Acts of Paul (Coptic Heidelberg papyrus), fragments (complete)
Pseudonymous: Anonymous; part of the Acts of Paul (a presbyter in Asia, per Tertullian, Bapt. 17).
Source: Schmidt 1904 (German translation by C. Schmidt (1904); OCR from the Internet Archive).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Route 3: the Coptic text is the witness; no Coptic is a site language, so the source in hand is Carl Schmidt's German translation (1904), translated by Claude with a note; the German is never shown.
Chapter 43
43Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 43
Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1904) of the Coptic; neither is shown
… Philippi thereupon … Paul (?) …
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only a few words survive on this page of the papyrus.
- Route 3: translated from Carl Schmidt's German translation (Acta Pauli, 1904) of the Coptic Heidelberg papyrus; the German is not shown. The papyrus is badly damaged; gaps are marked '…', and Schmidt's question marks for uncertain readings are kept.
Cite (SBL): Acts Paul 43 (Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 43; trans. Sophia Scriptura from the German of C. Schmidt, 1904, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-pauli-coptica/43/#p-43). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Route 3: translated by Claude from Carl Schmidt's German translation (Acta Pauli, 1904) of the Coptic Heidelberg papyrus; the German is not shown; Schmidt's apparatus left out.
Chapter 44
44Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 44
Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1904) of the Coptic; neither is shown
… praised him, so that they praised … Paul (?) … to Philippi (?) … When he had gone from … and wished to go up to Philippi. And when Paul had gone up to Philippi …, he went into [the house of …], (and) great joy arose [among the brothers and] in each one with him (?) …
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul goes up to Philippi and is welcomed with great joy by the brothers.
- Route 3, from Schmidt's German; words in square brackets are Schmidt's restorations of gaps in the papyrus.
Cite (SBL): Acts Paul 44 (Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 44; trans. Sophia Scriptura from the German of C. Schmidt, 1904, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-pauli-coptica/43/#p-44). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Route 3: translated by Claude from Carl Schmidt's German translation (Acta Pauli, 1904) of the Coptic Heidelberg papyrus; the German is not shown; Schmidt's apparatus left out.
Chapter 45
45Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 45
Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1904) of the Coptic; neither is shown
… the lawless one … the reward. They (?) … in prayer, each one, and each one (?) …, asking Paul again (? at the same time?) that [someone be sent to] Philippi. For the Corinthians were in great distress over Paul, that he would depart from the world before his time. For men had come up to Corinth, Simon and Cleobius, saying: "There is no resurrection of the flesh, but that of the spirit; and the body of man is not the handiwork of God; and of the world, that God did not create it, and that God does not know the world; and that Jesus Christ was not crucified, but was an appearance; and that he was not born of Mary, nor of the seed of David." In a word, there were many things which they proclaimed (?) in Corinth, deceiving …
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians fear for Paul because two teachers, Simon and Cleobius, are denying the resurrection of the flesh, God's creation of man and the world, and Christ's real crucifixion and birth.
- Route 3, from Schmidt's German. His footnotes on the Coptic readings, printed in the middle of this page, are not part of the text and are left out.
- This is the narrative that introduces the correspondence of Paul and the Corinthians (3 Corinthians), published from the Latin as epistula-corinthios-tertia.
Extrabiblical texts: 3 Cor. 1 (Third Letter to the Corinthians (Correspondence of Paul and the Corinthians); echo)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Acts Paul 45 (Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 45; trans. Sophia Scriptura from the German of C. Schmidt, 1904, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-pauli-coptica/43/#p-45). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Route 3: translated by Claude from Carl Schmidt's German translation (Acta Pauli, 1904) of the Coptic Heidelberg papyrus; the German is not shown; Schmidt's apparatus left out.
Chapter 46
46Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 46
Translated by Claude from C. Schmidt's German translation (1904) of the Coptic; neither is shown
[… many others, and deceived] themselves. Therefore, when the Corinthians heard that Paul was in Philippi, they sent a letter to Paul in Macedonia by Threptus and Eutychus the deacons. The letter was of this form: "Stephanus and the elders who are with him, Daphnus and Eubulus and Zenon, write to Paul, greeting him in the Lord and saying: Two men have come up to Corinth, Si[mon and Cleobius] …"
Notes and citation
Summary: The Corinthians send the deacons Threptus and Eutychus to Paul in Macedonia with a letter from Stephanus and the elders.
- Route 3, from Schmidt's German; his apparatus (notes on the Coptic and on the Latin and Armenian witnesses) is left out.
- The Coptic omits Theophilus, whom the Latin manuscripts name between Eubulus and Zenon (Schmidt's note). The letter itself is on the site from the Latin (epistula-corinthios-tertia 1).
Extrabiblical texts: 3 Cor. 1 (Third Letter to the Corinthians (Correspondence of Paul and the Corinthians); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Acts Paul 46 (Schmidt 1904, papyrus page 46; trans. Sophia Scriptura from the German of C. Schmidt, 1904, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/acta-pauli-coptica/43/#p-46). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Route 3: translated by Claude from Carl Schmidt's German translation (Acta Pauli, 1904) of the Coptic Heidelberg papyrus; the German is not shown; Schmidt's apparatus left out.