Ante-Nicene Christian Library; Translations Of The Writings Of The Fathers Down To A.D. 325, Volume 16: Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, And Revelations

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under soot, heca e they are yet alivo in the abyssy Andhnowest Thou, Lord, that bucause os Thoe I came into this city, and in Thy name I have persecuted ali the error of the idols,

belloid, my Spirit is in them, and I shali bring them up sromine dead; and thus then seeing thee, shali belleve in the so

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Christ.

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order that the Lord may largive me the transgression Wherein I transgressed, in requiting those Who did erit to me. See,

And Philip, having said these things, prayed thus: O Loes Jesus Christ, Father of the ages, Fing of the light, Who hast

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the Amen.

account os the wondera that had happened among them. Andali the city belleuod in the nante os Jesus. Aud Bartholome

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instruction.

made us know Who He Was, and commanded us to preach ausalvation through Him, bucause there is no other name namedout of heaven than this.' On this account Ι have come toyou, to malae Fou fully assured, nol in Word oesy, but also in the shoming sorth of Wonderses moris in the name os o Lord Jesus Christ.

d When the philosophera heard this, they say to Philip :

the matter.

And the three hundred plidosophera haring asse led, spoliemith inch other, sanng: You know that this man has Moughta strange philosophy, and the Words spoken by tum bring usto distraction. What, then, shali me do about hini, or aboli:

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may leam accurately the name that is proached. Thesy Wrote theresore to Jerusalem aster this manner:-

The philosophera os Hellas to Ananias, the great high pri estos the Jews in Jerusalem. Thero being belmeen thee and usat est times great ... M thou knowest that me Atheniansare searchers astor truth. A certain sordigner has come toIIellas, Philip bynamo; anil, in a Word. he has disturbod usexccedin ly, bolli by Woriis and by extraordina ita miracles, and hu introduces a glorious name, Jesus. professing himself to bellis disciple. Aud he does also mondera os Whieli We Write toyou, in that he has cast out demons that havo been long iumen, and mahes the deas hear, the bliud see; and what is more Wondersu Which also Wo Ahould have flast mentioned

he has mised up men aster they mere dead, that have lairly completed the number of thela days. And the same of him has gone abroad into ad Hellas aud Macedonia; and there are many coming to him hom the cities round about, bringingitiose Who are ill With various disenses, and he heals them ad

through the name of Jesus. On this account, therelare, cometo us Without any reluctance, that thou thyseli mayst announceto us What Jesus, this name Which he teaches, means. For onthis account also me have sent this letter to thes, O high mest. d When he had read, he Was filled With great Wrath, androut his clothes, and said: Has that deceiver gone even to Athens, among the philosophera, to lead them astrayy Andilio Mansemat has is, Satan nrared into Ananias una ares,

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and arm thyseis, and fivo hundred able men Out of the peoplo, and go a V to Athens, and is au means hill Philip, and thus

him, and crucified him, that his teaching might uot be fulfilled. For many changes mere brought in by him; and he gave auerit testimony, sor he ate ali things in common, and mixedmith blood, after the manner of the Gentiles.' And havingiven him up, We put hi in to death, and buriod him in a tomb; and these discipies of his baving stolen him, have proclaime levery here that he has risen Dona the dead, and have led astroya great multitude by prosessing that he is at the right haud os