Acts of Andrew (Greek fragments and Martyrdom) 2.1–2.19

Anonymous · Acts of Andrew (Greek fragments and Martyrdom) · ca. 150-200 (the Acts); the Martyrdom text is later · unknown · 18 passages

Pseudonymous: Anonymous (the old ascription to Leucius Charinus is not accepted); pseudonymous in the name of the apostle Andrew.

Greek text: Bonnet 1898 (OCR text layer from the Internet Archive scan).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 2

2.1Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Τῶν μακαρίων ἀποστόλων τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάληψιν αὐτοῦ καθημένων ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀναστὰς ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν 6 μακάριος Πέτρος εἶπεν" ᾿4νδρες οἱ κληθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ ϑεοῦ καὶ ἐλλεχθέντες ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ μαϑητευϑέντες ὑπὸ τῆς αὐτοῦ σοφίας, δυνάμεις τε καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ποιήσαντες διὰ τῆς ἐκείνου ἐνεργείας, πάντως μέμνησθε ὡς ἐνετείλατο ἡμῖν λαβοῦσιν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον διασπαρῆναι εἰς ὕλην τὴν οἰκουμένην κηρύσσοντας μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ: καὶ νῦν ἐπιπέπτωκεν ἐπὶ ἕνα ἕκαστον ἡμῶν ἡ δύναμις ἐξ οὐρανοῦ κατελϑοῦσα, καὶ ἐκκέχυται ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἡ δωρεὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, καὶ τῷ ὅπλῳ τῆς εὐσεβείας xalg λόγῳ ἐστεφανώϑθημεν, καὶ 7 χάρις τοῦ ἡμετέρου δεσπότου καὶ ϑεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ πλουσίως ἔφϑασεν εἰς ἡμᾶς" ἡμεῖς δὲ ὀκνοῦμεν xol ῥᾳϑυμοῦμεν ἐξελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὸ ἔργον εἰς ὃ προσκέκληται ἡμᾶς καὶ εἰς ὃ ἐξελέξατο ἡμᾶς;

Tōn makariōn apostolōn tou sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou meta tēn analēpsin autou kathēmenōn en Hierousalēm anastas en mesǭ autōn 6 makarios Petros eipen" ᾿4ndres hoi klēthentes hypo tou logou tou ϑeou kai ellechthentes hyp᾽ autou kai maϑēteuϑentes hypo tēs autou sophias, dynameis te kai sēmeia kai terata poiēsantes dia tēs ekeinou energeias, pantōs memnēsthe hōs eneteilato hēmin labousin to pneuma to hagion diasparēnai eis hylēn tēn oikoumenēn kēryssontas metanoian kai aphesin hamartiōn tois pisteuousin eis to onoma to hagion autou: kai nyn epipeptōken epi hena hekaston hēmōn hē dynamis ex ouranou katelϑousa, kai ekkechytai eph᾽ hēmas hē dōrea tou hagiou pneumatos, kai tǭ hoplǭ tēs eusebeias xalg logǭ estephanōϑthēmen, kai 7 charis tou hēmeterou despotou kai ϑeou kai sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou plousiōs ephϑasen eis hēmas" hēmeis de oknoumen xol rhąϑymoumen exelthein epi to ergon eis ho proskeklētai hēmas kai eis ho exelexato hēmas?

When the blessed apostles of our Savior Jesus Christ were sitting in Jerusalem after his ascension, the blessed Peter stood up in their midst and said: "Men who were called by the Word of God, chosen by him, and made disciples by his wisdom, who have done powers and signs and wonders through his working, you surely remember how he commanded us, once we had received the Holy Spirit, to be scattered into the whole inhabited world, preaching repentance and forgiveness of sins to those who believe in his holy name. And now the power that came down from heaven has fallen on each one of us, and the gift of the Holy Spirit has been poured out upon us, and we have been crowned with the weapon of godliness and with the word, and the grace of our Master and God and Savior Jesus Christ has reached us richly. Shall we, then, hesitate and be slack to go out to the work to which he has called us and for which he chose us?"

Luke 24:47 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:8 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 2:33 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: After the ascension Peter urges the apostles in Jerusalem to go out into the world as Christ commanded.

Book 2 of this edition is Bonnet's first Greek martyrdom of Andrew (Martyrium prius, Lipsius–Bonnet II.1, 1898), a later account than the Vatican fragment of Book 1; it is translated from an uncorrected OCR of that edition, with clear slips read by sense.
Echoes: Luke 24:47 (repentance and forgiveness of sins preached in his name); Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17, 33.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.1 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.2Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ἀναστάντες ἔβαλον κλήρους τίς ποῦ ἀπέλϑη καὶ ὁποῖον ἔθνος περιποιήσειαν αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐκληρώϑη Πέτρος τὴν εἰς περιτομήν· Ἰάκωβος καὶ Ἰωάννης τὴν ἀνατολήν" Φίλιππος τὰς πόλεις τῆς Σαμαρείας καὶ τὴν ᾿{σίαν': Βαρϑολομαῖος τὴν 4λβανόπολιν' Ματθαῖος τὴν Παρϑίαν καὶ τὴν Μυρμηνίδα πόλιν' Θωμᾶς τὴν μεγάλην ᾽ἁρμενίαν καὶ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν χώραν: «4εβέος καὶ Θαδδαῖος τὴν Βερονικίδα. Σίμων 6 Κανανίτης τὴν Βαρβαρίαν" μετὰ τοὺς πάντας ἔλαχεν καὶ τὸν ᾿ἀνδρέαν ἡ Βυθινία καὶ

Kai anastantes ebalon klērous tis pou apelϑē kai hopoion ethnos peripoiēseian autōn. kai eklērōϑē Petros tēn eis peritomēn; Iakōbos kai Iōannēs tēn anatolēn" Philippos tas poleis tēs Samareias kai tēn ᾿{sian': Barϑolomaios tēn 4lbanopolin' Matthaios tēn Parϑian kai tēn Myrmēnida polin' Thōmas tēn megalēn ᾽harmenian kai tēn Indikēn chōran: «4ebeos kai Thaddaios tēn Beronikida. Simōn 6 Kananitēs tēn Barbarian" meta tous pantas elachen kai ton ᾿andrean hē Bythinia kai

And they rose and cast lots, as to where each should go and which nation each should win. And by lot Peter received the circumcision; James and John the East; Philip the cities of Samaria and Asia; Bartholomew Albanopolis; Matthew Parthia and the city of the Myrmidons; Thomas Great Armenia and the land of India; Lebbaeus and Thaddaeus Beronicis; Simon the Cananaean Barbaria. After all of them, Bithynia and … fell by lot to Andrew.

Gal 2:7 (echo, low confidence)

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Summary: The apostles cast lots for their mission fields, and Bithynia falls to Andrew.

Words of the critical apparatus (a longer manuscript version of Peter's speech in 2.1) had run into this section in the OCR; they are removed by a logged correction. The section breaks off after "Bithynia and"; the next region (presumably Achaia, where Andrew goes in 2.3) is lost in the OCR and marked "…". The place names are given as the text has them.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (words of the critical apparatus inserted into the text by the OCR): εἰς - ἡμᾶς] καὶ ἀμελοῦμεν τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν δεῦτε οὖν δούλοι τοῦ παντοχράτορος ϑεοῦ καὶ ἀγαπητοὶ τοῦ λόγου καὶ viol τῆς μακαρίας δυνάπεριτομή» → εἰς περιτομήν·.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.2 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.3Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Διασπαρέντες οὖν πάντες elg τὰ κλίματα τῆς οἰκουμένης ἔρχεται ᾿ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀπόστολος διελϑεῖν τὴν ΒῬυϑινίαν καὶ διδάξαι τοὺς πολλοὺς τὸν λόγον τοῦ ϑεοῦ' ἐκεῖθεν εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Πάτρας τῆς Αχαΐας. καὶ εἰσελθόντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πόλιν φήμη ἐξῆλθεν ὡς ἄνθρωπος ξένος εἰσῆλϑεν sis τὴν πόλιν μηδὲν ἐπιφερόμενος εἰ μὴ μόνον ὄνομα ἀνθρώπου τινὸς Ἰησοῦ, δι οὗ σημεῖα ποιεῖ καὶ τέρατα μεγάλα καὶ νόσους ϑεραπεύει καὶ δαίμονας ἐκβάλλει καὶ νεκροὺς ἐγείρει καὶ λεπροὺς καϑαρίζει καὶ πᾶν πάϑος θεραπεύει. ἀκούσας δὲ 6 ἀνθύπατος «4έσβιος èta- | ράχϑη λέγων" Μάγος ἐστὶν καὶ ἀπατεών" οὐ χρὴ ἡμᾶς προσέχειν αὐτόν, ζητεῖν δὲ μᾶλλον παρὰ τῶν ϑεῶν τὴν εὐεργεσίαν. Καὶ ἐζήτει συλλαβόμενος αὐτὸν ἀνελεῖν.

Diasparentes oun pantes elg ta klimata tēs oikoumenēs erchetai ᾿andreas ho apostolos dielϑein tēn BRhyϑinian kai didaxai tous pollous ton logon tou ϑeou' ekeithen eisēlthen eis Patras tēs Achaïas. kai eiselthontos autou eis tēn polin phēmē exēlthen hōs anthrōpos xenos eisēlϑen sis tēn polin mēden epipheromenos ei mē monon onoma anthrōpou tinos Iēsou, di hou sēmeia poiei kai terata megala kai nosous ϑerapeuei kai daimonas ekballei kai nekrous egeirei kai leprous kaϑarizei kai pan paϑos therapeuei. akousas de 6 anthypatos «4esbios eta- | rachϑē legōn" Magos estin kai apateōn" ou chrē hēmas prosechein auton, zētein de mallon para tōn ϑeōn tēn euergesian. Kai ezētei syllabomenos auton anelein.

So when all had been scattered into the regions of the world, Andrew the apostle came to pass through Bithynia and to teach the many the word of God; and from there he entered Patras in Achaia. When he had entered the city, a report went out that a stranger had come into the city bringing nothing with him but only the name of a certain man Jesus, through whom he does signs and great wonders, heals diseases, casts out demons, raises the dead, cleanses lepers, and heals every ailment. When the proconsul Lesbius heard this, he was troubled and said: "He is a magician and a deceiver; we must not pay attention to him, but rather seek benefits from the gods." And he sought to seize him and put him to death.

Matt 10:8 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: Andrew comes to Patras and works healings in the name of Jesus, and the proconsul Lesbius seeks to kill him as a magician.

The list of healings echoes Matt 10:8.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.3 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.4Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Νυκτὸς δὲ ἐπιστὰς ἄγγελος κυρίου vq ἀνϑυπάτῳ λέγει μετὰ ἐπιστασίας μεγάλης καὶ ἀπειλῆς φοβερᾶς" Τί παϑὼν παρὰ τοῦ ξένου ἀνδρὸς κακὸν ἐλογίσω ἔνεδρα καὶ παρελογίσω τὸν Φεὸν ov κηρύττει; καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ χεὶρ κυρίου αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἔση παραπλὴξ ἕως οὗ ἐπιγνῷς Ov αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀλήθδειαν. Καὶ γενόμενος ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἄγγελος ἀφανής, ἐκεῖνος ἐτέϑη ἄφωνος: καὶ μετ᾽ ὀλίγον ἀνανήψας ἐκάλει τοὺς διακονοῦντας αὐτῷ στρατιώτας καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς μετὰ δακρύων' Ἐλεήσατέ με" σπεύ- core, ἀναζητήσατε ἐν τῇ πόλει ξένον ἄνθρωπον ὀνόματι Av- δρέαν καλούμενον ὃς κηρύττει ξένον ϑεόν' OL οὗ δυνήσομαι ἐπιγνῶναι τὴν ἀλήϑειαν. Καὶ μετὰ σπουδῆς ἀναζητήσαντες τὸν μακάριον ᾿ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν ἄγουσιν πρὸς τὸν ἀνϑύπατον' ὁ δὲ ἀνθύπατος ϑεασάμενος αὐτὸν πίπτει πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ καὶ δεόμενος αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν ᾿ἤνϑρωπε τοῦ ϑεοῦ, ξένε καὶ γνῶστα ξένου ϑεοῦ, ἐλέησον ἄνθρωπον re- πλανημένον, ἄνϑρωπον τῆς ἀληϑείας ξένον, ἄνϑρωπον κατεστιγμένον ταῖς κηλῖσι τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, ἄνθρωπον ϑεοὺς εἰδότα πολλοὺς ψευδεῖς καὶ τὸν μόνον ϑεὸν τὸν ἀληϑινὸν ἀγνοοῦντα: δέομαι τοῦ ἐν σοὶ ϑεοῦ, Ὀρεξόν μοι χεῖρα σωτηρίας' ἄνοιξόν μοι ϑύραν γνώσεως’ ἐπίλαμψόν μοι φῶς δικαιοσύνης.

Nyktos de epistas angelos kyriou vq anϑypatǭ legei meta epistasias megalēs kai apeilēs phoberas" Ti paϑōn para tou xenou andros kakon elogisō enedra kai parelogisō ton Pheon ov kēryttei? kai nyn idou cheir kyriou autou epi se kai esē paraplēx heōs hou epignǭs Ov autou tēn alēthdeian. Kai genomenos ap᾽ autou ho angelos aphanēs, ekeinos eteϑē aphōnos: kai met᾽ oligon ananēpsas ekalei tous diakonountas autǭ stratiōtas kai elegen autois meta dakryōn' Eleēsate me" speu- core, anazētēsate en tę̄ polei xenon anthrōpon onomati Av- drean kaloumenon hos kēryttei xenon ϑeon' OL hou dynēsomai epignōnai tēn alēϑeian. Kai meta spoudēs anazētēsantes ton makarion ᾿andrean ton apostolon kai heurontes auton agousin pros ton anϑypaton' ho de anthypatos ϑeasamenos auton piptei pros tous podas autou kai deomenos autou elegen ᾿ēnϑrōpe tou ϑeou, xene kai gnōsta xenou ϑeou, eleēson anthrōpon re- planēmenon, anϑrōpon tēs alēϑeias xenon, anϑrōpon katestigmenon tais kēlisi tōn hamartēmatōn, anthrōpon ϑeous eidota pollous pseudeis kai ton monon ϑeon ton alēϑinon agnoounta: deomai tou en soi ϑeou, Orexon moi cheira sōtērias' anoixon moi ϑyran gnōseōs’ epilampson moi phōs dikaiosynēs.

But at night an angel of the Lord stood over the proconsul and said to him, with great urgency and a fearful threat: "What harm have you suffered from the stranger, that you have plotted evil snares and slighted the God whom he preaches? And now, behold, the hand of his Lord is upon you, and you will be stricken senseless until you come to know the truth through him." And when the angel had vanished from him, he was left speechless; and after a little, coming to himself, he called the soldiers who served him and said to them with tears: "Have pity on me; hurry, search the city for a stranger called Andrew, who preaches a strange God; through him I shall be able to come to know the truth." They searched eagerly for the blessed apostle Andrew, and when they had found him they brought him to the proconsul. And the proconsul, seeing him, fell at his feet and, beseeching him, said: "Man of God, stranger and knower of a strange God, have pity on a man who has gone astray, a man who is a stranger to the truth, a man branded with the stains of sins, a man who knows many false gods and is ignorant of the only true God. I beseech the God who is in you: stretch out to me a hand of salvation; open to me a door of knowledge; shine on me the light of righteousness."

Acts 13:11 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: An angel strikes Lesbius senseless; he sends for Andrew and begs him for the knowledge of the true God.

"The hand of his Lord is upon you" echoes Acts 13:11.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.4 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.5Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ 6 μακάριος ἀπόστολος κατανυγεὶς καὶ ἐπιδακρύσας τοὺς λόγους τοῖς τοῦ ἱκέτου, ὑψώσας τοὺς ὀφϑαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἐπιτιθεὶς τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τὴν δεξιὰν τῷ παντὶ σώματι αὐτοῦ εἶπεν: “O ἐμὸς ϑεὸς Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ὁ ἀγνοούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ κόσμου, νῦν δὲ δι ἡμῶν φανερούμενος: ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ϑεοῦ τοῦ λόγου" 6 πρὸ πάντων καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν χωρών ἅψαι αὐτοῦ τοῦ δούλου σου καὶ σκεῦος σὸν ἀπεργασάμενος ἴασαι, ἵνα xal αὐτὸς ἔσται τῶν σῶν ἀνθρώπων, κηρύσσων τὴν σὴν δραστήριον δύναμιν. Καὶ παραχρῆμα πιάσας αὐτὸν τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς ἀνέστησεν: ἀναστὰς δὲ ἀνθωμολογεῖτο τῷ κυρίῳ λέγων' Ὄντως οὗτος Feds ἄνθρωπε ξένε, οὐ δεόμενος ὡρῶν οὔτε ἡμερῶν οὔτε χρόνων' διὰ τοῦτο πρόσχειμαί σοι μετὰ παντὸς τοῦ οἴκου µου) πιστεύω εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά σε πρὸς ἡμᾶς. Καὶ 6 ᾿Ανδρέας πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔφη: Ἐπειδὴ μεγάλως πεπίστευκας εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά µε, περισσοτέρως καὶ τῆς γνώσεως ἐμπλη-

Kai 6 makarios apostolos katanygeis kai epidakrysas tous logous tois tou hiketou, hypsōsas tous ophϑalmous autou eis ton ouranon, epititheis tēn cheira autou tēn dexian tǭ panti sōmati autou eipen: “O emos ϑeos Iēsous Christos, ho agnooumenos hypo tou kosmou, nyn de di hēmōn phaneroumenos: ho huios tou ϑeou tou logou" 6 pro pantōn kai en pasin chōrōn hapsai autou tou doulou sou kai skeuos son apergasamenos iasai, hina xal autos estai tōn sōn anthrōpōn, kēryssōn tēn sēn drastērion dynamin. Kai parachrēma piasas auton tēs dexias cheiros anestēsen: anastas de anthōmologeito tǭ kyriǭ legōn' Ontōs houtos Feds anthrōpe xene, ou deomenos hōrōn oute hēmerōn oute chronōn' dia touto proscheimai soi meta pantos tou oikou µou) pisteuō eis ton aposteilanta se pros hēmas. Kai 6 ᾿Andreas pros auton ephē: Epeidē megalōs pepisteukas eis ton aposteilanta µe, perissoterōs kai tēs gnōseōs emplē-

And the blessed apostle, pierced to the heart and weeping at the words of the suppliant, lifted his eyes to heaven, laid his right hand on his whole body, and said: "O my God Jesus Christ, who are unknown by the world but are now made manifest through us, the Son of God, the Word, who before all things and in all things contain all: touch this your servant, and, having made him your vessel, heal him, so that he too may be one of your people, preaching your effective power." And at once, taking him by the right hand, he raised him up; and having risen, he gave thanks to the Lord, saying: "Truly this is God, O stranger, who has no need of hours or days or times. Therefore I attach myself to you with all my household; I believe in the one who sent you to us." And Andrew said to him: "Since you have believed greatly in the one who sent me, you will be filled still more abundantly with knowledge …"

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

John 1:10 (echo, medium confidence) · Col 1:17 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 9:15 (echo, medium confidence) · Acts 16:31 (echo, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Andrew prays to Christ and heals Lesbius, who believes with all his household.

A long passage of the critical apparatus (variants of 2.4 from manuscript C) had run into Andrew's prayer in the OCR; it is removed by a logged correction. The section breaks off at the end in the middle of a word (ἐμπλη-), marked "…".
"Who are unknown by the world" echoes John 1:10; "your vessel" echoes Acts 9:15.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (lines of the critical apparatus inserted into the text by the OCR): ἅψαι ἀπαυτοῦ C |? ἐκ] ὁ δὲ ἀνϑύπατος λέσβιος C | ἄφ.] δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος 1-1: ἆνθ. π. - δ.] τὸν πλανημένον ἀπὸ τῆς QÀ. C | 9 ταῖς - ἁμ.] τοῖς ἆμαρχείραν C | 5 ἐπ. - δικ.] φιλόξενός μοι φάνιϑι ἐταζωμένω καὶ μὴ ἀποαλήσις µε τοῦ οἴχου σου τοῦ ἁγίου ἀλλησδέξαι με ἐν τῇ σκηνή σου we → ἅψαι αὐτοῦ .

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.5 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.6Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Ὡς δὲ ἐν τούτοις ἦν, πᾶσα ἡ πόλις ἔχαιρεν ἐπὶ τῇ ow- τηρἰᾳ τοῦ ἀνθυπάτου, πανταχόϑεν συνήρχοντο ὄχλοι ἐπιφερόμενοι τοὺς ἀσθενοῦντας ποικίλοις νόσους" καὶ εὐξάμενος αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐπικαλεσάμενος τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐπιϑεὶς τὰς χεῖρας ἰάσατο πάντας’ καὶ θάμβος κατέλαβεν πάντας τοὺς xa- τοικοῦντας τὴν πόλιν, καὶ βοῶντες ἔκραζον: Μεγάλη ἡ δύναμις τοῦ ξένου Φεοῦ' μέγας ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ κηρυττόμενος παρὰ τοῦ ξένου Ανδρέα ἡμεῖς ἀπὸ τὴν σήμερον τὰ ξόανα ἡμῶν τῶν εἰδώλων ἀπόλλυμεν, τὰ ἄλση αὐτῶν συγκόψωμεν, τὴν πολύϑεον γνῶσιν τῶν ματαίων εἰδώλων καὶ δαιμόνων ἐκτρεπόμεδα”: τὸν ϑεὸν δὲ μᾶλλον τὸν ἀληϑινὸν τὸν ὑπὸ ᾿Ανδρέου κηρυττόμενον ἐπιγινώσχκομεν" μέγας ὁ ϑεὸς ‘Avdpgov. Καὶ πάντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ὁρμήσαντες ἐπὶ τοὺς ναοὺς τοὺς ϑεοὺς αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησαν, ἐλέπτυ- vay, ἐξέκοψαν, ἐξουθένησαν, κατεπάτησαν, ἀπώλεσαν λέγοντες" Μόνος ó ᾿ανδρέου ϑεὸς ὀνομαζέσθω. Καὶ ὁ ἀνθύπατος Λέσβιος συνέχαιρεν τῇ βοῇ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν ἔργων τοῦ λαοῦ ἠγαλλιᾶτο.

Hōs de en toutois ēn, pasa hē polis echairen epi tę̄ ow- tērią tou anthypatou, pantachoϑen synērchonto ochloi epipheromenoi tous asthenountas poikilois nosous" kai euxamenos autois kai epikalesamenos ton kyrion Iēsoun Christon epiϑeis tas cheiras iasato pantas’ kai thambos katelaben pantas tous xa- toikountas tēn polin, kai boōntes ekrazon: Megalē hē dynamis tou xenou Pheou' megas ho ϑeos ho kēryttomenos para tou xenou Andrea hēmeis apo tēn sēmeron ta xoana hēmōn tōn eidōlōn apollymen, ta alsē autōn synkopsōmen, tēn polyϑeon gnōsin tōn mataiōn eidōlōn kai daimonōn ektrepomeda”: ton ϑeon de mallon ton alēϑinon ton hypo ᾿Andreou kēryttomenon epiginōschkomen" megas ho ϑeos ‘Avdpgov. Kai pantes homothymadon hormēsantes epi tous naous tous ϑeous autōn eneprēsan, elepty- vay, exekopsan, exouthenēsan, katepatēsan, apōlesan legontes" Monos o ᾿andreou ϑeos onomazesthō. Kai ho anthypatos Lesbios synechairen tę̄ boę̄ tou dēmou kai tōn ergōn tou laou ēgalliato.

While these things were going on, the whole city rejoiced at the salvation of the proconsul, and crowds gathered from every side, bringing those who were sick with various diseases. And he prayed for them, called upon the Lord Jesus Christ, laid his hands on them, and healed them all. Amazement seized all who lived in the city, and they cried out aloud: "Great is the power of the strange God! Great is the God preached by the stranger Andrew! From this day we destroy the wooden images of our idols; let us cut down their groves; we turn away from the many-god knowledge of vain idols and demons, and rather acknowledge the true God preached by Andrew. Great is the God of Andrew!" And all with one accord rushed to the temples and burned their gods, ground them to powder, hacked them to pieces, scorned them, trampled them, and destroyed them, saying: "Let the God of Andrew alone be named." And the proconsul Lesbius rejoiced at the shouting of the populace and exulted at the deeds of the people.

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Summary: Andrew heals the sick of Patras, and the people destroy their idols and temples, proclaiming the God of Andrew.

The destruction of the temples is narrated by the work with approval; translated as written.

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Digital text corrected (hyphenated name broken by a margin numeral): Aé- ὅ σβιος → Λέσβιος.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.6 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.7Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

“Ὡς δὲ χρόνος ἱκανὸς παρῴκησεν, καὶ 6 λόγος τοῦ µακαρέου ᾿Ανδρέα καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα αὐτοῦ ἀκωλύτως εἰς πάντας διέὅραμεν, ὁ δὲ Καῖσαρ διάδοχον τῷ 4εσβίῳ πέμψας παύει τῆς ἀρχῆς. καὶ 6 «4έσβιος δεξάμενος τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ χαρᾶς ἦλϑεν πρὸς τὸν μακάριον ᾿ἀνδρέαν λέγων' Νῦν μᾶλλον πιστεύσω τῷ κυρίῳ ἀποδυσάμενος τὴν κενὴν δόξαν καὶ 'τὸ ἄνϑος τοῦ κόσμου ἀποθέμενος καὶ τὸν περισπασμὸν τοῦ βίου ἀπορρίψας. δέξαι µε οὖν συνέκδημόν σου ἄνθρωπε τοῦ ϑεοῦ' δέξαι µε πιστὸν πιστῶς λαλοῦντα καὶ διαμαρτυρούμενον πᾶσιν ἀνϑρώποις τὰ περὶ τοῦ κοινοῦ σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ. Καὶ καταλιπὼν τὸ πραιτώριον σὺν τῷ ᾿4νδρέᾳ διῆγεν.

“Hōs de chronos hikanos parǭkēsen, kai 6 logos tou µakareou ᾿Andrea kai to kērygma autou akōlytōs eis pantas dieoramen, ho de Kaisar diadochon tǭ 4esbiǭ pempsas pauei tēs archēs. kai 6 «4esbios dexamenos to prostagma tou basileōs meta charas ēlϑen pros ton makarion ᾿andrean legōn' Nyn mallon pisteusō tǭ kyriǭ apodysamenos tēn kenēn doxan kai 'to anϑos tou kosmou apothemenos kai ton perispasmon tou biou aporripsas. dexai µe oun synekdēmon sou anthrōpe tou ϑeou' dexai µe piston pistōs lalounta kai diamartyroumenon pasin anϑrōpois ta peri tou koinou sōtēros Christou. Kai katalipōn to praitōrion syn tǭ ᾿4ndreą diēgen.

When a considerable time had passed, and the word of the blessed Andrew and his preaching had spread to all without hindrance, Caesar sent a successor to Lesbius and removed him from office. Lesbius, receiving the emperor's order, came with joy to the blessed Andrew and said: "Now I shall believe in the Lord all the more, having stripped off vain glory, put away the flower of the world, and cast off the distractions of life. Receive me, then, as your fellow traveller, man of God; receive me as a believer, speaking faithfully and bearing witness to all men of the things concerning Christ, the common Savior." And leaving the praetorium, he lived with Andrew.

1 Pet 1:24 (echo, low confidence)

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Summary: Removed from office by the emperor, Lesbius gladly gives up his position and joins Andrew.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.7 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.8Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ὅραμα ἐν τούτοις εἶδεν ó ἀπόστολος ᾿ανδρέας" ἔδοξεν τὸν σωτῆρα Χριστὸν ἑστάναι ἄντικρυς αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ" ᾿{νδρέα ἐπίϑες τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὸν «4έσβιον καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ τῆς χάριτός σου καὶ ἄρας τὸν σταυρόν σου ἀκολούϑει μοι' 6 γὰρ ἐκβαλῶν σε ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου σπεύδει ἐν Πάτραις. Διυπνισϑεὶς δὲ ὁ ἀπόστολος τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ δράματος τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐγνώρισεν: καὶ τὸ τέλος ἐξεδέχετο τοῦ λόγου. καὶ ἰδού τις εἰσπηδήσας τῷ ἀποστόλῳ λέγει Ὁ «ἰγεάτης ὁ τὴν ἀνθυπατείαν κεχειρισµένος ἀποσταλεὶς παρὰ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἀνηνέχϑη εἰς τὰ µέρη τῆς Αχαΐας παρά τινων δούλων τοῦ δια..λου κακῶν καὶ ἐχθρῶν ἀνϑρώπων' ἀνεδίδαξαν αὐτὸν ὡς ὅτι τοὺς ϑεοὺς ἀπωώλεσας τῆς πόλεως καὶ τοὺς ναοὺς αὐτῶν κατέστρεψας καὶ τὰ ἄλση αὐ... ἐξέκοψας καὶ ἕνα τινὰ ἐσταυρωμένον ἔπεισας προσκυνεῖν. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν δημίους συλλαβέσθαι σε. Καὶ ὁ ua- κάριος ᾿Ανδρέας Felç τὰ γόνατα εἶπεν" ᾿4ψευδὴς θεὲ ὃ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὰ ἐσόμενα, ὁ ἐμὸς δεσπότης, δός μοι μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς τὰς μηχανὰς τοῦ ἀντικειμένου Αἰγεάτου στῆναι.

Kai horama en toutois eiden o apostolos ᾿andreas" edoxen ton sōtēra Christon hestanai antikrys autou kai legei autǭ" ᾿{ndrea epiϑes to pneuma epi ton «4esbion kai dos autǭ tēs charitos sou kai aras ton stauron sou akolouϑei moi' 6 gar ekbalōn se ek tou kosmou speudei en Patrais. Diypnisϑeis de ho apostolos tēn opsin tou dramatos tois parousin egnōrisen: kai to telos exedecheto tou logou. kai idou tis eispēdēsas tǭ apostolǭ legei Ho «igeatēs ho tēn anthypateian kecheirisµenos apostaleis para tou Kaisaros anēnechϑē eis ta µerē tēs Achaïas para tinōn doulōn tou dia..lou kakōn kai echthrōn anϑrōpōn' anedidaxan auton hōs hoti tous ϑeous apōōlesas tēs poleōs kai tous naous autōn katestrepsas kai ta alsē au... exekopsas kai hena tina estaurōmenon epeisas proskynein. kai apesteilen dēmious syllabesthai se. Kai ho ua- karios ᾿Andreas Felc ta gonata eipen" ᾿4pseudēs thee ho dēlōsas hēmin ta esomena, ho emos despotēs, dos moi meta parrēsias pros tas mēchanas tou antikeimenou Aigeatou stēnai.

Meanwhile the apostle Andrew saw a vision: it seemed to him that the Savior Christ stood facing him and said to him: "Andrew, lay the Spirit upon Lesbius and give him of your grace; and take up your cross and follow me; for he who will cast you out of the world is hastening to Patras." When the apostle woke, he made known the vision of the dream to those present, and awaited the fulfilment of the word. And behold, someone rushed in and said to the apostle: "Aegeates, who has been given the proconsulship, sent by Caesar, has come up to the regions of Achaia; and some servants of the devil, evil and hostile men, have informed him that you have destroyed the gods of the city, overthrown their temples, cut down their groves, and persuaded people to worship a certain crucified one. And he has sent executioners to arrest you." And the blessed Andrew knelt down and said: "God who cannot lie, who revealed to us what will be, my Master, grant me to stand with boldness against the schemes of the adversary Aegeates."

Matt 16:24 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 1:2 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: Christ tells Andrew in a vision to take up his cross; news comes that the new proconsul Aegeates has sent executioners to arrest him.

"Take up your cross and follow me" echoes Matt 16:24. In this account, unlike Book 1, Aegeates arrives as Lesbius's successor.

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Digital text corrected (OCR debris inside a word; margin line numeral): αὐτῷ" 90 ᾿{νδρέα → αὐτῷ" ᾿{νδρέα; εἰσπηπ----π"ὌὌὉΓ᾽͵τ͵,͵,͵,ὂ —ÉÉ PE δήσας → εἰσπηδήσας; τὰ ὅ ἄλση → τὰ ἄλση; στῆναι. 10 → στῆναι..

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.8 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.9Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ὡς ἔτι τὴν εὐχὴν ηὔχετο, πρὸ Tt.. ϑυρῶν οἱ δήμιοι ἑστῶτες οἱ «πεσταλμένοι παρὰ τοῦ μι... Αἰγεάτου ἐϑορύβουν τὸν οἶκον ἔνθα ἐξενίζετο ὁ μακάριος ἀπόστολος: καὶ κρατήσαντες ᾿ἀντιφάνην τὸν ξενοδόχον τοῦ δούλου τοῦ Oeo ἔσυραν βίᾳ λέγοντες" Ξένον τινὰ μάγον καὶ ἀπατεῶνα καὶ λυμαντὴν τῶν ϑεῶν καὶ ἀφανιστὴν τῶν ναῶν ἔνδον εἰσαγαγὼν ξένον πλουσίων μετέδωκας καὶ πᾶσαν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν μετὰ τῶν ϑεῶν ἠρήμωσας: τοιγαροῦν εὔθυνον τὸν ξένον καὶ πρόφερε τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ᾿Ανδρέας. ὃ γὰρ αἰγεάτης ὁ μέγας ἀνθύπατος καὶ περίβλεπτος χρήζει αὐτοῦ. Σὺν δὲ τῇ βίᾳ παραχρῆμα συνήχϑη πᾶσα ἢ πόλις πρὸς τὰς ϑύρας τοῦ ντιφάνους βοῶσα καὶ λέγουσα" Καῖσαρ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν ..ϑύ-

Kai hōs eti tēn euchēn ēucheto, pro Tt.. ϑyrōn hoi dēmioi hestōtes hoi «pestalmenoi para tou mi... Aigeatou eϑoryboun ton oikon entha exenizeto ho makarios apostolos: kai kratēsantes ᾿antiphanēn ton xenodochon tou doulou tou Oeo esyran bią legontes" Xenon tina magon kai apateōna kai lymantēn tōn ϑeōn kai aphanistēn tōn naōn endon eisagagōn xenon plousiōn metedōkas kai pasan hēmōn tēn polin meta tōn ϑeōn ērēmōsas: toigaroun euthynon ton xenon kai prophere ton doulon tou estaurōmenou hou to onoma ᾿Andreas. ho gar aigeatēs ho megas anthypatos kai peribleptos chrēzei autou. Syn de tę̄ bią parachrēma synēchϑē pasa ē polis pros tas ϑyras tou ntiphanous boōsa kai legousa" Kaisar apesteilen ton ..ϑy-

While he was still praying the prayer, the executioners sent by the [foul] Aegeates stood before the doors and threw into an uproar the house where the blessed apostle was lodging; and seizing Antiphanes, the host of the servant of God, they dragged him off by force, saying: "You brought inside a stranger, a magician and deceiver, a destroyer of the gods and an annihilator of the temples, and gave him rich hospitality, and you have laid waste our whole city together with its gods. So call the stranger to account and bring out the servant of the crucified one, whose name is Andrew; for Aegeates, the great and illustrious proconsul, wants him." And at this violence the whole city at once gathered at the doors of Antiphanes, shouting and saying: "Caesar sent the pro[consul] …

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Summary: The executioners of Aegeates seize Andrew's host Antiphanes, and the city gathers at his door in protest.

After the people's first words the OCR runs into the critical apparatus and a repeated copy of 2.6–2.7; these are removed by a logged correction. The people's speech continues at the beginning of staged section 2.10. "Gave him rich hospitality" reads the OCR's ξένον πλουσίων as ξενίων πλουσίων.

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Digital text corrected (critical apparatus and a repeated copy of 2.6–2.7 run into the text by the OCR; margin line numeral): λυμαντὴν 15 τῶν → λυμαντὴν τῶν; τῇ 90 βίᾳ → τῇ βίᾳ; 9.] ὁ dw. θεὸς ἡμῶν C | δηλῶν C |? ὁ ἐ. δ.] ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ è. C | 9 τὰ μιχανίεἰστὸν οἶκον σου C | 15-19 Edy. -7A.] ἀνδρέαν ὀνόματι τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου σχομεν' μέγας 6 ϑεὸς ᾽άνδρέου. Καὶ πάντες ὁμοθυμαδὸν ὁρμήσαντες ἐπὶ τοὺς ναοὺς τοὺς ϑεοὺς αὐτῶν ἐνέπρησαν, ἐλέπτυ- vav, ἐξέκοψαν, ἐξουθένησαν, κατεπάτησαν, ἀπώλεσαν λέγοντες" Μόνος ó ᾿Ανδρέου Feds ὀνομαζέσθω. Καὶ ὁ ἀνθύπατος Aé- ὅ σβιος συνέχαιρεν τῇ βοῇ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν ἔργων τοῦ λαοῦ ἠγαλλιᾶτο. 7 Ὡς δὲ χρόνος ἱκανὸς παρῴχησεν, καὶ 6 λόγος τοῦ µακαρέου ᾿Ανδρέα καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα αὐτοῦ ἀκωλύτως εἰς πάντας διέὅραμεν, 6 δὲ Καῖσαρ διάδοχον τῷ «4εσβίῳ πέμψας παύει τῆς → .

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.9 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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2.10Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

… πατον εἰς ἄμυναν μὲν τῶν κακών, ἔπαινον δὲ τῶν ἀγαϑῶν. τί οὖν τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ ϑεοῦ ζητεῖ ὁ αἰγεάτης;, μαϑεῖν βουλόμεϑα. ἡμῶν γὰρ ᾿ἀνδρέας 6 ἀπόστολος τοῦ ξένου Φεοῦ καὶ πατὴρ καὶ διδάσκαλος καὶ ἰατρὸς καϑέστηκεν. Ταῦτα αὐτῶν βοώντων φοβηθεὶς ὁ μακάριος ἀπόστολος μήποτε τὸ πλῆθος τῆς πόλεως διαχειρίσηται τοὺς ἁποσταλέντας παρὰ τοῦ μιαροῦ Αἰγεάτου, ἐξελθὼν τῆς οἰκίας καὶ μέσον ota- Fels τῶν Όχλων κατέσεισεν αὐτοὺς τῇ χειρὶ σιγᾶν" καὶ στὰς ἐπί τινος ὑψηλοῦ τόπου ἤμελλεν ἀνοίγειν τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πάντες μιᾷ φωνῇ ἐβόησαν" Μέγας ὁ ϑεὸς τοῦ ξένου ἀνθρώπου ὃς διῆλθεν διὰ τοῦ δούλου αὐτοῦ εὐεργετῶν πάντας τοὺς xata- Φυναστευοµένους ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου. Καὶ φησὶν 6 ᾿ἀνδρέας- “ἀδελφοὶ οἱ κληθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ λόγου καὶ ἐκλεχϑέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ: οὐ τοῦτο μόνον χάρις ἐστὶν ἵνα εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά µε πιστεύσητε, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα καὶ ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀποθάνητε. παύσασθε οὖν ϑορύβους ποιοῦντες, μήποτε ὡς αἴτιοι στάσεως καὶ ἀρχηγοὶ πολέμου εὐθύνας ἀποδώμεν καὶ οὐχ ὡς πολῖται Φεοσεβείας' ἄφετε πορευϑῶ πρὸς τὸν αἰγεάτην: συγχωρήσατε τοῖς κρατοῦσίν µε' ἀποθανὼν γὰρ μᾶλλον ὀφϑήσομαι ὑμῖν σήµερον τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς ἀναστάσεως ὑποδεικνύων. Καὶ οὕτως μόλις καταπαύσας τοὺς Όχλους παρέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν τοῖς δημίοις. οἳ δὲ ϑῆρες καὶ οὐκ ἄνϑρωποι ὡς λύκοι εὑρόντες ἁπαλὸν ἀρνίον καὶ καλὸν ἁρπάσαντες ἀπήνεγκαν τῷ παμμιάρῳ «4ἰγεάτῃ.

… paton eis amynan men tōn kakōn, epainon de tōn agaϑōn. ti oun ton doulon tou ϑeou zētei ho aigeatēs?, maϑein boulomeϑa. hēmōn gar ᾿andreas 6 apostolos tou xenou Pheou kai patēr kai didaskalos kai iatros kaϑestēken. Tauta autōn boōntōn phobētheis ho makarios apostolos mēpote to plēthos tēs poleōs diacheirisētai tous hapostalentas para tou miarou Aigeatou, exelthōn tēs oikias kai meson ota- Fels tōn Ochlōn kateseisen autous tę̄ cheiri sigan" kai stas epi tinos hypsēlou topou ēmellen anoigein to stoma autou, kai pantes mią phōnę̄ eboēsan" Megas ho ϑeos tou xenou anthrōpou hos diēlthen dia tou doulou autou euergetōn pantas tous xata- Phynasteuoµenous hypo tou diabolou. Kai phēsin 6 ᾿andreas- “adelphoi hoi klēthentes hypo tou logou kai eklechϑentes hypo tou onomatos autou: ou touto monon charis estin hina eis ton aposteilanta µe pisteusēte, all᾽ hina kai hyper autou apothanēte. pausasthe oun ϑorybous poiountes, mēpote hōs aitioi staseōs kai archēgoi polemou euthynas apodōmen kai ouch hōs politai Pheosebeias' aphete poreuϑō pros ton aigeatēn: synchōrēsate tois kratousin µe' apothanōn gar mallon ophϑēsomai hymin sēµeron tēn hodon tēs anastaseōs hypodeiknyōn. Kai houtōs molis katapausas tous Ochlous paredōken heauton tois dēmiois. hoi de ϑēres kai ouk anϑrōpoi hōs lykoi heurontes hapalon arnion kai kalon harpasantes apēnenkan tǭ pammiarǭ «4igeatę̄.

… proconsul for the punishment of the wicked and the praise of the good. Why, then, does Aegeates seek the servant of God? We want to know. For Andrew, the apostle of the strange God, has become our father and teacher and physician."

[10] While they were shouting this, the blessed apostle, fearing that the multitude of the city might lay hands on those sent by the foul Aegeates, came out of the house, stood in the midst of the crowds, and motioned to them with his hand to be silent. And when he stood on a high place and was about to open his mouth, they all cried out with one voice: "Great is the God of the stranger, who went about through his servant doing good to all who were oppressed by the devil." And Andrew said: "Brothers, you who were called by the Word and chosen by his name: this is not the only grace, that you believe in him who sent me, but that you also die for him. Stop, then, making an uproar, lest we have to give account as causes of sedition and leaders of war, and not as citizens of godliness. Let me go to Aegeates; yield to those who are holding me; for by dying I shall rather appear to you today showing the way of the resurrection." And so, having calmed the crowds with difficulty, he handed himself over to the executioners. And they, beasts and not men, like wolves that have found a tender and beautiful lamb, seized him and carried him off to the utterly foul Aegeates.

1 Pet 2:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 13:3 (echo, low confidence) · Acts 10:38 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 1:29 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 10:16 (echo, low confidence)

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Summary: The people protest Andrew's arrest; he calms them, telling them it is a grace to die for Christ, and gives himself up to the executioners.

The OCR repeats at the beginning of this section the whole text of 2.7–2.9 and the apparatus; the repetition is removed by a logged correction, so that the section begins with the end of the people's speech begun in 2.9 ("Caesar sent the proconsul …"). This staged section also holds the edition's chapter 10, marked [10].
"Who went about … doing good to all who were oppressed by the devil" adapts Acts 10:38; "not only … believe … but also … die for him" echoes Phil 1:29; the punishment of the wicked and praise of the good echoes 1 Pet 2:14 and Rom 13:3–4.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (a repeated copy of 2.7–2.9 and lines of the critical apparatus run into the text by the OCR; margin letter inside a hyphenated word; margin line numeral inside a hyphenated word; the edition's chapter numeral (10)): ἀρχῆς. καὶ 6 «4έσβιος δεξάμενος τὸ πρόσταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως μετὰ χαρᾶς ἦλϑεν πρὸς τὸν μακάριον ᾿ἀνδρέαν λέγων: Νῦν μᾶλλον πιστεύσω τῷ κυρίῳ ἀποδυσάμενος τὴν κενὴν δόξαν καὶ τὸ ἄνθος τοῦ κόσμου ἀποϑέμενος καὶ τὸν περισπασμὸν τοῦ βίου ἀπορρίψας. δέξαι µε οὖν συνέκδημόν σου ἄνθρωπε τοῦ 16 eoù’ δέξαι µε πιστὸν πιστῶς λαλοῦντα καὶ διαμαρτυρούμενον πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις τὰ περὶ τοῦ κοινοῦ σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ. Καὶ καταλιπὼν τὸ πραιτώριον σὺν τῷ ᾿ἀνδρέᾳ διῆγεν. 8 Καὶ ὅραμα ἐν τούτοις εἶδεν ὁ ἀπόστολος ᾿ἀνδρέας" ἔδοξεν τὸν σωτῆρα Χριστὸν ἑστάναι ἄντικρυς αὐτοῦ καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ" ᾿νδρέα ἐπίϑες τὸ πνεῦμα ἐπὶ τὸν «4έσβιον καὶ δὸς αὐτῷ τῆς χάριτός σου’ καὶ ἄρας τὸν σταυρόν σου ἀκολούϑει μοι’ Ô γὰρ ἐκβαλῶν σε ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου σπεύδει ἐν Πάτραις. Διυπνισϑεὶς δὲ ó ἀπόστολος τὴν ὄψιν τοῦ δράματος τοῖς παροῦσιν ἐγνώρισεν καὶ τὸ τέλος ἐξεδέχετο τοῦ λόγου. καὶ ἰδού τις elony- δήσας τῷ ἀποστόλῳ λέγει Ὁ «ἰγεάτης 6 τὴν ἀνϑυπατείαν κεχειρισµένος ἀποσταλεὶς παρὰ τοῦ Καίσαρος ἀνηνέχθη εἰς τὰ µέρη τῆς Αχαΐας παρά τινων δούλων τοῦ δια..λου κακῶν καὶ ἐχϑρῶν ἀνθρώπων" ἀνεδίδαξαν αὐτὸν ὡς ὅτι τοὺς ϑεοὺς ἀπώλεσας τῆς πόλεως καὶ τοὺς ναοὺς αὐτῶν κατέστρεψας καὶ τὰ ἄλση av... ἐξέκοψας καὶ ἕνα τινὰ ἐσταυρωμένον ἔπεισας προσκυνεῖν. καὶ ἀπέστειλεν δημίους συλλαβέσθαι σε. Καὶ ὁ µακάριος ᾿Ανδρέας Jels τὰ γόνατα εἶπεν' ᾿«ψευδὴς Fed ὁ δηλώσας ἡμῖν τὰ ἐσόμενα, ὁ ἐμὸς δεσπότης, δός μοι μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς τὰς μηχανὰς τοῦ ἀντικειμένου Αἰγεάτου στῆναι. 9 Καὶ ὡς ἔτι τὴν εὐχὴν ηὔχετο, πρὸ T.. ϑυρῶν oi δήμιοι ἑστῶτες οἱ .πεσταλμένοι παρὰ τοῦ μι... αἰγεάτου ἐϑορύβουν τὸν οἶκον ἔνθα ἐξενίζετο 6 μακάριος ἀπόστολος" xol xoa- τήσαντες ᾿ἀντιφάνην τὸν ξενοδόχον τοῦ δούλου τοῦ ϑεοῦ ἔσυραν βίᾳ λέγοντες: Ξένον τινὰ μάγον καὶ ἀπατεῶνα καὶ λυμαντὴν τῶν ϑεῶν καὶ ἀφανιστὴν τῶν ναῶν ἔνδον εἰσαγαγὼν ξένον πλουσίων μετέδωκας xal πᾶσαν ἡμῶν τὴν πόλιν μετὰ τῶν ϑεῶν ἠρήμωσας' τοιγαροῦν εὔϑυνον τὸν ξένον καὶ πρόφερε τὸν δοῦλον τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου οὗ τὸ ὄνομα ᾿ἠνδρέας. ὃ γὰρ αἰγεάτης ὁ μέγας ἀνθύπατος καὶ περίβλεπτος χρήζει αὐτοῦ. Σὺν δὲ τῇ 90 βίᾳ παραχρῆμα συνήχθη πᾶσα ἡ πόλις πρὸς τὰς ϑύρας τοῦ ᾿ντιφάνους βοῶσα καὶ λέγουσα" Καῖσαρ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν ..Φύ- 9.] ὁ dy. θεὸς ἡμῶν C | δηλῶν C]? ὁ è. δ.] ὁ ϑεὸς ὁ ἐ. C | © τὰ μιχανίεἰστὸν οἶκον cov C | 15-19 Edy. --4.] ἀνδρέαν ὀνόματι τοῦ ἐσταυρωμένου πατον → … πατον; στηκεν. 10 Ταῦτα → στηκεν. Ταῦτα; ἅπο- b στείλαντά → ἀποστείλαντά; σή- 90 µερον → σήµερον.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.10 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.11Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ó αἰγεάτης ἰδὼν τὸν μακάριον ᾿ἀνδρέαν εἶπεν᾽ Εἰπὲ ὦ ξένε ἄνϑρωπε καὶ τοῦ τόπου καὶ τοῦ τρόπου καὶ τοῦ ἡμετέρου αἵματος, τίνι πεποιϑὼς εἰσῆλθες εἰς τοὺς βασιλευομένους τόπους Καίσαρος καὶ τὴν σεβάσμιον προσκαύησιν τῶν Seo» ἡμῶν ἀπώλεσας; τινὶ δὲ ἐσταυρωμένῳ προσέχειν ὅλην τὴν ᾿{χαΐαν προσέταξας: καὶ τὴν πόλιν Πάτραν ἄνευ δόρατος εἰληφότας.

Kai o aigeatēs idōn ton makarion ᾿andrean eipen᾽ Eipe ō xene anϑrōpe kai tou topou kai tou tropou kai tou hēmeterou haimatos, tini pepoiϑōs eisēlthes eis tous basileuomenous topous Kaisaros kai tēn sebasmion proskauēsin tōn Seo» hēmōn apōlesas? tini de estaurōmenǭ prosechein holēn tēn ᾿{chaïan prosetaxas: kai tēn polin Patran aneu doratos eilēphotas.

And Aegeates, seeing the blessed Andrew, said: "Tell me, O man, a stranger to our place, our ways, and our blood: trusting in whom did you enter the places ruled by Caesar and destroy the venerable worship of our gods? And to what crucified one have you commanded all Achaia to give heed, having taken the city of Patras without a spear?"

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Summary: Aegeates demands to know by whose power Andrew has destroyed the worship of the gods and won Achaia for a crucified man.

Lines of the critical apparatus (the people's protest in manuscript C) had run into the opening of the speech in the OCR; they are removed by a logged correction.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (lines of the critical apparatus run into the text by the OCR): ζεσθαι οὖν ἡμᾶς τὸν καλὸν ἰατρὸν μὴ σκοτίσιτε ἡμῶν τὸν φωστήρα μὴ στερίσητε ἡμῶν τὴν ζωὴν μὴ ἀδικῆσιτε ἡμῶν τὸν ποιμένα καὶ γὰρ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἕτοιμοι ἐμὲν ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖν ἐπιδὴ πάντας ἡμᾶς τῶ ζωοποιώ ὀδοῦσιν ἐν πληγαῖς ἀνικέστοις καὶ μάστιξι φοβεροῖς ὥσπερ κύνα οὕτως → .

Topics: Persecution

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.11 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.12Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ὁ μαχάριος Ανδρέας ἐκτείνας τὴν χεῖρα εἶπεν: Εὖ ye, εὖ ye καλὸς θεός µου ἤγαγέν σε, ᾧ πέποιϑα, Ov ov τὸ μὲν σεῖφος τῶν δαιμόνων εἰς ἄβυσσον ῥέριπται, ἡ δὲ φάλαγξ τῶν ϑεῶν ἡμῶν εἰς καπνὸν ἀναλέλυται, τὰ δὲ εἴδωλα ὑμῶν ὡς ὁρᾷς εἰς οὐδὲν μεταπεποίηνται" ὅρα τὸ ἔργον ἀνϑύπατε καὶ στόχασαι τὸν ϑεόν uov’ ἐννόησον τὴν ἀπώλειαν τῶν ϑεῶν ὑμῶν καὶ τὸν ἐμὸν ϑεὸν δόξασον. αὐτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ παντοκράτωρ Φεὸς λόγος, 6 πρὸ πάντων αἰώνων ὑποστάς: 6 τὴν ἐξουσίαν καὶ κυρίαν λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς" ὁ Φεὸς wy τῇ ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει σῶμα ἀναλαβὼν ἠλϑεν εἰς τὸν xò- σµον καὶ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐξελέξατο καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν ἔξου- olav διαδραμεῖν εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη κηρῦξαι τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ μετάνοιαν καὶ ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, ὅπως ἀποστραφεῖσα ἡ ἀνθρωπότης τὴν ϑεομάχον πολυϑεῖαν, τὸν ἕνα καὶ μόνον ϑεὸν ἔπιγνοῦσα, αὐτῷ προσκυνήσῃ καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσῃ" διὰ τοῦτο καὶ σὲ ἐξαπέστειλεν ἐνταῦθα, ἵνα ἐὰν ἀκούσας εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύσῃς σωϑήσει, εἰ δὲ ἀπιστήσας ἀνανεύσεις κατακριϑήσει μετὰ τῶν λεγομένων ϑεῶν σου.

Kai ho macharios Andreas ekteinas tēn cheira eipen: Eu ye, eu ye kalos theos µou ēgagen se, hǭ pepoiϑa, Ov ov to men seiphos tōn daimonōn eis abysson rheriptai, hē de phalanx tōn ϑeōn hēmōn eis kapnon analelytai, ta de eidōla hymōn hōs horąs eis ouden metapepoiēntai" hora to ergon anϑypate kai stochasai ton ϑeon uov’ ennoēson tēn apōleian tōn ϑeōn hymōn kai ton emon ϑeon doxason. autos gar estin ho pantokratōr Pheos logos, 6 pro pantōn aiōnōn hypostas: 6 tēn exousian kai kyrian labōn para tou patros krinai zōntas kai nekrous" ho Pheos wy tę̄ idią dynamei sōma analabōn ēlϑen eis ton xo- sµon kai hēmas tous apostolous exelexato kai edōken hēmin exou- olav diadramein eis panta ta ethnē kēryxai tǭ onomati autou metanoian kai aphesin hamartiōn, hopōs apostrapheisa hē anthrōpotēs tēn ϑeomachon polyϑeian, ton hena kai monon ϑeon epignousa, autǭ proskynēsę̄ kai autǭ monǭ latreusę̄" dia touto kai se exapesteilen entautha, hina ean akousas eis auton pisteusę̄s sōϑēsei, ei de apistēsas ananeuseis katakriϑēsei meta tōn legomenōn ϑeōn sou.

And the blessed Andrew stretched out his hand and said: "Well done, well done! My good God, in whom I trust, has brought you here, the God through whom the swarm of demons has been flung into the abyss, the phalanx of your gods has dissolved into smoke, and your idols, as you see, have been turned into nothing. Look at the deed, proconsul, and consider my God; reflect on the destruction of your gods, and glorify my God. For he is the almighty God the Word, who subsisted before all ages; who received from the Father the authority and lordship to judge the living and the dead; who, being God, took up a body by his own power and came into the world, and chose us the apostles, and gave us authority to go through all the nations to preach in his name repentance and forgiveness of sins, so that mankind, turning away from a polytheism that fights against God and acknowledging the one and only God, might worship him and serve him alone. For this reason he has sent you here too, so that if, having heard, you believe in him, you will be saved; but if you disbelieve and refuse, you will be condemned together with your so-called gods."

Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.

Acts 10:42 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 24:47 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 4:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Mark 16:16 (allusion, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Andrew tells Aegeates that the demons and idols have been overthrown by God the Word, who came in a body and sent the apostles, and calls him to believe and be saved.

Lines of the critical apparatus (a longer version of the complaint against Andrew, with variants) had run into the end of the speech in the OCR; they are removed by a logged correction. "Swarm" renders the OCR's σεῖφος by sense.
Echoes: Acts 10:42 (judge of the living and the dead); Luke 24:47; Matt 4:10 (worship and serve him alone); Mark 16:16.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (lines of the critical apparatus run into the text by the OCR): τῶν ἐχϑρῶν διέϑηκας ἰδοῦ γὰρ καὶ oi ϑεοὶ τῆς πόλεως ἐφυγαδεύθησαν ὑπὸ σοῦ οἱ ναοὶ κατεστράφησαν τὰ ὡραία ἄλσι τῶν ἀφιερωμάτων κατεκάεισαν καὶ σάκκον καὶ κόνην περιέβαλας ἡμῶν πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν ἐνοὶς ὀνόματα (l μνήματα”) βασιλέων καὶ εἰκόνες αὐτοκρατόρων ἴστανται καὶ 4 πάντων] τῶν C | ὑπ.] ὑποτάσσων τὴν οἰκουμένην V | 5 xvo.] τὴν xv- → .

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.12 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.13Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Ὁ δὲ παμμίαρος αἰγεάτης ὡς ἀσπὶς βύσας τὰ ὦτα μὴ Φελήσας τοῦ ἀληϑινοῦ σοφοῦ ἀκοῦσαι εἶπεν `Q ματαιέφρον καὶ ξένου τινὸς ὀνόματος ἐφευρετά, ἀπόλαυε τῶν ἐμῶν δωρεῶν. Καὶ μάστιξιν μαστιγώσας αὐτὸν ἐκέλευσεν σταυρωϑῆναι. καὶ Ô μακάριος ἀπόστολος ἐξερχόμενος εἶπεν: Καλὸς εἶ Ἰησοῦ Χριστὲ ὅτι ἐκόσμησας ἡμᾶς τῷ σῷ ὅπλῳ καὶ ἐστεφάνωσας ἡμᾶς τῇ σῇ χάριτι: δέχου με λοιπὸν εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σου σκηνάς' ἀνάπαυε ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνιάτων μου πόνων" λυσιπόνιόν µου γενοῦ καὶ λῦσόν µου τὸ σῶμα, ἵνα y ψυχή µου μετὰ ἆγγέλων χορεύουσα αἰνέσῃ σε. «Ὡς δὲ ἦλϑεν ἐπὶ τὸν σταυρόν, πᾶν τὸ πλῆϑος ἐβόα" ᾿4νοσία κρίσις τοῦ 4ἰγεάτουξένον ἄνδρα μηδὲν ἀδικήσαντα κατέκρινεν σταυρῷ' ὦ ἄδικος κρίσις" αἶρε ἀνϑύπατε κἂν ἡμᾶς τοὺς πολλὰ ἁμαρτήσαντας καὶ μὴ τὸν δίκαιον.

Ho de pammiaros aigeatēs hōs aspis bysas ta ōta mē Phelēsas tou alēϑinou sophou akousai eipen `Q mataiephron kai xenou tinos onomatos epheureta, apolaue tōn emōn dōreōn. Kai mastixin mastigōsas auton ekeleusen staurōϑēnai. kai O makarios apostolos exerchomenos eipen: Kalos ei Iēsou Christe hoti ekosmēsas hēmas tǭ sǭ hoplǭ kai estephanōsas hēmas tę̄ sę̄ chariti: dechou me loipon eis tas aiōnious sou skēnas' anapaue apo tou nyn apo tōn aniatōn mou ponōn" lysiponion µou genou kai lyson µou to sōma, hina y psychē µou meta angelōn choreuousa ainesę̄ se. «Hōs de ēlϑen epi ton stauron, pan to plēϑos eboa" ᾿4nosia krisis tou 4igeatouxenon andra mēden adikēsanta katekrinen staurǭ' ō adikos krisis" aire anϑypate kan hēmas tous polla hamartēsantas kai mē ton dikaion.

But the utterly foul Aegeates, like an asp that stops its ears, unwilling to hear the truly wise man, said: "O vain-minded inventor of some strange name, enjoy my gifts." And having had him scourged with whips, he ordered him to be crucified. And the blessed apostle, as he went out, said: "You are good, Jesus Christ, for you have adorned us with your weapon and crowned us with your grace. Receive me henceforth into your eternal dwellings; give me rest from now on from my incurable toils; be my release from toil, and release my body, so that my soul, dancing with the angels, may praise you." When he came to the cross, the whole multitude cried out: "Unholy is the judgment of Aegeates! He has condemned to the cross a stranger who did no wrong. O unjust judgment! Take us instead, proconsul, who have sinned much, and not the righteous man."

Ps 58:4 (57:5 LXX) (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 16:9 (allusion, high confidence)

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Summary: Aegeates has Andrew scourged and condemned to the cross; Andrew prays to be received by Christ, and the crowd protests the unjust sentence.

"Like an asp that stops its ears": Ps 58:4–5 (57:5–6 LXX). "Eternal dwellings": Luke 16:9.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.13 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.14Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Ὡς δὲ ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον, βλέπει τὸ ξύλον πεπηγμένον' καὶ ἀπολιπὼν πάντας πρόσεισι τῷ σταυρῷ καὶ φησὶν αὐτῷ μετὰ φωνῆς: Χαῖρε ὦ σταυρέ: καὶ γὰρ χαίροις" εὖ γε οἶδα καὶ ἀναπαυόμενόν σε λοιπὸν èx πολλοῦ κεκµηκότα πεπηγμένον καὶ ἀναμένοντά us: ἧκον ἐπὶ σὲ ὃν ἐπίσταμαι ἴδιόν Mov: ἧκον πρὸς σὲ τὸν ποϑήσαντά µε’ γνωρίζω σου τὸ μυστήριον δι ὃ καὶ πέπηγας' πέπηξαι γὰρ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἵνα τὰ ἄστατα στηρίξῃς" καὶ τὸ μέν σου εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνατείνεται ἵνα τὸν ἄνθρωπον λόγον σημαίνῃς: τὸ δέ σου ἥπλωτο δεξιᾷ καὶ ἀριστερᾷ ἵνα τὴν φοβερὰν καὶ ἀντικειμένην δύναμιν τροπώση καὶ τὸν κόσμον συναγάγῃ elg ἕν: τὸ δέ σου πέπηκται εἰς γῆν ἵνα τὰ εἰς γῆν καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς καταχϑονίοις συνάψης τοῖς ἔπουθανίοις' ὦ σταυρὲ μηχάνημα σωτηρίας τοῦ ὑψέστου. ὦ σταυρὲ τρόπαιον νίκης Χριστοῦ κατ᾽ ἐχθρῶν: ὦ σταυρὲ ἐπὶ γῆς φυτευ- Fels καὶ τὸν καρπὸν ἐν οὐρανοῖς ἔχων" ὦ ὄνομα σταυροῦ, πρᾶγμα ἀνάμεστον ὅλων" εὖ γε ὦ σταυρὲ τὴν περιφέρειον τοῦ κόσμου πεδήσας’ εὖ γε μορφὴ συνέσεως τὴν ἄμορφον τὴν σὴν μορφώσας: εὖ γε ἀφανὴς κόλασις χαλεπῶς κολάζουσα τὴν ὑπόστασιν τῆς πολυθέου γνώσεως καὶ τὸν αὐτῆς ἐφευρετὴν ταύτην ἐκ τῆς ἀνϑρωπότητος ἐκδιώκων: εὖ γε ὠ σταυρὲ τὸν δεσπότην ἐκδυσ. μένος καὶ τὸν λῃστὴν καρποφορήσας καὶ τὸν ἀπόστολον εἰς μετάνοιαν καλέσας καὶ ἡμᾶς δέξασθαι μὴ ἀπαξιώσας. ἀλλὰ μέχρι πόσου λέγω ταῦτα καὶ οὐ περιπλέκομαι τῷ στ...., ἵνα ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ ζωοποιηθώ, διὰ σταυροῦ τὸν κοινὸν ϑάνατον τοῦ βίου ἐξέλϑω. προσέρχεσϑε οἱ ὑπηρέται τῆς ἐμῆς χαρᾶς καὶ οἱ διάκονοι τοῦ “ἱγεάτου καὶ πληροῦτε τῶν ἀμφοτέρων τὸ βούλημα καὶ προσδεσμεῖτε τὸν ἀμνὸν τῷ πάθει, τὸν ἄνϑρωπον τῷ δημιουργῷ, τὴν ψυχὴν τῷ σωτῖρι. Καὶ εἰπόντος αὐτοῦ ταῦτα προσελϑόντες οἱ δ εἰσί xa- τέδησαν αὐτοῦ τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ οὐ καϑήλωσαν αὐτόν' ταύτην γὰρ τὴν ἐντολὴν εἶχον παρὰ τοῦ «4ἰγεάτου' ἐβούλετο γὰρ αὐτὸν ἠρτημένον ἄνι.σαι καὶ νυκτὸς ζῶντα ὑπὸ κυνῶν ἀναλωθῆναι. τετάρτης δὲ ἡμέρας διαγενομένης καὶ τῶν αὐτῶν νυχτῶν διελϑουσῶν οὐ συνέπεσεν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἆποστόλου, οὐκ ἠσθένησεν τῇ φωνῇ, οὐκ ἠτόνησεν τοῖς μέλεσιν, οὔκ ἐστέναξεν οὐδὲ ἐδάκρυσεν: ὥστε πάντα τὸν ὄχλον μακαρίζειν αὐτόν, δοξάζειν δὲ τὸν ϑεὸν τὸν τρέφοντα καὶ ἐνδυναμοῦντα τοὺς ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἠλπικότας.

Hōs de ēlthen epi ton topon, blepei to xylon pepēgmenon' kai apolipōn pantas proseisi tǭ staurǭ kai phēsin autǭ meta phōnēs: Chaire ō staure: kai gar chairois" eu ge oida kai anapauomenon se loipon ex pollou kekµēkota pepēgmenon kai anamenonta us: hēkon epi se hon epistamai idion Mov: hēkon pros se ton poϑēsanta µe’ gnōrizō sou to mystērion di ho kai pepēgas' pepēxai gar en tǭ kosmǭ hina ta astata stērixę̄s" kai to men sou eis ouranous anateinetai hina ton anthrōpon logon sēmainę̄s: to de sou hēplōto dexią kai aristerą hina tēn phoberan kai antikeimenēn dynamin tropōsē kai ton kosmon synagagę̄ elg hen: to de sou pepēktai eis gēn hina ta eis gēn kai ta en tois katachϑoniois synapsēs tois epouthaniois' ō staure mēchanēma sōtērias tou hypsestou. ō staure tropaion nikēs Christou kat᾽ echthrōn: ō staure epi gēs phyteu- Fels kai ton karpon en ouranois echōn" ō onoma staurou, pragma anameston holōn" eu ge ō staure tēn periphereion tou kosmou pedēsas’ eu ge morphē syneseōs tēn amorphon tēn sēn morphōsas: eu ge aphanēs kolasis chalepōs kolazousa tēn hypostasin tēs polytheou gnōseōs kai ton autēs epheuretēn tautēn ek tēs anϑrōpotētos ekdiōkōn: eu ge ō staure ton despotēn ekdys. menos kai ton lę̄stēn karpophorēsas kai ton apostolon eis metanoian kalesas kai hēmas dexasthai mē apaxiōsas. alla mechri posou legō tauta kai ou periplekomai tǭ st...., hina en tǭ staurǭ zōopoiēthō, dia staurou ton koinon ϑanaton tou biou exelϑō. proserchesϑe hoi hypēretai tēs emēs charas kai hoi diakonoi tou “higeatou kai plēroute tōn amphoterōn to boulēma kai prosdesmeite ton amnon tǭ pathei, ton anϑrōpon tǭ dēmiourgǭ, tēn psychēn tǭ sōtiri. Kai eipontos autou tauta proselϑontes hoi d eisi xa- tedēsan autou tous podas kai tas cheiras, kai ou kaϑēlōsan auton' tautēn gar tēn entolēn eichon para tou «4igeatou' ebouleto gar auton ērtēmenon ani.sai kai nyktos zōnta hypo kynōn analōthēnai. tetartēs de hēmeras diagenomenēs kai tōn autōn nychtōn dielϑousōn ou synepesen to prosōpon tou apostolou, ouk ēsthenēsen tę̄ phōnę̄, ouk ētonēsen tois melesin, ouk estenaxen oude edakrysen: hōste panta ton ochlon makarizein auton, doxazein de ton ϑeon ton trephonta kai endynamounta tous ep᾽ auton ēlpikotas.

When he came to the place, he saw the wood set up; and leaving them all, he went up to the cross and said to it aloud: "Hail, O cross! Rejoice indeed! I know well that you, set up long since and weary with waiting for me, are now at rest. I have come to you, whom I know to be my own; I have come to you who longed for me. I know your mystery, for which you have been set up. For you are fixed in the world to make firm what is unstable. One part of you stretches up to the heavens, that you may signify the Word above; another part of you is spread out to the right and to the left, that you may put to flight the fearful and opposing power and gather the world into one; another part of you is fixed in the earth, that you may join the things on the earth and under the earth to the things of heaven. O cross, instrument of salvation of the Most High! O cross, trophy of Christ's victory over his enemies! O cross, planted on earth and bearing your fruit in heaven! O name of the cross, a thing filled with all things! Well done, O cross, who have bound the circumference of the world! Well done, form of understanding, who have given form to your own formlessness! Well done, unseen punishment, severely punishing the substance of the knowledge of many gods and driving its inventor out from mankind! Well done, O cross, who put on the Master, bore the thief as your fruit, called the apostle to repentance, and did not disdain to receive us! But how long shall I say these things and not embrace the cross, that in the cross I may be made alive, and through the cross go out of the common death of this life? Come near, ministers of my joy and servants of Aegeates, and fulfil the will of both: bind the lamb to the passion, the man to the Creator, the soul to the Savior."

[15] When he had said this, the executioners came and bound his feet and hands, and did not nail him; for they had this command from Aegeates, who wished him to hang there and be tormented, and to be devoured alive at night by dogs. But when the fourth day had come and as many nights had passed, the apostle's face did not fall, his voice did not weaken, his limbs did not grow slack, he did not groan or weep; so that the whole crowd called him blessed and glorified God, who nourishes and strengthens those who have hoped in him.

John 11:52 (echo, medium confidence) · Phil 2:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 2:15 (echo, low confidence) · Luke 23:43 (allusion, medium confidence) · Isa 53:7 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: Andrew greets the cross and its mystery, gives himself to the executioners, and hangs bound on it for four days without weakening.

This staged section also holds the edition's chapter 15, marked [15]; the misread numeral is removed by a logged correction. The section numbering then jumps to 2.16.
"The Word above" reads the OCR's τὸν ἄνθρωπον λόγον as τὸν ἄνω λόγον; "put on the Master" reads ἐκδυσ. μένος as ἐνδυσάμενος; both are uncertain. "Called the apostle to repentance" probably refers to Peter. The ANF translation of the Acts of Andrew (ANF 8) is of a different Greek account (the letter of the presbyters of Achaia), which has a similar address to the cross; it does not follow this text closely, so this section was re-read against the Greek.
Echoes: Eph 2:16 and John 11:52 (gather into one); Phil 2:10 (things on earth and under the earth); Col 2:15 (triumph over the powers); Luke 23:39–43 (the thief); Isa 53:7 (the lamb).

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (the edition's chapter numeral (15), misread by the OCR): lb Καὶ εἰπόντος → Καὶ εἰπόντος.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.14 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.16Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ ὁ αἰγεάτης ἀκούσας ὅτι ἔτι ζῇ ἐϑαύμασεν καὶ δρομαῖος ὥρμα πρὸς αὐτόν' καὶ ὡς εἶδεν ὁ ἀπόστολος ἑστῶτα αὐτὸν ἄντικρυς αὐτοῦ, εἶπεν αὐτῷ μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ" Τί ἑλήλυϑας αἰγεᾶτα πρὸς τὸν μὴ σόν; τί κατανοεῖς τὸν κρεμάμενον; τέ ἐκπλήσσῃ τὸν δεθέντα; ῥῦσαι σεαυτοῦ τὴν ψυχήν" πίστευσον εἰς τὸν ἀποστείλαντά µε Χριστόν ἀνάβλεψον τοῖς ὀφϑαλμοῖς καὶ ἴδε τὸ μακάριον φῶς Ἰησοῦν: ἅπλωσόν σου τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ δέξαι τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ πρώτου λόγου: ἀπόϑθου τὴν ἄγνοιαν" μὴ πηρώσης σου τοὺς λογισμούς: μὴ ἀπολέσῃς σου τοὺς κατ εἰκόνα" μὴ στερήσης τῶν ἀγαϑῶν' μὴ κατακριϑῇς μᾶλλον ἀπειώήσας' μὴ καταποϑῇς ὑπὸ τοῦ Όφεως' μή σε ἆρπάση ὡς λέων' ἡδυνθήτω ἡ ζωὴ τὰ ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ. καὶ πίστευσον τῷ σταυρωϑέντι' καλὸς ὁ σταυρός" ζωοποιὸς γάρ ἐστιν. καλὸς ὁ ἐπὶ σταυροῦ κρεμασϑείς" καϑαιρέτης γὰρ τῶν δαιμόνων ἐστίν. λυτρωτὴς γάρ ἐστιν τῶν ψυχῶν καὶ βραβευτὴς τῶν ἀϑλούντων. ἀλλὰ τί τοσαῦτα λέγω; δεῦρο Χριστὲ πρός με: ἀπόλυσον τὸν δοῦλον ἐλεύθερον, τὸν ἀσθενῆ ὑγιῆ, τὸν ϑνητὸν ἀθάνατον, τὸν φϑαρτὸν ἄφϑαρτον, τὸν δεϑέντα λελυμένον, τὸν γήινον ἐπουράνιον, ἵνα δι ἐμοῦ οἱ πιστεύοντες σωϑῶσιν καὶ γένωμαι κἀγὼ μάρτυς ἀληϑὴς τῆς σῆς θεότητος.

Kai ho aigeatēs akousas hoti eti zę̄ eϑaumasen kai dromaios hōrma pros auton' kai hōs eiden ho apostolos hestōta auton antikrys autou, eipen autǭ megalę̄ tę̄ phōnę̄" Ti helēlyϑas aigeata pros ton mē son? ti katanoeis ton kremamenon? te ekplēssę̄ ton dethenta? rhysai seautou tēn psychēn" pisteuson eis ton aposteilanta µe Christon anablepson tois ophϑalmois kai ide to makarion phōs Iēsoun: haplōson sou to hēgemonikon tēs psychēs kai dexai tēn gnōsin tou prōtou logou: apoϑthou tēn agnoian" mē pērōsēs sou tous logismous: mē apolesę̄s sou tous kat eikona" mē sterēsēs tōn agaϑōn' mē katakriϑę̄s mallon apeiōēsas' mē katapoϑę̄s hypo tou Opheōs' mē se arpasē hōs leōn' hēdynthētō hē zōē ta en tǭ xylǭ. kai pisteuson tǭ staurōϑenti' kalos ho stauros" zōopoios gar estin. kalos ho epi staurou kremasϑeis" kaϑairetēs gar tōn daimonōn estin. lytrōtēs gar estin tōn psychōn kai brabeutēs tōn aϑlountōn. alla ti tosauta legō? deuro Christe pros me: apolyson ton doulon eleutheron, ton asthenē hygiē, ton ϑnēton athanaton, ton phϑarton aphϑarton, ton deϑenta lelymenon, ton gēinon epouranion, hina di emou hoi pisteuontes sōϑōsin kai genōmai kagō martys alēϑēs tēs sēs theotētos.

When Aegeates heard that he was still alive, he was amazed and hurried to him at a run. And when the apostle saw him standing opposite him, he said to him in a loud voice: "Why have you come, Aegeates, to one who is not yours? Why do you gaze at the one who hangs here? Why are you astonished at the one who is bound? Rescue your soul; believe in Christ who sent me; lift up your eyes and see the blessed light, Jesus; open wide the ruling part of your soul and receive the knowledge of the first Word; put away ignorance; do not maim your thoughts; do not destroy what is in you according to the image; do not deprive yourself of the good things; do not be condemned all the more by refusing; do not be swallowed up by the serpent; let him not snatch you away like a lion. Let your life be sweetened by the things on the wood, and believe in the one who was crucified. Good is the cross, for it gives life. Good is he who hung on the cross, for he is the destroyer of the demons; for he is the redeemer of souls and the judge of those who contend in the games. But why do I say so much? Come to me, Christ: release your servant free, the weak healthy, the mortal immortal, the corruptible incorruptible, the bound loosed, the earthly heavenly, so that through me those who believe may be saved, and I too may become a true witness of your divinity."

Gen 1:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 5:8 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:53 (echo, medium confidence)

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Summary: From the cross Andrew urges Aegeates to believe in the crucified Christ and prays to be released into immortality.

"According to the image": Gen 1:26–27. "Like a lion": 1 Pet 5:8. "Witness" renders μάρτυς, which also means "martyr".

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.16 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.17Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα καὶ δοξάσας ἐπὶ πλεῖον τὸν κύριον παρέδωκεν τὸ πνεῦμα σὺν τῇ εὐχαριστίᾳ. καὶ ϑαυμάσαντες πάντες ἔκραξαν: Μέγας 6 ϑεὸς ᾿ἀνδρέουεἷς 6 θεὸς τοῦ ξένου" 6 ἀγαϑὸς 6 ϑεὸς τῶν χριστιανῶ.: Χριστὲ σῷζε πάντας ἡμᾶς καϑὼ, ἔσωσας τὸν ᾿ἀνδρέαν τὸν ἐπ. σοὶ ἠλπικότα.

Kai eipōn tauta kai doxasas epi pleion ton kyrion paredōken to pneuma syn tę̄ eucharistią. kai ϑaumasantes pantes ekraxan: Megas 6 ϑeos ᾿andreoueis 6 theos tou xenou" 6 agaϑos 6 ϑeos tōn christianō.: Christe sǭze pantas hēmas kaϑō, esōsas ton ᾿andrean ton ep. soi ēlpikota.

Having said this, and having glorified the Lord still more, he gave up his spirit with thanksgiving. And all, amazed, cried out: "Great is the God of Andrew; one is the God of the stranger; good is the God of the Christians. Christ, save us all, as you saved Andrew, who hoped in you."

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Summary: Andrew dies giving thanks, and the crowd praises the God of Andrew.

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.17 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.18Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

Μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἔξοδον τοῦ ἀποστόλου ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ ..γεάτου ἅμα TQ Στρατοκλεῖ π...ελθοῦσα τῷ σταυρῷ ἐξέλυσεν τὸ hei- wavoy τοῦ ἀποστόλου: καὶ κηδεύσαντες πιστῶς ἀπέθεντο ἔξω τῆς πόλεως. καὶ αὐτὴ κατακολουϑήσασα τῷ Χριστῷ ἐχωρίσθη τοῦ αἰγεάτου διὰ τὴν θηριώδη αὐτοῦ ψυχὴν καὶ πολιτείαν᾿ ἑλομένη βίον σεμνὸν καὶ ἤρεμον ἀγάπη Χριστοῦ μακάριον ζῶσα σὺν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς διῆγεν. ὁ δὲ «4ἰγεάτης δηχϑεὶς τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ συνειδὸς κεκαχωμένος ἀναστὰς νυκτὸς καὶ λαθὼν πάντας ἔρριψεν ἑαυτὸν ἀπὸ ὕψους μεγάλου καὶ συντριβεὶς διερράγη καὶ διαρρηχϑεὶς κατέστρεψεν τὸν βίον" καὶ 6 Στρατοκλῆς 6 τοῦ ἰγεάτου ἀδελφὸς παραλαβὼν τὴν κτῆσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ πωλήσας πτωχοῖς ἅπασαν διέσπειρεν, προσδεχόμενος καὶ αὐτὸς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν.

Meta de tēn exodon tou apostolou hē gynē tou ..geatou hama TQ Stratoklei p...elthousa tǭ staurǭ exelysen to hei- wavoy tou apostolou: kai kēdeusantes pistōs apethento exō tēs poleōs. kai autē katakolouϑēsasa tǭ Christǭ echōristhē tou aigeatou dia tēn thēriōdē autou psychēn kai politeian᾿ helomenē bion semnon kai ēremon agapē Christou makarion zōsa syn tois adelphois diēgen. ho de «4igeatēs dēchϑeis tēn psychēn kai to syneidos kekachōmenos anastas nyktos kai lathōn pantas erripsen heauton apo hypsous megalou kai syntribeis dierragē kai diarrēchϑeis katestrepsen ton bion" kai 6 Stratoklēs 6 tou igeatou adelphos paralabōn tēn ktēsin autou kai pōlēsas ptōchois hapasan diespeiren, prosdechomenos kai autos tēn basileian tōn ouranōn.

After the apostle's departure, the wife of Aegeates, together with Stratocles, came to the cross, took down the remains of the apostle, buried them faithfully, and laid them outside the city. And she, following Christ, separated from Aegeates because of his beastly soul and conduct; and choosing a holy and quiet life, she lived blessedly with the brothers in the love of Christ. But Aegeates, stung in his soul and tormented in his conscience, rose by night and, unnoticed by all, threw himself down from a great height; he was dashed to pieces, burst open, and ended his life. And Stratocles, the brother of Aegeates, took over his property, sold it, and distributed it all to the poor, himself also awaiting the kingdom of heaven.

Matt 19:21 (echo, low confidence) · Acts 1:18 (echo, low confidence)

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Summary: Maximilla and Stratocles bury Andrew; Maximilla separates from Aegeates, who kills himself, and Stratocles gives his inheritance to the poor.

"Separated from Aegeates" (ἐχωρίσθη): the work approves the wife's separation from her pagan husband for the sake of Christ; translated as written.

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.18 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.

2.19Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57

᾿Ἐμαρτύρησεν δὲ 6 ἅγιος ἀπόστολος κατὰ ᾿4ασιανοὺς μηνὸς περὶτ ἕκτῃ, κατὰ δὲ Ῥωμαίους μηνὶ νοεμβρίω λ΄, pao- λεύοντος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.

᾿Emartyrēsen de 6 hagios apostolos kata ᾿4asianous mēnos perit hektę̄, kata de Rhōmaious mēni noembriō l΄, pao- leuontos tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, hǭ hē doxa eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn. amēn.

The holy apostle bore his witness, according to the reckoning of Asia, on the sixth of the month … , and according to the Romans on the thirtieth of November, while our Lord Jesus Christ reigns, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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Summary: The account closes with the date of Andrew's martyrdom, 30 November by the Roman calendar.

The name of the Asian month is garbled in the OCR (περὶτ, perhaps Peritios, a month of the Macedonian calendar used in Asia) and is marked "…". Lines of the critical apparatus that follow the doxology in the OCR are removed by a logged correction.

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Digital text corrected (lines of the critical apparatus run into the text by the OCR): βίον] καὶ ἀρραγεὶς (i e διαρραγεὶς) οὕτως ἀπέδωχεν τὴν ψυχὴν ἐν τιμωρία 19 zr, - διέσπ.] πάντα διένιμεν τοῖς πτ. ἦν γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς πιστεύσας τῶ → .

Topics: Martyrdom

Cite (SBL): Acts And. 2.19 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek; the ANF 8 'Acts and Martyrdom of Andrew' is a different text, so the translation was re-read against the Greek.