The Gospel of Peter Illustrated Greek-English Interlinear

Greek-English interlinear presentation of the Gospel of Peter (P.Cair. 10759). (ref)

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The Gospel of Peter                                   other places. However, these fragments are sparse, and their relevance
                                                                           for understanding P.Cair. 10759 remains uncertain.1
            Illustrated Greek-English Interlinear                              Because of the early date of this significant discovery, several
                                                                           transcripts and translations are already available in the public domain
                          by Mark M. Mattison                              (though most of those translations are archaic and stilted). Peter
                                                                           Kirby’s web site Early Christian Writings contains six translations and
    This illustrated Greek-English interlinear reproduces the first of     two Greek transcripts, as well as additional information (cf.
four texts preserved in Cairo Papyrus 10759, discovered in a tomb near     http://earlychristianwritings.com/gospelpeter.html). The transcript
Achmîm, Egypt, in the winter of 1886-87 and first published in 1892.       provided here is largely based on the public domain transcript in
Though not titled, the Gospel purports to have been written by Peter.      Walter R. Cassels, The Gospel According to Peter: A Study (Longmans,
The Achmîm fragment itself was written sometime between the sixth          Green, And Co.), 1894, available from Amazon.com, and revised
and ninth centuries CE, but scholars widely agree that the original text   somewhat in light of Andrew Bernhard’s transcript2 and Paul Foster’s
was written much earlier. It sounds very much like the Gospel of Peter     superlative critical text,3 as well as Bülow-Jacobsen’s photographs.
which Serapion of Antioch encountered in Rhossus late in the second            For additional reflections on the Gospel of Peter, see my book, The
century. The Gospel clearly reflects a second-century Christian            Gospel of Peter: Revisiting Jesus’ Death and Resurrection, available from
context, including arguably Syriac Christian concepts, images              Amazon.com.
addressing popular piety, and early Christian polemics conveniently
(and tragically) shifting the blame for Jesus’ execution from the Roman    Notes
imperial occupation to the Jews, or at least Jewish leaders.
    Though several numbering systems have been proposed through            1Cf. Paul Foster, The Gospel of Peter: Introduction, Critical Edition and

the years, the most common divides the text into sixty verses as           Commentary (Brill), 2010, pp. 1, 2, 57-79, 171.
proposed by Adolf von Harnack and slightly revised since. This             2Andrew E. Bernhard, Other Early Christian Gospels: A Critical Edition of

interlinear follows that popular system, without chapter divisions,        the Surviving Greek Manuscripts (TT Clark International), 2007, pp. 56-83.
although the public domain translation which follows divides the text      3Foster, op. cit.

further with subheadings which aren’t included in the original Greek.
    The photographs were taken by Dr. Adam Bülow-Jacobsen, now             Symbols
retired, who currently maintains a personal web site at
http://www.igl.ku.dk/bulow. Special thanks are due to Dr. Bülow-            [ ] Reconstructed text
Jacobsen for granting permission to use these photographs, which are        ( ) Letters not included but implied
also available on-line at http://ipap.csad.ox.ac.uk/GP/GP.html. The        < > Editorial correction of a scribal error
photographs are particularly valuable at this time, since the Achmîm       { } Letter erroneously added by the scribe
fragment itself has been missing for several years.                        ‘ ’ Letters inserted over the line by the scribe
    Two other manuscripts have also been identified as possible
fragments of the Gospel of Peter: P.Oxy. 2949 and P.Oxy. 4009.             This document was first published on-line on May 25, 2017, and last
Transcriptions and translations of these fragments may be accessed         updated on January 22, 2018. Please forward notices of errors or
on-line at http://www.textexcavation.com/gospelpeter.html, among           suggested corrections to:

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(1) ῶὲ Ἰίὐὶἐίὰῖὐὲ

Ἡῴὐ᾿ ἷῶῶὐῦὴέ
    of the but Jews              no one washed the hands neither

ίἀέᾶ(2) ὶόύ Ἡῴ
 Herod      nor      one of the judges of him and not when they wanted

ὁ ὺῆὸύἰὼὐῖὅ
  to wash            arose        Pilate          and then commanding Herod

Ὅἐέὑῖῆὐῷή(3) ἱήὲ
the king              to be taken          the    lord       he said to them that

ἐῖἸὴ ὁ ίoάὶῦίὶἰὼὅ
Whatever I commanded you               to do to him           do             stood and

ίὐὸέἦὸὸᾶ
there Joseph the friend of Pilate           and the        lord      and seeing that

ὶᾔὸῶῦίὸή(4)ὶὁᾶέ
  to crucify        him        about         went     to       -      Pilate

ὸ Ἡῴᾔὐῦὸῶ(5) ὶ ὁ Ἡῴ
and asked the body of the lord                for burial         and - Pilate having

sent     to       Herod       asked       him the body               and - Herod
ἔ Ἀὲᾶἰὶήὐὸᾐήἡῖ

ὐὸἐάἐὶ ὶάἐώέ
said Brother Pilate            if even not someone him had asked we

ὰἐῷόῳ ἥὴῦ ἐὶέῳ
 him would have buried since also Sabbath                is dawning it is written

ὶ έὐὸῷῷὸᾶῶἀύ
        for in the         law       sun not set            on has been killed

ῆἑῆὐῶ(6)ἱ           ὲ όὸύ ὤὐῶ
and he gave over him to the people before first the Unleavened Bread

έὶ ἔύὸἱὸῦῦ ἐί
of the festival of them the ones and having taken the lord were pushing him

ὐῦἐό(7)ὶύὐὸέὶ ἐά
  running and saying Let us drag the son of                         God      authority

ὐὸἐὶέίέίῖ
of him having             and purple           him they were clothing and they

ῦῦἸή(8)ὶὐῶἐὼέ
  sat      him      on       seat       judgment saying            Justly    judge

   king        of     Israel           and one of them brought                crown
ἀάἔἐὶῆῆῦί
   thorn         placed on the           head     of the lord

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(9)ὶἕἑῶ ἐέὐῦῖ‘’ ὄὶ
      and others standing by were spitting him in the face and
ἄὰόὐῦ ἐά ἕάῳ
others the         cheeks       of him     slapped      others    reed
ἕὐὸίὐὸἐάέ

ύῃῇῇήὸἱὸῦ(ῦ (10)ὶἤ
were piercing him and some him were scourging saying

ύύὶἐύἀὰέὐῶὸύ
  This the honor let us honor the son of               God       and they brought

ὐὸὲἐώὡέό ἔ(11)ὶ ὅ ὤ
two wrongdoers and they crucified up middle of them the lord

ὸὸἐέὅὗόἐὁὺ
  he but was silent as no              pain having        and when they set

ῦἸή(12)ὶόὰἐύἔ
  up the cross           they wrote that this         is the king

ὐῦίὶὸἔἐ’ὐῖ
  of     Israel           and having laid the         clothes     in front

of him they divided            and    lots       cast     on them
(13)ἷέῶύἐίὠί
       one but certain of the wrongdoers of those rebuked
ἀὺέἩῖὰὰὰἃἐήὕ

όὗὲὴόῶ ἀώ
  them       saying We through the wrong that we did                     thus

ίἠίὑᾶ(14)ὶἀήἐ’ὐῷἐέ
are suffering      this one but savior having become of the humans

ἵὴῇὅό
what he did wrong you               and they were angry        at him they

ἀά(15)  ἦὲίὶόέ
commanded that not break the legs so that being tortured

ᾶὴἸίὶἐῦὶἠί
he might die        it was and        mid-day     and darkness held fast

ήὁ ἥἔ ἐὴ ἔ ἔέὐῖ
   all      - Judea           and they were troubled and they were distressed

   lest the sun set since still he was living it is written to them
ἥὴῦἐὶέῳ(16)ίὐῶ
  sun not set              on    has been killed           and one of them

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ἶίὐὸὴὰὄὶά

ἐό(17)ὶἐήάὶἐ
  said Give to drink him               bile      with sour wine and having

ίὰῆῆὐῶὰ ἁή
  mixed they gave to drink          and they filled            all    and they

(18)ήὲὶὰύί-
fulfilled      on      the      head      of them the         sins

ὅύἐὲὲἐέ(19)ὶὁ(ύἀό
          were going around and many                with lamps thinking

έἩύί ἡύέά
      that night is        some and fell down              and the lord      cried out

ὶἰὼἀή (20) ὶὐ<ῆ>ὥάὸ
saying The power of me the power                     you have left me

έῦῦῆἸὴἰύ
and having said was taken up                  and     same         hour was torn the

(21) ὶόἀέὺἥἀὸῶῶ
        veil        of the temple -               Jerusalem into two

ῦίὶἔὐὸ ἐὶῆῆὶἡῆᾶ
        and then        they drew       the nails from the              hands

ἐίὶόέἐέ (22) όἤ
of the lord           and placed         him       on the earth and the earth

all was shaken and fear               great      became            then sun
ἔὶὑέὥἐά(23)ἐάὲ

ἱ ἸῖὶώῷἸὴὸῶ
  shone      and was found hour ninth                     they rejoiced and

ὐῦἵὐὸάῃ ἐὴάἦὅ
the      Jews      and       they gave         -     Joseph the body

ἀὰἐί(24)ὼὲὸύἔ
of him that        it     to bury since         having seen was as much

ὶἴόὶἰήἰἴ
as good          he did           having taken and the           lord   he washed

άύῆἸή(25)όἱἸῖ
and he wrapped            linen        and he brought into his own

ὶἱύὶἱἱ>ῖόἷ
tomb        being called Garden Joseph                  then the Jews

and the         elders         and the priests knowing such

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ὸἑῖἐίἤό

ὶέὐίῖἁίἡῶἤ
wrong to themselves they did they began to mourn

and to say Woe the                  sins       of us    neared
ἡίὶὸέἸή(26)ἐὼὲὰῶ
the judgment and the end               Jerusalem             I but with the
ἑίἐύὶέὰά-

ἐόἐύὰὑ’ὐῶ
companions of me was grieved and being wounded according to

  mind we were hiding we were being sought for by                them
ὡῦὶὡὸὸέ ἐῆ
as wrongdoers and as              the temple wanting          to burn
(27) ἐὶὲύᾶἐύὶἐό

ῦὶίὸὶἡέ
        on but this            all     we were fasting and we were sitting

   mourning       and weeping          night and        day
ἕῦά(28)έὲἱῖ

ῖὶύὸἀήἀύ-
until the       Sabbath        they brought together and the scribes

ὅὁὸἅύὶό
and Pharisees           and      elders           to one another having

ὰήέὅἰῷάῳὐῦῦὰ
heard      that the people all were grumbling and beating

έῖέἴὅόίό
the chests         saying    that If the death         of him these the

  greatest    signs has become see that how much                 just
ἐ(29) ἐήἱύὶἦ

ὸᾶόὐῦὶέ
  he is        they were afraid the        elders       and went

   to      Pilate       begging of him and saying
(30)άἡῖώἵάὸῆ

ὐῦἐὶῖἡέήἐό
         Give         us      soldiers       that we may guard the grave

of him for three            days       lest     having come

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ἱὶὐῦέὐὸὶὑάῃ
the disciples of him might steal             him      and     think
ὁὸὅἐῶἀέὶή
the people that from dead             he arose and they might do
ἡῖά(31)ὁὲᾶέὐῖ

ώὸίὰ ῶ>
  us wrong              -     and Pilate           gave over       to them

άὸάὶὺὐῖἦ
  Petronius      the      centurion     with           soldiers

ύὶῖἐὶὸῆ(32)ὶ
  to watch       the tomb and with               them      went

ίίέὰῦί
    elders         and       scribes       to the grave               and

ὶῶῶὁῦάἱ ὄἐῖ
having rolled stone great            by      the    centurion

ἔἐὶῇύᾳῦή (33) ὶἐέ
and the          soldiers       same       all the ones being there

they set        on the door of the grave                        and they put
ἑὰῖὶὴἐῖή
seven       seals        and tent         there having pitched
ἐύ(34)ΐὲἐώῦ

άἦὄἀὸἸὴὶῆ
kept watch             morning but       dawning           the

ώἵἴὸῖἐέ
Sabbath went          a crowd from Jerusalem              and the country

around that they might see the grave                 that had been sealed
(35)ῇὲὶᾗἐέἡήό

ῶῶἀὰύύὰ                  ά
       in but night the was dawning the Lord’s day watching

άὴἐέ ἐῷὐῷ (36) ὶἶ
        the       soldiers       two by two         by            guard

  great     voice became          in the heaven               and they saw
ἀέὺὐὺὶύἄ
were being opened the             heavens       and two men

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όἐῖὺέἔ

ὶἐίῷάῳ (37) ὁὲίἐῖ
  descended         from there       much light       having

and came near the tomb                    the but stone           that
ὁέἐὶῇύᾳἀ’ἑῦὶ

ἐώὰ έὶὁάἠ>ί
the having been thrown on the door by                   itself    rolled away

ὶἀόἱίἰῆ(38) ἰό
  made way           in     part and the tomb was opened

ὖἱῶἐῖἐύὸ
and         both       the young men went in                 having seen

ίὶὺέῆὰὶὐὶ
then the soldiers              those     woke up       the centurion

ά(39)ὶἐέὐῶἃἶ
            and the            elders      were present for and themselves

ά ὁῶἐόἀὸῦάῖ
   guarding                and explaining         them what they saw

 again        they see      coming out      from the tomb three
ἄὶὺύὸ ἕ ὑῦὶ

ὸἀῦὐῖ (40) ὶῶὲύ
    men          and the two the one               supporting        and

ὴὴῦέῦὐῦ
  cross           following        them          and the indeed two

ῦὲέὑ’ὐῶὑί
 the       head        reaching as far as the       heaven

ὺὐύ(41)ὶῆ<ἤἐῶ
of the and            being led by hand       by    them       went beyond

ὐῶύ Ἐήῖέ
          the      heavens            and a voice they heard from the

 heavens         saying      Have you proclaimed to those         who sleep
(42)ὶὑὴἠύἀὸῦῦὅ>ί(43)

έὖἀήἐῖἀῖ
      and response was heard from the cross                  that Yes

determined together then one another those                 to go off

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ὶἐίῦῷάῳ(44)ὶἔέ

ὐῶίάἀἐἱὐὶ
and to report these things             - to Pilate             and still considering

ὶἄόὼὶ ἰὼἰὸῆ
       them       seen           again were being opened the heavens

and        man         certain having come down and having come                into the grave
(45)ῦἰόἱὶὸίὸἔ

ὸᾶἀέὸάὃἐύὶ
    these things having seen the ones about the centurion                    by night    hurried

   to      Pilate     having left the tomb which they were watching and
ἐήάἅἶἀῶά

ὶέ Ἀῶἱὸἦῦ (46) ἀὶὁᾶ
they described        all    which they saw being distressed greatly

ἔ Ἐὼύῦἵῦἱῦῦῦἡῖὲ
and     saying       Truly       son he was of God                having replied -      Pilate

ῦἔ (47)ἶόάἐέὐῦ
said    I      am clean of the blood of the son                   - of God to us and

ὶάῦῷίὶῖώ-
  this perceived             then     having come          all were begging of him

ὲἰῖ ἃἶ(48)έάίἡῖ
and were encouraging to command the centurion                         and the soldiers

      nothing to say what they saw                 It is better for they say for us
ὀῆίἁίἔῦῦ

ὶὴἐῖἰῖῦῦῶἸί
 to become guilty          great          sin        in front        - of God

ὶῆ (49)  ἐέὖὁᾶῷ{
and not to fall           into hands of the people of the             Jews

ίὶῖώὲἰῖ(50) ὄ<>ὲ
and to be stoned                commanded then -              Pilate      the

ῆῆὰ ἡὴήῦί
centurion and the                soldiers      nothing to say               at dawn and

έὰὺἸίἐὴἐέ
the Lord’s day         Mary the         Magdalene          a disciple of the       lord

being afraid because of the              Jews         since they were inflamed

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ὑὸῆὀῆὐἐίἐὶῷήῦί
 by the anger not              done        on the grave        of the lord
ἃἰώῖἱῖἐὶῖἀή

ὶῖἀέὐῖ(51)ῦ’ ἑῆὰί
what are accustomed to do the women                  for those who have died

ἦἐὶὸῖὅἦί (52) ὶἐῦ
and those who are loved by them              having taken with her        the friends

ὴἴὐὰἱἸῖὶἔἰὶὴἐἐ-
went to the            grave     where he was laid            and they were afraid

ίῃῇἡέᾳᾗἐώἐήῦ
lest they might see them the Jews             and were saying If even not on

ὶόὶῦἐὶῦήὐῦή
 that       the day that he was crucified we were able to weep

ῦ(53)ίὲἀίἡῖὶὸίὸέ
and         mourn        even now on the            grave       of him we might do

  this        who but will roll away for us also the stone the that has been placed
ἐὶῆύῦίἵἰῦ

ῶὐῷὶήὰὀό(54)έὰ
on the         door of the grave           that having gone in we might

ἦὁίὶύήἡᾶἴῃὶ ἰὴ
  sit       by him and we might do the           duties               great   for

άἂἐὶῆύάἃέἰ
was the stone and we fear             lest someone us sees and if not we

ύὐῦύὶόἕ
are able at least on the door let us place what we bring in

ἔἰὸἶἡῶ (55) ὶἀῦὗ
   memory          of him we will weep and         mourn       until

ὸάἠῳέὶῦέ
we come to the house of us                      and having gone they found

ἐῖὶὁῶ ἐῖίό-
 the tomb had been opened and having approached they

ὲῳῦάὡῖὶέ
stooped there and they see there a certain young man sitting

           middle of the tomb beautiful and having clothed himself

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ὴάὅἔὐῖ (56) ί ἤ

ίῖὴὸέἐῖ
long robe         shining          who said to them            Why did you

Ἀέὶἀῆἰὲὴύύ-
come Whom do you seek Not who was crucified that one

ὶ ἴὸόἔ ἔ‘’ὅὐἔ
He arose and went away if but not you believe stoop

           and      see    the place there was lying that not he is
ἀέὰὶἀῆἐῖὅἀά
he arose for and went away there from where he was sent
(57)όἱῖἔ (58) ἦὲί
       then the women              afraid        fled      was but last
ἡέῶ ὰύὶίἐή
  day       of the Unleavened Bread and many             ones were going out

ὑέἰὺἴὐῶῆἑῆ

<έ> (59) ἡῖὲἱώὶῦί
    returning          to the houses of them the festival

   being over             we but the twelve disciples of the lord
ἐίὶἐύὶἕύ

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were weeping and were grieved and             each       grieving

ὰὸὰἀάἰὸἶὐῦ(60)ἐὼὲ

ίέὶ Ἀέὁ ἀό
because of the event           left      to the house of him        I but

ό ἡῶὰί ἀήἰὴά-
Simon Peter            and Andrew the brother of me

having taken our the net               went        to the

ὶἦὺ ἡῖὶὁῦ Ἀί ὅύ
   sea   and was with us Levi the of Alphaeus whom lord

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                  The Gospel of Peter:                                the Lord were running, pushing him, and saying, “Let’s drag the
                                                                      Son of God, having authority over him!”
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                                                                           And they were clothing him with purple, and sat him on the
                                                                      seat of judgment, saying, “Judge justly, king of Israel!” 8And one
                        by Mark M. Mattison                           of them brought a thorn crown and placed it on the Lord’s head.
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                                                                           And other bystanders were spitting in his face, and others
   This translation has been committed to the public domain. It       slapped his cheeks. Others were piercing him with a reed, and
   may be freely copied and used, in whole or in part, changed or     some were scourging him, saying, “With this honor, let’s honor the
   unchanged, for any purpose.                                        Son of God!”
Pilate and Herod                                                      The Lord is Crucified
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    But of the Jews no one washed the hands, neither Herod nor           10
                                                                            And they brought two wrongdoers and crucified the Lord in
one of his judges, and when they didn’t want to wash Pilate stood     the middle of them, but he was silent as if having no pain. 11And
up. 2And then Herod the king, commanding the Lord to be               when they set up the cross, they wrote that “This is the king of
brought, said to them, “Do whatever I commanded you to do to          Israel.” 12And having laid the clothes in front of him, they divided
him.”                                                                 them and cast lots for them.
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                                                                            But one of those wrongdoers rebuked them, saying, “We,
Joseph Requests Jesus’ Body                                           because of the wrong that we did, are suffering this way, but this
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                                                                      one, having become Savior of humanity, what wrong has he done
     And Joseph stood there, the friend of Pilate and the Lord. And   to you?”
seeing that they were about to crucify him, he went to Pilate and        14
                                                                            And they were angry at him. They commanded that the legs
asked for the body of the Lord for burial. 4And Pilate, having sent   not be broken, so that he might die tortured.
to Herod, asked him for the body.
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     And Herod said, “Brother Pilate, even if someone hadn’t asked    The Lord Dies
for him, we would’ve buried him, since also Sabbath is beginning,
because it’s written in the Law, ‘The sun shouldn’t set on one           15
                                                                           And it was mid-day, and darkness held fast over all Judea. And
who’s been killed.’”                                                  they were troubled and distressed lest the sun set, since he was still
                                                                      living. It’s written to them, “The sun shouldn’t set on one who’s
The Lord is Tortured and Mocked                                       been killed.” 16And one of them said, “Give him bile with sour
                                                                      wine to drink.” And having mixed it, they gave it to him to drink.
   And he handed him over to the people before the first day of       17
                                                                         And they fulfilled all things and accumulated the sins on their
their festival of the Unleavened Bread. 6And those having taken       head. 18And many were going around with lanterns, thinking it was
                                                                      night, and some fell down.

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     And the Lord cried out, saying, “My Power, the Power, you’ve     days, lest his disciples come and steal him, and the people think
left me!” And when he said this, it was taken up. 20And that very     that he rose from the dead, and do us wrong.”
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hour, the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.                  And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion, with soldiers
                                                                      to guard the tomb. And elders and scribes went with them to the
The Lord is Buried                                                    grave. 32And having rolled a great stone to the centurion and the
                                                                      soldiers, all who were there set it at the door of the grave. 33And
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       And then they drew the nails from the Lord’s hands and         they put seven seals on it, and having pitched a tent there, they
placed him on the earth. And the whole earth was shaken, and          kept watch.
great fear came.
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       Then the sun shone and it was found to be the ninth hour.      Men Descend from Heaven
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   And the Jews rejoiced, and gave Joseph his body to bury, since
he had seen all the good he had done. 24And having taken the Lord,       34
                                                                           Now when the morning of the Sabbath dawned, a crowd from
he washed him and wrapped him in linen, and brought him into          Jerusalem and the surrounding countryside went that they might
his own tomb, which was known as “Joseph’s Garden.”                   see the grave that had been sealed. 35But during the night before
                                                                      the Lord’s day dawned, while the soldiers were watching two by
People React                                                          two as guards, there was a great voice in heaven. 36And they saw
                                                                      the heavens being opened, and two men descended from there,
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      Then the Jews, the elders, and the priests, knowing how much    having much radiance, and they approached the tomb. 37But that
wrong they had done to themselves, began to mourn and say,            stone which had been placed at the door rolled away by itself, and
“Woe to our sins. The judgment and the end of Jerusalem is near!”     made way in part, and the tomb was opened, and both the young
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      But I with my companions was grieved, and being wounded         men went in.
in mind, we were hiding, because we were being sought by them
as wrongdoers and as wanting to burn the temple. 27On top of all      Emerging from the Tomb
this, we were fasting, sitting, mourning, and weeping night and day
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until the Sabbath.                                                          Then those soldiers seeing it woke up the centurion and the
                                                                      elders, because they were there too, keeping guard. 39And while
The Tomb is Secured                                                   they were explaining to them what they saw, again they saw three
                                                                      men coming out of the tomb, with the two supporting the one,
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      And the scribes, the Pharisees, and the elders gathered         and a cross following them. 40And the heads of the two reached as
together with one another, having heard that all the people were      far as heaven, but that of the one being led by them reached
grumbling, beating their chests, and saying, “If at his death these   beyond the heavens.
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greatest signs have happened, see how just he was!”                         And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, “Have you
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      The elders were afraid, and went to Pilate, begging him and     proclaimed to those who sleep?”
saying, 30“Give us soldiers, that we may guard his grave for three       42
                                                                            And a response was heard from the cross: “Yes!”

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Reporting to Pilate                                                      Encounter at the Tomb
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      Then those men decided to go with each other and report                  And having gone, they found the tomb had been opened. And
these things to Pilate. 44And while they were still considering, again   having approached, they bent down and saw there a certain young
the heavens were seen being opened, and a certain man descended          man sitting in the middle of the tomb. He was beautiful, having
and went into the grave. 45Having seen these things, those with the      clothed himself with a long, shining robe. He said to them, 56“Why
centurion hurried by night to Pilate, having left the tomb they were     did you come? Whom do you seek? Not that one who was
watching, and described all that they saw, being greatly distressed,     crucified? He arose and went away. But if you don’t believe, bend
and saying, “Truly he was the Son of God!”                               down and see where he was lying, that he’s not there, because he
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      In response Pilate said, “I’m clean of the blood of the Son of     arose and went to where he came from.”
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God, and this is clear to us.”                                                 Then the women were afraid, and fled.
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      Then all who came were begging him, and encouraging him
to command the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing about           The Disciples Depart
what they saw. 48“It’s better for us,” they said, “to be guilty of a
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great sin in front of God than to fall into the hands of the Jewish           Now it was the last day of the Unleavened Bread, and many
people and be stoned.” 49So Pilate commanded the centurion and           people were leaving, returning to their houses, the festival being
the soldiers to say nothing.                                             over. 59But we, the twelve disciples of the Lord, were weeping and
                                                                         grieving, and each of us grieving because of what had happened,
Mary Magdalene Goes to the Tomb                                          returned home. 60But I, Simon Peter, and my brother Andrew,
                                                                         having taken our nets, went off to the sea. And with us was Levi,
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       Now at dawn on the Lord’s day, Mary Magdalene, a disciple         the son of Alphaeus, whom the Lord …
of the Lord, afraid because of the Jews (since they were inflamed
by anger), had not done at the Lord’s grave what women are
accustomed to do for their loved ones who’ve died.
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       Taking her friends with her, she went to the grave where he
was laid. 52And they were afraid lest the Jews might see them, and
were saying, “If on the day he was crucified we weren’t able to
weep and mourn, even now we might do this on his grave. 53But
who will roll away for us the stone that has been placed at the door
of the grave so that we might go in, sit by him, and do our duties?
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   Because the stone is great, and we’re afraid lest someone sees us.
And if we aren’t able, at least let’s place at the door what we’re
bringing in memory of him, and we’ll weep and mourn until we
return to our house.”

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References

1. Mark M. Mattison, "The Gospel of Peter Illustrated Greek-English Interlinear." Academia.edu. The Gospel of Peter Illustrated Greek-English Interlinear (download: Direct Download).
2. Greek-English interlinear presentation of the Gospel of Peter (P.Cair. 10759).
3. Academia page: The Gospel of Peter Illustrated Greek-English Interlinear.
4. Direct download: Direct Download.
5. Translation: English-only PDF (same text as the Translation section above).

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