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KOPTISCHE APOKRYPHE APOSTELACTEN. II. 
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Fragment 17. 
du. 
viel Böses. 
.nach vielen 
Tagen, denn du hast 
gerechtes Blut vergos¬ 
sen». 
Als er., be¬ 
fahl er die Gefangenen 
frei zu lassen, nämlich 
Patroclus und die mit 
Barsabbas waren. 
. . [wie] ihnen befohlen 
war.sie giengen 
zu seinem Grabe hinaus 
und fanden zwei betende 
Männer und den glück¬ 
seligen 
Paulus [in ihrer Mitte]. 
Und sie thaten, wie es 
ihnen vorgeschrieben 
war. Titus und Lucas 
.in menschlicher 
Furcht beugten sich.. . 
Als sie diese verlassen 
hatten. 
sprachen sie zu ihnen 
. . . . hören. 
.eine Gemein¬ 
schaft mit euch» 
tibi autem, miser, non 
post multum tempus 
mala ineffabilia immi¬ 
nent et supplicium ma- 
ximum, atque aeternus 
restat interitus pro eo 
quod inter caetera fla- 
gitia pessima multum 
sanguinem iustorum ef- 
fudisti iniuste. Et haec 
dicens repente disparuit. 
Nero siquidem bis audi- 
tis ultra quam dici pos- 
sit timore (pag. 43) per- 
culsus et uelut amens 
effectus, ignorabat quid 
agere potuisset. suaden- - 
tibus uero amicis iussit Patroclum ac Barnabam 
et eos qui uincti erant cum illis soluere atque 
quo vellent abire. XIX. Longinus denique, Me- 
gistus et Acestus, sicut eis constituerat Paulus, 
primo mane uenientes ad sepulchrum eius, uide- 
runt duos uiros orantes 
commanded that all pri- 
soners in the prison who 
believed in our Lord 
Jesus Christ should 
be set free, as well as 
Batracus, servant of 
the Emperor and four 
others,whose names were 
Barsarius, Limas, Quaes- 
tus, and Cestus. The 
favourites of the Em¬ 
peror also went early to 
Paul’s sepulchre. And as 
tliey drew near to it, 
they saw two men Stand¬ 
ing by it in great glory. 
et in medio eorum stan- 
tem Paulum, qui perti- 
mescentes in uisu admi- 
rabili horruerunt et re- 
ueriti sunt accedere 
propius. Titus autem et 
Lucas in se ab extasi 
orationis reuersi, uiden- 
tes praefectos atque 
centurionem qui mini- 
stri fuerunt necis Pauli 
ad se properantes, hu- 
mano timore subrepti 
in fugam uersi sunt; et 
Paulus euanuit ex oculis 
eorum. illi uero post eos 
clamauerunt dicentes: 
Non, ut suspicamini, 
beati dei homines, ideo - 
uenimus, ut uos persequamur ad mortem, sed ut 
nos credentes per aquam baptismatis ad uitam 
transferatis aeternam, sicut nobis uerus doctor 
Paulus promisit, quem ante modicum in medio 
uestri stantem et orantem conspeximus. 
21 * 
They trembled and 
were seized with great 
fear, at the sight of the 
glory of Titus and Lu¬ 
cas; they were afraid 
andfledfrom them. And 
the two servants of the 
Emperor remembered 
what they had before 
heard of Paul, and again 
sought those two men 
in glory, and said unto 
them: We seek you only 
that ye may give us life 
everlasting, like Paul 
who was standing in the 
midst of you at this 
very hour. 
Melanges asiatiques. T. X, p. 373. 
