Gospel of the Twelve Apostles (original) (raw)

Gospel from the Hebrew church, after Paul's gone, when James was bishop in Jerusalem AD 65. GOSPEL OF THE 12 APOSTLES 1. The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus the Christ, the son of the living God, according as it is said by the Holy Spirit, I send an angel before his face, who shall prepare his way.' 2. It came to pass in the 309th year of Alexander the son of Philip the Macedonian, in the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the government of Herod the ruler of the Jews, that the angel Gabriel, the chief of the angels, by the command of God went down to Nazareth, to a virgin called Mariam of the tribe of Judah the son of Israel (her who was betrothed to Joseph the Just), 3. and he appeared to her and said, 'Lo! there ariseth from thee the one that spake with our fathers, and he shall be a Saviour to Israel; and they who do not confess him shall perish, for his authority is in the lofty heights, and his kingdom does not pass away. 4. Then Mariam was perturbed at this word, and was exceedingly terrified, and Mariam answered and said, 'And how is it possible that this thing should be as thou hast said, since a man is not known to me, and thou announcest a son to me?' 5. And the angel said to her, 'Verily, for thus the God of greatness wills it, there comes forthwith the Holy Spirit, and the Lord dwells in thee. 6. And Mariam knelt and worshipped God, and said, 'My Lord, may it be unto me according to thy word. 7. And Mariam bore a son in Bethlehem of Judah and his name was called Jesus the Saviour, and the ruler and the god who is over all: according as the Holy Spirit spake by the mouth of David the prophet; "and he hath put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, also the beast of the field, and the fowls that are in heaven and the fish of the sea, that pass through the paths of the seas": and there hath been made subject to him, to this Jesus, all that is in Heaven and all that is in the Earth. 8. And after a short time of 8 months, he fled from Herod into Egypt, in order that all things that were written might be fulfilled, and after the death of Herod there appeared an angel unto Joseph, and he brought the boy back to the land of Israel; 9. and he grew and attained to full stature, according as it is written by the 4 truthful Evangelists; and this is the preaching of the Holy Gospel. 10. And he wrought in the world great works of power, and plenteous marvels without number; a multitude of which the scribes of the holy Gospel have left [on record]. Gospel of the Twelve Apostles CHAPTER TWO Divisions 31-60 GOSPEL OF THE 12 APOSTLES 31. Yet Judas after the death of the Righteous One, was separated and inherited bitter death by miserable strangling, according to the mystery that our Lord revealed to Simeon Kepha, and to those holy women who were ministering to them before his death. 32. They, when he rose, announced it to the apostles, and the disciples went according to the message that they had received from our Lord, when he was with them, and there they saw him. And there was amongst them one who doubted concerning the resurrection. 33. And the 11 apostles brought in, instead of Judas, (the apostle) Matthias; and he stands in his place, and he was with them, and like unto them, an apostle. 34. And he appeared to the 11 when they were reclining at meat, while full of anxieties about stumbling; and he reproached them for their unbelief; and reproved them for their hardness of heart; 35. and he straightway commanded the preachers of the truth, and the proclaimers of the verity, that they should go out into the 4 quarters [of the world] and preach the Gospel, and baptize and say 'The kingdom of Heaven is come near unto you.' And (that) whosoever believeth and heareth shall live for ever. 36. And he said to them, 'In my name they shall cast out devils, they shall speak with new tongues, that they have not known, nor understood, and in my name if they shall drink any deadly poison, it shall not hurt them,' 37. Yet Jesus, after these words which his disciples heard from him they say to him, Lo! thou goest away from us and ascendest to him that sent thee, and there is given to thee all power, both in Heaven and on Earth, and thou hast commanded us that we should preach with new tongues.