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KOPTISCHE APOKRYPHE APOSTELACTEN. II. 
309 
XY. Interea Longinus Megistus et Acestus dum instarent obnixius pro 
salute sua, inquirentes modum qualiter ad ueram uitam possent pertingere, 
audierunt a beato apostolo: Fratres et filii mei, mox ut ego fuero decollatus 
et uos ac caeteri miuistri interfectionis meae a loco in quo dominus uocare 
dignabitur recesseritis, uiri fideles rapient et sepelient corpus (pag. 40) 
meum. uos autem notate locum sepulchri mei, et cras ualde diluculo illuc 
uenite, ibique inuenietis duos uiros orantes, Titum etLucam: quibus dicetis 
qua de causa uos misi; et illi uobis dabunt signum salutis in domino. nolite 
igitur dubitare exequi quod uobis imperatum est, quoniam statim ut cre- 
dentes sacro fonte fueritis intincti et diuinorum mysteriorum uiuificatione 
sacrati, ab omnibus peccatorum contagiis et ab hoc etiam quod reueremini 
in me perpetrato scelere incunctanter purgati eritis et super niuem dealbati, 
in serie Christi militum adscripti et caelestis regni efficiemini cohaeredes. 
Fragm. 16. Av. 
XYI. Et his dictis 
peruenit ad passionis 
locum: ubi ad orientem 
uersus tensis in caelum 
manibus diutissime ora- 
uit cum lacrimis lie- 
braice et gratias egit 
deo. cumque patrio ser- 
mone consummassetora- 
tionem, ualedieens fra- 
tribus benedixit eos, et 
ligans sibi de Plautillae 
maforte oculos, in ter- 
ram utrumque genu fixit 
et collum tetendit. spi- 
culator uero bracchium 
in altum eleuans cum uir- 
- tute percussit et caput 
eius abscidit. quod postquam a corpore praecisum 
fuit, nomen domini Jesu Christi hebraice clara 
uoce personuit; statimque de corpore eius unda 
lactis in uestimento militis exiliuit et postea san- 
guis effluxit 167 ) 
Darauf stand Paulus 
nach Osten [gewandt] 
und verbrachte lange 
Zeit mit Beten; er redete 
mit den Vätern in he¬ 
bräischer Sprache. Und 
als er aufgehört hatte 
zu beten, streckte er 
seinen Hals aus um mit 
ihnen zu reden. Und 
als man ihn am zwei¬ 
ten Tybi enthaup¬ 
tete, gieng aus ihm 
Milch hervor und be¬ 
netzte das Kleid des 
Soldaten. Der Soldat 
pries Gott 
Then Paul looked to- 
wards the East amid all 
those wlio were gatlier- 
ed together to behold 
his martyrdom; and he 
spread bis hands, and 
prayed a long time in 
Hebrew. And when he 
had done praying, he 
again conversed -with 
the people who were in 
the true Word in our 
Lord, and many believed 
in him through the sweet- 
ness of his words,through 
the light of his counten- 
and the grace tliat 
ance, 
Lucas, and instructing 
rested on him. But those 
two messengers also re- 
turned to the Emperor 
Nero, and told him eve- 
rything about Paul and 
how tliey had found him 
- talking with Cestus, and 
tliem in the faith. Then was Nero very wroth, and he 
sent a valiant man whom he always kept by him, to cutS. Paul’s neck at once. 
And when he was gone, and sword in hand, drew near, Paul bowed his holy 
neck and his head in silence. The executioner said nothing, but abode a long 
time with his neck bent, and his sword by his side, drawn out of the sheath. 
But his hands trembled as if they could not alight on Paul. At last he took 
courage, and smote and cut off Paul’s head, and it feil upon the ground. 
(pag. 14) And tliere came forth from his body, blood and milk, so that the 
executioner gathered together his garments. 
167) Hier folgt wiederum ein von der Plautilla handelnder Abschnitt, welchen ich gleich¬ 
falls wie oben fortlasse. 
Uelanges asiatiqnes. T. X, p. 369. 
