# Acts of Andrew (Greek fragments and Martyrdom) - Author: Anonymous - Latin title: *Acta Andreae* - Date: ca. 150-200 (the Acts); the Martyrdom text is later (approximate) - Source: Maximilian Bonnet, ed., Acta Andreae (Passio Andreae; Ex actis Andreae; Martyria Andreae), in Acta apostolorum apocrypha, ed. R. A. Lipsius and M. Bonnet, vol. 2.1 (Leipzig: Hermann Mendelssohn, 1898), 38-64 (OCR text layer from the Internet Archive scan) - Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator - Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/ - Passages: 34 ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-1 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells the brothers that they belong to the one who abides, the light, and the One, and that their glory is to be known by God. ### Greek text ... περὶ ὑμᾶς τὸ πᾶν τῆς ἀτονίας ἐστίν; οὕπω ἐλέγχεσθε ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν μηδέπω φέροντες τὴν ἐκείνου χρηστότητα; αἰδεσθώμεν, συνησθῶμεν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπὶ τῇ ἐκείνου ἀφϑόνῳ κοιγωνίᾳ. εἴπωμεν ἑαυτοῖς: Μακάριον ἡμῶν τὸ γένος, ὑπὸ τίνος ἠγάπηται; μακαρία ἡμῶν Ñ ὕπαρξις, ὑπὸ τίνος ἠλέηται;, οὐκ ἐσμέν τινες χαμαιρριφεῖς, ὑπὸ τοιούτου ὕψους γνωρεσθέντέρ᾽ οὐκ ἐσμὲν χρόνου, εἶτα ὑπὸ χρόνου λυόµενοι' οὐκ ἐσμὲν κινήσεως τέχνη, πάλιν ὑφ᾽ ἑαυτῆς ἀφανιζομένη, οὐδὲ γενέσεως αἰτία, εἰς αὐτὸ τελευτῶντες. ἐσμέν τινες ἄρα μεγέϑους ἐπίβουλοι. ἐσμὲν ἴδιοι, καὶ τάχα τοῦ ἐλεοῦντος. ἐσμὲν τοῦ κρείττονος διὰ τοῦτο ἀπὸ τοῦ χείρονος φεύγομεν. ἐσμὲν τοῦ καλοῦ, δι ov τὸ αἰσχρὸν ἀπωϑούμενατοῦ δικαίου, δι οὗ τὸ ἄδικον ῥίπτομεν' τοῦ ἐλεήμονος, δὲ οὗ τὸν ἀνελεῆμονα ἀφίεμεν: τοῦ σῴζοντος, Ov οὗ τὸν ἀπολλύντα ἐγνωρίσαμεν" τοῦ φωτός, δι᾽ οὗ τὸ σκότος ἐρρέψαμεν' τοῦ ἑνός, OV οὗ τὰ πολλὰ ἀπεστράμμεϑα' τοῦ ὑπερουρανίου, δι᾽ οὗ τὰ ἐπίγεια ἐμάϑομεν' τοῦ μένοντος, δὲ οὗ τὰ μένοντα εἴδομεν: ἄξιον εὐχαριστίαν ἢ παρρησίαν ἢ ὕμνον ἢ καύχημα προελόμενοι εἰπεῖν εἰς τὸν ἐλεήσαντα ἡμᾶς ϑεὸν ἀλλ᾽ N γνωρισθῆναι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ: ### English translation (Claude) … with you lies the whole of the weakness. Are you not yet convicted by yourselves, since you do not yet bear his kindness? Let us be ashamed; let us rejoice together within ourselves at his ungrudging fellowship. Let us say to ourselves: Blessed is our race; by whom has it been loved? Blessed is our existence; by whom has it been pitied? We are not some who have been flung to the ground, we who have been known by such a height. We are not of time, to be dissolved afterwards by time. We are not a contrivance of motion, to be destroyed again by itself, nor the cause of a generation that ends in itself. We are, then, those who lay claim to greatness. We are his own, and perhaps of the one who pities. We belong to the better; for this reason we flee from the worse. We belong to the beautiful, through whom we thrust away the shameful; to the righteous, through whom we cast off the unrighteous; to the merciful, through whom we leave the unmerciful; to the one who saves, through whom we have recognized the one who destroys; to the light, through whom we have cast off the darkness; to the One, through whom we have turned away from the many; to the one above the heavens, through whom we have learned what the earthly things are; to the one who abides, through whom we have seen the things that abide. If we choose to speak a worthy thanksgiving, or boldness, or a hymn, or a boast to the God who has pitied us, it is nothing other than to have been known by him. ### Scripture references - Gal 4:9: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The Acts of Andrew are an apocryphal work of the second or third century; this book of the edition gives the Greek fragment preserved in a Vatican manuscript (Vat. gr. 808), printed by Bonnet (Lipsius–Bonnet II.1, 1898), which begins in the middle of a speech of Andrew in prison at Patras. The text comes from an uncorrected OCR of that edition; clear slips are translated by sense. The work is translated as written. - "It is nothing other than to have been known by him": the scan's ἀλλ᾽ N γνωρισθῆναι is read as ἀλλ᾽ ἢ γνωρισθῆναι; the sense of the closing sentence is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.1 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-1). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-2 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew sends the brothers home, and for many days they gather freely in the prison while Aegeates leaves the case aside. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁμιλήσας τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς τὰ τοιαῦτα ἀπεπέμψατο ἕκαστον εἰς τὰ ἴδια εἰπὼν αὐτοῖς: Οὔτε ὑμεῖς ἐμοῦ ἀπολείπεσϑέ ποτε ὅλως δοῦλοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ ἀγάπην: ovd av πάλιν αὐτὸς ἀπολειφϑήσομαι ὑμῶν διὰ τὴν ἐκείνου μεσιτείαν. Καὶ ἀπηλλάγη ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ αὐτοῦ. καὶ Tv ἡ ToL- αύτη ἀγαλλίασις αὐτῶν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας ἱκανὰς γενομένη, ἐν αἷς οὐκ ἔσχεν ὁ αἰγεάτης ἔννοιαν ἐπεξελθεῖν τὴν κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον αἰτίαν. ἐστηρίζοντο οὖν ἕκαστος τότε ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ κὑρίου èl- riða’ καὶ συλλεγόμενοι πάντες ἀφόβως εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἅμα τῇ Μαξιμίλλῃ καὶ Ἰφιδάμᾳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀδιαλείπτως ἔχουσιν περισκεπτόµενοι τῇ περιβολῇ καὶ χάριτι τοῦ κυρίου. ### English translation (Claude) When he had spoken such things to the brothers, he sent each of them away to his own home, saying to them: "You will never wholly leave me, servants of Christ, because of the love that is in him; nor again shall I be left by you, because of his mediation." And each went away to his own home. Their rejoicing of this kind continued for many days, during which Aegeates had no thought of pursuing the charge against the apostle. So each of them was strengthened then in the hope of the Lord; and all, gathering fearlessly in the prison with Maximilla and Iphidamia and the rest, stayed there continually, sheltered by the covering and grace of the Lord. ### Translation notes - Aegeates is the proconsul at Patras; Maximilla is his wife, and Iphidamia her maid, both converts of Andrew in this work. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.2 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-2). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-3 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Aegeates breaks off a trial, remembering Andrew, and hurries home to Maximilla. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ Αἰγεάτης δικάζων ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ εἰς ὑπόμνησιν ἔσχεν τὴν περὶ τὸν ᾿νδρέαν χρείαν" καὶ ὥσπερ τις ἐμμανὴς γενόμενος ἀφίησιν ἣν ἐν χερσὶν δίκην ἔσχεν, καὶ ἀνίσταται τοῦ βήματος, καὶ δρομαίως παραγίνεται εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον, ἐμβράσσων τῇ Μαξιμίλλῃ καὶ κολακεύων. ἡ δὲ Μαξιμίλλα ἐφθάχει αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου εἰσβάλλρυσα τῇ οἰκίᾳ: καὶ εἰσελθὼν πρὸς αὐτὴν ἔλεγεν" ### English translation (Claude) One day, while Aegeates was sitting in judgment, the matter of Andrew came into his mind; and like a man gone mad, he left the case he had in hand, rose from the tribunal, and went running to the praetorium, burning with desire for Maximilla and ready to flatter her. But Maximilla had arrived home from the prison before him; and going in to her he said: ### Translation notes - "Burning with desire": the scan's ἐμβράσσων ("seething") is translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.3 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-3). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-4 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Aegeates tells Maximilla that if she returns to their married life he will release Andrew, and if not he will torment him. ### Greek text “4ξιον θεώμενοι oi σοὶ γονεῖς Μαξιμίλλα τῆς συμβιώσεώς σου κατηγγύησάν μοι τὸν σὸν γαμβρόν, μήτε πρὸς πλοῦτον ἀπιδόντες μήτε πρὸς γένος μήτε πρὸς δόξαν, ἀλλὰ τάχα πρὸς τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς μου εὔγνωμον. καὶ ἵνα πολλὰ ὧν ἐβουλόμην εἰς ὄνειδός σου ἐκφέρειν, ὧν te ἐγὼ ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων σου ἔπαϑον ὧν τὲ αὐτὴ ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐν τῷ παντὶ ἡμῶν βίῳ, ἓν τοῦτο μόνον ἥκω παρὰ σοῦ μαϑεῖν τὸ δικαστήριον συνετῶς: εἰ μὲν εἴης ἐκείνη ὁποία ἦσθα πάλαι, συμβιοῦσά μοι ὃν ἐπιστάμεθα toó- πον, συγκαϑεύδουσά μοι, συγγινομένη, συντεκνοῦσα, καὶ σὲ εὖ κατὰ πάντα ποιήσαιμι" ἐπεὶ μᾶλλον καὶ ov ἔχω ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ ξένον ἀπολύσω. εἰ δὲ μὴ βούλει, σοὶ μὲν χαλεπὸν οὐδὲν ἀγάγοιμι, οὐδὲ γὰρ δύναμαι: ἐκεῖνον δὲ ὃν μάλιστα ἐμοῦ στέργεις πλεῖον ἀνιάσω. πρὸς ὁπότερον τοιγαροῦν ὃ βούλει Μαξιμίλλα σκεψαμένη αὔριον ἀποκρίνου' ἐγὼ γὰρ πρὸς τοῦτο ὅλως ὥπλισμαι. ### English translation (Claude) "Your parents, Maximilla, considering me worthy to share your life, betrothed me to you as your husband, looking neither to wealth, nor to family, nor to fame, but perhaps to the good sense of my soul. And, to pass over the many things I wished to bring forward to your reproach, both what I suffered from your parents and what you suffered from me in our whole life together, I have come, having left the court, to learn this one thing from you: tell me sensibly. If you would be the woman you were formerly, living with me in the way we know, sleeping with me, having intercourse with me, having children with me, I would treat you well in every respect; more than that, I will release the stranger whom I have in prison. But if you are not willing, I would bring nothing harsh upon you, for I cannot; but him whom you love more than me I will torment all the more. Consider, then, Maximilla, which of the two you wish, and answer me tomorrow; for I am fully armed for this." ### Translation notes - "To pass over the many things" and "having left the court; tell me" follow words that the OCR has misplaced into the next section (the editor's supplements printed in the text); the clause is translated as the edition restores it. - The work's demand for continence within marriage (Maximilla's refusal of intercourse with her husband) is a characteristic theme of the apocryphal Acts; it is translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.4 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-4). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-5 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew urges Maximilla to refuse Aegeates and to endure his threats, seeing in her Eve repenting and in himself Adam turning back. ### Greek text Καὶ εἰπὼν ταῦτα ἔξεισιν. ἡ δὲ Μαξιμίλλα πάλιν κατὰ τὴν συνήϑη ὥραν ἅμα τῇ Ἰφιδάμᾳ παραγίνεται πρὸς τὸν Ary- δρέαν' καὶ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς ἰδίας Όψεις θεῖσα καὶ τῷ στόματι προσφέρουσα ἤρξατο τὸ πᾶν τῆς ἀξιώσεως «4ἰγεάτου προσαναφέρειν αὐτῷ. καὶ ὁ ᾿ἀνδρέας αὐτῇ ἀπεκρίνατο: Erl- σταμαι μὲν ὦ Μαξιμίλλα παιδίον µου καὶ αὐτὴν κεκινηµένην σε ἀντιβαίνειν πρὸς τὸ πᾶν τῆς συνουσίας ἐπάγγελμα, μυσαροῦ βίου καὶ ῥυπαροῦ βουλομένη χωρίζεσθαι" καὶ τοῦτό μοι èx πολλοῦ κεκράτηντο τῆς ἐννοίας: ἤδη δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐμὴν γνώμην ἐπιμαρτυρῆσαι βούλει. ἐπιμαρτυρῶ Μαξιμίλλα, μὲ πράξης τοῦτο" μὴ ἡττηθῇς Aiyedtou ἀπειλῆς: μὴ νικηϑῆς ὑπὸ τῆς ἐκείνου ὁμιλίας" μὴ φοβηθῆς τὰς αἰσχρὰς αὐτοῦ συμβουλίας" μὴ νικηθῆς ταῖς ἐντέχνοις αὐτοῦ κολακείαις" μὴ ϑελήσῃς èx- δοῦναι ἑαυτήν σου ταῖς ῥυπαραῖς αὐτοῦ γοητείαις' ἀλλ᾽ ὑπό- µεινον πᾶσαν αὐτοῦ βάσανον ὁρῶσα sig ἡμᾶς πρὸς ὀλίγον, καὶ ὅλον αὐτὸν Όψη ναρκῶντα καὶ μαραινόμενονἀπό τε σοῦ καὶ πάντων τῶν συγγενῶν σου. ὃ γὰρ μάλιστα ἐχρῆν με εἰπεῖν πρός σε, οὗ γὰρ ἡσυχάζω καὶ διὰ σοῦ ὁρώμενον καὶ γινόμενον πρᾶγμα ποιήσας, ὑπέδραμέν µε’ καὶ εἰκότως ἐν σοὶ τὴν Εὖαν ὁρῶ μετανοοῦσαν καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ τὸν “Addu ἐπιστρέφοντα" ὃ γὰρ ἐκείνη ἔπαϑεν ἀγνοοῦσα, σὺ νῦν, πρὸς ἣν ἀποτείνομαι ψυχήν, κατορϑοῖς ἐπιστρέφουσα" καὶ ὅπερ 6 σὺν ἐκείνῃ καταχϑεὶς καὶ ἀπολισθήσας ἑαυτοῦ νοῦς ἔπαθεν, ἐγὼ σὺν σοί, τῇ γνωριζούσῃ ἑαυτὴν ἀναγομένην, διορϑοῦμαι. τὸ γὰρ ἑκείνης ἐνδεὲς αὐτὴ ἰάσω μὴ τὰ ὅμοια παϑοῦσα' καὶ τὸ ἐκείνου ἀτελὲς ἐγὼ teté- λεκα προσφυγὼν Few’ καὶ ὃ ἐχείνη παρήκουσεν σὺ ἤκουσας" καὶ ὃ ἐκεῖνος συνέϑετο ἐγὼ φεύγω: καὶ ἃ ἐκεῖνοι ἐσφάλησαν ἡμεῖς ἐγνωρίσαμεν. τὸ γὰρ διορϑῶσαι ἑκάστου τὸ ἴδιον πταῖσμα ἐπανορθοῦν τέτακται. ### English translation (Claude) Having said this, he went out. And Maximilla again, at the usual hour, came with Iphidamia to Andrew; and placing his hands on her own eyes and then bringing them to her mouth, she began to report to him the whole of Aegeates' demand. And Andrew answered her: "I know, Maximilla, my child, that you yourself are moved to resist the whole proposal of intercourse, wishing to be separated from a foul and filthy life; this has long held sway in your mind, and now you wish my judgment too to bear witness to it. I bear witness, Maximilla: do not do this. Do not be overcome by Aegeates' threat; do not be conquered by his talk; do not fear his shameful counsels; do not be won over by his artful flatteries; do not consent to give yourself up to his filthy sorceries. But endure every torment he brings, looking to us for a little while, and you will see him wholly numbed and withering away, both from you and from all your kin. For the thing I most needed to say to you has come over me, for I do not keep silent, seeing the matter that is being brought about and coming to pass through you: rightly do I see in you Eve repenting, and in me Adam turning back. For what she suffered in ignorance, you now, the soul to whom I address myself, set right by turning back; and what the mind suffered that was brought down with her and slipped away from itself, I set right together with you, who recognize that you are being led upward. For you yourself have healed her deficiency by not suffering the like; and I have completed his imperfection by fleeing to God; what she disobeyed, you have obeyed; what he agreed to, I flee; and the things in which they went astray, we have come to know. For it has been appointed that each should set right his own fall." ### Scripture references - Gen 3:6: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The apparatus words that intruded into this section (belonging to the speech of Aegeates in 1.4) are removed by a logged correction. - Andrew's counsel that Maximilla refuse intercourse with her husband, and the reading of Adam and Eve that goes with it, reflect the encratite outlook of this work; translated as written. The sentence "For the thing I most needed to say …" is garbled in the OCR and translated by sense. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.5 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-5). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-6 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew praises the soul that returns to itself, recognizing that it is immaterial, holy, light, and akin to the unbegotten, and bids it long to see the one who did not come into being. ### Greek text ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὡς εἶπον, εἴποιμι ἂν δὲ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς" εὖ γε ὦ φύσις σῳζομένη μὴ ἰσχύσασα ἑαυτὴν μηδὲ àro- κρύψασαεὖ γε ψυχὴ βοῶσα ἃ ἔπαϑες καὶ ἐπανιοῦσα ἐφ᾽ ἕαυτήν" εὖ γε ἄνθρωπε καταμανϑάνων τὰ μὴ σὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ σὰ ἐπειγόμενος" εὖ γε 6 ἀκούων τῶν λεγομένων. ὡς μείζονά σε καταμανϑάνω νοούμενον ἢ λεγόμενο ὡς δυνατώτερόν σε γνωρίζω τῶν δοξάντων καταδυναστεύειν σου’ ὡς ἐμπρεπέστερον τῶν εἰς αἴσχη καταβαλλόντων σε, τῶν εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν ἆπαγαγόντων σε. ταῦτα οὖν ἅπαντα καταμαθὼν ἄνθρωπε ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ὅτι ἄυλος ὑπάρχεις, ὅτι ἅγιος, ὅτι φῶς, ὅτι συγγενὴς τοῦ yev- νήτου, ὅτι νοερός, ὅτι οὐράνιος, ὅτι διαυγής, ὅτι καθαρός, ὅτι σε" «ὡς ἐγκρατέστερον» τῶν} ὑπὲρ σάρκα, ὅτι ὑπὲρ κόσμον, ὅτι ὑπὲρ ἀρχάς, ὅτι ὑπὲρ ἔξουσίας, ἐφ᾽ ὧν ὄντως εἶ, συλλαβὼν ἑαυτὸν ἓν καταστάσει σου καὶ ἀπολαβὼν νόει ἐν ᾧ ὑπερέχεις καὶ ἰδὼν τὸ σὸν πρόσωπον iv τῇ οὐσίᾳ σου, τὰ πάντα διαρρήξας δεσμά, οὐ λέγω τὰ περὶ γενέσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ ὑπὲρ γένεσιν, ὧν σοι προσηγορίας ϑέμεϑα ὅ ὑπερμεγέθεις οὔσας, πόϑησον ἐκεῖνον ἰδεῖν ὀφϑέντα σοι, οὗ γενόμενον, ov τάχα εἷς μόνος γνωρίσει Φαρρών. ### English translation (Claude) Having said these things as I have said them, I would also say what follows: Well done, O nature, being saved, that did not overpower yourself nor hide yourself! Well done, O soul, crying out what you suffered and returning to yourself! Well done, O man, learning what is not yours and hastening toward what is yours! Well done, you who hear what is said! How I perceive you to be greater than anything thought or spoken! How I recognize you to be more powerful than those who seemed to overpower you; more seemly than those who cast you down into shame and led you away into captivity! So, O man, having learned all these things in yourself, that you are immaterial, that you are holy, that you are light, that you are akin to the unbegotten, that you are intellectual, that you are heavenly, that you are translucent, that you are pure, that you are … above the flesh, above the world, above the rulers, above the authorities, over which you truly are: having grasped yourself in your true condition and recovered yourself, consider wherein you excel; and seeing your own face in your essence, having broken all bonds (I do not mean those that concern generation only, but also those beyond generation, whose names, exceedingly great, we have set before you), long to see him who has been shown to you, who did not come into being, whom perhaps you alone, taking courage, will come to know. ### Scripture references - Eph 1:21: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The closing words are read as τὸν οὐ γενόμενον, ὃν τάχα εἷς μόνος γνωρίσει θαρρῶν (the OCR has οὗ γενόμενον, ov … Φαρρών); "you alone" renders εἷς μόνος ("one alone"). One phrase before "above the flesh" is garbled and is marked "…". - The language of the soul's kinship with the unbegotten and of rulers and authorities to be surpassed belongs to the work's own speculative piety; translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.6 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-6). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-7 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells Maximilla to trample on Aegeates' threats and remain chaste, whatever tortures are brought upon his own body. ### Greek text ταῦτα εἶπον ἐπὶ σοῦ Μαξιμίλλα" τῇ γὰρ δυνάμει καὶ εἰς σὲ τείνει τὰ εἰρημένα. ὄνπερ τρόπον ὁ -4δὰμ ἐν τῇ Eve ἀπέθανεν συνθέμενος τῇ ἐκείνης ὁμολογίᾳ, οὕτως καὶ ἐγὼ νῦν ἐν σοὶ ζῶ φυλασσούσῃ τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἐντολὴν καὶ διαβιβαζούσῃ ἑαυτὴν πρὸς τὸ τῆς οὐσίας σου ἀξίωμα. τὰς δὲ αἰγεάτου ἀπειλὰς ἐκπάτει Μαξιμίλλα, εἰδυῖα ὅτι ϑεὸν ἔχομεν τὸν ἐλεοῦντα ἡμᾶς. καὶ μή σε οἱ ἐκείνου ψόφοι κινείτωσαν, ἀλλὰ μεῖνον ἁγνή" κἀμὲ μὴ μόνον τιµωρείσϑω βασάνοις ταῖς κατὰ τὰ δεσμά, ἀλλὰ καὶ Jno παραβαλλέτω καὶ πυρὶ φλεξάτω καὶ κατὰ κρημνοῦ ῥιψάτω" καὶ τί γάρ; ἑνὸς Ὄντος τούτου τοῦ σώματος ὅπως ϑέλει τούτῳ καταχρησάσθω συγγενοῦς ντος αὐτοῦ. ### English translation (Claude) These things I said with you in view, Maximilla; for in their force the words reach to you also. In the way that Adam died in Eve by agreeing to her consent, so I too now live in you, who keep the commandment of the Lord and carry yourself across to the dignity of your true being. Trample upon the threats of Aegeates, Maximilla, knowing that we have a God who pities us. And let not his noise move you, but remain chaste. And as for me, let him not only punish me with the tortures that go with these bonds, but let him also throw me to the beasts, and burn me with fire, and hurl me down a cliff. And what of it? Since this body is one, let him use it as he wishes, since it is akin to him. ### Scripture references - Gen 3:6: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "Since it is akin to him": the body is said to belong to Aegeates' kind, in contrast with the soul's kinship with God (1.6). ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.7 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-7). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-8 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells Maximilla of the Lord's word that the devil will release him from prison, and charges her to remain chaste, warning that he will suffer on her account if she yields. ### Greek text πρὸς σὲ δέ μοι πάλιν ὃ λόγος Μαξιμίλλα' λέγω σοι, μὴ ἐκδώῃς ἑαυτὴν τῷ αἰγεάτη" στῆϑι πρὸς τὰς ἐκείνου ἐνέδρας" καὶ μάλιστα ϑεασαμένου µου Μαξιμίλλα τὸν κύριόν μοι λέγοντά μοι’ “O τοῦ αἰγεάτου πατὴρ ᾿ἀνδρέα διάβολος τούτου σε τοῦ δεσμωτηρίου ἐκλύσει. Σὸν οὖν ἔστω λοιπὸν φυλάξαι σεαυτὴν ἁγνὴν καὶ καϑαράν, ἁγίαν, ἄσπιλον, εἰλικρινῆ, ἀμοίχευτον, ἄσυνδιάϑετον ταῖς ὁμιλίαις τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου ἡμῶν, ἄθρυπτον, ἄδραυστον, ἄκλαυστον, ἄτρωτον, ἀχείμαστον, ἀμέριστον, ἀσκανδάλιστον, ἀσυμπαϑῇ πρὸς τὰ τοῦ Κάῑν ἔργα. ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἐκδῷς ἑαυτὴν Μαξιμίλλα πρὸς τὰ τούτων ἐναντία, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀναπαύσομαι οὕτως βιασθεὶς ἀναλῦσαι τοῦ βίου τούτου ὑπὲρ σοῦ, τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν ὑπὲρ ἐμαυτοῦ. εἰ δὲ ἐγὼ ἀπελαθείην ἐντεῦθεν, τάχα καὶ ἑτέρους εὐγενεῖς µου ὠφελῆσαι δυνάμενος διὰ σέ, αὐτὴ δὲ πεισϑῇς ταῖς «4ἰγεάτου ὁμιλίαις καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Όφεως κολαχείαις, ὥστε ἐπὶ τὰ πρὀτερά σου ἔργα τραπῆναι, ἴσϑι με ἕνεκέν σου κολασϑησόμενον μέχρις ἂν αὐτὴ γνῷς ὅτι μὴ ὑπὲρ ἀξίας ψυχῆς τὸ τοῦ βίου ζῆν ἀπέπτυσα. ### English translation (Claude) Again my word is to you, Maximilla. I say to you: do not give yourself up to Aegeates; stand firm against his snares; above all since I, Maximilla, have seen the Lord saying to me: "Andrew, the father of Aegeates, the devil, will release you from this prison." From now on, then, let it be your part to keep yourself chaste and pure, holy, unstained, sincere, free from adultery, unwilling to consent to the talk of the one who is alien to us, unbroken, unshaken, not given to weeping, unwounded, untossed by storm, undivided, unoffended, without sympathy for the works of Cain. For if you do not give yourself up, Maximilla, to what is contrary to these things, I too shall be at rest, though forced in this way to depart from this life for your sake, that is, for my own sake. But if I were driven away from here, I who could perhaps help others of my kin through you, and you were persuaded by the talk of Aegeates and the flatteries of his father the serpent, so as to turn back to your former works, know that I shall be punished on your account, until you yourself recognize that I spurned this life for the sake of a soul that was not worthy of it. ### Scripture references - John 8:44: echo, medium confidence - 1 John 3:12: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "The father of Aegeates, the devil" and "his father the serpent": the work calls the devil the father of Andrew's persecutor (cf. John 8:44); translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.8 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-8). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-9 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew begs Maximilla's inner mind to remain clear-sighted, to love Jesus, and to see and hear what he sees and says. ### Greek text δέομαί σου οὖν τοῦ φρονίμου ἀνδρὸς ὅπως διαμείνῃ εὔοψις νοῦς" δέομαί σου τοῦ μὴ φαινομένου νοῦ ὅπως αὐτὸς ótagvAay94* παρακαλῶ, σοῦ τὸν Ἰησοῦν φίλησον, μὴ ἡττηϑθῇς τῷ χείρονι' συλλαβοῦ κἀμοὶ ὃν παρακαλῶ ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα τέλειος γένωμαι" βοήθησον καὶ ἐμοί, ἵνα γνωρίσης τὴν ἀληθῆ σου φύσιν ' συμπάϑθησόν µου τῷ πάϑει, ἵνα γνωρίσης ð πάσχω καὶ τοῦ παϑεῖν φεύξῃ. ἴδε ἂς αὐτὸς ὁρῶ, καὶ ἃς ὁρᾷς πηρώσεις: ἴδε ἃ δεῖ, καὶ ἃ μὴ δεῖ οὐκ oper’ ἄκουσον ὧν λέγω, καὶ ἅπερ ἤκουσας ῥῖψον. ### English translation (Claude) I beg you, then, the wise man, that your mind may remain clear-sighted; I beg you, the mind that is not seen, that it may itself be kept safe. I exhort you: love Jesus; do not be overcome by the worse. Help me too, the man to whom I appeal, so that I may become perfect; help me too, so that you may recognize your true nature. Suffer with me in my suffering, so that you may recognize what I suffer and escape suffering. See what I myself see, and you will be blind to what you see; see what you should, and you will not see what you should not; hear what I say, and cast away what you have heard. ### Translation notes - Andrew addresses Maximilla's inner self as "the wise man" and "the man" (ἀνήρ, ἄνθρωπος), as in 1.6. "May be kept safe": the OCR's ótagvAay94* is read as διαφυλαχθῇ. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.9 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-9). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-10 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew asks the weeping Stratocles whether the inner man in him has heard and received his words, and Stratocles' inner man answers that he has. ### Greek text ταῦτα εἶπον πρὸς σὲ καὶ πάντα τὸν ἀκούοντα, εἰ ἄρα ἀκούση᾽ σὺ δὲ ὁ Στρατοκλῆς, ἀπιδὼν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔλεγεν, τέ οὕτως συνέχῃ πολλοῖς δακρύοις καὶ στένεις εἰς ἐξάκουστον; τίς ἡ περὶ σὲ δυσϑυμία; τί τὸ πολύ σου ἄλγος ἢ ἡ πολλὴ ἄνοια; γνωρίζεις τὰ λεγόμενα, καὶ διὰ τί σε εὔχομαι τέκνον ὅπως ĝia- σεϑῇ; μανθάνεις πρὸς τίνας εἴρηται τὰ εἰρημένα; ἡψατό σου ἕκαστον τῆς διανοίας: ἔϑιγέν σου τοῦ διανοητικοῦ μέρους; ἐχόμενον τὸν τὸν ἀκούσαντά μου; εὑρίσκω ἐν σοὶ ἐμαυτόν; ἔστιν τις ἐν σοὶ ὁμιλῆσαι ὃν ἐγὼ ὁρῶ ἴδιόν µου; ἀγαπητὸν ἐν ἐμοὶ λαλήσαντα, καὶ βούλεται αὐτῷ κοινωνῆσαι; ϑέλει αὐτῷ συνενωφῆναι; σπεύδει αὐτῷ φιλωϑθῆναι; ποθεῖ αὐτῷ συζυγῆναι; εὑρίσχει τινὰ i» αὐτῷ ἀνάπαυσιν; ἔχει ποῦ κλῖναι τὴν κεφαλήν; μὴ ἐναντιοῦταί τι αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ; μὴ τραχύνεται; μὴ ἀντικρούει; μὴ ἀπεχϑάνεται; μὴ φεύγει; μὴ ἀγριοῦται; μὲ ἐκκλίνει; μὴ ἀπέστραπται; μὴ ἐξορμᾷ; μὴ βαρύνεται; μὴ πολε- ust; μὴ πρὸς ἑτέρους ὁμιλεῖ, μὴ ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρων κολακεύεται; μὴ ἑτέροις συντίϑεται; μὴ ἄλλα αὐτῷ διοχλεῖ; μή τις ἀλλότριός µου ἔσω; μὴ ἀντίδικος; μὴ λυμεών; μὴ ἐχθρός; μὴ γόης; μὴ περίεργος; μὴ στρεβλός; μὴ ὕπουλος; μὴ δόλιος; μὴ μισάνθρωπος; μὴ μισολύγος; μὴ τυράννων ὅμοιος; μὴ ἀλαζών; μὴ ἔπηρμένος; μὴ μανιώδης; μὴ ὄφεως συγγενής; μὴ διαβόλου ὅπλον; μὴ πυρὸς συνήγορος; μὴ σκότους ἴδιος; μή τις ἐν σοὶ οἷς οὐκ ἀνέξεταί μου Σερατοκλῆ λέγοντος ταῦτα; τές γάρ; ἀπόκριναι: μὴ μάτην λαλῶ; μὴ μάτην εἶπον; ov φησιν ὁ ἐν σοὶ Στρατοκλῆ πάλιν δακρύσας ἄνϑρωπος. ### English translation (Claude) "These things I have said to you, and to everyone who hears, if indeed he will hear. But you, Stratocles," he said, looking at him, "why are you so overcome by many tears, and groan so that all can hear? What is this despondency upon you? What is your great pain, or your great grief? Do you recognize what is being said, and why I pray, my child, that you may be saved? Do you understand to whom the things said have been said? Has each of them laid hold of your mind? Has it touched the thinking part of you? Do I have the one who heard me? Do I find myself in you? Is there someone in you, whom I see as my own, with whom I may converse? Does he love the one who spoke in me, and wish to share with him? Does he want to be made one with him? Is he eager to be made his friend? Does he long to be yoked with him? Does he find some rest in him? Has he somewhere to lay his head? Is anything there opposed to him? Is he roughened? Does he resist? Is he hostile? Does he flee? Is he savage? Does he turn aside? Has he turned away? Does he rush off? Is he weighed down? Does he make war? Does he converse with others? Is he flattered by others? Does he agree with others? Do other things trouble him? Is there anyone within who is alien to me? an adversary? a destroyer? an enemy? a sorcerer? a busybody? a crooked one? a hypocrite? a deceiver? a hater of men? a hater of the word? one like tyrants? a boaster? one puffed up? one raving mad? a kinsman of the serpent? a weapon of the devil? an advocate of fire? one belonging to darkness? Is there anyone in you who will not bear with me, Stratocles, when I say these things? Who is it? Answer! Am I speaking in vain? Have I spoken in vain?" "No," says the man in you, Stratocles, weeping once more. ### Scripture references - Matt 8:20: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - Stratocles is the brother of Aegeates and a disciple of Andrew in this work. "Grief": the OCR's ἄνοια ("folly") is read as ἀνία. "That you may be saved": the OCR's ĝia-σεϑῇ is read as διασωθῇ. "Somewhere to lay his head" echoes Matt 8:20. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.10 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-10). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-11 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew takes Stratocles' tears as a sign that his words have not been spoken in vain. ### Greek text Καὶ λαβόμενος ὁ ᾿ἀνδρέας τῆς χειρὸς Στρατοκλέος elev’ Ἔχω ὃν ἠγάπων. ἀναπαύσομαι ἐφ᾽ ὃν προσεδόκουν' τὸ γὰρ ἔτι μᾶλλον στένειν σε καὶ ἀκαθέκτως δακρύειν σύμβολόν µε πεποίηται πρὸς τὸ ἤδη ἀναπεπαῦσθαι, ὅτι οὗ μάτην πεποίημαι πρὸς σὲ τοὺς συγγενεῖς µου λόγους. ### English translation (Claude) And Andrew, taking Stratocles by the hand, said: "I have the one I loved. I shall rest upon the one I was waiting for. For your groaning still more and weeping without restraint has become a sign to me that I am already at rest, because I have not spoken my kindred words to you in vain." ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.11 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-11). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-12 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Stratocles begs Andrew's help to grow the seed of the word; Andrew foretells his crucifixion; Maximilla refuses Aegeates, who resolves to crucify Andrew. ### Greek text Καὶ ὁ Στρατοκλῆς αὐτῷ ἀπεκρίνατο" Μὴ νόμιζε µακαριώτατε ᾿Ανδρέα ὅτι ἕτερόν th ἐστιν τὸ ἀνιῶν µε ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ov: οἱ γὰρ διὰ σοῦ ἐξιόντες λόγοι πυρὶ ἀκοντιξόμενοι εἷς ἐμὸ ἐοίκασι», καὶ ἐμοῦ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν καθικνεῖται ὡς ἁληϑῶς ἐκκαίων ue "3 ψυχῆς µου τὸ πρὸς τοῖς ἠκουσμένοις Ov τὴν μετὰ τούτων ἀνίαν μαντευόμενος κολάζεται: ἀπαλλάσσῃ yàg αὐτός, καὶ εὖ οἶδα ὅτι καλῶς: τὴν δὲ μετὰ ταῦτά σου ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ στοργὴν ζητῶν ποῦ εὕρω ἢ ἐν τίνι; τὰ μὲν σπέρματα τῶν σωτηρίων λόγων δέδεγμαι σοῦ ὄντος τοῦ σπορέως' τὸ δὲ ἀναβλαστῆσαι ταῦτα καὶ ἐκφῦναι οὐχ ἑτέρου «ἀλλὰ σοῦ δεῖται ᾿νδρέα μακαριώτατε. καὶ τί γὰρ ἔχω σοι εἰπεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τοῦτο; πολλοῦ ἐλέου δέομαι καὶ βοηϑείας τῆς παρὰ σοῦ, ὅπως δυναίμην ἄξιος γενέσθαι ὧν ἔχω σου σπερμάτων: ἃ οὐκ ἄλλως ἐπιδώσει ἄληκτα καὶ εἰς τὸ φανερὸν ἀνίσχοντα μὴ οὐχὶ σου βουληϑέντος καὶ εὐξαμένου ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐμοῦ ὅλου. Καὶ 6 ᾿4νδρέας αὐτῷ ἀπεκρίνατο" Ταῦτα ἦν τέκνον ἃ καὶ αὐτὸς ἑώρων ἐν σοί’ κα μου τὸν κύριον δοξάζω ὅτι µου ἡ περὶ σὲ ἔννοια οὐ κενεμβάτησεν, ἀλλ᾽ οἶδεν ὃ εἶπεν. ὅπως δὲ εἰδῆτε, αὔριόν με 6 αἰγεάτης εἰς τὸ ἀνασκολοπισθῆναι παραδίδωσιν. ἡ γὰρ τοῦ κυρίου δούλη Μαξιμίλλα ταράξει τὸν ἓν αὐτῷ ἐχϑρόν, οὗ ἐστιν ἐκεῖνος ἴδιος, μὴ συντιϑεμένη αὐτῷ τὰ αὐτῆς ἀλλότρια" καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ στραφεὶς δόξει ἑαυτὸν παρηγορεῖν. H δὲ Μαξιμίλλα ταῦτα τοῦ ἀποστόλου λέγοντος οὐ παρῆν" ἐκείνῃ γὰρ τοὺς λόγους κατακούσασα οὓς πρὸς αὐτὴν ἀπεχρίνατο, καὶ τρόπον τινὰ διατεϑεῖσα ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν καὶ yevo- μένη τοῦτο ὅπερ οἳ λόγοι ἐδείκνυον, ἐξορμήσασα οὐκ ἀκρίτως οὐδὲ ἀστοχάστως παρεγένετο elg τὸ πραιτώριον. καὶ τῷ παντὶ βίῳ ἅμα τῆς σαρκὸς χαίρειν φράσασα, καὶ τοῦ αἰγεάτου ἄνενεγκόντος αὐτῇ τὴν ὁμοίαν ἀξίωσιν περὶ ἧς ἔφησεν αὐτῇ διασκέψασθαι, εἰ aga βούλοιτο αὐτῷ συγκαϑεύδειν, ἀπειταμένης δέ, περὶ τὴν τοῦ ᾿ἀνδρέου ἀναίρεσιν λοιπὸν ἐτέτραπτο, καὶ ἐσκέπτετο ποίῳ ϑανάτῳ αὐτὸν περιβάλοι. καὶ ὡς ἐπεκράτησεν αὐτῷ τῶν πάντων μόνον τὸ ἀνασκολοπισθῆναι, ἀπιὼν μὲν αὐτὸς ἅμα τοῖς ὁμοίοις ἐσιτίζετο' ἡ δὲ Μαξιμίλλα προηγουμένου αὐτῆς τοῦ κυρίου ἰδέᾳ τοῦ ᾽άνδρέου ἅμα τῇ Ἰφιδάμᾳ πάλιν παραγίνεται εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον. καὶ ὄχλου πλείονος Όντος ἔνδον τῶν ἀδελφῶν καταλαμβάνει αὐτὸν λόγους ποιούμενον τοιούτους" ### English translation (Claude) And Stratocles answered him: "Do not think, most blessed Andrew, that anything else grieves me but you. For the words that come out through you are like darts of fire shot at me, and each of them reaches me, truly burning me up; and the part of my soul that is set on what it has heard is tormented, foreseeing the grief that will follow. For you yourself are departing, and I know well that it is good; but when I seek your care and love after this, where shall I find it, or in whom? I have received the seeds of the saving words, with you as the sower; but for them to sprout and grow up they need no one else but you, most blessed Andrew. And what have I to say to you but this? I need much mercy and help from you, so that I may be able to become worthy of the seeds I have from you; and they will not grow up unfailing and come out into the open unless you will it and pray for them and for the whole of me." [13] And Andrew answered him: "These were the very things, my child, that I myself saw in you; and I glorify my Lord, that my thought about you did not tread on empty air, but knew what it said. But so that you may know: tomorrow Aegeates will hand me over to be crucified. For the Lord's servant Maximilla will trouble the enemy within him, to whom he belongs, by not agreeing with him in what is alien to her; and he will turn on me and think to console himself." [14] Maximilla was not present when the apostle said these things. For she had listened to the words with which he answered her, and had in some way been disposed by them and become what the words pointed to; and she set out, not rashly nor without purpose, and came to the praetorium. And she bade farewell to the whole life of the flesh. When Aegeates put before her the same demand that he had told her to consider, whether she would sleep with him, and she refused, he turned from then on to the killing of Andrew, and considered by what death he should put him to death. And when, of all deaths, crucifixion alone had won him over, he went off and dined with his companions. But Maximilla, the Lord going before her in the form of Andrew, came again with Iphidamia to the prison; and since a larger crowd of the brothers was inside, she found him speaking words such as these: ### Scripture references - Eph 6:16: echo, low confidence - Matt 13:3: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - This staged section holds three chapters of the edition: 12, 13 (from "And Andrew answered him"), and 14 (from "Maximilla was not present"); the chapter numerals, misread by the OCR, are removed by logged corrections and the starts are marked [13] and [14]. - "The Lord going before her in the form of Andrew": the work tells of the Lord appearing in the likeness of the apostle; translated as written. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.12 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-12). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 15 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-15 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells the brothers that he was sent to remind those akin to his words to flee changeable things and to see in the word the mysteries of their own nature. ### Greek text Ἐγὼ ἀδελφοὶ ἐξεπέμφϑην ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου ἀπόστολος εἰς τὰ κλίματα ταῦτα ὧν με χατηδέωσεν ὁ κύριός μου, διδάξαι μὲν οὐδένα, ὑπομνῆσαι δὲ πάντα τὸν συγγενῆ τῶν λόγων ἂνϑρωπον, ὅτι ἐν κακοῖς τοῖς προσκαίροις διάγουσι, τερπόμενοι ταῖς ἐπιβλαβέσιν αὐτῶν φαντασίαις: ὧν ἀεὶ καὶ ὑμᾶς παρεκάλεσα ἐκστῆναι καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ μόνιμα ἐπείγεσθαι προτρέψασθαι καὶ πάντων ῥευστῶν τὴν φυγὴν ποιήσασθαι" ὁρᾶτε γὰρ μηδένα ὑμῶν ἱστάμενον, ἀλλὰ τὰ πάντα εὐμετάβολα μέχρι ἠθῶν ἀνΦρωπίένων' τοῦτο δὲ συμβαίνει διὰ τὴν ἀπαίδευτον ψυχὴν τὴν εἰς φύσιν πλανηϑεῖσαν καὶ κατὰ τῆς πλάνης ἐνέχυρα κατέχουσαν. μαχαρίους οὖν ἐκείνους τίϑεμαι τοὺς κατηκόους τῶν κεκηρυγµένων λόγων γεγονότας καὶ δι αὐτῶν μυστήρια ὀπτριζομένους περὶ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν, ἧς ἕνεκεν τὰ πάντα (ῥκοδόμηται. ### English translation (Claude) "I, brothers, was sent by the Lord as an apostle to these regions, of which my Lord counted me worthy, to teach no one, but to remind every man who is akin to these words that they are living among temporary evils, delighting in their harmful imaginings. From these I have always exhorted you too to stand away, and I have urged you to hasten toward the things that abide, and to make your escape from all things that flow. For you see that none of you stands still, but everything is changeable, even human ways. This happens because of the untrained soul, which has wandered off into nature and holds pledges of its wandering. I count blessed, then, those who have become obedient to the words that have been preached, and through them see, as in a mirror, mysteries concerning their own nature, for whose sake all things have been built." ### Scripture references - 2 Cor 3:18: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The chapter numbering of the edition jumps from 14 to 15 here; the staged section 1.12 holds chapters 12–14. "See, as in a mirror" renders ὀπτριζομένους, read as κατοπτριζομένους. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.15 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-15). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-16 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew charges the brothers to stand firm on the foundation laid for them, remembering the works and words they received through him. ### Greek text ἐντέλλομαι τοιγαροῦν ἠγαπημένα τέκνα, ἐποικοδομεῖσθε ἑδραίως ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῷ καταβεβλημένῳ ὑμῖν, ὄντι ἀσαλεύτῳ καὶ ἀνεπιβουλεύτῳ παντὶ τῷ πονηρευομένῳ. ἐπὶ τοῦτον τὸν Φεμέλιον ῥιζώθητε: στηρίχϑητε μνημονεύοντες wy ὅσα τε γεγόνασιν συναναστρέφοντός µου πᾶσιν ὑμῖν. εἴδετε δι ἐμοῦ ἔργα γεγονότα οἷς οὐκ ἔχετε ἀπιστῆσαι αὐτοῖς, γεγονότα σημεῖα τοι- aŭta ἃ καὶ τάχα ἡ ἄλαλος φύσις κεκράξεται" λόγους ὑμῖν παρέὅωκα οὓς εὔχομαι οὕτως καταδέχεσθαι ty ὑμῶν ὡς αὐτοὶ οἱ λόγοι ϑέλουσιν. στηρίζεσθε οὖν ἀγαπητοὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν οἷς εἴδετε, οἷς ἠκούσατε, οἷς ἐκοινωνήσατε' xol ὑμᾶς 6 ϑεὸς εἰς ὃν ἐπιστεύσατε ἐλεήσας εὐαρέστους παραστήσει ἑαυτῷ ἀναπεπαυμένους εἰς ἅπαντας αἰῶνας. ### English translation (Claude) "I charge you, therefore, beloved children: build yourselves up firmly on the foundation that has been laid for you, which cannot be shaken and is safe from the plots of every evildoer. Be rooted on this foundation; be established, remembering … all that happened while I lived among you all. You saw works done through me which you cannot disbelieve, signs done of such a kind that perhaps even speechless nature will cry out. I have handed on to you words, which I pray you may receive … as the words themselves wish. Be established, then, beloved, in all that you have seen, heard, and shared in; and God, in whom you have believed, will have mercy on you and present you well-pleasing to himself, at rest for all ages." ### Scripture references - 1 Cor 3:11: allusion, medium confidence - Col 2:7: echo, low confidence - Luke 19:40: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - Two short words are garbled in the OCR (after "remembering" and after "receive") and are marked "…". ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.16 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-16). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-17 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells the brothers not to be troubled by his coming death, since the devil has always waged a disguised war on mankind under a show of friendship. ### Greek text τὸ δὲ περὶ ἐμὲ μέλλον συμβαίνειν μὴ Όντως ταρασσέτω ὑμᾶς ὥς τι ξένον ϑαῦμα, ὅτι ὃ τοῦ ϑεοῦ δοῦλος, ᾧ πολλὰ παρέσχετο αὐτὸς ὁ ϑεὸς dv ἔργων καὶ λόγων, οὗτος βίᾳ ὑπὸ ἀνϑρώπου πονηροῦ ἀπελαύνεται τούτου τοῦ προσκαίρου βίου" οὐ μόνον γὰρ περὶ ἐμὲ τὸ τοιοῦτον συμβήσεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς ἠγαπηκότας καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν πεπιστευκότας καὶ αὐτὸν ὁμολογοῦντας: ὁ πάντα ἀναιδὴς διάβολος τὰ ἴδια τέκνα ὁπλίσει κατ’ αὐτῶν, ὅπως αὐτῷ συνϑῶνται" καὶ οὐχ ἕξει ὃ βούλεται. καὶ διὰ τί ταῦτα ἐπιχειρεῖ ἐγὼ φράσω" ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς πάντων ἀρχῆς, καὶ ἤδη λέγειν ἐξ οὗπερ ὁ ἄναρχος τῇ ὑπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἀρχῇ κατῆλθεν, ἀπωϑῆσαι 6 πολέμιος εἰρήνης ἀλλότριος τὸν μὴ ἴδιον, ἀλλὰ μόνον τινὰ τῶν ἀσθενεστέρων καὶ περιφανῆ καὶ μηδέπω δυνάμενον γνωρίζεσθαι: καὶ διὰ τὸ μηδὲ αὐτὸν ἐπίστασθαι, τούτου ἕνεκεν ἐκεῖνον ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐχρῆν πολεμεῖσϑαι' δόξας γὰρ αὐτὸν ἔχειν καὶ δεσπόζειν αὐτοῦ εἰσαεὶ τοσοῦτον αὐτῷ ἀντιφέρεται ὡς τὴν αὐτῶν ἔχϑραν φιλίας παραπλησίας ἐργάζεσθαι, ὑποβάλλων γὰρ αὐτῷ τὰ ἴδια πολλάκις διέγραψεν ἐνήδονα ὄντα xol ἀπατηλά, δι᾽ ὧν αὐτοῦ περ.κρατεῖν ἐδόκει" ἐχϑρὸς μὲν οὖν ἐδείκνυτο εἰς τὸ φανερόν, προσποιούμενος φιλίαν τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀξίαν. ### English translation (Claude) "And as for what is about to happen to me, let it not trouble you as some strange wonder, that the servant of God, to whom God himself granted many things in works and words, is driven out of this temporary life by force by a wicked man. For such a thing will happen not only to me, but also to all who have loved him, believed in him, and confessed him. The utterly shameless devil will arm his own children against them, so that they may side with him; and he will not have what he wants. And why he attempts these things, I will tell you. From the beginning of all things, and indeed, I may say, ever since the one who has no beginning came down into the realm beneath him, the enemy, a stranger to peace, has tried to drive away one who was not his own, but only one of the weaker, conspicuous, and not yet able to be known. And because he did not even know himself, he had for this reason to be warred upon by the enemy. For thinking that he had him and was his master for ever, the enemy so set himself against him that their enmity came to look like friendship. For, putting his own things before him, he often depicted them as pleasant and deceptive, and through them he thought he was mastering him. So he did not show himself an enemy openly, but pretended a friendship worthy of himself." ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 4:12: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The sentence on the devil's war against man is obscure and partly corrupt; it is translated as printed. "The one who has no beginning came down into the realm beneath him" may refer to the Lord's descent; the sense is uncertain. ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.17 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-17). ## Acts of Andrew (Vatican fragments), chapter 18 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-18 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew tells the brothers that since grace was revealed the devil has turned to open hatred, and urges them to wake up and gladly welcome the end. ### Greek text xol τοῦτο ἦν αὐτῷ ἔργον ἐπὶ πολὺ γινόμενον, ὡς εἰς λήϑην γνωρίζεσθαι ἐκείνῳ, γνωρίσαι αὐτόν" τοῦτ᾽ ἔστιν οὗτος διὰ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ δῶρα. ἀλλ᾽ ὅτε τῆς χάριτος μυστήριον ἐξήφϑη, καὶ ἡ βουλὴ τῆς ἀναπαύσεως ἐφανερώϑη, καὶ τὸ τοῦ λόγου φῶς ἐδείχϑη, καὶ τὸ σῳζόμενον γένος ἠλέγχϑη πολλαῖς ἡδοναῖς πολεμούμενον, τὸν ἀλλότριον αὐτὸν καταφρονούμενον, ἑαυτὸν εἰς τὰ ἑαυτοῦ δῶρα διαγελώμενον, δι᾽ ὧν αὐτοῦ ἐδόκει xara- φρυοῦσθαι διὰ τὴν τοῦ ἐλεήσαντος χρηστότητα, ἤρξατο πρὸς ἡμᾶς μίσει καὶ ἔχϑρᾳ καὶ ἐπεξαναστάσει ἀντιπλέκειν' καὶ τοῦτο ἐν ἔργῳ τέϑειται, μὲ παύσασθαι ἀφ᾽ ἡμῶν μέχρις ἂν νομίζη χωρίζειν. τότε μὲν γὰρ ἀμέριμνος ἦν ὁ ἡμῖν ἀλλότριος, καὶ φιλίαν προσεποιεῖτο στέλλεσθαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀξίαν' εἶχεν δὲ καὶ τὸ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι μὴ ἀποστῶμεν πεπλανημένοι ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ. τὸ δὲ τῆς οἰκονομίας χρῆμα ἐξαφϑὲν οὐ λέγω ἰσχυροτέραν «ἀλλ᾽ ἐμφανεστέραν ἀπέδειξεν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἔχθραν»· τὸ γὰρ κρυπτόμενον αὐτοῦ τῆς φύσεως καὶ τὸ δοκοῦν λανθάνειν, τοῦτο ἤλεγξεν καὶ ὁμολογεῖν © ἐστιν παρεσκεύασεν. ἐπιστάμενοι τοιγαροῦν τὸ μέλλον ἔσεσθαι ἀδελφοὶ διυπνιζώμεϑα, μὴ δυσφοροῦντες, μηδὲ σχηματιζόμενοι, μηδὲ ἀποκομίζοντες αὐτοῦ ἴχνη ἐπὶ τῶν ψυχῶν τὰ μὴ ἴδια ἡμῶν" ἀλλὰ ὅλοι ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ λόγῳ ἐπεωρούμενοι τὸ τέλος πάντες ἀσμένως προσδεξώμεϑα καὶ τὴν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ φυγὴν ποιήσωμεν, ὅπως καὶ αὐτὸς λοιπὸν δειχΦή ὡς ἐστὶν τὴν φύσιν ἡμῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἡμέτερα... ### English translation (Claude) "And this was his work, carried on for a long time, … . But when the mystery of grace was kindled, and the counsel of rest was made manifest, and the light of the word was shown, and the race that is being saved was shown to be warred upon by many pleasures, and the alien himself was despised and laughed at in his own gifts, through which he had thought to despise that race, because of the kindness of the one who had mercy, he began to weave his counter-plots against us with hatred and enmity and insurrection; and he has made it his work not to leave off from us until he thinks he can separate us. For before, the one who is alien to us was free of care, and pretended to offer us a friendship worthy of himself; and he had no fear that we, deceived by him, would fall away. But the matter of the dispensation, once kindled, made his enmity, I do not say stronger, but more evident; for it exposed what was hidden in his nature and seemed to escape notice, and compelled him to confess what he is. Knowing, then, what is going to happen, brothers, let us wake up, not being resentful, nor putting on a show, nor carrying away on our souls his traces, which are not our own; but, all of us wholly lifted up in the whole word, let us gladly welcome the end and make our escape from him, so that he too may at last be shown for what he is, and our nature hasten toward what is ours …" ### Scripture references - Eph 5:14: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - The opening sentence is garbled in the OCR and is marked "…". The edition's supplement "but made his enmity more evident" stands at the end of the section in the OCR; it is moved to its place after "stronger" by logged corrections. The fragment breaks off here (the edition's chapter 18 ends incomplete). ### Citation (SBL) Acts And. 1.18 (Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:38-45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/1-1/#p-1-18). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 1 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-1 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: After the ascension Peter urges the apostles in Jerusalem to go out into the world as Christ commanded. ### Greek text 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; ### English translation (Claude) 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?" ### Scripture references - Luke 24:47: allusion, high confidence - Acts 1:8: allusion, medium confidence - Acts 2:33: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 2 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-2 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The apostles cast lots for their mission fields, and Bithynia falls to Andrew. ### Greek text 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 ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - Gal 2:7: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 3 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-3 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew comes to Patras and works healings in the name of Jesus, and the proconsul Lesbius seeks to kill him as a magician. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - Matt 10:8: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - The list of healings echoes Matt 10:8. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 4 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-4 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: An angel strikes Lesbius senseless; he sends for Andrew and begs him for the knowledge of the true God. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Scripture references - Acts 13:11: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "The hand of his Lord is upon you" echoes Acts 13:11. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 5 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-5 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew prays to Christ and heals Lesbius, who believes with all his household. ### Greek text 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- ### English translation (Claude) 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 …" ### Scripture references - John 1:10: echo, medium confidence - Col 1:17: allusion, medium confidence - Acts 9:15: echo, medium confidence - Acts 16:31: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 6 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-6 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew heals the sick of Patras, and the people destroy their idols and temples, proclaiming the God of Andrew. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Translation notes - The destruction of the temples is narrated by the work with approval; translated as written. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 7 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-7 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Removed from office by the emperor, Lesbius gladly gives up his position and joins Andrew. ### Greek text “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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - 1 Pet 1:24: echo, low confidence ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 8 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-8 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 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. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Scripture references - Matt 16:24: quotation, high confidence - Titus 1:2: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "Take up your cross and follow me" echoes Matt 16:24. In this account, unlike Book 1, Aegeates arrives as Lesbius's successor. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 9 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-9 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The executioners of Aegeates seize Andrew's host Antiphanes, and the city gathers at his door in protest. ### Greek text 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- ### English translation (Claude) 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] … ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 10 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-10 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 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. ### Greek text … 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. ### English translation (Claude) … 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. ### Scripture references - 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 ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 11 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-11 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Aegeates demands to know by whose power Andrew has destroyed the worship of the gods and won Achaia for a crucified man. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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?" ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 12 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-12 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 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. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Scripture references - Acts 10:42: allusion, high confidence - Luke 24:47: allusion, high confidence - Matt 4:10: allusion, medium confidence - Mark 16:16: allusion, medium confidence ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 13 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-13 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Aegeates has Andrew scourged and condemned to the cross; Andrew prays to be received by Christ, and the crowd protests the unjust sentence. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Scripture references - Ps 58:4 (57:5 LXX): allusion, high confidence - Luke 16:9: allusion, high confidence ### Translation notes - "Like an asp that stops its ears": Ps 58:4–5 (57:5–6 LXX). "Eternal dwellings": Luke 16:9. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 14 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-14 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew greets the cross and its mystery, gives himself to the executioners, and hangs bound on it for four days without weakening. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - 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 ### Translation notes - 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). ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 16 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-16 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: From the cross Andrew urges Aegeates to believe in the crucified Christ and prays to be released into immortality. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Scripture references - Gen 1:27: allusion, medium confidence - 1 Pet 5:8: allusion, high confidence - 1 Cor 15:53: echo, medium confidence ### Translation notes - "According to the image": Gen 1:26–27. "Like a lion": 1 Pet 5:8. "Witness" renders μάρτυς, which also means "martyr". ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 17 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-17 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Andrew dies giving thanks, and the crowd praises the God of Andrew. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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." ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 18 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-18 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: Maximilla and Stratocles bury Andrew; Maximilla separates from Aegeates, who kills himself, and Stratocles gives his inheritance to the poor. ### Greek text 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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Scripture references - Matt 19:21: echo, low confidence - Acts 1:18: echo, low confidence ### Translation notes - "Separated from Aegeates" (ἐχωρίσθη): the work approves the wife's separation from her pagan husband for the sake of Christ; translated as written. ### Citation (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). ## Martyrdom of Andrew (first Greek martyrdom), chapter 19 - URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-andreae/2-1/#p-2-19 - Source: Bonnet 1898 Lipsius-Bonnet II.1:46-57 - Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-10-17 Summary: The account closes with the date of Andrew's martyrdom, 30 November by the Roman calendar. ### Greek text ᾿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. ### English translation (Claude) 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. ### Translation notes - 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. ### Citation (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).