him, saying: "We hear [Other recension: Hearing this, John was grieved and said to him: "Wretch, the demon who suggested to you to murder your father himself suggested this to you too. For you ought to have done away not with their places but with the thought, by your prayer; for it is not the organs that are harmful, but the mind that consents to sin. Repent, then, of the lawless daring you have committed." And the boy, groaning and trembling, besought the apostle of Christ, having received pardon for his sins. And the apostle of Christ took him and brought him into the city, and instructed him and baptized him together with …] … that the God whom you preach is without envy and has commanded you not to linger in one place. Since, then, you are the herald of such a God, come to Smyrna and to the other cities, so that through you we may come to know your God, and knowing him may have our hopes in him." [56] … his thought, he said to him: "It would be better for you too, child, to watch a partridge dusting itself, and not to be defiled by shameful and profane deeds. For he who awaits the conversion and repentance of all brought you here for this reason; since I have no need of a partridge dusting itself; for the partridge is your soul." ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 55 and 56 are lost; "[55]" and "[56]" are placed by sense. - The OCR placed the text of chapter 58 between chapters 55 and 56; it is moved to ref 57, after chapter 57, by logged corrections. - The opening of chapter 56 is lost (in the edition, John watches a partridge dusting itself, and a priest who comes by thinks it beneath him); marked "…". - The bracketed passage is the second recension printed by the editor. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 54 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-54). ## Acts of John 57 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-57 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The priest confesses that God dwells in John; later John announces his return to Ephesus and comforts the brothers. ### Greek text Ταῦτα ἀκούσας ὃ πρεσβύτης καὶ ἰδὼν ὅτε οὐκ ἔλαϑεν dià πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ ἀπόστολος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἐβόα λέγων" Νὺν οἷδωα ὅτι ὁ ϑεὸς οἰκεῖ ἐν σοὶ μακάριε ᾿Ιωάννη" καὶ μαXápi0g ὅστις οὐκ ἐπείρασεν ἐν σοὶ τὸν Ütóv' ὁ γὰρ σὲ πειράζων τὸν ἀπείραστον πειράζει. Παρεκάλει δὲ αὐτὸν εὔχεσϑλαε ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ: καὶ κατηχήσας αὐτὸν καὶ δοὺς κανόνας ἀπέλυσεν εἰς τὸν οἶχον αὐτοῦ δοξάζων τὸν ἐπὶ πάντων ϑεόν. Χρόνου δὲ ἱχωνοῦ διελίόντος καὶ μηδενὸς τῶν ἀδελφῶν λυπηϑέντος πώποτε ὑπὸ locvvov, ἐλυπήἵδησαν τότε εἰρηχὐτος αὐτοῦ" ᾿1δελφοί, ἤδη με καιρὸς τὴν Ἔφεσον καταλαβεῖν" συντίϑεμωι γὰρ τοῖς ἐχεῖ μένουσι, μήπως ὁμϑυμήσωσι πολλῷ χούνῳ μὴ ἔχοντες ἄνϑρωπον τὸν ἐπιστηρίζοντα αὐτούς" εἰς τὸ δὲ τὸν ϑεὸν ἔχειν ὑμᾶς πώντας τὸν νοῦν, τὸν μὴ ἀπολιμπανόμενον ἡμῶν, ᾿Ἰχούοντες δὲ ταῦτα παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ οἱ ὠδελύ οἱ ἐπένϑουν, ἐπειδὴ αὐτοῦ ἐχωρίζοντο. καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπεν" Εἰ χἀγὼ χωρίζοιαι ὑμῶν, GAX ὁ Χριστὸς σὺν ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀεί" ὗν ἐὼν χαϑαρῶς φιλῆτε, ἀνεπίλειπτον ἕξετε τὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ χοινωνίαν" φιλούμενος γὰρ qva τοὺς φιλοῦντας αὐτόν. ### English translation (Claude) Hearing this, the old man, seeing that nothing in his heart had escaped notice, all of which the apostle of Christ had told him, fell on his face to the ground and cried out, saying: "Now I know that God dwells in you, blessed John; and blessed is he who has not tempted God in you; for he who tempts you tempts the one who cannot be tempted." And he begged him to pray for him; and having instructed him and given him rules, he sent him away to his house, glorifying the God who is over all. [58] And when a considerable time had passed, and none of the brothers had ever been grieved by John, they were grieved then, when he said: "Brothers, it is now time for me to go back to Ephesus; for I have an agreement with those who live there, lest they become slack, having for a long time no one to strengthen them. But all of you must keep your mind on God, who does not forsake us." And hearing this from him the brothers mourned, because they were being separated from him. And John said: "Even if I am separated from you, yet Christ is with you always; and if you love him purely, you will have unfailing fellowship with him; for being loved, he loves those who love him." ### Scripture references - Jas 1:13: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 58 is lost. Its text, misplaced by the OCR inside ref 54, is moved here by logged corrections and begins at "[58]". - "Cannot be tempted": compare Jas 1:13. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 57 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-57). ## Acts of John 59 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-59 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John leaves for Ephesus with a large company of believers. ### Greek text Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν καὶ συνταξάμενος αὐτοῖς, καταλιcov rt πολλὰ χρήματα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς εἰς διάδοσιν, πενϑουύντων ἁπάντων τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ στεναζόντων ἐξῆλϑεν εἰς Ἔφεσον. συνήεσων δὲ αὐτῷ ἐκ τῆς Ἐφέσου ᾿ἀνδρόνικός τε x«i Zoovcurvr, καὶ οἱ περὶ τὸν “υχομήδην καὶ Κλεύβιον, ἠχολούΐλησαν δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ᾿ριστοβούλα, ἐγνωχυῖα τὸν ἄνδρα αὐτῆς Τέρτυλλον iv τῇ ὁδῷ τεϑνώναι, Ἰρίστιππος δὲ ἅμα τῷ Ξενοιῶντι, καὶ ἡ σώφρων πόρνη, καὶ ἕτεροι πλείονες, οἷς ἑκάστοτε προέτρεπεν ἐπὶ τὸν χύριον, καὶ μηχέτι βουλόμενοι χωρίζεσύγαι αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) And having said this and taken leave of them, leaving much money with the brothers for distribution, while all the brothers mourned and groaned, he set out for Ephesus. And there went with him from Ephesus Andronicus and Drusiana, and the households of Lycomedes and Cleobius; and there followed him also Aristobula, who had learned that her husband Tertullus had died on the way, and Aristippus with Xenophon, and the chaste harlot, and many others, whom he continually encouraged toward the Lord, and who no longer wished to be separated from him. ### Translation notes - "The chaste harlot" is a former prostitute who had become a believer. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 59 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-59). ## Acts of John 60 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-60 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At an inn John orders the bedbugs to leave his bed for the night. ### Greek text Ααταχϑέντων δὲ ἡμῶν ἔν τινι πανδοχείῳ ἐρήμῳ τὴν πρώτην ἡμέραν, καὶ ἀπορούντων κραββάτου ἕνεχεν ᾿Ιωέννου, παίγνιον εἴδομεν. εἷς τις ἣν ἐκεῖ ἄστρωτος κράββατος χείμενος ἔν | rivi τύπῳ, ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἃ ἐπεφερόμεϑα περιβόλαια στρώσαντες παρεκαλέσαμεν αὐτὸν ἀνωπεσόντα ἐν αὐτῷ ἀναπαυϑῆναι, τῶν λοιπῶν ἁπάντων ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐδάφους ὑπνωσάντων. χατακλιϑεὶς οὖν ὑπὸ τῶν κορίων διωχλεῖτο" καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ πλεῖον αὐτῷ ὀχληρότεροι ἐγίνοντο, ἤδη τῆς νυχτὸς τὸ μέσον καταλαβούση):, ἀκουόντων πώντων ἡμῶν ἔφη αὐτοῖς" Ὑμῖν λέγω ὦ κύραι, εὐγνωμονήσατε σὺν ἑνὲ πάντες, καὶ καταλιπόντες τὴν νύχτα ταύτην τὸν οἶχον ὑμῶν ἡσυχάσατε ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ, καὶ ἔστε πόρρω τῶν δούλων τοῦ ϑεοῦ. Καὶ ἡμῶν γελώντων καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον ὁμιλούντων ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης εὶς ὕπνον ἐτράπετο" αὐτοὶ δὲ ἠρέμα λαλοῦντες ὠδιόχλητοι αὐτῷ ἐγινόμεϑϑα. ### English translation (Claude) And when we had put up at a lonely inn on the first day, and were at a loss for a bed for John, we saw an amusing thing. There was one bed there, lying somewhere without coverings; on it we spread the cloaks we were carrying and begged him to lie down on it and rest, while all the rest of us slept on the floor. When he lay down, he was troubled by the bugs; and as they became more and more troublesome to him, when it was already the middle of the night, he said to them in the hearing of all of us: "I say to you, O bugs, be considerate, all of you together, and leave your home for this night and be quiet in one place, and keep away from the servants of God." And while we were laughing and still talking, John turned to sleep; and we, talking quietly, did not disturb him. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 60 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-60). ## Acts of John 61 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-61 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In the morning the bugs are found waiting at the door and return when John allows them; John draws a lesson about obedience. ### Greek text Ἡμέρας δὲ ἐπιφαυούσης ἤδη φϑάσας ἀνίσταμαι καὶ σὺν ἐμοὶ Πβῆρος καὶ ᾿ἡνδρόνικος" καὶ ὁρῶμεν πρὸς τὴν ϑύραν τοῦ οἰκήματος οὗ εἰλήφαμεν πλεονασμὸν κορίων ἑστῶτα" ἐξεστηχύτων δὲ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τῇ πολλὴ ϑέᾳ αὐτῶν, καὶ τῶν ἀδελῳῶν πώντων ἐγηγεριιένων δι᾽ αὐτούς, ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἐκάϑευδεν. καὶ μετὰ τὸ διυπνισϑῆναι αὐτὸν ἐνεφανίσαμεν «αὐτὸν ἃ εἴδομεν" αὐτὸς δὲ ἀναχαϑίσας τοῦ χρωββάτου καὶ ϑεασώμενος αὐτοὺς εἶπεν" ᾿ξπειδὴ εὐγνωμονήσατε φυλάξαντές μου τὸ ἐπιτίμιον, ἔλϑετε εἰς τὸν τόπον ὑμῶν. Καὶ εἰπόντος τοῦτο καὶ ἀναστώντὸς ix τοῦ κραββάτου οἱ κόρεις δρομαῖοι ἀπὸ τῆς ϑύρας ἔσπευδον εἰς τὸν χρώββατον καὶ διὰ τῶν αὐτοῦ ποδῶν ὠνελϑόντες εἰς τὸς ἁρμογὰς ἀφανεῖς ἐγένοντο. καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης πάλιν ἔφη" Τὸ μὲν ζῷον τοῦτο φωνὴν ἀνθρώπου ἀκοῦσαν ἔμεινε παρ᾽ ἑαυτῷ ἠρεμῆσαν καὶ μὴ παραβών" ἡμεῖς δὲ φωνὴν ϑεοῦ ἀχούοντες καὶ ἐντολῶν παραχούομεν καὶ ῥωϑυμοῦμεν" xui μέχρι πότε; ### English translation (Claude) And as day was dawning I rose first, and with me Verus and Andronicus; and we see at the door of the room we had taken a great number of bugs standing. And as we were astonished at the great sight of them, and all the brothers had been roused because of them, John was still asleep. And when he woke we showed him what we had seen; and he, sitting up on the bed and looking at them, said: "Since you have been considerate and kept my rebuke, come back to your place." And when he had said this and got up from the bed, the bugs ran from the door to the bed and, climbing up its legs, disappeared into the joints. And John said again: "This creature, hearing the voice of a man, stayed by itself, keeping quiet and not transgressing; but we, hearing the voice of God, disobey his commandments and are careless. How long?" ### Translation notes - A passage of the edition's apparatus is removed. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 61 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-61). ## Acts of John 62 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-62 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The believers at Ephesus welcome John back. ### Greek text Μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα γινόμεϑα εἰς τὴν Ἔφεσον" καὶ οἱ ἐχεῖ | ἀδελφοὶ ἐγνωκότες διὰ χρόνου ἱκανοῦ τὸν ᾿Ιωάννην ἀφιχύμενον συνέτρεχον ἐν τοῖς νδρονίχου, ἔνϑα καὶ κατήγετο, τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ ἁπτόμενοι, καὶ τὼς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ δια πρόσωπα τιϑέντες ἐφίλουν αὐτώς, ὡς ὅτι κἂν ἥψαντο τῶν ἐχείνου ἐνδυμάτων. ### English translation (Claude) After this we come to Ephesus; and the brothers there, having learned that John had arrived after a long time, ran together to the house of Andronicus, where he was lodging, taking hold of his feet, and putting his hands to their own faces they kissed them, as if they had touched his garments. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 62 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-62). ## Acts of John 63 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-63 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A man falls in love with Drusiana, who has renounced relations even with her husband; his friends warn him off. ### Greek text Καὶ πολλῆς ἀγάπης οὔσης καὶ χαρῶς ἀνυπερβλήτου ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, εἷς τις ἐπίπεμπτος τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐρᾷ τῆς δρουσιανῆς, ὁρῶν καὶ ἐπιστώμενος τοῦ.dvÓpovíxov ταύτην εἶναι γυναῖχα" ᾧ οἱ πλείονες ἔλεγον: ἀδύνατόν ct τυχεῖν ταύτὴς τῆς γυναικός, ix πολλοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς χεχωρισμένης αὐ- τῆς διὰ ϑεοσέβειαν. σὺ μόνος ἀγνοεῖς ὅτε μὴ πρὶν ὧν ὁ ᾿νδρύνικος τοῦτο ὅπερ ἐστὶ viv, ϑεοσεβὴς ὠνήρ, κατέκλεισεν γᾷ, τὸ αὐτὴν Hc τι μνημεῖον λέγων" Ἢ yvvaixd σε ἔχω ἔχειν ἣν εἶχον Ὁ ἫΝ πάλαι, ἢ τεϑνήξη" Καὶ εἴλατο μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ τὸ uico: TUM ἐκεῖνο διαπράξασϑιαιʼ εἰ οὖν δεσπότῃ αὐτῆς καὶ ἀνδρὶ uj ovré- TM Ütro πρὸς συνέλευσιν διὰ ϑεοσέβειων, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔπεισε τὰ ἴσα [P τοῦτον φρονῆσαι, σοὶ μοιχῷ αὐτῇ ϑέλοντι yevécU c συνϑήσε- ἫΝ ται; ὠπόστηϑι μανίας μὴ ἐχούσης ἐν σοὶ ὠνώπαυσιν" ἀπόστηϑι LET: πράγματος ᾧ τέλος ἐπαγαγεῖν οὐ δύνασαι. T ### English translation (Claude) And while there was much love and surpassing joy among the brothers, a certain man, an emissary of Satan, fell in love with Drusiana, though he saw and knew that she was the wife of Andronicus. Most people said to him: "It is impossible for you to obtain this woman, since for a long time she has been separated even from her husband because of piety. Are you the only one who does not know that Andronicus, before he became what he is now, a God-fearing man, shut her up in a tomb, saying: 'Either I will have you as my wife, as I had you before, or you will die'? And she chose rather to die than to do that loathsome thing. If, then, she would not consent with her lord and husband to intercourse, because of piety, but even persuaded him to think as she did, will she consent with you, who wish to be her adulterer? Give up a madness that gives you no rest; give up an affair that you cannot bring to completion." ### Translation notes - Drusiana's refusal of marital relations, here called "that loathsome thing", reflects the ascetic outlook of these Acts; it is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 63 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-63). ## Acts of John 64 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-64 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Drusiana, grieved at being the occasion of the man's sin, prays to die and dies. ### Greek text Καὶ λέγοντες πρὸς αὐτὸν ταῦτα οἱ συνήϑεις αὐτοῦ m Z φίλοι οὐκ ἔπεισαν αὐτόν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀναίδειαν χρησώμενος moogt- im πεμψεν αὐτήν" καὶ γνοὺς τὰς παρ᾽ ἐκείνης ἀτιμίας καὶ ὑβρεις Hg ἐν ὠϑυμίᾳ διῆγεν αὐτοῦ τὸν βίον. μετὰ δὲ ἡμέρας δύο χα- "αι ταχλιϑεῖσα ἡ “Ιρουσιανὴ ὠπὸ τὴς ἀϑυμίας ἐπύρεττε λέγουσα" Εἰϑὲε μηδέπω εἰς rjv ἐμαυτῆς πατρίδα εἰσεληλύϑειν ἡ cxár- bar δαλον γενομένη ἀνδρὶ ἀιυήτῳ ϑεοσεβείως" εἰ γὰρ ἦν τις ὑπὺ de x λόγων πεπληγώς, οὐχ ὧν tlg τοσοῦτον ἐληλύϑειν μανίας, iq ἀλλ᾽ οὖν κύριε παραιτίας μου γενομένης πλήξεως ἰδιωτιζούση i Gt αθυχ ἢ, ἀπόλυσόν μὲ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τούτου, ἐπὶ δὲ σὲ μετάστησον "D τάχιον. Καὶ παρόντος ᾿Ιωώννον, μηδενὸς ὅλως ἐγνωχότος τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἀπαλλώσσεται τοῦ βίου ἡ Δρουσιανή, οὐ πάνυ ἡδομέν — ^ ap s ἀλλὰ καὶ λυπουμένη διὰ τὴν ἐχείνου υυχικὴν ϑραῦσιν. S tj, ### English translation (Claude) But though his intimate friends said these things to him, they did not persuade him; but with shamelessness he sent to her; and when Drusiana learned of the dishonour and insults from him, she spent her life in dejection. And after two days Drusiana took to her bed from her dejection and was in a fever, saying: "Would that I had never come back to my own native city, I who have become a stumbling-block to a man uninitiated in piety! For if he were someone struck by the word, he would not have come to such madness. But, Lord, since I have become the cause of a wound to an ignorant soul, release me from this bond and take me to yourself quickly." And in the presence of John, no one at all knowing of such a thing, Drusiana departed this life, not at all rejoicing, but grieving over that man's ruin of soul. ### Translation notes - Some marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 64 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-64). ## Acts of John 65 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-65 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John comforts Andronicus at Drusiana's death. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ Ἡνδρόνικος λυπούμενος λύπην ἀπόχρυφον ἐπένϑει δὰ χρη τῇ ψυχῆ, x«i φανερῶς δὲ ἔχλαιεν, ὡς τὸν ᾿Ιωάννην πολλὰ N Un ἐπιστομίζειν καὶ λέγειν αὐτῷ" "Eni βελτίονι ἐλπίδι μετῆλϑεν ἴσῃ ῃ Δρουσιανὴ τοῦτον τὸν βίον τὸν ἄδικον. Καὶ ὁ 1vóoórizoz αὐτῷ ἀπεχρίνατο᾽ Καὶ πέπεισμαι ὦ ᾿Ιωώννη καὶ οὐχ duqaβάλλω ὅλως περὶ τῆς εἰς τὸν ἵδεόν μου πίστεως" ὠλλὰ μάλιστα τοῦτο αὐτὸ χρατύνω Ort καϑαρῶς τοῦ βίου ἀνέλυσεν. ### English translation (Claude) And Andronicus, grieving with a hidden grief, mourned in his soul, and wept openly too, so that John often silenced him and said to him: "Drusiana has departed from this unjust life to a better hope." And Andronicus answered him: "I am persuaded, John, and I do not doubt at all concerning faith in my God; but I hold to this above all, that she departed this life pure." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 65 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/32/#p-65). ## Acts of John 66 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-66 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: After Drusiana's burial John prepares to address the brothers. ### Greek text ᾿Εχκομισϑείσης δὲ αὐτῆς ἐπιλαβόιενος ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης τοῦ νδρονίχου καὶ ἐγνωκὼς τὴν αἰτίων μᾶλλον ἐπένώει τοῦ νδρονίχου" καὶ ἡσύχαζεν ἀφορῶν εὶς τὰς ἐπηρείας τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου, ἐπ᾿ ὀλίγον καϑεσίείς" εἶτα τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπισυλλε; ἐντων ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀχοῦσαι τένως λόγους ἐρεῖ ποὸς τὴν ὠπηλλα͵μένην, καὶ ἤρξατο λέγειν" ### English translation (Claude) And when she had been carried out to burial, John took Andronicus aside, and having learned the cause, he mourned more than Andronicus; and he kept silence, considering the insults of the adversary, and sat a little while. Then, when the brothers had gathered to hear what word he would speak about the departed, he began to say: ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 66 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-66). ## Acts of John 67 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-67 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John teaches that faith, like every voyage, harvest and contest, is judged only at its end. ### Greek text Ὁ κυβερνήτης | ναυτιλλόμενος ἅμα τοῖς ἐιιπλέουσι καὶ αὐτῇ τῇ νηΐ ὁπηνίκα ὧν καταχϑῆ εἰς εὔδιον καὶ ἀχείμωστον λιμένα τηνιχαῦτα φασχέτω σεσῶσίαι. καὶ ὁ γεωργὸς παραδοὺς τῇ γὴ τὰ σπέρματα καὶ πολλὰ καμὼν ἐπὶ τὴν τούτων ᾿ ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ φρουρών, τότε τῶν πόνων τὴν ἀνώπαυλων ἔχεται ὁπόταν ἐν ταῖς ὠποΐλήχαις ὠποϑῆται τὼ σπέρματα πολλαπλωσίονα. ὁ ἐν σταδίῳ δρόμον ὑπισχνούμενος τύτε ὠγαλλέσέϑω ὃπότῶν τὸ βραβεῖον χομίσηται. ὁ πυχτικὴν ἀπογεγραμμένος τότε χαυχάσϑω ὅτων τοὺς στεφάνους δέξηται. καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς ἅπαντα ἀγωνίσματα καὶ αἱ τέχναι, ὑπῦταν ἐν τῷ τέλει μὴ ἔρηιοι ὦσιν, ἀλλὰ δεικνύωνται ἐχείνοις πρὸς ἅπεο ἐπηγγέλλοντο. τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ ἡγοῦμαι ὑπώρχειν καὶ πρὸς ἣν ἕκαστος ἡμῶν ἀσκεῖ πίστιν" τότε ταύτην ἐκκρίνεσϑαι εἰ ἄρα dnd ys, ὑπόταν μέχρις ἔξω τοῦ βίου ὑὁμαλισϑῇ. πολλὰ γὰρ ἐμπόδια παρειιπίπτει καὶ ϑόρυβον παρασκευάζει τῷ ἀνϑρωπίνῳ λογι- σμῷ" μέριμνα, παῖδες, γονεῖς, δόξα, πενία, κολακεία, ἀκμὴ, καλlos, ἀλαζονεία, ἐπιϑυμία, πλοῦτος, ὀργή, ἔπαρσις, ῥᾳθυμία, φϑόνος, πλοῦτος, ζῆλος, ἀμέλεια, ὕβρις, ἔρως, δόλος, χρήματα, πρόφωσις, καὶ ἄλλα ὁπόσα ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τοιαῦτα ἐμπόδια, ὡς καὶ τῷ κυβερνήτῃ φερομένῳ εὐδίῳ δρόμῳ ἐναντιοῦται πνευμάτων ἐναντίων ἐπιβολὴ καὶ χειμὼν μέγας καὶ τριχυμία ἐξ εὐδίας, καὶ τῷ γεωργῷ χειμὼν ἄωρος καὶ ἐρυσίβη καὶ ἑρπετὰ ἐχ τῆς γῆς ἀναφανέντα, καὶ τοῖς ἐγωνισταῖς τὸ παρὰ μικρόν, καὶ τοῖς τὼς τέχνας μετιοῦσι τὸ παρ᾽ ἐκείνων. ### English translation (Claude) "The pilot, sailing with his passengers and the ship itself, when he has been brought into a calm and stormless harbour, then let him say that he is saved. And the farmer who has given the seed to the earth and has toiled much in tending and guarding it, then has rest from his labours when he stores the seed many times multiplied in his barns. Let him who has entered for a race in the stadium rejoice when he carries off the prize. Let him who has enrolled for boxing boast when he receives the crowns. And so with all the other contests and the arts, when at the end they are not found empty, but are shown to have achieved what they promised. [68] The same, I think, holds also for the faith which each of us practises: it is then judged whether it was indeed true, when it has continued level right to the end of life. For many hindrances fall in the way and cause confusion to human reasoning: care, children, parents, glory, poverty, flattery, the prime of youth, beauty, boasting, desire, wealth, anger, pride, laziness, envy, wealth, jealousy, negligence, insolence, lust, deceit, money, pretext, and all the other such hindrances as there are in life; just as for the pilot running a calm course there comes the onset of contrary winds and a great storm and a high sea out of a calm, and for the farmer an untimely winter and blight and creeping things coming up from the earth, and for the athletes the near miss, and for those who practise the arts what comes from them. ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 68 stood in the text as "θ8" and is removed; chapter 68 begins at "[68]". "Wealth" occurs twice in the list, as printed. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 67 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-67). ## Acts of John 69 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-69 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John describes the soul that remains faithful to the end, unlike those that fall away. ### Greek text χρὴ δὲ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων τὸν πιστὸν ἄνϑρωπον τὴν ἔξοδον προορᾶν, καὶ καταμανϑώνειν ταύτην ὁποία τις ἐπιστήσεται, doe διεργὴς καὶ νηφαλέα καὶ μηδὲν ἐμπόδιον ἔχουσα, ἣ τεϑορυβημένη καὶ τὰ ὧδε κολαχεύουσα καὶ κατώδεδεμένη ἐπιίδυμέαις. οὕτως ἔστιν ἐπαινείσϑαι καὶ σῶμα εὖμορφον ὁπόταν ὅλον ἀποδύσηται, καὶ στρατηγὸν μέγαν ómoτῶν τὸ τοῦ πολέμου ἐπάγγελμα πᾶν χατορϑσῃ, καὶ ἰατρὸν ἄριστον ἐκεῖνον τὸν διὰ πώσης ἰάσεως χωροῦντα, καὶ ψυχὴν πίστεως καὶ ϑεοῦ δεξιὰν ὁπόταν ἴσον τὸ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας χαταστήσῃ, οὐχὶ τὴν ἀρξαμένην καὶ ὑπολυϑεῖσαν εἰς τὰ τοῦ βίου πάντα xmi ἐχπεσοῦσαν, οὐδὲ τὴν ναρκῶσαν, βιαζομένην πρὸς τοῖς κρείττοσιν εἶναι, εἶτα δὲ χατενεχϑεῖσαν εἰς τὰ πρόσκαιρα, οὐδὲ τὴν ποϑήσασαν μᾶλλον τὰ χρόνια τῶν αἰωνίων, οὐδὲ τὴν καταλλασσομένην τὰ μὴ μένοντα, οὐδὲ τὴν τιμήσιισαν τὼ ἀτιμίας ἔργα ὕβρεως ἄξια, οὐδὲ τὴν ἐνέχυρα παρὼ τοῦ “Σατανᾶ λαμβάνουσαν, οὐδὲ τὴν ὑποδεξαμένην τῷ ἑαυτῆς οἴχῳ τὸν ὅφιν, οὐδὲ τὴν ὀνειδιζομένην διὰ ϑεόν, εἶτα μὴ αἰσχυνομένην" οὐδὲ τὴν στόματι μὲν λέγουσων ναί, ἔργῳ δὲ ἑκυτῇ οὐ δειχνύουσα" ἀλλὰ τὴν ὑπομείνασαν ὑπὸ ἡδονῆς ὁυπαρᾶς μὴ ἐχλυϑῆναι, ὑπὸ ῥᾳϑυμίας μὴ ἡττηϑῆναι, ὑπὸ φιλαργυρίας μηδὲ δελεασϑῆναι, ὑπὸ ὠκμῆς σώματος καὶ ὀργῆς uy προδοϑῆναι. ### English translation (Claude) But before all else the believing man must foresee his departure, and consider what it will be like when it comes: whether vigorous and sober and having no hindrance, or troubled, fawning on the things here, and bound by desires. So too a body is to be praised as handsome when it is wholly stripped, and a general as great when he has fulfilled the whole promise of the war, and that physician as the best who succeeds in every cure; and a soul as full of faith and worthy of God when it has made good the promise in full: not the one that began and then gave way to all the things of life and fell away, nor the one that grew numb, forcing itself to be among the better things and then dragged down to the things of time; nor the one that longed for temporal things more than for eternal; nor the one that exchanged for things that do not last; nor the one that honoured works of dishonour worthy of insult; nor the one that took pledges from Satan; nor the one that received the serpent into its own house; nor the one that was reproached on God's account and yet felt no shame; nor the one that says yes with the mouth but does not show it in deed; but the one that held out so as not to be weakened by filthy pleasure, not to be overcome by laziness, not to be ensnared by love of money, and not to be betrayed by the prime of the body or by anger." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 69 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-69). ## Acts of John 70 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-70 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The man bribes Andronicus's steward to open Drusiana's tomb so that he can violate her body. ### Greek text Καὶ ἔτε πλείονας λόγους ποιουμένου τοῦ ᾿ωώννου πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς, ὡς τῶν προσχαίρων ἕνεχεν τούτους χαταρρονεῖν, ὃ τῆς Δρουσιανῆς ἐρῶν ἐξαφϑεὶς δεινοτάτῃ ἐπιϑυμίᾳ καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ τοῦ πολυμόρφου Σατανᾶ τὸν τοῦ 1ν- δρονίχου ἐπίτροπον ὄντα φιλάργυρον ὠνεῖται χρήμασιν ἱκαvoig* ὅστις ἀνοίξας τὸν τάφον “ρουσιανῆς inergewe διαπροώάξασϑαι τὸ ἀπηγορευμένον εἰς νεχρὸν σῶμα. μὴ ἐπιτυγχώνων αὐτῆς ζώσης μετὰ ϑώνατον τῷ σώματι προσλιπαρῶν ἀπεχρίνατοʼ Ei καὶ ζῶσα ovx ἠχολούϑεις uoc χοινωνῆσαι, μετὰ ϑάνατον νεχρών ct οὖσαν ἐνυβρίσω. Τοῦτο οὖν ἐνθυμούμενὸς, καὶ χατασχευώσας ἑαυτῷ τὴν διὰ τοῦ μιαροῦ ἐπιτρόπου ἀσέβειαν, εἰσεπήδησεν εἰς τὸ μνῆμα σὺν ἐχείνῳ ἅμα" καὶ ὠνοίἔαντες τὴν ϑύραν ἤρξαντο ἀποδύειν τοῦ πτώματος r& ἐντάφιω λέγοντες" Τί ὠφέλησας ταλαίπωρε Δρουσιανή; τοῦτο ζῶσα πεποιηχέναι οὐκ ἠδύνωασο, ὃ τάχα ἂν οὐδέν σε ἐλύπησεν ἑχοῦσαν τοῦτο ποιησαμένην; ### English translation (Claude) And while John was still saying more to the brothers, that they should despise the things of time for the sake of these, the man in love with Drusiana, inflamed with most terrible desire and by the working of the many-formed Satan, bribed with a large sum of money the steward of Andronicus, a lover of money; who opened the tomb of Drusiana [and gave him leave] to carry out the forbidden thing on the dead body. Having failed to win her while she lived, he persisted with her body after death, declaring: "If you would not consent to have intercourse with me while you were alive, I will outrage you after death, when you are a corpse." So with this in mind, and having arranged the impiety for himself through the abominable steward, he burst into the tomb together with him; and opening the door they began to strip the grave-clothes from the body, saying: "What have you gained, wretched Drusiana? Could you not have done this while you were alive, which perhaps would not have grieved you if you had done it willingly?" ### Translation notes - The words in square brackets supply a verb lost or garbled in the OCR ("ἐπέτρεψε"?); they are not certain. - The episode is translated soberly as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 70 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-70). ## Acts of John 71 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-71 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: A serpent kills the steward and pins the young man down beside the tomb. ### Greek text Καὶ ταῦτα τούτων λεγόντων, καὶ μόνον ὃ σύνηϑες χαρχάλιον περὶ τὴν σάρκω ταύτης ἐναπομεῖνων, ξένον ὁρᾶται ϑέαμα | ὃ παϑεῖν ἄξιον τοὺς ταῦτα δρῶντας" ὅφις ποϑὲν ἐπιρανεὶς τὸν μὲν ἐπίτροπον μονόπληγα τίϑησιν" ὃν καὶ ἀνεῖλεν" ἐχεῖνον δὲ τὸν νεανίσκον oU τύπτει, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ποσὶν αὐTOU περιειλεῖτο δεινῶς ἀποφυσῶν, καὶ πεσόντος αὐτοῦ ἐπαναβὰς ὁ ὄφις ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ ἐκαϑέζετο. ### English translation (Claude) And while they were saying this, and only her customary shift remained on her flesh, a strange sight is seen, such as those who do such things deserve to suffer: a serpent, appearing from somewhere, strikes the steward with a single blow, and killed him; but the young man it did not strike, but coiled itself terribly around his feet, hissing, and when he fell, the serpent climbed up and sat on top of him. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 71 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-71). ## Acts of John 72 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-72 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: On the third day John and the brothers go to Drusiana's tomb to break bread. ### Greek text T δὲ ἑξῆς ἡμέρᾳ παραγίνεται ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἅμα τῷ ᾿ἀνδρονίκῳ καὶ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐξ ἑωϑινῆς εἰς τὸ μνῆμα, τρίτην ἡμέραν ἐχούσης τῆς Δρουσιανῆς, ὅπως ὥρτον κλάώσωμεν ixi. x«i τὰ μὲν πρῶτα ἐρχομένων αὐτῶν αἱ κλεῖς οὐχ εὑρίσχοντο ζητηϑεῖσαι" ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπε πρὸς τὸν ᾿ἀνδρόνικον" Εἰκύτως ἀπώλοντο᾽ Δρουσιανὴ γὰρ ἐν τῷ μνήματι οὐκ ἔστιν. ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως ἀπέλθωμεν, ὅπως μὴ ῥᾳϑυμήσης, καὶ αὐτόματοι αἱ ϑύραι ἀνοιχϑήσονται, ὡς καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ παρέσχεν ἡμῖν ὁ κύριος. ### English translation (Claude) And on the next day John comes at dawn to the tomb with Andronicus and the brothers, it being the third day of Drusiana's death, so that we might break bread there. And at first, as they came, the keys could not be found when they looked for them; and John said to Andronicus: "They have been lost with good reason, for Drusiana is not in the tomb. But all the same let us go, so that you may not be negligent, and the doors will open of themselves, as the Lord has granted us many other things." ### Translation notes - The breaking of bread at the tomb on the third day after death reflects a commemorative meal for the dead. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 72 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-72). ## Acts of John 73 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-73 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At the tomb a radiant young man appears and ascends, and John finds Callimachus pinned by the serpent and the steward Fortunatus dead. ### Greek text Καὶ γενομένων ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, κελεύσει τοῦ διδιισκάλου αἱ ϑύραι ἠνοίχϑησαν, καὶ περὶ τὸν rdqov τῆς 4ρουσιανῆς εἶδόν τινα νεανίσκον εὔμοριρον μειδιῶνταʼ ὃν ἰδὼν ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης χράξας ἔφη" Καὶ ὧδε φϑάνεις ἡμᾶς ὁ καλός; τίνος χώριν ἄρα, Καὶ ἀκούει φωνῆς λεγούσης αὐτῷ" “ἁρουσιωνὴς ἕνεκεν, ἣν σὺ μέλλεις ἀναστήσειν ---παρὼ βραχὺ ydg juny εὑρὼν αὐτήν — καὶ τὸ πλησίον ἀπονεύσαντος τοῦ τάφου αὐτῆς. Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ὁ καλὸς πρὸς τὸν Ἰωάννην εἰς οὐρανοὺς crit βλεπόντων πάντων ἡμῶν. ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης ἐπιστραφεὶς εἰς τὸ ἕτερον μέρος τοῦ μνήματος ὁρᾷ νεανίσκον πρῶτον τῶν Eqsoior Καλλίμαχον --- τοῦτο γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο --- καὶ ἐπιχαϑεύδοντα αὐτῷ ὄφιν παμμεγέϑη, καὶ τὸν ἐπίτροπον ᾿ἀνδρονίχου, Φουρτουνᾶτον λεγόμενον, τεϑινεῶτα. καὶ ἀμφοτέρους ἰδὼν ἠπορημένος εἰστηκει λέγων πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφούς" Τί βούλεται τὸ τοιοῦτον Dé uuu; ἢ διὰ Tí μοι ὃ κύριος οὐκ ἐνεφάνισε τὰ ὧδε πραχϑέντα, μηδέποτέ μου ἀμελήσαντος; ### English translation (Claude) And when we were at the place, at the master's command the doors opened, and by Drusiana's grave we saw a beautiful young man, smiling; and seeing him John cried out and said: "Have you come here before us too, fair one? For what reason?" And he hears a voice saying to him: "For the sake of Drusiana, whom you are about to raise up, for she came within a little of being found … and for the sake of the one who has died near her tomb." And having said this to John, the fair one went up into the heavens, as we all watched. And John, turning to the other part of the tomb, sees a young man, a leading man of the Ephesians, Callimachus (for so he was called), and a huge serpent sleeping on him, and Andronicus's steward, called Fortunatus, dead. And seeing both he stood perplexed, saying to the brothers: "What does such a sight mean? Or why did the Lord not reveal to me what was done here, he who has never neglected me?" ### Translation notes - The beautiful young man is evidently the Lord in one of his forms (compare refs 87–93). The clause "for she came within a little …" is garbled in the OCR; the sense is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 73 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-73). ## Acts of John 74 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-74 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Andronicus explains the plot, and at John's prayer Callimachus is raised. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ idvóoóvixog ἰδὼν ἐχείνους νεχοοὺὶς ἀναπηδήσας ἤλϑεν ἐπὶ τὸν Δρουσιανῆς τάφον" καὶ ἰδὼν αὐτὴν ἐν μόνῳ τῷ δικρουσίῳ ἔφη τῷ ἸΙωώννη" “Συνεῖδον τὸ γεγονὸς μαχώριε δοῦλε τοῦ ϑεοῦ ᾿Ιωώννη" ὁ Καλλίμαχος οἶτος ἤρα τῆς ἀδελφῖς uov' καὶ μὴ ἐπιτυχὼν αὐτῆς πολλώκις τοῦτο τολιήσας, τὸν χατώρατον ἐπίτροπόν μου τοῦτον ὠνήσατο γρήμασιν ixcγοῖς, ἴσως ἐν νῷ λαβών, ὡς γε νῦν ἔστι ua civ, τὴν τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς δραματουργίων διʼ αὐτοῦ μέλλειν ἐκπληροῖν" καὶ γάρ ὦμο λόγησε τοῦτο πολλοῖς ὁ Καλλίμαχος ὅτι K&v μὴ ζῶσα βουληϑὴ συνϑέσϑαι μοι, τεϑνεῶσωα ἐνυβρισϑησεται. Καὶ τάχα διδώσχαλε ὁ καλὸς ἐγνώρισε τὸ λείννενον αὐτῆς μὴ ὑβρισϑῆναι συγχωρήσας, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο οὗτοι τεἥνηκασιν οἱ ταῦτα ἐτόλμησαν. καὶ ( τοι γε ἡ φωνὴ ἡ εἰρηκυῖα πρὸς σε νέγειρον τὴν Δρουσιωνὴν τοῦτο προεδήλου; ἐπειδὴ λύπην ἔχουσα τοῦ βίου τούτου ἀπηλλόώγη. πείϑομαι δὲ τῷ εἰρηκότι ὅτι τῶν πλανηϑέντων οὗτος ὑπάρχει ἀνϑρώπων" καὶ γ ἂρ αὐτὸν ἐχελεύϑης ἀναστῆσαι" περὶ γὰρ τοῦ ἑτέρου οἷδα ὅτι ἀνγώξιός ἐστιν ἡ ἐχείνου σωτηρία. ἀλλ᾽ ἕν σὲ τοῦτο παραχαλῶ" ἀνέγειρον πρῶτον τὸν Καλλίμαχον, καὶ οὗτος ἡμῖν ὁμολο,ήσει τὸ γεγονός. τὸ Ὁ δὲ ᾿Ιωάώννης ἀπιδὼν τῷ πτώματι καὶ εἱπὼν τῷ ἰοβύλῳ ἑρπετῷ πόστηϑει τοῦ μέλλοντος ᾿ἰησοῦ Χοιστῷ δουλεύειν, ἀναστὰς ἐπηύξατο οὕτως" Ὁ ϑεὸς οὗ τὸ ὄνομα δοξώζεται ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν ἀξίως" ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ πᾶσαν ἐνέργειαν χακωτιχὴν δαμάζων" ὁ ϑεὸς οὗ τὸ ϑέλημα τελειοῦται, ὁ ὑπακούων ἡμῶν m&yrOT&' καὶ νῦν τελειούσϑω σου ἡ δωρεὰ ἐπὶ τῷ νεανίσχῳ τούτῳ" καὶ εἴ τις Óv αὐτοῦ οἰκονομία γίγνοιτο, ταύτην ἐγηγερμένου αὐτοῦ ἐμφώνισον ἡμῖν. Καὶ εὐθέως ὁ νεανίσχος ἀναστὰς ὅλην τὴν ὥραν ἡσύχαζεν. ### English translation (Claude) And Andronicus, seeing those men dead, leapt up and went to Drusiana's grave; and seeing her in her shift alone, he said to John: "I understand what has happened, blessed servant of God, John. This Callimachus was in love with my sister; and failing to win her, though he often attempted it, he bribed this accursed steward of mine with a large sum of money, intending perhaps, as one can now see, to carry out through him the drama of his plot; for Callimachus had admitted this to many: 'Even if she will not consent to me alive, she will be outraged when dead.' And perhaps, master, the fair one made known that he would not allow her remains to be outraged, and for this reason those who dared this are dead. And surely the voice that said to you, 'Raise Drusiana,' was foretelling this, since she departed this life in grief. And I believe the one who said that this man is one of those who have been led astray; for you were also commanded to raise him; as for the other, I know that he is unworthy of salvation. But this one thing I ask of you: raise Callimachus first, and he will confess to us what has happened." [75] And John, looking at the corpse, said to the venomous reptile: "Depart from him who is to serve Jesus Christ"; and standing up he prayed thus: "O God, whose name is rightly glorified by us; O God who subdue every harmful working; O God whose will is accomplished, who always hear us: now too let your gift be accomplished on this young man; and if any dispensation is to come about through him, show it to us when he has been raised." And at once the young man rose, and kept silent for a whole hour. ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 75 is lost; "[75]" is placed by sense. - "My sister": Drusiana, his wife, now a sister in the faith. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 74 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-74). ## Acts of John 76 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-76 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Callimachus tells how the radiant young man stopped him and asks to become a believer; John praises Jesus for his mercy. ### Greek text Ὡς δὲ ἐν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ λογισμῷ ἐγένετο, ἐπύϑετο αὐτοῦ ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης τὴν ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ εἴσοδον τί ἐβούλετο" καὶ μαϑὼν παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἅπερ ὁ νδρόνικος εἰρήκει αὐτῷ, ὡς δῆϑεν ἐρῶνγτος αὐτοῦ Διρουσιανῆς, ἐπύϑετο αὐτοῦ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης πάλιν εἰ τοῦ μιαροῦ ἔσχε τέλους, ἐνυβοίσαι λειψώνου σεμνότητος γέμοντι" ὃ δὲ ἀπεχρίνατο αὐτῷ" llog γὰρ | ἠδυνάμην τοῦτο διαπράξαGui; ὕπου τὸ δεινὸν τοῦτο ζῷον τὸν μὲν (Ῥουρτουνᾶτον μονόπληγα ἔβαλεν ὁρῶντος ἐμοῦ, καὶ εἰκότως, αὐτοῦ μοι τὴν τοσαύτην μανίων παρωαϑαρρύνοντος ἤδη τῆς ἀκαίρου ἐκείνης καὶ δεινῆς πεπαυμένου μανίας" ἐμὲ δὲ τῷ φόβῳ ἔστησε, καὶ τοιοῦτον ἐποίησεν οἷον περὶ τοῦ ἀναστῆναΐξ με εἴδετε. ἕτερον δὲ σοι ϑαυμασιώτερον ἐρῶ, τὸ μᾶλλόν μὲ ὠνελὸν καὶ νεχρὺν παρὰ μιχρὸν Ütusvov: ὅτε μου ἡ ψυχὴ παρεῖχεν ἔννοια καὶ ἢ ἀκατάσχετος νόσος διώχλει, ὠποσυλήσαντός μου ἤδη ἅπερ ἦν ἠμφιεσμένη ἐντώφια, εἶτα δὲ ἀποβάντος μου τοῦ τάφου καὶ ϑεμένου μου αὐτὰ ὡς ὁρᾷς, ἀπῆλϑον πάλιν ἐπὶ τῷ ἀποτροπαίῳ ἔργῳ" καὶ ὁρῶ τινὰ νεανίσκον εὔμορφον περισχέποντα αὐτὴν τῷ ἑαυτοῦ ἱματίῳ" οὗ ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψεως λαμπηδόνες φωτὸς ἐξήρχοντο εἰς τὰς ὄψεις αὐτῆς" ὅστις καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ ἔδωχε φωνὴν λέγων: Καλλέμαχε ὠπόϑανε ἵνα ζήσης. Τίς μὲν οὖν ἦν οὐκ ἤδειν δοῦλε τοῦ ϑεοῦ" ὅτι δὲ coU ὀφϑἥέντος ἐνϑώδε γνωρίζω ἄγγελον αὐτὸν εἶναι ϑεοῦ εὖ οἶδα" τοῦτο δὲ ὠληϑῶς ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι ἀληϑὴς ϑεὸς ὑπὸ σοῦ καταγγέλλεται καὶ τοῦτο πέπεισμαι. ἀλλὰ κἀγὼ σὲ παρακαλῶ μὴ ὠμελήσης μὲ ἀπὸ τοιαὐτης συμφορᾶς xui τόλμης δεινῆς ἐλευϑ eo Gui καὶ παραστῆσαι τῷ ϑεῷ cov ἄνϑρωπον ἀπατηϑένταω αἰσχρᾷ καὶ μυσαρῷᾷ ἀπάτη. βοηϑείας οὖν δεόμενος παρὰ σοῦ ἁπτοιμαί σου τῶν ποδῶν. ὧνὕϑρωπος ϑέλω γενέσή αι τῶν ἐπὶ Χοιστὸν ἐλπιζόντων, ὅπως καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἢ ἀληϑὴς εἰρηκυϊώ uo: ἐνϑώδε" ᾿πόϑανε ἵνα ζήσης" Ἥτις καὶ ἐτέλεσεν αὐτῆς τὴν ἐνέργειαν: ἀπέϑανε γὰρ ἐκεῖνος ὁ ἄπιστος, ὁ ἄτακτος, ὁ ἄϑεος" ἐγήγερμαι δὲ ὑπὸ σοῦ ὃ μέλλων πιστός, ϑευσεβῆς, ὁ ἀληΐδείας γνωρίζων, ὃν παρακαλῶ ὑπὸ σοῦ γνωρισϑῆναί μοι. τ Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἐν εὐφρασίᾳ πολλῇ ληφϑεὶς xc καταμαϑὼν τὴν ὅλην ϑεωρίων τῆς σωτηρίας τοῦ ἀνϑυοώπου εἶπεν" "D τί κρατεῖς χύριε ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστὲ οὐκ οἶδα, ἠἡπορημένος ἐπὶ τῇ πολλῆῇ σου εὐσπλαγχνίᾳ καὶ ἀπείρῳ μαχροϑυμίᾳ ὦ μέγεϑος οἷον εἰς δουλείαν κατῆλϑεν" ὦ ἐλευϑερία ἄφραστος δουλαγωγηϑεῖσα παρ᾽ ἡμῶν" ὦ ἀπερινόητε δόξα ἡμῶν" ὁ καὶ τὸν νεχρὸν οἶκον φυλάξας ἀνύβριστον, ὁ τοῦ καϑαιμάξαντος ἑαυτὸν ἀνϑδρώπου λυτρωτὴς καὶ τοῦ τὰ φϑειρόμενα σώματα σωφρονίζων" ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἐλεήσας καὶ σπλαγχνισϑεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν ἀμελήσαντα ἄνϑρωπον: δοξάζομέν σὲ καὶ civoUutv καὶ εὐλογοῦμεν xui εὐχαριστοῦμεν τὴν πολλήν σοὺ χρηστότητα καὶ μαχροϑυμίαν ἅγιε ᾿Τησοῦ" ὅτι σὺ μόνος ϑεὸς καὶ οὐχὶ ἕτερος" ὁ τὸ ἀνεπιβούλευτον xocrog x«i νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἅπαντας αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων" ἀμήν. ### English translation (Claude) And when he had come to his senses, John asked him what his entry into the tomb had meant; and learning from him what Andronicus had told him, that he had indeed been in love with Drusiana, John asked him again whether he had accomplished his foul purpose, to outrage remains full of holiness. And he answered him: "How could I have done this, when this terrible creature struck down Fortunatus with a single blow before my eyes (and rightly, since he was egging me on to such madness when I had already ceased from that unseasonable and terrible madness), but stopped me with fear and made me as you saw me before I was raised? But I will tell you another, more wonderful thing, which all but killed me and made me a dead man. When my soul was given over to that thought and the uncontrollable disease was troubling me, when I had already stripped off the grave-clothes in which she was dressed, and had come away from the grave and laid them down as you see, I went back to the abominable deed; and I see a beautiful young man covering her with his own cloak, from whose face rays of light went out to her face; and he also spoke to me, saying: 'Callimachus, die that you may live.' Who he was I did not know, servant of God; but now that you have appeared here, I know well that he was an angel of God; and this I truly know, that a true God is proclaimed by you, and of this I am persuaded. But I too beseech you not to neglect to free me from such a calamity and such terrible daring, and to present to your God a man deceived by a shameful and loathsome deceit. So, asking for help from you, I take hold of your feet. I want to become one of those who hope in Christ, so that the voice too may prove true that said to me here, 'Die that you may live'; and it has already accomplished its working; for that faithless, disorderly, godless man has died, and I have been raised by you, I who am to be faithful, God-fearing, knowing the truth, which I beg may be made known to me by you." [77] And John, seized with great gladness and understanding the whole spectacle of the man's salvation, said: "What your power is, Lord Jesus Christ, I do not know; I am at a loss before your great compassion and boundless long-suffering. O what greatness has come down into servitude! O unspeakable freedom brought into slavery by us! O incomprehensible glory of ours! You who have kept even the house of the dead from outrage; redeemer of the man who had stained himself with blood, and chastener of him who would corrupt bodies; Father, who had mercy and compassion on the man who disregarded you: we glorify you and praise and bless and thank your great goodness and long-suffering, holy Jesus; for you alone are God, and no other; yours is the power that no plot can touch, now and for all ages of ages. Amen." ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 77 is lost; "[77]" is placed by sense. - In John's prayer Jesus is addressed as "Father" and as the only God; the language is distinctive of these Acts and is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 76 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-76). ## Acts of John 78 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-78 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John welcomes Callimachus as a convert. ### Greek text Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ὁ locvvgg προσλαβόμενος τὸν Καλλίιιωχον ἠσπάζετο λέγων" Δόξω τῷ ϑεῷ ἡμῶν τέχνον τῷ ἐλεησαντί σὲ καὶ καταξιώσαντί μὲ δοξάσαι τὴν αὐτοῦ δύναμιν, καὶ καταξιώσαντι καὶ σὲ μεϑόδῳ τῆς παρὰ σοῦ ἐχείνης cov μανίας καὶ μέδης μεταστῆναι, ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀνάπαυσιν καὶ ὠνακαίνισιν βίου καλέσαντι. ### English translation (Claude) And having said this, John took hold of Callimachus and kissed him, saying: "Glory to our God, child, who had mercy on you and counted me worthy to glorify his power, and counted you worthy too, by a wise way, to be brought out of that madness and drunkenness of yours, and called you to his own rest and to renewal of life." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 78 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-78). ## Acts of John 79 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-79 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: At Andronicus's request John prays to the one God and calls Drusiana back to life. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ ᾿νδρόνιχος ϑεωασώμενος τὸν Καλλίμαχον νεχρὺν ἐγηγερμένον ἐδέετο τοῦ ᾿Ιωώννου ἅμα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὕπως xdi τὴν Δρουσιανὴν ἀνεγείρη λέγων" ᾿Ιωάννη, ἀναστήτω καὶ τὸ ϑρωχὺ κατορϑωσάτω ὅπερ ἀπεκόμισεν λυπουμένη Δρουσιανὴ τοῦ Καλλιμώχου ἕνεχεν, δόξωσα αὐτὸν σκάνδαλον γεγενῆσϑαι" x«i ὁπότε ὁ χύριος ϑέλει παραλήψεται αὐτὴν. Καὶ ὁ Ioa rng μὴ μελλήσας προσελϑωὼν τῷ τώφῳ αὐτῆς καὶ τῆς χειρὸς κρατήσας ἔφη" Τὸν μόνον ϑεόν σε ὄντα ἐπιχαλοῦιιαι τὸν ὑπερμεγέϑη, τὸν ἄφραστον, τὸν ἀκατάληπτον" ᾧ πᾶσα δύναμις ὠρχοντικὴ ὑποτέτακται" ᾧ πᾶσα ἐξουσία ἔχλινεν" ᾧ πᾶσα alaζονεία προπεσοῦσα ἡσυχάζει" ὃν δαίμονες ὠχούοντες φρίττουσιν" ὃν κτίσις ὅλη κατωμαϑοῦσα μετριάζειʼ δοξασϑήτω σου τὸ ὕνομω ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν, καὶ ὠνέγειρον Δρουσιανήν, ὅπως μᾶλλον Καλλίμαχος ἐπιστηοιχ ϑῆὴ οἰκονοιήσαντι dv gomnou μὲν ἄπορον καὶ ἀδύνατον, σωτηρέων καὶ ὠνώστασιν, σοὶ δὲ μύνῳ δυνατόν, καὶ ἡ Δρουσιανὴ ἔδη ὅπως ἡ ὠναπεπαυμένη, toU vtανίσχου ἐπιστρέψωντος ἐμπόδιον ucc ἑαυτῆς μηδὲ τὸ βραχύτατον ἐπικομίζουσα ἐπιγενομένη πρὸς σέ. ### English translation (Claude) And Andronicus, seeing Callimachus raised from the dead, begged John together with the brothers to raise Drusiana too, saying: "John, let her rise and complete happily the short span which Drusiana gave up in grief over Callimachus, thinking that she had become a stumbling-block to him; and whenever the Lord wills, he will take her to himself." And John, without delay, went to her grave and, taking her by the hand, said: "I call upon you who alone are God, the exceedingly great, the unspeakable, the incomprehensible; to whom every ruling power is subjected; to whom every authority has bowed; before whom all arrogance falls down and is silent; at whose name demons shudder when they hear it; whom the whole creation perceives and keeps within bounds: let your name be glorified by us, and raise Drusiana, so that Callimachus may be still more strengthened in you, who have arranged what for men is beyond reach and impossible, salvation and resurrection, but for you alone is possible; and that Drusiana may come to you at rest, now that the young man has turned, bringing with her not the least hindrance." ### Scripture references - Jas 2:19: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "Demons shudder": compare Jas 2:19. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 79 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-79). ## Acts of John 80 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-80 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Drusiana rises from the grave. ### Greek text Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης τῇ ἁΔρουσιανὴ ἔφη" Δρουσιωνὴ ὠνάστηϑι. Ἢ δὲ ἀναστᾶσα ἀπέβη τοῦ τάφου καὶ ἰδοῦσα αὐτὴν ἐν διαχρουσίῳ μόνον περὶ τὸ moüyua Ou πόρει" καὶ μαϑοῦσω ὠκριβῶς πάντα παρὼ τοῦ ᾿ἀνδρονίχου, τοῦ ᾿Ιωώννου κειμένου ἐπ᾿ ὄψιν καὶ τοῦ Καλλιμάχου μετὰ φωνῆς καὶ δαχρύων δοξάζοντος τὸν ϑεόν, ἠγαλλεᾶτο καὶ αὐτὴ ὁμοίως δοξάζουσα. | ### English translation (Claude) And having said this, John said to Drusiana: "Drusiana, arise." And she arose and came out of the grave; and seeing herself in her shift only, she was perplexed at the matter; and learning everything exactly from Andronicus, while John lay on his face and Callimachus with voice and tears glorified God, she too rejoiced, and likewise glorified him. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 80 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-80). ## Acts of John 81 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-81 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Drusiana asks that Fortunatus be raised too; Callimachus objects, and John teaches that evil is not to be repaid with evil. ### Greek text Ὡς δὲ ἐνεδύσατο, ἐπιστρωφεῖσα εἶδε τὸν ΦουρτουνᾶTOV χείμενον" λέγει πρὸς ᾿Ιωώννην" Πάτερ καὶ οὗτος ἀναστήτω καὶ εἰ μάλιστα προδότης μου ἐπειράϑη γενέσϑαι. 'O δὲ Καλ- λίμαχος ἀχούσας ταῦτα αὐτῆς εἰρηκυίας ἔφη" Μή, παρακαλῶ σὲ Δρουσιανή" ἡ γὰρ φωνὴ ἣν ἀκήκοα τούτου οὐκ ἐφοόντισεν, ἀλλὰ περὶ σοῦ μόνης ἀνήγγειλε, καὶ ἰδὼν ἐπίστευσα" εἰ γὰρ ἦν ἀγαϑός, τάχα ἂν καὶ αὐτὸν ἐλεήσας ὃ ϑεὸς διὰ τοῦ μαχαρίου ᾿Ιωάώννου ἤγειρεν" ἐπέσχετο οὖν τὸν ἄνδρα κα- χῶς τεϑνώναι. Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης αὐτῷ εἶπεν" Οὐχ ἐμάώΐλοιιεν τέχνον χακὸν ὠντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδοῦναι. καὶ γὰρ ϑεὸς ποιησώντῶν ἡμᾶς tlg αὐτὸν πολλὼ καχὰ καὶ οὐχὶ καλὰ ὠντιμισϑείαν ἡμῖν οὐκ ἀπέδωχεν ἀλλὰ μετώνοιανʼ καὶ ἀγνοησάώντων ἡμῶν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἠμέλησεν ἀλλ᾽ ἠλέησεν, καὶ βλασφημη- σώντων οὐχ ἐξῆλϑεν ἀλλ᾽ εὐσπλαγχνίσϑη" καὶ ἀπιστησόντων ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐμνησιχώκησεʼ καὶ διωξάντων τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ οὐχ ἀνταπέδωκεν, ἀλλὰ μετάνοιαν ὑποβαλὼν καὶ ἀποχὴν καχῶν παρεχάλεσε καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐπ᾿ αὐτόν, ὡς καὶ σὲ τέχνον Καλλίμαχε καὶ μὴ μνησικακήσας ἐπὶ τοῖς πρώτοις δοῦλον ἑαυτοῦ παρέστησαν ἐπιτηροῦντα αὐτοῦ τῷ ἐλέει. ὅϑεν εἰ μὴ ἐπιτρέπεις τὸν (ουρτουνᾶτον ἀναστῆναι, Δρουσιανὴς χρεία. ### English translation (Claude) And when she had dressed, she turned and saw Fortunatus lying there; and she says to John: "Father, let this man too rise, even though he tried hard to become my betrayer." And Callimachus, hearing her say this, said: "No, I beg you, Drusiana; for the voice which I heard took no thought for him, but spoke about you alone; and I saw and believed. For if he were good, God would perhaps have had mercy on him too and raised him through the blessed John; he judged, then, that the man deserved to die an evil death." And John said to him: "We have not learned, child, to return evil for evil. For God too, though we did much evil and no good toward him, did not repay us with retribution but with repentance; and when we did not know his name he did not neglect us but had mercy; and when we blasphemed he did not punish us but had compassion; and when we disbelieved he bore no grudge; and when we persecuted his brothers he did not repay us, but putting repentance and abstinence from evils into our minds, he called us too to himself, as he did you, child Callimachus; and not remembering your former deeds, he made you his servant, waiting upon his mercy. So if you will not have Fortunatus raised, it is for Drusiana to do it." ### Scripture references - Rom 12:17: allusion, high confidence - 1 Thess 5:15: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "Not to return evil for evil": Rom 12:17; 1 Thess 5:15. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 81 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-81). ## Acts of John 82 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-82 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Drusiana prays to Christ for Fortunatus to be raised. ### Greek text Ἢ δὲ μὴ μελλήσασα ἀγαλλιάσει πνεύματος καὶ υυχῆς προσελϑοῦσωα τῷ Φουρτουνάτου πτώματι εἶπεν" 'Ü ϑεὸς τῶν αἰώνων ᾿]ησοῦ Χριστέ, ὁ ϑεὸς τῆς ἀληϑείας, ὁ παρασχύμενός μοι ἰδεῖν τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα, ὁ χαοισάμενός μοι τοῦ ὀνόματός 60v χοινωνὸν yevécO αι" ὁ ἐμφυσήσας μοι ἑαυτὸν τῇ πολυμόρφῳ Gov ὄψει καὶ ἐλεήσας παντοίως" ὁ βιαζομένην ut ὑπὸ τοῦ παλαιοῦ μου cvufíov νδρονίχου περισκεπάσας τῇ πολλὴ σου χρηστότητι" ὁ ἀδελιρόν μοι παραδοὺς τὸν σὸν δοῦλον νδρύ- γιχον" ὁ φυλάξας μὲ καϑαρὰν ἕως τοῦ νῦν τὴν σὴν δούλην" ὃ τελευτῆσών μὲ ὑπὸ ᾿Ιωώννου ἀναστήσας τοῦ σοῦ ϑεράώπον(ef αὐτοῦ ἐωάννου ποιοῦντα ἔνδοξά τε καὶ ἐξαίσια ὧν οὐκ ἔστιν εἰχασμὸς M τος" ὁ καὶ ἐγηγερμένην ut δείξας τὸν σκανδαλισϑέντα ἀσχανδάλιστον. ὁ ἀναπαύσας μὲ ἐπὶ σὲ τελείως καὶ κουφίσας τῆς &noxovqov μανίας" ὃν ἐφίλησα καὶ ἠγάπησα δέομαί σου Χριστὲ μὴ παραπέμιμῃη τὴν σὴν Δρουσιανὴν αἰτουμένην Gt τὸν Φουρτουνῶτον ἀναστῆναι, εἰ καὶ μάλιστα προδύτης μοὺ ἐπειράϑη γενέσϑιαι. ### English translation (Claude) And she, without delay, in gladness of spirit and soul, went up to Fortunatus's body and said: "God of the ages, Jesus Christ, God of truth, who granted me to see wonders and signs, who gave me to become a sharer in your name; who breathed yourself into me with your many-formed face and had mercy on me in every way; who covered me with your great goodness when I was being forced by Andronicus, my former husband; who gave me your servant Andronicus as a brother; who kept me, your handmaid, pure until now; who raised me when I had died, through your servant John, who does glorious and extraordinary things beyond all comparison; who, when I had been raised, showed me the one who had been caused to stumble now free of stumbling; who gave me perfect rest in you and relieved me of the hidden madness; whom I have loved and cherished: I beg you, Christ, do not turn away your Drusiana, who asks you that Fortunatus may rise, even though he tried hard to become my betrayer." ### Translation notes - "Your many-formed face" refers to the work's teaching that Christ appears in many forms (refs 88–93). Drusiana's description of her marriage is the work's own; it is translated as written. Some words are garbled in the OCR and read by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 82 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-82). ## Acts of John 83 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-83 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: Fortunatus is raised but, hating the believers, flees from the tomb. ### Greek text Kei λαβομένη τῆς χειρὸς τοῦ τεϑνεῶτος ἔφη" ᾿Ἱνάστα (ουρτουνᾶτε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ὁ δὲ Φουρτουνᾶτος ἀναστὰς καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ᾿Ιωώννην iv τῷ μνήματι καὶ τὸν ᾿ΑἸνδρόνικον καὶ τὴν Δίρουσιανὴν ix νεχρῶν ἐγηγερμένην καὶ τὸν Καλλέμαχον πεπιστευμένον καὶ τοὺς Àotποὺς ἀδελφοὺς δοξάζοντας τὸν ϑεὸν εἶπεν" μέχρι ποῦ τῶν δεινῶν ἀνϑρώπων τούτων αἱ δυνάμεις ἐχώρησαν" οὐκ ἐβουλύμην ἐγηγέρϑαι ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον τεϑνάναι, ὅπως αὐτοὺς μὴ ὁρῶ. Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν φυγὼν ἐξῆλθε τοῦ μνήματος. ### English translation (Claude) And taking the dead man's hand she said: "Rise, Fortunatus, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." And Fortunatus rose, and seeing John in the tomb, and Andronicus, and Drusiana raised from the dead, and Callimachus now a believer, and the other brothers glorifying God, he said: "How far the powers of these terrible men have reached! I did not want to be raised, but rather to stay dead, so as not to see them." And having said this he fled and went out of the tomb. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 83 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-83). ## Acts of John 84 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-84 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John denounces Fortunatus's unrepentant soul and the devil behind it. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἰδὼν τὴν ὠμετάϑετον τοῦ Φουρτουνάτου ψυχὴν εἶπεν" f) φύσις μὴ καταβαλλομένη πρὸς τὸ χρεῖττον" ὦ πηγὴ ψυχῆς μενούσης ἐν ῥύπῳ" ὦ οὐσία φϑορᾶς σχύτους πλήρης" ὦ ϑάνατε ἐν τοῖς σοῖς ὀρχούμενε" d) δένδρον ἄχαρπον πυρὸς γέμον" ὦ ξύλον τὸν χαρπὸν ἄνϑρακα yir ὦ ὕλη ὑλομανίας σύνοιχε καὶ ὠπιστίας γεῖτον" ἤλεγξας τίς εἰ καὶ ἐλέγχῃ ἀεὶ ἅμα τοῖς σοῖς τέκνοις" καὶ τὸ δύνασϑαι δοξάώἕειν τὸ χρεῖττον οὐκ οἷδας" οὐ γὰρ ἔχεις. τοιγαροῦν οἷα ἡ ὁδὸς σου τοιαύτη καὶ ἡ Ólle καὶ ἡ φύσις. καταργήϑητι ἀπὸ τῶν ἐλπιζόντων πρὸς κύριον" ἀπὸ ἐννοιῶν αὐτῶν᾽ ἀπὸ τοῖ νούς" ἀπὸ τῶν ψυχῶν" ὠπὸ τῶν σωμάτων" ἀπὸ πράξεως" ἀπὸ βίου: ἀπὸ ἀναστροφῆς" ἀπὸ ἀπωλείας: ἀπὸ ἐπιτηδεύματος" ἀπὸ συμβουλέας" ἀπὸ ἀναστάσεως τῆς πρὸς ϑεόν" ἀπὸ εὐωδίας ἧς χοινωνεῖν μέλλεις" ἀπὸ νηστειῶν" ἀπὸ δεήσεων᾽ ἀπὸ λουτροῦ ἁγίου: ἀπὸ εὐχαριστίας" ἀπὸ τροφῆς σαρχύς" ὠπὸ πότου: ἀπὸ ἐνδύματος" ἀπὸ ἀγάπης" ἀπὸ ἀκηδίας" ἀπὸ ἐγχρατεέας" ἀπὸ δικαιοσύνης" ἀπὸ πώντων σε τούτων ἀνοσιώτατε καὶ ϑεοῦ ἐχρὲ Σατανᾶ καταργήσει cs Ἰησοῦς Χριστὺς ὃ ϑεὸς ἡμῶν καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων cov τῶν ἐχόντων Gov τὸν τρόπον. ### English translation (Claude) And John, seeing the unchangeable soul of Fortunatus, said: "O nature that is not overthrown in favour of the better! O fountain of a soul that remains in filth! O substance of corruption full of darkness! O death dancing among your own! O fruitless tree full of fire! O wood bearing coals for fruit! O matter dwelling with the madness of matter, and neighbour of unbelief! You have shown who you are, and you are always shown up with your children; and the power to glorify the better you do not know, for you do not have it. Therefore, as is your way, so is your root and your nature. Be done away from those who hope in the Lord: from their thoughts, from their mind, from their souls, from their bodies, from their action, from their life, from their conduct, from destruction, from their pursuit, from their counsel, from the resurrection to God, from the fragrance which you are to share, from fasts, from prayers, from the holy washing, from the eucharist, from the food of the flesh, from drink, from clothing, from love, from burial, from self-control, from righteousness: from all these, most unholy one and enemy of God, Satan, Jesus Christ our God will do you away, and those like you, who have your character." ### Translation notes - Several items in the list are uncertain in the OCR: "from destruction" and "from burial" read the printed words literally; "the fragrance which you are to share" is as printed, though the sense seems to require a negative. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 84 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-84). ## Acts of John 85 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-85 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John breaks bread in the tomb with a prayer of thanksgiving to Jesus Christ. ### Greek text Καὶ ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ locvrjo ἐπευξάμενος καὶ λαβὼν ἄρτον ἐχόμισεν εἰς τὸ μνῆμα κλώσαι" καὶ εἶπε" Δοξάζομέν σου τὸ 0voug τὸ ἐπιστρέφον ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῆς πλάνης καὶ ἀνηλεοῦς ἀπάτης" δοξάζομέν σε τὸν παρ᾽ ὀφϑαλμοῖς δείξαντα ἡμῖν ἃ εἴδομεν" μαρτυροῦμέν cov τῇ χρηστότητε ποιχίλαις φανίσιν" αἰνοῦμἐέν cov τὸ ἀγαϑὸν ὄνομα κύριε ἐλέγξαντι τοὺς ὑπὸ σοῦ ἐλεγχομένους" εὐχαριστοῦμέν ct κύριε ᾿Ιησοῦ Χριστέ, ὅτι πεπείσμεϑα ὠμετώβολον οὖσαν" εὐχαριστοῖμέν σου τῷ χρήσωντι φύσιν φύσεως σῳζομένης" εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι τῷ τὴν ὠπαραίτῆτον ἡμῖν δεδωχότε ταύτην ὅτε σὺ μόνος καὶ νῦν καὶ c&* οἱ σοὶ δοῦλοι εὐχαριστοῦμέν σοι μετὼ προφάσεως συλλεγόμεVOL καὶ ἀνωλεγόμενοι ἅγεε. ### English translation (Claude) And having said this, John prayed, and taking bread he brought it into the tomb to break it, and said: "We glorify your name, which turns us from error and pitiless deceit; we glorify you who showed before our eyes what we have seen; we bear witness to your goodness, shown in manifold appearances; we praise your good name, Lord, who have convicted those who are convicted by you; we thank you, Lord Jesus Christ, that we are persuaded that it is unchangeable; we thank you, who had need of a nature, of the nature that is being saved; we thank you, who have given us this unshakeable assurance that you alone are, both now and ever; we your servants give you thanks, who are gathered together with good cause and are gathered out, O holy one." ### Translation notes - The prayer is obscure at several points ("that it is unchangeable", "who had need of a nature", "gathered together with good cause and gathered out"); the Greek is translated literally and the sense is uncertain. This eucharistic prayer mentions bread only. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 85 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-85). ## Acts of John 86 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-86 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: After the eucharist John foretells Fortunatus's death, which is found to have happened. ### Greek text Καὶ εὐξάμενος οὕτως καὶ δοξάσας ἐξήει τοῦ μνήμωτος, χοινωνήσως τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς πᾶσι τῆς τοῦ χυρίου εὐχαριστίως" καὶ γενόμενος ἐν τοῖς ᾿νδρονίκου ἔλεγε τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς" 1ὅ Αδελιροί, πνεῦμά τι ἐν ἐμοὶ ἐμαντεύσατο τὸν (ϑουρτουνᾶτον ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ ὄφεως πληγῆς μελανέᾳ μέλλοντι τεϑνάναι" ἀλλὰ μαϑέτω τις τάχιον πορευϑεὶς εἰ ἄρα οὕτως ἔχει. Καὶ δραμῶν τις τῶν νεωνίσκων εὗρον αὐτὸν λοιπὸν τεϑνηκότω καὶ τὴν μελανίαν νεμομένην καὶ ἁψαμένης τῆς καρδίας αὐτοῦ" καὶ Ay ἀνήγγειλε τῷ ᾿Ιωάννη τρίωρον αὐτὸν τεϑζνάναι. καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰωάννης" Ἰπέχεε τὸ τέχνον σου διάβολε. ### English translation (Claude) And having prayed thus and given glory, he went out of the tomb, having shared with all the brothers the eucharist of the Lord; and when he came to Andronicus's house he said to the brothers: "Brothers, a spirit in me has divined that Fortunatus is about to die of the blackening from the serpent's bite; but let someone go quickly and learn whether it is so." And one of the young men ran and found him already dead, and the blackening spreading and having reached his heart; and he came back and reported to John that he had been dead three hours. And John said: "You have your child, devil." ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 86 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-86). ## Acts of John 87 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-87 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The brothers are perplexed that the Lord appeared to Drusiana in the form of John and of a young man. ### Greek text ᾿Εξήτωσαν οὖν οἱ παρόντες τὴν αἰτίων, καὶ μάλιστα ἡπόρουν εἰρηκυίας τῆς Δρουσίνης ὅτι Moi ὁ κύριος ὡς Ἰωάννῃ ὥφϑη ἐν τῷ μνήματι καὶ ὡς νεανίσκος. Ἠπορη- μένων οὖν αὐτῶν καὶ τρόπον τινὰ μηδέπω ἐστηριγμένων τῇ πίστει βεβαίως φέρων ὃ ᾿Ιωάννης εἶπεν" ### English translation (Claude) So those present asked the reason, and were especially perplexed because Drusiana had said: "The Lord appeared to me in the tomb as John and as a young man." So since they were perplexed and in a manner not yet firmly established in the faith, John, bearing with them patiently, said: ### Translation notes - Chapters 87–105 are John's account of the Lord's many forms, his hymn, and the vision of the cross; they teach that Christ's body was not what it seemed, a docetic view. They are translated exactly, with neutral notes. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 87 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-87). ## Acts of John 88 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-88 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John tells how the Lord appeared to him in changing forms, felt now soft and now hard, and shone on the mountain. ### Greek text ὥνδρες ἀδελφοί, οὐδὲν ξένον πεπόνϑατε οὐδὲ napuδοξον περὶ τῆς εἰς τὸν ἐκδοχῆς, ὅπου γε καὶ ἡμεῖς, οὖς ἐξελέξατο ἑαυτῷ ἀποστύλους, πολλὰ ἐπειράσϑησαν" ἐγὼ uiv iir προσομιλῶν οὔτε γρώψαι χωρῶ G& τε εἶδον C τε ἤκουσα. xti νῦν μὴ δεῖ μὲ πρὸς τὼς &xo&g ὑμῶν ἁρμόσασϑαι, καὶ xuD ἃ χωρεῖ ἕχαστος ἐκείνω ὑμῖν χοινωνήσω ὧν ἀχροαταὶ δύνασϑε γενέσθαι, ὕπως ἴδητε τὴν περὶ αὐτὸν δόξαν ἥτις ἦν καὶ ἔστιν καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς ἀεί. ὅτε γὰρ ἐξελέξατο llérgov xat ᾿4νδρέαν ἀδελφοὺς ὄντας, ἔρχεται πρός μὲ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφόν μοι ᾿Ιάκωβον εἰπών: Χρήζω ὑμῶν, ἔλύξατε πρός με. Καὶ ὁ ἀδεῖδέ μοι x«i μικρὸς ἄνϑρωπος ἐμφαίνεται δύσμορφος x«i τὸ πᾶν εἰς οὐρανὸν ἀποβλέπων. εἶχεν δὲ καὶ ἕτερον ϑαυμωστόν" ἀναχείμενον ἐμὲ ἐπὶ τὰ ἴδια στήϑη ἐδέχεται, κἀγὼ συνεῖχον ἑαυτῷ" καὶ ποτὲ μὲν μοι λεῖα καὶ ἁπαλὰ τὼ στήϑη αὐτοῦ ἐψηλαφᾶτο, ποτὲ δὲ σχληραὶ ὥσπερ πέτραις ὅμοια, ὡς διώ- πορεῖν μὲ ἐν ἐμαυτῷ x«i λέγει: Τὶ ἐστιν τοῦτο; οὗτός μοι. Καὶ ἐννοοῦντός μου ταῦτα αὐτὸς... ἄλλοτε δέ ποτε παραλαμβάνει ut, Ἰάκωβον καὶ Πέτρον εἰς τὸ ὄρος ὅπου ἦν αὐτῷ ἔϑος εὔχεσίλαι, καὶ εἴδομεν αὐτῷ φῶς τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον οὐχ ἔστιν δυνατὸν ἀνϑοώπῳ χροωμενον λόγῳ φϑαρτῷ ἐχφέρειν οἷον ἦν. πάλιν ὁμοίως ἀνάγει ἡμᾶς τοὺς τρεῖς tig TO ὅρος λέγων βλϑατε σὺν ἐμοί. 'Hutiz δὲ πάλιν ἐπορεύϑημεν" καὶ ὁρῶμεν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ διαστήιιατος εὐχόμενον" ἐγὼ δὲ οὖν, ἐπειδὴ ἐφίλει ue, ἠρέμα ὡς μὴ ὁρῶντες αὐτὸς αὐτοῦ ἐγγίζω αὐτῷ καὶ ἴσταμαι ἀφορῶν αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ ὑπίσϑια αὐτοῦ" καὶ ὁρῶ αὐτὸν ἱμάτια μὲν μηδὲ ὅλως ἠμφιεepévor, γυμνὸν δὲ τοῦτον ὁρώμενον ὑφ᾽ ἡμῶν, ἄνϑρωπον δὲ οὐδὲ ὅλως" καὶ τοὺς μὲν πόδας ποίας χιόνος λευχοτέρους, ὡς xui τὴν γὴν ἐχείνην καταλάμπεσίϑαι ὑπὸ τῶν ποδῶν" τὴν δὲ κεφαλὴν εὶς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐρειδομένην, ὡς φοβηϑέντα us χραυγώσαι, αὐτὸν δὲ ἐπιστραφέντα μιχρὸν ἄνϑρωπον óq Ozvet καὶ χρωτησαντός uOv τὸ γένειον ὠνασπάσαι καὶ εἰπεῖν μοι" Ἰωάννη μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος ἀλλὼ πιστὺς καὶ μὴ περίεργος. Καὶ ἐἶπον αὐτῷ" Τί γὰρ ἐποίησα κύριε; “ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῖν ἀδελφοὶ, οὕτως πεπόνεχα τὸν τόπον ἐχεῖνον ὅϑεν μου τοῦ γενείου ἐλώβετο ἡμέρας τριώκον, ὥστε με εἰπεῖν αὐτῷ" Κύριε, & τὸ τίαμα gov παίζοντος τοιαύτην ἀλγηδόνα πεποίηκεν, τί εἰ Qaπίσμασίν μοι ἕλαβες; Καὶ αὐτός μοι εἶπεν: Σὸν λοιπὸν εἰ τὸν μὴ πειράζειν τὸν ἀπείραστον. Rie ### English translation (Claude) "Men and brothers, you have suffered nothing strange or incredible in your perception of the Lord, since we too, whom he chose for himself as apostles, were tried in many ways. I, for my part, am able neither to speak nor to write to you the things I saw and heard. And now I must adapt myself to your hearing, and according to what each of you can contain I will share with you those things of which you can be hearers, so that you may see the glory around him, which was and is, both now and for ever. For when he had chosen Peter and Andrew, who were brothers, he comes to me and to my brother James, saying: 'I need you; come to me.' And … [89] … And he appeared to me also as a small man, uncomely, and then as one looking up wholly toward heaven. He had also another marvel: when I reclined at table he would take me upon his own breast, and I held him close; and sometimes his breast felt to me smooth and soft, and sometimes hard, like rocks, so that I was perplexed within myself and said: 'What is this?' … And as I was thinking this, he … [90] At another time he takes me and James and Peter to the mountain where he was accustomed to pray, and we saw on him such a light as it is not possible for a man who uses corruptible speech to express, what it was like. Again likewise he leads the three of us up the mountain, saying: 'Come with me.' And we went again; and we see him praying at a distance. And I, since he loved me, quietly drew near to him, as though he did not see, and stood looking at his back; and I see that he was not dressed in garments at all, but was seen by us as naked, and not at all as a man; and his feet were whiter than any snow, so that the ground there was lit up by his feet; and his head reached up to heaven; so that I was afraid and cried out; and he, turning, appeared as a small man, and took hold of my beard and pulled it, and said to me: 'John, do not be unbelieving but believing, and not curious.' And I said to him: 'What have I done, Lord?' And I tell you, brothers, I suffered such pain for thirty days in the place where he had taken hold of my beard that I said to him: 'Lord, if the tug you gave in play caused such pain, what if you had given me blows?' And he said to me: 'Let it be yours from now on not to tempt the one who cannot be tempted.' ### Scripture references - Matt 4:21: allusion, medium confidence - John 13:23: allusion, medium confidence - Matt 17:1: allusion, medium confidence - John 20:27: quotation, high confidence ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 89 and 90 are lost; "[89]" and "[90]" are placed by sense. - Lines are lost in the OCR after "come to me. And" (in the edition, the call of James and John, to whom the Lord appeared at the same moment in different forms) and after "he"; marked "…". The editor's own dots of omission stand after "he". - The changing appearances and the body that is not what it seems express the work's docetic Christology; compare by contrast the transfiguration (Matt 17:1–2) and the beloved disciple at table (John 13:23). "Do not be unbelieving but believing": John 20:27. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 88 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-88). ## Acts of John 91 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-91 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John tells of a mysterious companion seen speaking with the Lord on the mountain and at Gennesaret. ### Greek text Ὁ δὲ Πέτρου καὶ ᾿Ιακώβου ἐμοῦ ὁμιλοῦντος τῷ D χυρίῳ ἠγανάώχτων διανευόμενοί uos ὅπως παραγένωμαι πρὸς IT αὐτοὺς ἀπολιπὼν μόνῳ TQ χυρέῳ. καὶ ἐπορεύϑην καὶ εἶπον Tt μοι ἀμφότεροι: Ὁ τῷ κυρίῳ προσομιλῶν γένον ἐπὶ τοῦ ὕψους τίς εἶ, καὶ γὰρ ἠκροούμεϑα ἀμφοτέρων λαλούντων. Καὶ σὺ LT 8I νοήσας τὴν πολλὴν χάριν αὐτοῦ καὶ | πολυπρόσωπον ἑνότητα "Py d xat σοφίαν ἄληκτον εἰς ἡμῶς ἀποβλέπουσω εἶπον: Μαϑήσεσϑε ΤῊΣ αὐτῷ τοῦτο αὐτὸν ἐξετάσαντες. Πάλιν ποτὲ ἡμῶν πάντων τῶν μαϑητῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς vg Γεννησαρὲτ ἐν ἑνὶ καϑευδῶν τῶ οἴκῳ ἐγὼ μόνος ἀπὸ τὸ ἱμώτιον il ἐντυλεξώμενος ἐπετήρουν τί πράσσει, καὶ ἤχουσα τὸ πρῶτον T λέγοντος αὐτοῦ" ᾿Ιωάννη χάϑευδε. Κἀγὼ τότε mpoonoujcd- tni; μενος τὸν χαϑεύδοντα εἶδον ἄλλον ὅμοιον αὐτὸν χαϑεύδοντά τινώ, οὗ κἠχροασάμην λέγοντος τῷ κυρίῳ μου" Ἰησοῦ, oU; d ζω ἐξελέξω ἔτι σοε ἀπιστοῦσιν. Καὶ ὁ κύριός μου εἶπεν αὐτῷ" Καλῶς λέγεις" ἄνϑρωπος y&o εἰσιν. ### English translation (Claude) But Peter and James were annoyed because I was talking with the Lord, and they beckoned me to come to them, leaving the Lord alone. And I went, and both of them said to me: "The one who was talking with the Lord on the height, who was he? For we heard both of them speaking." And I, considering his great grace and his unity of many faces and his unceasing wisdom that looks upon us, said: "You will learn this if you ask him." [92] Again, once when all of us his disciples were sleeping in one house at Gennesaret, I alone, having wrapped myself in my cloak, watched what he was doing; and first I heard him saying: "John, sleep." And then, pretending to be asleep, I saw another like him, whom I also heard saying to my Lord: "Jesus, those whom you chose still disbelieve you." And my Lord said to him: "You speak well; for they are men." ### Translation notes - The numeral of chapter 92 is lost; "[92]" is placed by sense. Chapter 93 stands at the beginning of the next staged ref, which is renumbered 93. - Some marginal marks of the OCR interrupt this chapter; they are disregarded. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 91 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-91). ## Acts of John 93 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-93 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John tells that the Lord's body was sometimes solid and sometimes immaterial and left no footprints, and that before his arrest he led the disciples in a hymn and ring dance. ### Greek text Z Ἑτέραν δὲ ὑμῖν δόξαν ὁρῶ ἀδελφοί: ποτὲ βου- * b λόμενος αὐτὸν χρατῆσαι ἐν ὑλώδει x«i παχεῖ σώματι προσέβαλλον" ἄλλοτε δὲ ποτε πάλιν wuAeqGvróg μου αὐτὸν ἄυλον ἣν καὶ ἀσώματον τὸ ὑποκείμενον καὶ ὡς μηδὲ ὅλως ὄν. εἰ " δὲ ὑπό τινός ποτὲ τῶν φαρισαίων χληϑεὶς εἰς xAgow ἐπορεύετο, Ῥ συναπήειμεν αὐτῷ" καὶ ἑκώστῳ παρετίϑετο ἄρτος εἷς ὑπὸ ᾿ τῶν χεχληχότων, ἐν olg καὶ αὐτὸς ἐλάμβανεν ἕνα" τὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ εὐλογῶν διεμέριζεν ἡμῖν" καὶ ἐκ τοῦ βραχέος ἕκαστος ἐχορτάζετο καὶ οἱ ἡμῶν ἄρτοι ὁλόκληροι ἐφυλάσσοντο, ὥστε ἐχπλήττεσϑαι τοὺς καλοῦντας αὐτόν. | ἐϑουλόμην δὲ πολλώκις σὺν αὐτῷ βαδίζων ἴχνος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἰδεῖν εἰ φαίνεται" ἑώρων γὰρ αὐτὸν ὠπὸ τῆς γῆς ἑαυτὸν ἐπαίρονταʼ καὶ οὐδέποτὲ εἶδον. καὶ ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἔτι ὥσπερ προτροπῆς ἕνεχεν ἀδελφοὶ τῆς ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πίστεως ὁμιλῶ" τὼ γὰρ μεγαλεῖα αὐτοῦ xui ϑαυμώσια τὸ νῦν σεσιγήσϑω, ἄρρητα ὄντα καὶ τάχα οὐ δυνώμενα οὔτε λέγεσϑιαι οὔτε ὠκούεσϑιαι. | πρὶν δὲ συλληφ ϑῆναι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνόμων καὶ ὑπὸ ἀνόμου ὄφεως νομοϑετουμένων Ιουδαίων συναγαγὼν πώντως ἡμᾶς ἔφη" Πρίν μὲ ἐκείνοις παραδοϑῆναι ὑμνήσωκιεν τὸν πατέρω καὶ οὕτως ἐξέλϑωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ προχείμενον. Κελεύσας οὖν ἡμῖν ὥσπερ γῦρον ποιῆσαι, ὠποκρατούντων τὰς ἀλλήλων L5 χεῖρας, ἐν μέσῳ δὲ αὐτὸς γενόμενος, ἔλεγεν." "To ἀμὴν ἐπαχούετέ μοι. Ἤρξατο οὖν ὕμνον ὑμνεῖν καὶ λέγειν" Δόξα σοι πύώτερ,. Καὶ ἡμεῖς χυχλεύοντες ἐπηχούομεν αὐτῷ τὸ ἀμήν. Δόξα σοι λόγεʼ δόξα σοι χάρις. μήν. Δόξα σοι τὸ πνεῦμα" δόξω σοι ἅγιε" δόξα σου τῇ δόξη. ᾿“μήν. Αἱνοῦμέν σε πάτερ" εὐχωριστοῦμέν σοι φῶς ἐν ᾧ σκότος οὐχ οἱκεῖ. ur. ### English translation (Claude) Another glory I will tell you, brothers: sometimes, when I wished to take hold of him, I met with a material and solid body; and at other times again, when I felt him, the substance was immaterial and bodiless, as if it did not exist at all. And if ever he was invited by one of the Pharisees and went to the invitation, we went with him; and before each of us one loaf was set by those who had invited us, and he too received one; but his own he blessed and divided among us; and from that little each was filled, and our own loaves were kept whole, so that those who had invited him were amazed. And often, when I walked with him, I wished to see whether his footprint appeared on the ground; for I saw him lifting himself from the earth; and I never saw it. And I tell you these things, brothers, still to encourage your faith in him; for his mighty and wonderful deeds must for the present be kept in silence, since they are unspeakable and perhaps can be neither uttered nor heard. [94] But before he was arrested by the lawless Jews, who were given their law by a lawless serpent, he gathered us all and said: "Before I am handed over to them, let us sing a hymn to the Father, and so go out to what lies before us." So he told us to make a kind of ring, holding one another's hands, and he himself stood in the middle and said: "Answer Amen to me." So he began to sing a hymn and to say: "Glory to you, Father." And we, going round in a ring, answered him: "Amen." "Glory to you, Word; glory to you, Grace." "Amen." "Glory to you, Spirit; glory to you, Holy One; glory to your glory." "Amen." "We praise you, Father; we give thanks to you, Light, in whom darkness does not dwell." "Amen." ### Scripture references - 1 John 1:5: echo, medium confidence - Matt 26:30: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - This staged ref begins with chapter 93, whose numeral the OCR lost; chapter 94 begins at "[94]". It is renumbered 93 (see the renumbering note). - The description of the Jews is the work's own polemic and is translated as written. The hymn with its ring dance is distinctive of this work; it is translated exactly. - "In whom darkness does not dwell": compare 1 John 1:5. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 93 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-93). ## Acts of John 95 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-95 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The hymn continues with paradoxical sayings of the Lord answered by Amen. ### Greek text Ἐφ᾽ ᾧ δὲ εὐχαριστοῦμεν λέγω" | σωϑῆναι ϑέλω καὶ σῷσαι ϑέλω, μήν. υϑῆναι ϑέλω καὶ λῦσαι ϑέλω. μήν." Τρωϑῆναι ϑέλω καὶ τρῶσαι ϑέλω. μήν. Γεννᾶσϑαι ϑέλω καὶ γεννᾶν ϑέλω. “μήν. Φαγεῖν ϑέλω καὶ βρωϑῆναι ϑέλω. μήν. Ἀκούειν ϑέλω καὶ ἀκούεσθαι ϑέλω. μήν. Νοηϑὴ ϑέλω νοῦς Qv ὅλος. μήν. Αοὐσασϑαι ϑέλω καὶ λούειν ϑέλω. μήν. ἪἫ χάρις χορεύει" αὐλῆσαι ϑέλω: ὀρχήσασϑε πάντες. μήν. Θρηνῆσαι ϑέλω: κόψασϑε πάντες. ur. Ὀγδοὰς δ μία ἡμῖν συμψάλλει. "Aun. Ὁ δωδέκατος ἀριϑμὸς ἄνω χορεύει. μήν. Τῷ δὲ ὅλων ὦ χορεύειν ὑπώρχει. Aur. Ὁ μὴ χορεύων τὸ γινόμενον ἀγνοεῖ. “μήν. ΦΟυγεῖν ϑέλω καὶ μένειν ϑέλω. μήν. Κοσμεῖν ϑέλω καὶ κοσμὰς ϑέλω. yr. Ἑνωϑῆναι ϑέλω καὶ νῶσαι ϑέλω. ᾿Αμήν. Οἷκον οὐχ ἔχω καὶ οἴκους ἔχω. ᾿Δμήν. Τόπον οὐκ ἔχω καὶ τόπους ἔχω. “μήν. Ναὺν οὐχ ἔχω καὶ ναοὺς ἔχω. μήν. “ΤΙ ύχνος εἰμέ σοι τῷ βλέποντι μήν. Ἔσοπτρόν ξὶμί σοι τῷ νοοῦντί με. “μήν. Θύρα εἰμὶ κρούοντί με. μήν. Ὁδός εἰμί σοι παροδίτῃ,. ### English translation (Claude) "And for what we give thanks, I say: I wish to be saved, and I wish to save. Amen. I wish to be set free, and I wish to set free. Amen. I wish to be wounded, and I wish to wound. Amen. I wish to be begotten, and I wish to beget. Amen. I wish to eat, and I wish to be eaten. Amen. I wish to hear, and I wish to be heard. Amen. I wish to be understood, being wholly understanding. Amen. I wish to be washed, and I wish to wash. Amen. Grace dances. I wish to play the pipe; dance, all of you. Amen. I wish to mourn; beat your breasts, all of you. Amen. The one Ogdoad sings with us. Amen. The twelfth number dances on high. Amen. To the whole on high belongs the dancing. Amen. He who does not dance does not know what is coming to pass. Amen. I wish to flee, and I wish to stay. Amen. I wish to adorn, and I wish to be adorned. Amen. I wish to be united, and I wish to unite. Amen. I have no house, and I have houses. Amen. I have no place, and I have places. Amen. I have no temple, and I have temples. Amen. I am a lamp to you who see me. Amen. I am a mirror to you who perceive me. Amen. I am a door to you who knock at me. Amen. I am a way to you, wayfarer. ### Scripture references - Matt 11:17: allusion, medium confidence - John 10:9: echo, medium confidence - John 14:6: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "Ogdoad" (the Eight) and "the twelfth number" are terms of speculative, probably Gnostic, number symbolism. "I wish to pipe … I wish to mourn": compare Matt 11:17. "A door … a way": compare John 10:9; 14:6. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 95 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-95). ## Acts of John 96 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-96 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The hymn ends; at the crucifixion the Lord appears to John in a cave on the Mount of Olives and shows him the cross of light. ### Greek text ὑπακούω δέ μου τῇ χορείᾳ | ἴδε σεαυτὸν ἐν ἐμοὶ λοῦντι, καὶ ἰδὼν ὃ πράσσων τὼ μυστήριώ μου σίγα. ὁ χορεύων [ Li μὲ - -,, μ νόει ὃ πράσσω, ὅτι σόν ἐστιν τοῦτο τοῦ ἀνθρώπου πάϑος ὃ μέλλω πάσχειν" οὐ γὰρ ἐδύνου ὅλως συνιδεῖν ὃ πάσχεις εἰ μή σοι λόγος ὑπὸ πατρὸς ἐστάλην. ὁ ἰδὼν ὃ πάσχω ὡς cyovra εἶδες, καὶ ἰδὼν ovx ἔστης ἀλλ᾽ ἐκινήϑης ὅλος. κινηϑεὶς σοφίζειν στρωμνὴν μὲν ἔχεις" ἐπανωπάηϑέ μοι. τὶς εἰμι ἐγὼ γνῶ ὅταν ἀπέλϑω. ὃ viv ὁρῶμαι τοῦτο oUx εἰμί" Oto σὺ ἔλϑης. si τὸ πάσχειν ἤδεις, τὸ μὴ παϑεῖν ὧν εἶχες. παϑεῖν σύγγνωθε καὶ τὸ μὴ παϑεῖν ἕξεις. ὃ σὺ μὴ οἶδας αὐτός σε διδάξω. ϑεός εἰμι σοῦ, οὐ τοῦ προδότου. ῥυϑμί" ἔσϑαι ϑέλω ψυχαῖς ἁγίαις im ἐμέ. τὸν λόγον γνῶϑι τῆς σοφίας. πάλιν ἐμοὶ λέγε: δόξα σοι πάτερʼ δόξα σοι λό) ε" δόξα σοι πνεῦμα ἅγιον. τὸ δὲ ἐμὸν ἡϑελήσωμην γνῶναι. λύγον ἅπαξ ἔπαιξα πάντα καὶ οὐκ ἐπαισχύνϑην ὅλως. ἐγὼ ἐσχίρτησα, σὺ δὲ νόει τὸ πᾶν, καὶ νοήσας λέγε" δόξω cot πάτερ. “μήν.} Ταῦτα ἀγαπητοὶ χορεύσας us" ἡμῶν ὃ χύριος ἐξῆλϑεν" | καὶ ἡμεῖς ὥσπεο πλανηϑέντες ἢ καὶ ἀποχοιμηϑέντες ἄλλος ἀλλαχόσε πειρεύγειμεν. ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἰδὼν αὐτὸν πάσχοντα οὐδὲ προσέμεινα «αὐτοῦ τῷ πάϑει, ἀλλ᾽ ἔφυγον tig τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν χλαίων ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι. καὶ ὅτε τῷ ἀρουβώτῳ ὠπεχρεμάσϑη, ὥρας Éxrig ἡμερινῆς σχότος ἐφ᾽ ὅλης τὴς γῆς ἐγεγόνει. καὶ στὰς ὁ κύριός μου ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ σπηλαίου xu quríoug αὐτὸ εἶπεν" ᾿Ιωώννη, τῷ κάτω ὄχλῳ ἐν [topocoλύμοις σταυροῦμαι καὶ λόγχαις νύσσομαι καὶ καλώμοις καὶ l5 ὄξος τε καὶ χολὴν ποτίζομαι. σοὶ δὲ λαλῶ καὶ ὃ λαλῶ ἄχουσον. ἐγώ σοι ὑπέβαλον ἀνελϑεῖν εἰς τοῦτο τὸ ὄρος ὕπως ἀκούσης ἃ δεῖ μαϑητὴν παρὼ διδασκάλου μανϑϑάώνειν καὶ ἄνϑρωπον παρὰ toU. Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἔδειξέν μοι σταυρὸν φωτὸς πεπηγ μένον καὶ περὶ τὸν σταυρὸν ὄχλον πολύν, μίαν μορφὴν μὴ ἔχοντα. xui ἐν αὐτῷ ἦν μορφὴ uic καὶ ioéc ὁμοία. αὐτὸν ὁ δὲ περὶ τὸν σταυρὸν μονοειδὴς ὄχλος καὶ κατωτιχὴ φύσις ὑπώρχει. καὶ ove ὁρᾷς ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ, εἰ καὶ μίαν μορφὴν οὐχ ἔχουσιν, οὐδέπω τὸ πᾶν τοῦ χατελϑόντος συνελήφϑη μέλος. ὅταν δὲ ἀναληφϑῆ ἄνϑρωποι φύσις καὶ γένος προσχωροῦν im ἐμὲ φωνῇ τῇ ἐμῇ πειϑόμενον, ὃν νῦν dxoUc ut σὺ ὃ τοῦτο γενήσεται, καὶ οὐχέτε ἔσται ὃ νῦν ἔστιν. ἀλλ ὑπὲρ αἰτῶν ὡς κἀγὼ νῦν" μέχρι γὰρ μήπω ἔδιεόν μου λέγεις ἑαυτὸν τοῦτο οὐχ εἰμὶ ὃ εἰμι" ἐὼν δέ μὲ ἀχούσῃς, ἀκούων καὶ σὺ μένε ὡς χἀγώ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὃ ἤμην ἔσοιιαι, ὅταν σὲ ὡς ἐγὼ παρ᾽ ἐμαυτῷ" παρὰ γὰρ τοῦ τοῦτο εἷ. τῶν οὖν πολλῶν, ὠμέλει xui τῶν ἔξω τοῦ μυστηρίου, χατωφρόνει" γίνωσχε γάρ μὲ ὅλον aupd τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τὸν πατέρα παρ᾽ ἐμοί. οὐδὲν οὖν ὧν μέλλουσιν λέγειν περὶ ἐμοῦ ἔπαϑαʼ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ πάϑδος ἐκεῖνο ὃ ἔδειξάώ σοι καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς.χορεύων μυστήριον βούλομαι καλεῖσϑαι. ὃ γὰρ εἰ σὺ ὁρᾷς l5 τοῦτο ἐγώ σοι ἔδειξα" ὃ δέ εἰμι τοῦτο ἐγὼ μόνος οἶδα, ἄλλος οὐδείς, τὸ οὖν ἐμὸν ἑαΐμε ἔχειν, τὸ δὲ σὸν Oc ἐμοῦ ὁρῶν, ἐμὲ δὲ ὄντως ὁρᾶν, οὐ ἔφην ὑπάρχειν ἀλλ ὃ σὺ δέ νυ γνωρίζειν συγγενὴς ὦν. ### English translation (Claude) Now respond to my dancing. See yourself in me who am speaking, and when you have seen what I do, keep silent about my mysteries. You who dance, perceive what I do, for yours is this passion of man which I am about to suffer. For you could not at all have understood what you suffer if I had not been sent to you as Word by the Father. You who saw what I suffer saw it as one suffering, and seeing it you did not stand still but were wholly moved; moved to become wise, you have me for a support; rest upon me. Who I am, you will know when I go away. What I am now seen to be, that I am not; … when you come. If you had known how to suffer, you would have been able not to suffer. Learn to suffer, and you will be able not to suffer. What you do not know, I myself will teach you. I am your God, not the betrayer's. I wish to be kept in tune with holy souls. Know the word of wisdom. Say to me again: Glory to you, Father; glory to you, Word; glory to you, Holy Spirit. And as for me, if you wish to know what I was: with a word I once mocked all things, and I was not put to shame at all. I leapt; but do you understand the whole, and having understood, say: Glory to you, Father. Amen." [97] Having danced these things with us, beloved, the Lord went out; and we, as though led astray or fallen asleep, fled this way and that. I, then, when I saw him suffer, did not even stay by his suffering, but fled to the Mount of Olives, weeping over what had happened. And when he was hung on the cross on Friday, at the sixth hour of the day, darkness came over the whole earth. And my Lord stood in the middle of the cave and lit it up, and said: "John, to the crowd below in Jerusalem I am being crucified and pierced with lances and reeds, and given vinegar and gall to drink. But to you I am speaking, and listen to what I say. I put it into your mind to come up to this mountain, so that you might hear what a disciple must learn from a teacher, and a man from God." [98] And having said this he showed me a cross of light set up, and around the cross a great crowd, having no one form; and in it there was one form and a like appearance. … [99] … But the crowd of one form around the cross is the lower nature. [100] And as for those whom you see in the cross, if they do not yet have one form, not yet has every member of him who came down been gathered together. But when the nature of man is taken up, and a race that comes to me obeying my voice, he who now hears me will be united with it, and will no longer be what he now is, but above them, as I am now. For as long as you do not call yourself mine, I am not what I am; but if you hear me, you too as a hearer will be as I am, and I shall be what I was, when I have you as I am with myself; for from me you are this. Do not care, then, for the many, and despise those who are outside the mystery; for know that I am wholly with the Father, and the Father with me. ### Scripture references - Matt 27:34: allusion, medium confidence - Matt 27:45: allusion, high confidence - John 14:10: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 97–100 are lost; "[97]"–"[100]" are placed by sense. Lines are lost in the OCR after "What I am now seen to be, that I am not" and after "a like appearance" (in the edition, the Lord seen above the cross as a voice only, and his explanation of the cross of light, chapters 98–99); marked "…". - The last words of this staged ref (the beginning of chapter 101) are moved to the next staged ref by logged corrections, so that chapter 101 stands together. - The teaching that the Lord was not truly crucified as the crowd saw is the work's docetic Christology; it is translated exactly. "Vinegar and gall": Matt 27:34; "darkness over the whole earth": Matt 27:45; "I am in the Father and the Father in me": John 14:10. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 96 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/66/#p-96). ## Acts of John 101 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-101 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: The Lord teaches John that he did not suffer what the crowd supposed; John urges the brothers to worship him as God present with them in every trial. ### Greek text ὠκούεις μὲ παϑόντα καὶ οὐχ ἔπαϑον, μὴ | παϑόντα καὶ ἔπαϑον" νυγέντα καὶ οὐκ ἐπλήγην" χρεμασϑέντα Xu οὐκ ἐκρειάσϑην" αἷμα ἐξ ἐμοῦ ῥεύσαντα καὶ οὐχ ἔρευσεν" καὶ ἁπλῶς ἃ ἐχεῖνοι λέγουσιν περὶ ἐμοῦ ταῦτα μὴ ἐσχηκέναι, ἃ δὲ μὴ λέγουσιν ἐκεῖνα πεπονϑέναι. τίνα δὲ ἔστιν αἰνίσσομαί σην" οἷδα γὼρ ὅτι συνήσεις. νόησον οὖν μὲ λόγου αἴνεσιν, λύγου νύξι, λόγου αἴμω, λόγου τραῦμα, λόγου ἐξάρτησιν, λόγου πάϑος, λόγου πῆξιν, λόγου ϑάνατον" καὶ οὕτως χωρίσας üvÜocmov λέγω. τὸν μὲν οὖν πρῶτον λόγον γόησον, εἶτα κύριον νοήσεις, τὸν - aret τρίτον καὶ τὸ τί πέπονϑεν. Τ᾽ αῦτα εἰρηκότος πρός με καὶ ἕτερα & οὐχ oic εἰπεῖν ὡς αὐτὸς n ἀνελήφϑη μηδενὸς αὐτὸν ϑεασαμένου τῶν ὄχλων. καὶ ἐλϑόντος μου χατεγέλων ἐκείνων ἁπάντων εἰρηκότος πρὸς us ὥπερ εἰρήχασιν περὶ αὐτοῦ, τοῦτο μύνον χρατύνων ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὅτι συμβολικῶς πώντα ὁ χύριος ἐπραματεύσατο καὶ οἰκονομιχῶς εἰς ἀνϑρώπους ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ σωτηρίαν. ϑεασάώμενοι οὖν ἀδελφοὶ τὴν τοῦ χυρίου χάριν xui στοργὴν τὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς προσχυνοῦμεν αὐτοῦ ἐλεηϑέντες ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, μὴ δακτύλοις, μηδὲ στόμασιν, μηδὲ γλώσση, μηδ᾽ ἑνὶ ὅλως σωματιχῷ ὀργάνῳ, ἀλλὰ τῇ ψυχῇ τῇ διαϑέσει, αὐτῷ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου γινομένου τούτου τοῦ σώματος" καὶ γρηγορήσωμιν, ὅτε καὶ νῦν φυλακαῖς παρεδρεύει δὲ ἡμᾶς καὶ μνημείοις, δεσμοῖς καὶ δεσμωτηρίοις, ὀνείδεσι καὶ ὕβρεσι, Duda καὶ ξηρῷ, μάστιξι, καταδίκοις, ἐπιβουλαῖς, δόλοις, τιμωρίαις" καὶ ἁπλῶς ἅπασιν ἡμῶν συνὼν πάσχουσι συμπάσχει καὶ αὐτὸς ἀδελιροί" ὑφ᾽ ἑκάστου ἡμῶν καλούμενος οὐχ ὑπομένει mapu χοῦσαι ἡμῶν, ἀλλ ὡς πώντῃ ὧν πάντων ἡμῶν ἀχούειν, καὶ viv ἐμοῦ δὲ καὶ τῆς Δρουσίνης, ἐγκεκλεισμένων ϑεὸς ὧν, βοήϑειαν ἡμῖν προσάγων τῇ ἰδίᾳ εὐσπλαγχνίᾳ. πείσϑητε οὖν καὶ ὑμεῖς ἀγαπητοὶ ὅτι οὐχ ἄνϑρωπον ὑμὶν καταγγέλων σέβει, ἀλλὰ ϑεὸν ἀμετάτρεπτον, ϑεὸν ἀχρώτειστον, ϑεὸν πάσης ἐξουσίας ἀνώτερον καὶ πάσης δυνώμεως xui ἀγγέλων πάντων καὶ xrictov λεγομένων καὶ αἰώνων ὅλων πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἰσχυρότερον. εἰς τοῦτο οὖν ἐμμείναντες καὶ εἰς τοῦτο οἰχοδομούμενοι ἀχαϑαίρετον ὑμῶν τὴν ψυχὴν ἕξετε, Καὶ παραδοὺς ταῦτα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιωάννης ἀνεχώρησεν ἅμα τῷ Ἰνδρονίχῳ tig περίπατον. καὶ ἡ Δρουσίνη δὲ ἀπὸ μακρόϑεν ἠκολούίϑει ἅμα ποσίν, ἵνα τὰς ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ πράξεις γενομένας ϑεωροῦσιν καὶ τὸν αὐτοῦ λύγον ἀκούουσιν πάντοτε ἐν χυρίῳ. ### English translation (Claude) [101] Nothing, therefore, of what they will say about me have I suffered; but that passion too which I showed you and the rest in the dance I wish to be called a mystery. For what you are, you see, and this I showed you; but what I am, that I alone know, and no one else. Let me, then, keep what is mine; and what is yours, see through me; and see me truly, not what I said I am, but what you, being akin, can know. You hear that I suffered, yet I did not suffer; that I did not suffer, yet I suffered; that I was pierced, yet I was not struck; hanged, yet I was not hanged; that blood flowed from me, yet it did not flow; and in a word, what they say about me, these things I did not undergo, but what they do not say, those things I suffered. What they are I signify to you; for I know that you will understand. Perceive in me, then, the praising of the Word, the piercing of the Word, the blood of the Word, the wound of the Word, the hanging of the Word, the passion of the Word, the nailing of the Word, the death of the Word. And so I speak, separating off the man. First, then, perceive the Word; then you will perceive the Lord, and third the man, and what he has suffered." [102] When he had said these things to me, and others which I do not know how to say as he would have them, he was taken up, none of the crowd having seen him. And when I came down, I laughed at them all, since he had told me what they had said about him, holding firmly within myself this one thing, that the Lord had done everything symbolically and by a dispensation, for the conversion and salvation of men. [103] Having seen, then, brothers, the grace of the Lord and his affection toward us, let us worship him, as those who have received mercy from him, not with fingers nor mouths nor tongue nor any bodily organ at all, but with the disposition of the soul, him who became man of this body; and let us keep watch, since now too he waits on us in prisons, and in tombs, in bonds and dungeons, in reproaches and insults, by sea and on dry land, in scourgings, condemnations, plots, deceits, punishments; and in a word he is with all of us, and suffers with us when we suffer, brothers. When he is called upon by each of us, he does not endure to stop his ears to us, but being everywhere he hears all of us, and now both me and Drusiana, being the God of those who are shut in, bringing help to us by his own compassion. [104] Be persuaded, then, you too, beloved, that it is not a man whom I proclaim to you to worship, but God unchangeable, God invincible, God higher than every authority and every power, and older and mightier than all the angels and the so-called creatures and all the aeons. If, then, you hold fast to this and are built up in it, you will have your soul indestructible." [105] And having delivered these things to the brothers, John went away with Andronicus for a walk. And Drusiana too followed at a distance with all the others, to see the deeds done by him and to hear his word, always in the Lord. ### Translation notes - This staged ref is renumbered 101 (see the renumbering note). The numerals of chapters 101–105 are lost; "[101]"–"[105]" are placed by sense. The beginning of chapter 101 is moved here from the previous staged ref, and the beginning of chapter 106 is moved from here to the next staged ref, by logged corrections. - "Him who became man of this body" translates an uncertain phrase as printed. "Me and Drusiana … shut in" refers to an imprisonment narrated in a part of the work that is lost. - The teaching that the Lord suffered and did not suffer, and the "separating off the man", is the work's docetic Christology; it is translated exactly. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 101 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-101). ## Acts of John 106 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-106 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: On his last Lord's day John reminds the brothers of all the Lord has given them and urges them not to grieve him. ### Greek text Συνῆν οὖν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁ ᾿Ιωώννης ἀγαλλιώμενος ἐν χυρίῳ. τῇ δὲ ἑξῆς κυριωκῆς οὔσης καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν πάντων συλλεγέντων ἤρξατο λέγειν αὐτοῖς" ᾿δελφοὶ καὶ σύν- δουλοι x«i συγκληρονύμοι καὶ συμμέτοχοι τῆς τοῦ κυρίου βασιλείας, γινώσχετε τὸν χύριον πόσας δυνώμεις Ór ἐμοῦ παρέσχεν ὑμῖν, πόσα τέρατα, ἰώσεις πόσας, πόσα σημεῖα, χαρίσματα oig, διδωχώς, κυβερ νήσεις, ἀναπαύσεις, διακονίας, γνώ Ὡς δὲ ἔγνω τὴν μετάστασιν αὐτοῦ δὲ ἀποκαλύψεως χυρίου, κυριαχῆς ἡμέρας οὔσης συνὼν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς μετὼ τὴν ϑείαν x«i φρικτὴν μυσταγωγίων καὶ τὴν χλάσιν τοῦ ἄρτου πώντων συνηγμένων εἶπεν" Ἐπειδὴ ὦ τεκνία μου ὃ χρόνος τῆς σεις, δόξας, χάριτας, δωρεάς, πίστεις, κοινωνίας, ὅσα εἴδετε παρ᾽ ὀφϑαλμοῖς διδόμενα ὑμῖν ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, μὴ φαινόμενα ὀφϑαὶμοῖς τούτοις μηδὲ ἀκοαῖς ταύταις ἀχουόμενα. στηρίζεσϑε οὖν ἐν αὐτῷ μεμνημένοι αὐτοῦ ἐν πάσῃ ὑμῶν πράξει, ἐπιστάμενοι τὸ γεγονὸς εὶς ἀνθρώπους τῆς οἰκονομίας μυστήριον τίνος Évexev πεπραγμάτευται ὁ κύριος. αὐτὸς δέεται ὑμῶν δὲ ἐμοῦ ἀδελφοὶ καὶ παρακαλεῖ, ἄλυπος ϑέλων μένειν, ἀνύβριστος, ave πιβούλευτος, ἀκόλαστος" οἷδὲεν γὰρ καὶ ὕβριν τὴν ἐξ ὑμῶν, οἷδὲεν καὶ ἀτιμίαν, οἷδεν καὶ ἐπιβουλήν, οἷδεν καὶ κόλασιν παραχουόντων αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐντολῶν. μὴ οὖν λυπείσϑω ὁ ἀγαϑὸς ἡμῶν ϑεύς, ὁ εὔζωῆς μου βραχὺς καὶ ὀλιγοστός ἐστιν καὶ μέλλω πρὸς τον κύριόν μου πορεύεσδιαι, στηρέζεσί)ε ἐν τῇ πίστει καὶ ἀγάπη τοῦ Χριστοῦ: καὶ ἃ εἴδετε παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐπιτελούμενα καὶ παρελιβετε μὴ ἐπιλάϑεσϑε, ἕνα κἀγὼ ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τοῦ χυρίου εἴπω" ᾿Ιδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ ϑεός. Μνημονεύετε ὅσας δὶ ἐμοῦ ὑμῖν παρέσχεν ὁ ϑεὸς ἀντιλήψεις, χαρίσματα ἰαμάτων, κυβερνήσεις, γνώσεις, κοινωνίας, πέστεις, διδωσχαωλίας, δωρεὰς ἰαμάτων" ### English translation (Claude) [106] So John was with the brothers, rejoicing in the Lord. And on the next day, it being the Lord's day, and all the brothers having gathered, he began to say to them: "Brothers and fellow servants and co-heirs and fellow partakers of the kingdom of the Lord, you know how many mighty works the Lord has granted you through me, how many wonders, how many healings, how many signs, what gifts of grace, teachings, guidance, refreshments, ministries, know- [Other recension: When he knew of his departure through a revelation of the Lord, it being the Lord's day, he was with the brothers after the divine and awesome initiation into the mysteries and the breaking of bread; and when all had gathered he said: "Since, my little children, the time of my] -ledge, glories, graces, gifts, faiths, fellowships, all that you have seen given to you by him before your eyes, which do not appear to these eyes nor are heard by these ears. Be established, then, in him, remembering him in every action of yours, knowing the mystery of the dispensation that has come about toward men, for whose sake the Lord has done his work. He himself, through me, begs and entreats you, brothers, wishing to remain without grief, without insult, without treachery, without punishment; for he knows the insult that comes from you, he knows dishonour too, he knows treachery too, he knows punishment too, when his commandments are disobeyed. [107] Let not, then, our good God be grieved, the com- [Other recension: life is short and small, and I am about to go to my Lord, be established in the faith and love of Christ; and what you have seen done by me and have received, do not forget, so that I too at the resurrection of the Lord may say: 'Here am I and the children whom God has given me.' Remember how many helps God has granted you through me: gifts of healing, guidance, knowledge, fellowships, faiths, teachings, gifts of healing; ### Scripture references - Heb 2:13: quotation, high confidence - 1 Cor 12:28: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - This staged ref is renumbered 106 (see the renumbering note). Its first words are moved here from the previous staged ref by logged corrections. The numeral of chapter 107 is lost; "[107]" marks where it begins, and it continues in the next ref. - The bracketed passages are the second recension printed by the editor; the second continues in the next ref. "Here am I and the children whom God has given me": Heb 2:13 (Isa 8:18). - This and the following chapters (the departure of John) are compared with the public-domain translation in ANF 8, made from a related Greek text. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 106 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-106). ## Acts of John 107 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-107 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John exhorts the brothers, prays, breaks bread with them, has a grave dug outside the city, and begins his last prayer. ### Greek text καὶ γίνεσϑε χρηστοὶ καὶ οἰκχτίρμονες, ἀλλήλους σπλάγχνος, ὁ ἐλεήμων, ὁ ἅγιος, ὃ χωϑαρός, ὁ ὠμέαντος, ὃ ἄυλος, ὁ μόνος, ὁ εἷς, ὁ | ὠμετώβολος, ὁ εἰλικρινής, ὁ ἄδολος, ὁ ἀόργητος, ὁ πάσης λεγομένης ἢ νοουμένης ἡμῖν προσηγορέας ἀνώτερος καὶ ὑψηλότερος ϑεὸς ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός" εὐφραινέσϑω σὺν ἡμῖν χαλῶς ἡμῶν πολιτευομένων, χαιρέτω χαϑαρῶς βιούντων ἡμῶν, ἀναπαυέσϑω σεμνῶς ἡμῶν ἀναστρεφομένων" ἀὠμεριμνείτω ἐγχρατῶς ἡμῶν βιούντων, ἡ δέσίω χοινωγούντων ἡμῶν, μειδιώάτω σωφρονούντων ἡμῶν, εὐωχείσϑω φιλούντων ἡμῶν αὐτόν. ταῦτα ὑμῖν ἀδελφοὶ ὁμιλῶ νῦν ἐπειγόμενος πρὸς τὸ προχείμενόν μοι ἔργον | ἤδη τελειούμενον ὑπὸ TOU xvgiov. τὲ γὰρ ἕτερον ἔχοιμι πρὸς ὑμᾶς εἰπεῖν; ἔχετε τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν τὼ ἐνέχυρα᾽ ἔχετε τοὺς ἀρραβῶνας τῆς άγαοἰχοδομοῦντες, ἀναστρεφόμενοι ἐν πώση ἐγκρατείᾳ καὶ σειινότητι, ταῦτα λέγω πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἀδελφοὶ ἤδη πρὸς τὸ πουκχείμενύν μοι ἔργον πορεύομαι" καὶ εἰ καὶ τῷ σώματι ὠπολειφϑῶ ἀφ᾽ ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ τῷ πνεύματι οὐκ ὠπολειφρϑήδομαι. ἔχετε τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἡμῶν τὰ ἐνέχυρα" ἔχετε τοὺς ἀρραβῶνας τῆς ἀγαϑωϑωσύνης αὐτοῦ" ἔχετε τὴν ἀπαραίτητον αὐτοῦ παρουσίαν. εἰ μὲν οὖν μηχέτι ἁμαρτάνετε, & ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ | ἐπράξατε ἀφίησιν ὑμῖν" εἰ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν ἐγνωκότες καὶ $m αὐτοῦ ἐλεηϑέντες ἐν τοῖς ὁμοίοις πάλιν ἀναστρέφεσϑε, καὶ τὰ πρότερα ὑμῖν λογισϑηήσεται καὶ οὐχ ἕξετε μέρος ἢ ἔλεος ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα πρὸς αὐτοὺς ηὔξατο οὕτως" O τὸν στέφανον τοῦτον πλέξας t5 σῆ πλοχῇ Ἰησοῦ" ὁ τὰ πολλὰ ταῦτα Gv εἰς τὸ ἀδιάπνευστόν σου ἄνϑος τοῦ προσώπου ἐναρμόσας, ὁ ἐγκατασπείρας τοὺς λόγους τούτους" ὁ μόνος κηδεμὼν τῶν σῶν δούλων καὶ ἰατρὸς δωρεὰν ἰώμενος" ὃ μόνος εὐεργέτης καὶ ἀνυπερήφανος, ὃ μόνος ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνϑρωπος, ὃ μόνος σωτὴρ καὶ δίκαιος, ὁ ἀεὶ ὁρῶν τὰ πάντων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν ὧν zai πανταχοῦ παρὼν καὶ τὰ πάντα σύνης αὐτοῦ" ἔχετε αὐτὸν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν πάντοτε χαλῶς πολιτευομένων ὑμῶν. περιέχων καὶ πληρῶν τὰ πάντα Χριστὲ InooU ϑεὲ xvoie, ὁ ταῖς σεῖς δωρειῖς καὶ τῷ σῷ ἐλέει περὶ σχεπώζων τοὺς ἐπὶ σὲ ἐλπίζοντὰς, ὁ ἐπιστώμενος ἀχριβᾶς τοῦ πανταχῆ ἡμῶν ἀντιδίκου τὰς τέχνας τς τε ἐπηρείας πάσας ἃς xu ἡμῶν ἐπιβουλεύει" σὺ μόνος κύριε βοήϑησον ἐν τῇ ἐπισχοπῆ σου τοῖς σοῖς δούλοις" γαρέτην, τὸν ϑησαυρόν, τὸ ἄροτρον, τὴν σαγήνην, τὸ μέγεϑος, τὸ διάδημα, τὸν δι ἡμᾶς λεχϑέντα υἱὸν ἀνϑρώπου, τὸν χαρισώμενον ἡμῖν τὴν ἀλήϑειαν, τὴν ἀνάπαυσιν, τὴν γνῶσιν, τὴν δύναμιν, τὴν ἐντολήν, τὴν παρρησίαν, τὴν ἐλπίδα, τὴν ἀγάπην, ὅ τὴν ἐλευϑερίαν, τὴν tlg σὲ καταφυγήν. σὺ ydg εἶ μόνος χύριε ἡ ῥίζα τῆς ἀϑανασίας καὶ ἡ πηγὴ τῆς ἀφϑαρσίας καὶ ἡ ἔδρα τῶν αἰώνων, λεχϑεὶς ταῦτα πώντω Óv | ἡμᾶς νῦν ὅπως χιλοῦντές σὲ διὰ τούτων γνωρίζωμέν σου τὸ μέγεϑος ἀϑεώρητον ἡμῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος ὑπάρχον, καϑαροῖς δὲ ϑεωρητὸν μόνον à' τῷ μόνῳ cov ἀνϑρώπῳ εἰκονιζόμενον. Καὶ χλάσας τὸν ἄρτον ἐπέδωκεν πᾶσιν ἡμῖν, ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀδελιρῶν ἐπευχόμενος ἄξιον ἔσεσϑαι αὐτὸν τῆς τοῦ χυρίου χώριτος καὶ τῆς ἁγιωτάτης εὐχαριστίας. γευσάμένος δὲ xui αὐτὸς ὁμοίως καὶ εἰρηκὼς Κἀμοὶ μέρος ἔστω μεϑʼ ὑμῶν, καὶ Elonry μεϑʼ ὑμῶν ἀγαπητοί, μετὰ ταῦτα ἔφη τῷ Βήρῳ" παραλαβών τινας σὺν σοὶ ἄνδρας δύο ἔχοντας χοφίνους καὶ coxa φεῖα ἀκολούϑηcov μοι. 'O δὲ Βῆρος μὴ μελλήσας διεπράξατο ὃ ἐχελεύσϑη ὑπὸ τοῦ δούλου τοῦ ϑεοῦ Ἰωάννου. προελϑὼν οὖν ὁ μακάριος Ἰωάννης τῆς οἰκίας ἐβάδιζε πρὸ τῶν πυλῶν εἰρηκὼς τοῖς πλείοσιν Καὶ ταῦτα πλείονω εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ λαοῦ τοῖς δώχρυσιν τῷ ἐδάφει βρεχόντων εἶπεν πρὸς Εὐτυχῆ καὶ τὸν ἀποστῆναι 4A αὐτοῦ" καὶ γενόμενος εἴς τι μνημεῖον ἀδελφοῦ ἡμῶν ἔφη τοῖς νεανίσκοις" «Σχώψατε τέχνα. Κἀκεῖνοι ἔσχαπτον. o δὲ μᾶλλον ἐπέχειτο αὐτοῖς λέγων" Βαϑύτερον ἔστω τὶ σχάμμα. Καἀκείνων σχαπτόντων ὡμίλει αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον τοῦ ϑεοῦ καὶ προετρέπετο τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ ἀπὸ τῆς οἰκίας ἐξεληλυϑότας, οἰκοδομῶν καὶ χκαταρτίζων αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ τοῦ ϑεοῦ μέγεϑος καὶ ἐπευχόμενος ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν. ὡς δὲ b λεσαν τὸ σχάώμμα οἱ νεανίσκοι καϑὼς ἠἡβουλήϑη, ἡμῶν μηδὲν εἰδότων ἀποδύεται τὰ | ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ἃ ἠμφέεστο καὶ ἐπιβάλλει αὐτὰ ὥσπερ τινὰ στρωμνὴν ἐν τῷ βάϑει τοῦ σχάμματος καὶ ἐν μόνῳ τῷ δικροσσίῳ στὰς ἀνατείνας τὰς χεῖρας ηὔξατο οὕτως" Οὐῆρον: Τέκνον Εὐτυχῆ, σὲ καϑίστημι μετὰ ϑεὸν πρωτόϑρονον καὶ ποιμένα τοῦ λαοῦ τοὐτου" βλέπε τέκνον θυῆρε πῶς μέλλεις ποιμᾶναι τὸ ποίμνι.... Ὁ ἐχλεξώμενος ἡμᾶς sig ἀποστολὴν ἐϑνῶν ὁ πέμψας ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν οἰχουμένην Ós0g' ὁ δείξας ἑαυτὸν διὼ τοῦ νύμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν" ὃ μὴ ἠρεμήσας πώποτε ἀλλὰ ἀεὶ σῴζων ἀπὸ καταβολῆς χόσμου τοὺς δυναμένους σωϑῆναι" ὁ διὰ πάσης φύσεως ἑαυτὸν γνωρίσας" ὁ καὶ μέχρι ζῴων ἑαυτὸν χηρύξας᾽ ὁ τὴν ἔρημον καὶ ἀγριωθϑεῖσαν ινυχὴν ἥμερον καὶ ἡσύχιον ποιήσας" ὁ διψψωσῃ αὐτῇ τοὺς σοὺς λόγους ἑαυτὸν δούς" ὁ νεχρουμένῃ αὐτῇ ἐν τάχει ὀφϑείς" ὁ βυϑιζομένῃ αὐτῇ εἰς ἀνομίαν νόμος φανείς" ὁ νενιχημένη αὐτῇ ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐμφανισϑείς" ὁ νιχήσας τὸν ἀντίδικον αὐτῆς | ἐπὶ σὲ χαταρυγούσης᾽ ὃ δοὺς αὐτῇ τὴν σὴν χεῖρα καὶ ἀνεγείρας τῶν ἐν δου πραγμάτων" ὁ μὴ ἐάσας αὐτὴν ἐν σώματι πολιτεύεσϑαι" ὁ δείξας αὐτῇ τὸν ἴδιον ἐχϑρόν" ὁ τὴν ἐπὶ σὲ γνῶσιν χαϑαρὰν πεποιημένος ϑεὲ ἸΙησοῦ" ὁ τῶν ὑπερουρανίων πατήρ" ὁ τῶν ἐπουρωνίων δεσπότης" ὁ τῶν αἰϑερίων νόμος καὶ τῶν ἀερίων δρόμος" ὁ τῶν ἐπιγείων φύλαξ καὶ τῶν ὑπογείων φύβος καὶ τῶν ἰδίων χώρις" δέξαι καὶ τοῦ σοῦ Ἰωώννου τὴν wvynv τάχα ἠξιωμένην ὑπὸ σοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) and be kind and compassionate, … one another] -passionate, the merciful, the holy, the pure, the undefiled, the immaterial, the only, the one, the unchangeable, the sincere, the guileless, the slow to anger, he who is higher and more exalted than every name spoken or thought by us, our God Jesus Christ. Let him rejoice with us because we conduct ourselves well; let him be glad because we live in purity; let him rest because we behave reverently; let him be free of care because we live in self-control; let him be pleased because we share with one another; let him smile because we are sober-minded; let him feast because we love him. These things I say to you, brothers, as I now hasten to the work set before me, already being brought to completion by the Lord. For what else could I say to you? You have the pledges of our God; you have the earnests of his good- [Other recension: … building up, living in all self-control and reverence. These things I say to you, brothers: I am now going to the work set before me; and even if I am separated from you in the body, yet in the spirit I shall not be separated.] You have the pledges of our God; you have the earnests of his goodness; you have his presence, which cannot be refused. If, then, you sin no more, he forgives you what you did in ignorance; but if, after knowing him and receiving mercy from him, you return to the like courses, your former deeds too will be reckoned against you, and you will have no portion or mercy before him." [108] And having said this to them, he prayed thus: "Jesus, who wove this crown with your weaving; who fitted these many flowers into the unfading flower of your face; who sowed these words in them; the only guardian of your servants, and physician who heals freely; the only benefactor, and unhaughty; the only merciful one and lover of mankind; the only Saviour, and righteous; who always see what belongs to all, and are in all, and are present everywhere, and all things — [Other recension: … of him; you have him in your midst always, when you live well.] — encompassing and filling all things, Christ Jesus, God, Lord, who with your gifts and your mercy shelter those who hope in you; who know precisely the arts of our adversary everywhere and all the insults which he plots against us: do you alone, Lord, help your servants by your watchful care." [109] … the pearl, the treasure, the plough, the net, the majesty, the diadem, him who for our sakes was called Son of Man, who gave us the truth, the rest, the knowledge, the power, the commandment, the confidence, the hope, the love, the freedom, the refuge in you. For you alone, Lord, are the root of immortality and the fountain of incorruption and the seat of the ages, called all these things for our sakes now, so that calling on you by these names we may know your greatness, which at present is invisible to us, but visible to the pure alone, as it is portrayed in your only man. [110] And having broken the bread he gave it to all of us, praying for each of the brothers that he might be worthy of the grace of the Lord and of the most holy eucharist. And having himself also tasted it likewise and said, "To me too let there be a portion with you, and peace with you, beloved," after this he said to Verus: [111] "Take with you some men, two, with baskets and spades, and follow me." And Verus, without delay, did what he was ordered by the servant of God John. So the blessed John came out of the house and walked before the gates, having told most of them [Other recension: And when he had said more of these things, and the people were wetting the ground with their tears, he said to Eutyches, also called Verus …] to stand away from him; and coming to the tomb of one of our brothers he said to the young men: "Dig, children." And they dug. And he urged them on the more, saying: "Let the trench be deeper." And while they dug he spoke the word of God to them and encouraged those who had come out of the house with him, building them up and preparing them for the greatness of God, and praying for each of us. And when the young men had finished the trench as he wished, while we knew nothing, he takes off the garments he had on and lays them like a bedding in the bottom of the trench; and standing in his shift only he stretched out his hands and prayed thus: [Other recension: … "Child Eutyches, I appoint you, after God, first-enthroned and shepherd of this people; see, child Verus, how you are to shepherd the flock …"] [112] "O you who chose us for the apostleship among the nations; who sent us into the inhabited world, O God; who showed yourself through the law and the prophets; who never rested, but always save from the foundation of the world those who can be saved; who made yourself known through all nature; who proclaimed yourself even to animals; who made the desolate and savage soul gentle and quiet; who gave yourself to it when it thirsted for your words; who appeared to it quickly when it was dying; who showed yourself as law to it when it was sinking into lawlessness; who appeared to it when it had been overcome by Satan; who overcame its adversary when it fled to you for refuge; who gave it your hand and raised it from the things of Hades; who did not let it live in the body; who showed it its own enemy; who made its knowledge of you pure, God Jesus; Father of the beings above the heavens, Master of those in the heavens, law of those in the ether and course of those in the air, guardian of those on earth and terror of those below the earth and grace of your own: receive also the soul of your John, which has perhaps been counted worthy by you. ### Scripture references - Matt 13:46: echo, low confidence - Matt 13:44: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The numerals of chapters 108–112 are lost; "[108]"–"[112]" are placed by sense. The opening of John's thanksgiving over the bread (chapter 109) is lost in the OCR; it resumes in the middle of a list of titles ("… the pearl"); marked "…". - The bracketed passages are the second recension printed by the editor, interleaved by the OCR. - Compared with ANF 8 ("Acts of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John the Theologian"), whose Greek differs in places (e.g. "seen in thine only Son" where this text has "portrayed in your only man"). ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 107 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-107). ## Acts of John 113 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-113 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: In his last prayer John thanks the Lord for keeping him from marriage and asks to be received into his rest. ### Greek text ὁ χἀμὲ φυλάξας μέχρι τῆς ἄρτι ὥρας καϑαρὸν ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἀμιγῆ μίξεως γυναικός" ὁ ϑέλοντί μοι ἐν νεότητι γῆμαι ἐπιφανεὶς καὶ εἰρηκώς μοι" Χρήξζω σου Ἰωάννη" Ὁ xti ἀσϑένειάν uo, σωματικὴν προοικονομήσας" ὁ τρίτον uov βουληϑέντος γῆμαε παραυτίκα ἐμποδίσας μοι, ἔπειτα δὲ ἡμέρας ὥρᾳ τρίτῃ ἐν ϑαλώσση εἰρηκώς μοιʼ ἸἸωώννη, εἰ μὴ ἧς tuos, εἴασα ἄν σὲ γῆμαι" Ὃ πηρώσας με δύο ἔτη, πενϑεῖν καὶ δέεσϑαί σου παρασχύμενος" ὁ τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει ἑπανοίξας μοι τοῦ γοὺς τὰς ὄψεις καὶ τοὺς φαινομένους ὐὑφϑαλμοὺς χαρισάμενός μοι" ὁ διωαβλέψαντός μου καὶ τὸ ἀτενίσαι γυναικὶ ἐπαχϑές μοι διαγράψας" ὁ τῆς προσχαίρου φαντασίας ῥυσάμενός με xui εἰς τὴν ἀεὶ μένουσαν ὁδηγήσας ut' ὁ τῆς ἐν σαρκὶ ῥυπαρᾶς μανίας χωρίσας ut' ὁ τοῦ πικροῦ ϑανάτου στερήσας με, ἐπὶ δὲ σὲ καταστήσας μὲ μόνον" ὁ τὴν ἀπόχρυφον νόσον τῆς ψυχῆς μου φιμώσας καὶ τὴν φανερὰν πρᾶξιν ἐχχόψας" ὁ ϑλέψας καὶ ἐξορίσας τὸν ἐν ἐμοὶ στασιάζοντα" ὁ ἄσπιλον μου τὴν πρὸς σὲ φιλίων καταστήσας" ὁ ἀἄϑραυστόν μου τὴν πρὸς σὲ πορείαν καταρτίσας ὁ ἀνενδοίαστόν μου τὴν εἰς σὲ πίστιν δούς" ὁ χαϑαράν μου τὴν εἰς σὲ γνώμην ὑπογράνψιας" ὁ τῶν ἔργων ἑχάστῳ τὸν ἐπάξιον ἀποδιδοὺς μισϑϑόν" ὁ ἐγκαταϑέμενός μον τῇ ψυχῇ μηδὲν ἔχειν χτῆμα ἢ σὲ μόνον" τί γὰρ σοῦ τιμιώτερον; νῦν οὖν χύριε ὅτε ἣν ἐπιστεύϑην οἰχονομίαν Ἡ οὗ Cor παρὰ σοῦ ἐτέλεσα, καταξίωσόν us τῆς σῆς ἀναπαύσεως τὺ ἐν σοὶ τέλος χαριζόμενός μοι, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἄρρητος xul ἄφϑεγκτος σωτηρία. ### English translation (Claude) You who have kept me also, until this present hour, pure for yourself and untouched by union with a woman; who, when I wished in my youth to marry, appeared to me and said: 'I need you, John'; who arranged beforehand a bodily weakness for me; who, when I wished to marry for the third time, at once hindered me, and then at the third hour of the day said to me on the sea: 'John, if you were not mine, I would have let you marry'; who blinded me for two years, granting me to mourn and to pray to you; who in the third year opened the eyes of my mind and granted me also the eyes that are seen; who, when I recovered my sight, set it down that even to gaze at a woman was hateful to me; who rescued me from the passing fantasy and guided me to that which abides for ever; who separated me from the filthy madness in the flesh; who took bitter death from me and set me upon you alone; who muzzled the hidden disease of my soul and cut out the open deed; who afflicted and banished the one who rebelled within me; who made my love toward you spotless; who prepared my journey to you unbroken; who gave me undoubting faith in you; who drew for me a pure mind toward you; who render to each of his works the reward it deserves; who placed in my soul the wish to have no possession but you alone, for what is more precious than you? Now, then, Lord, since I have accomplished the stewardship with which I was entrusted by you, count me worthy of your rest, granting me the end in you, which is salvation unspeakable and unutterable. ### Translation notes - The praise of John's lifelong virginity, and of the Lord's preventing his marriage, is distinctive of these Acts; it is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 113 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-113). ## Acts of John 114 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-114 - Source: Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 Summary: John ends his prayer, lies down in the grave, and dies in peace. ### Greek text x«i ἐρχομένου μου πρός ct ὑποχωρησάτω πῦρ, νικηϑήτω σκότος" ἀτονησάτω χάος" μαρανϑήτω χώμινος" σβεσϑήτω γέενναʼ ἀκχολουϑησάτωσαν ἄγγελοι, φοβηϑήτωσαν δαίμονες" ϑραυσϑήτωσαν ἄρχοντες, δυνώμεις πεσέτωσαν" δεξιοὶ τόποι στηκέτωσαν, ἀριστεροὶ μὴ μενέτωσαν" ὁ διάβολος φιμωϑήτω, ὁ “Σατανᾶς καταγελασϑήτω ὁ ϑυμὸς αὐτοῦ ἐκκαυϑήτω" ἢ μανία αὐτοῦ ἠρεμησάτω" ἡ τιμωρία αὐτοῦ ἀσχημονείτω" ἡ ὁρμὴ αὐτοῦ ὀδυνάσϑω": τὼ τέκνα αὐτοῦ παταχϑήτω καὶ ὃλη ἡ ῥίξα αὐτοῦ ἀπορρηϑήτω. καὶ δός μοι τὴν πρὸς σὲ ὁδὸν ὠνύβριστον καὶ ἀνεπηρέαστον διανύσαι, ὠπολαμβάνοντα ἅπερ ὑπέσχου roig χκαϑαρῶς βιοῦσιν καὶ σὲ μόνον ἀγαπήσασιν.] Καὶ σφραγισάμενος ἑαυτὸν ὅλον ἑστὼς καὶ εἰρηκὼς Σὺ uer ἐμοῦ χύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, χατεκλίϑη ἐν τῷ σχάμματι ἔνϑα τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ὑπέστρωσεν" καὶ εἰπὼν ἡμῖν Εἰρήνη μεϑʼ ὑμῶν ὠδελφοί, παρέδωχε τὸ πνεῦμα χαίρων. ### English translation (Claude) And as I come to you, let fire draw back, let darkness be overcome, let chaos be enfeebled, let the furnace grow dim, let Gehenna be quenched; let angels follow, let demons be afraid; let rulers be shattered, let powers fall; let the places on the right stand firm, let those on the left not remain; let the devil be muzzled, let Satan be laughed to scorn, let his wrath be burnt out, let his madness be calmed, let his vengeance be put to shame, let his onslaught be in pain, let his children be struck down, and let all his root be torn up. And grant me to complete the journey to you without insult and without abuse, receiving what you promised to those who live purely and have loved you alone." And having sealed himself all over, standing, and having said, "You are with me, Lord Jesus Christ," he lay down in the trench where he had spread his garments; and having said to us, "Peace be with you, brothers," he gave up his spirit rejoicing. [115] … ### Translation notes - A closing square bracket stands after the prayer in the OCR; its opening is not in the text, and its meaning is uncertain. - The numeral and the text of chapter 115 are lost; only scattered words of the edition's apparatus for it survived in the OCR (the brothers' finding of his sandals and a spring, the saying of John 21:22, and a doxology), and these are removed. - Compared with ANF 8, whose ending differs ("they did not find him, but his sandals, and a fountain welling up"). ### Citation (SBL) Acts John 114 (Lipsius–Bonnet, 155–213; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-iohannis/101/#p-114).