# Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment)

- Author: Anonymous
- Latin title: *Apocalypsis Petri*
- Date: ca. 100–150 (approximate)
- Source: Adolf von Harnack, Bruchstücke des Evangeliums und der Apokalypse des Petrus, Texte und Untersuchungen 9.2 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1893), 16-20 (Scan from the Internet Archive)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/
- Passages: 35

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) (title)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-0
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The title of the fragment.

### Greek text

Ἀποκάλυψις Πέτρου

### English translation (Claude)

The Apocalypse of Peter

### Translation notes

- The Akhmim fragment (found with the Gospel of Peter) preserves part of the Apocalypse of Peter, a second-century work that some early churches read (the Muratorian Fragment lists it, with reservations; Clement of Alexandria cites it as Scripture). It is not part of the 66-book canon. The Greek scan has many OCR slips, corrected by logged corrections; refs are Harnack's verses.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. pref. (Harnack 1893, 16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-0).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-1
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ warns that many false prophets will teach doctrines of destruction.

### Greek text

Πολλοὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἔσονται ψευδοπροφῆται καὶ ὁδοὺς καὶ δόγματα ποικίλα τῆς ἀπωλείας διδάξουσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

'Many of them will be false prophets, and will teach ways and various doctrines of destruction.

### Scripture references

- Matt 24:11: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Pet 2:1: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The fragment begins in the middle of a discourse of Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 1 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-1).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-2
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The false teachers will become sons of destruction.

### Greek text

ἐκεῖνοι δὲ υἱοὶ τῆς ἀπωλείας γενήσονται,

### English translation (Claude)

And they will become sons of destruction.

### Scripture references

- John 17:12: echo, medium confidence
- 2 Thess 2:3: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 2 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-2).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-3
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God will come to the faithful who suffer and will judge the lawless.

### Greek text

καὶ τότε ἐλεύσεται ὁ ϑεὸς ἐπὶ τοὺς πιστούς μου τοὺς πεινῶντας καὶ διψῶντας καὶ θλιβομένους καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τῷ βίῳ τὰς ψυχὰς ἑαυτῶν δοκιμάζοντας καὶ κρινεῖ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῆς ἀνομίας.

### English translation (Claude)

And then God will come to my faithful ones who hunger and thirst and are afflicted and prove their souls in this life, and he will judge the sons of lawlessness.'

### Scripture references

- Matt 5:6: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 3 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-3).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-4
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Lord leads the disciples to the mountain to pray.

### Greek text

καὶ προσϑεὶς κύριος ἔφη" ἄγωμεν εἰς τὸ ὄρος, εὐξώμεϑα.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Lord added and said: 'Let us go to the mountain; let us pray.'

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 4 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-4).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-5
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The twelve ask to see one of the righteous dead.

### Greek text

ἀπερχόμενοι δὲ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς οἱ δώδεχα μαϑηταὶ ἐδεήϑημεν, ὅπως δείξῃ ἡμῖν ἕνα τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἡμῶν τῶν δικαίων τῶν ἐξελϑόντων ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου, ἵνα ἴδωμεν ποταποί εἰσι τὴν μορφὴν καὶ ϑαρσήσαντες παραϑαρσύνωμεν καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ἡμῶν ἀνϑρώπους.

### English translation (Claude)

And as we, the twelve disciples, went with him, we asked him to show us one of our righteous brothers who had gone out of the world, so that we might see what they are like in form, and take courage, and give courage also to the people who hear us.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 5 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-5).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-6
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Two radiant men appear before the Lord.

### Greek text

καὶ εὐχομένων ἡμῶν ἄφνω φαίνονται δύο ἄνδρες ἑστῶτες ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ κυρίου πρὸς εολ οὐχ ἐδυνήϑημεν. ἀντιβλέψαι,

### English translation (Claude)

And as we were praying, suddenly two men appear standing before the Lord, toward …, at whom we could not look;

### Scripture references

- Luke 9:30–32: echo, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- A word after 'toward' is garbled in the scan; earlier editions read 'toward the east'.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 6 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-6).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-7
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their faces and clothing shine with indescribable glory.

### Greek text

ἐξήρχετο ἀπὸ τῆς ὄψεως αὐτῶν ἀκτὶν ὡς ἡλίου καὶ φωτεινὸν ἣν αὐτῶν τὸ ἔνδυμα ὁποῖον οὐδέποτε ὀφθαλμὸς ἀνθρώπου εἶδεν" οὐ γὰρ στόμα δύναται ἐξηγήσασϑαι ἢ καρδία γνῶναι τὴν δόξαν ἣν ἐνεδέδυντο καὶ τὸ κάλλος τῆς ὄψεως αὐτῶν,

### English translation (Claude)

for a ray as of the sun came out from their face, and their clothing was shining, such as the eye of man has never seen; for no mouth can describe, nor heart conceive, the glory with which they were clothed and the beauty of their face.

### Scripture references

- Matt 17:2: echo, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 2:9: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 7 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-7).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-8
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their bodies are whiter than snow and redder than roses.

### Greek text

οὓς ἰδόντες ἐϑαμβώϑημεν᾽ τὰ μὲν γὰρ σώματα αὐτῶν ἦν λευκότερα πάσης χιόνος καὶ ἐρυϑρότερα παντὸς ῥόδου"

### English translation (Claude)

When we saw them we were astonished; for their bodies were whiter than any snow and redder than any rose.

### Scripture references

- Lam 4:7: echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 8 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-8).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-9
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their beauty cannot be described.

### Greek text

συνεκέκρατο δὲ τὸ ἐρυϑρὸν αὐτῶν τῷ λευκῷ καὶ ἁπλῶς οὐ δύναμαι ἐξηγήσασϑαι τὸ κάλλος αὐτῶν᾽

### English translation (Claude)

And the red of them was mingled with the white; and I simply cannot describe their beauty.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 9 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-9).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-10
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their hair is like a garland of flowers or a rainbow.

### Greek text

ἥ τε γὰρ κόμη αὐτῶν οὐλὴ ἦν καὶ ἀνϑηρὰ καὶ ἐπιπρέπουσα αὐτῶν τῷ τε προσώπῳ καὶ τοῖς ὦμοις ὡσπερεὶ στέφανος ἐκ ναρδοστάχυος πεπλεγμένος καὶ ποικίλων ἀνϑῶν ἢ ὥσπερ ἶρις ἐν ἀέρι" τοιαύτη ἦν αὐτῶν ἡ εὐπρέπεια.

### English translation (Claude)

For their hair was curly and bright, and became both their face and their shoulders, like a garland woven of spikenard and many-coloured flowers, or like a rainbow in the air; such was their comeliness.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 10 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-10).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-11
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The disciples are amazed at their sudden appearing.

### Greek text

ἰδόντες οὖν αὐτῶν τὸ κάλλος ἔκθαμβοι γεγόναμεν πρὸς αὐτούς, ἐπειδὴ ἄφνω ἐφάνησαν.

### English translation (Claude)

So when we saw their beauty we were utterly amazed at them, since they had appeared suddenly.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 11 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-11).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-12
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter asks the Lord who they are.

### Greek text

καὶ προσελϑὼν τῷ κυρίῳ εἶπον" τίνες εἰσὶν οὗτοι;

### English translation (Claude)

And I went up to the Lord and said: 'Who are these?'

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 12 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-12).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-13
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Lord says they are the righteous brothers.

### Greek text

λέγει μοι" οὗτοί εἶσιν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ὑμῶν οἱ δίκαιοι, ὧν ἠϑελήσατε τὰς μορφὰς ἰδεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

He says to me: 'These are your righteous brothers, whose forms you wished to see.'

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 13 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-13).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-14
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter asks where the righteous dwell.

### Greek text

κἀγὼ ἔφην αὐτῷ" καὶ ποῦ εἶσι πάντες οἱ δίκαιοι ἢ ποῖός ἐστιν ὁ αἰὼν, ἐν ᾧ εἰσι ταύτην ἔχοντες τὴν δόξαν;

### English translation (Claude)

And I said to him: 'And where are all the righteous, or what is the world in which they are, possessing this glory?'

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 14 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-14).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-15
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Lord shows Peter the radiant land of the righteous.

### Greek text

καὶ ὃ κύριος ἔδειξέ μοι μέγιστον χῶρον ἐκτὸς τούτου τοῦ κόσμου ὑπέρλαμπρον τῷ φωτὶ, καὶ τὸν ἀέρα τὸν ἐκεῖ ἀκτῖσιν ἡλίου καταλαμπόμενον, καὶ τὴν γῆν αὐτὴν ἀνϑοῦσαν ἀμαράντοις ἄνϑεσι καὶ ἀρωμάτων πλήρη καὶ φυτῶν εὐανϑῶν καὶ ἀφϑάρτων καὶ καρπὸν εὐλογημένον φερόντων.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Lord showed me a very great region outside this world, exceedingly bright with light, and the air there lit by the rays of the sun, and the land itself blooming with unfading flowers and full of spices and of plants that flower beautifully and do not decay and bear blessed fruit.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 15 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-15).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-16
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The fragrance of the place reaches the disciples.

### Greek text

τοσοῦτον δὲ ἦν τὸ ἄνϑος ὡς καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἐκεῖθεν φέρεσϑαι.

### English translation (Claude)

So strong was the fragrance of the blossom that it was carried even to us from there.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 16 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-16).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-17
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Its inhabitants wear the shining clothing of angels.

### Greek text

οἱ δὲ οἰκήτορες τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου ἐνδεδυμένοι ἦσαν ἔνδυμα ἀγγέλων φωτεινῶν, καὶ ὅμοιον ἦν τὸ ἔνδυμα αὐτῶν τῇ χώρᾳ αὐτῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

The dwellers in that place were clothed in the clothing of shining angels, and their clothing was like their land.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 17 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-17).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-18
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels move among them.

### Greek text

ἄγγελοι δὲ περιέτρεχον αὐτοὺς ἐκεῖσε.

### English translation (Claude)

And angels ran about among them there.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 18 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-18).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 19

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-19
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The righteous praise God together in equal glory.

### Greek text

ἴση δὲ ἦν ἡ δόξα τῶν ἐκεῖ οἰκητόρων, καὶ μιᾷ φωνῇ τὸν κύριον ϑεὸν ἀντευφήμουν εὐφραινόμενοι ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ τόπῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

The glory of those who dwelt there was equal, and with one voice they praised the Lord God in turn, rejoicing in that place.

### Scripture references

- Rev 7:9–12: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 19 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-19).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 20

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-20
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Lord names it the place of the righteous.

### Greek text

λέγει ἡμῖν ὁ κύριος" οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τόπος τῶν ἀρχιερέων ὑμῶν τῶν δικαίων ἀνϑρώπων.

### English translation (Claude)

The Lord says to us: 'This is the place of your high priests, the righteous men.'

### Translation notes

- 'High priests' follows the editor's reading; the manuscript is uncertain at this word, and other editors read 'leaders' or 'brothers'.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 20 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-20).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 21

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-21
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter sees a dark place of punishment opposite.

### Greek text

Εἶδον δὲ καὶ ἕτερον τόπον καταντικρὺς ἐκείνου αὐχμηρόν, καὶ ἦν τόπος κολάσεως, καὶ οἱ κολαζόμενοι ἐκεῖ καὶ οἱ κολάζοντες ἄγγελοι σκοτεινὸν εἶχον αὐτῶν τὸ ἔνδυμα κατὰ τὸν ἀέρα τοῦ τόπου.

### English translation (Claude)

And I saw also another place, over against that one, very squalid; and it was a place of punishment. Those who were being punished there, and the punishing angels, had dark clothing, in keeping with the air of the place.

### Translation notes

- The punishments that follow are the text's own vision of hell; translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 21 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-21).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 22

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-22
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Blasphemers of the way of righteousness hang by their tongues over fire.

### Greek text

καί τινες ἦσαν ἐκεῖ ἐκ τῆς γλώσσης κρεμάμενοι, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ βλασφημοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης καὶ ὑπέκειτο αὐτοῖς πῦρ φλεγόμενον καὶ κολάζον αὐτούς.

### English translation (Claude)

And some there were hanging by the tongue; these were those who blaspheme the way of righteousness; and under them lay fire, burning and punishing them.

### Scripture references

- 2 Pet 2:2: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 22 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-22).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 23

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-23
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who turn from righteousness are tormented in a lake of burning mire.

### Greek text

καὶ λίμνη τις ἦν μεγάλη πεπληρωμένη βορβόρου φλεγομένου, ἐν ᾧ ἦσαν ἄνϑρωποί τίνες ἀποστρέφοντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην καὶ ἐπέκειντο αὐτοῖς ἄγγελοι βασανισταί.

### English translation (Claude)

And there was a great lake full of burning mire, in which were certain men who turn aside from righteousness, and tormenting angels were set over them.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 23 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-23).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 24

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-24
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adulterous women hang by their hair, and their partners by their feet, over the mire.

### Greek text

ἦσαν δὲ καὶ ἄλλοι, γυναῖκες τῶν πλοκάμων ἐξηρτημέναι ἀνωτέρω τοῦ βορβόρου ἐκείνου τοῦ ἀναπαφλάζοντος, αὗται δὲ ἦσαν αἱ πρὸς μοιχείαν κοσμηϑεῖσαι, οἱ δὲ συμμιανθέντες αὐτῶν τῷ μιάσματι τῆς μοιχείας ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν ἀνακρεμάμενοι τὰς κεφαλὰς εἶχον ἐν τῷ βορβόρῳ ἐκείνῳ· καὶ ἔλεγον" οὐκ ἐπίστευον ἐνελεύσεσϑαι εἰς τοῦτον τὸν τόπον.

### English translation (Claude)

And there were also others, women hanging by their hair above that mire that bubbled up; these were those who adorned themselves for adultery. And the men who joined with them in the defilement of adultery were hanging by their feet and had their heads in that mire; and they said: 'We did not believe that we would come into this place.'

### Translation notes

- The last sentence can also be read 'and I said: I did not believe that I should come into this place', since the Greek verb forms are ambiguous; the editors take it as the words of those punished.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 24 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-24).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 25

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-25
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Murderers are tormented by reptiles and worms while their victims watch and praise God's justice.

### Greek text

καὶ τοὺς φονεῖς ἔβλεπον καὶ τοὺς συνειδότας αὐτοῖς βεβλημένους ἔν τινι τόπῳ τεϑλιμμένῳ καὶ πεπληρωμένῳ ἑρπετῶν πονηρῶν καὶ πλησσομένους ὑπὸ τῶν ϑηρίων ἐκείνων καὶ οὕτω στρεφομένους ἐκεῖ ἐν τῇ κολάσει ἐκείνῃ, ἐπέκειντο δὲ αὐτοῖς σκώληκες ὥσπερ νεφέλαι σκότους, αἱ δὲ ψυχαὶ τῶν πεφονευμένων ἑστῶσαι καὶ ἐφορῶσαι τὴν κόλασιν ἐκείνων τῶν φονέων ἔλεγον" ὁ ϑεός, δικαία σου ἡ κρίσις.

### English translation (Claude)

And I saw the murderers and those who were their accomplices cast into a narrow place full of evil reptiles, being struck by those beasts and writhing there in that punishment; and worms pressed upon them like clouds of darkness. And the souls of those who had been murdered stood and looked on the punishment of those murderers and said: 'O God, your judgement is just.'

### Scripture references

- Rev 16:5–7: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 25 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-25).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 26

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-26
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Women who procured abortions sit in filth, struck by fire from the children they aborted.

### Greek text

πλησίον δὲ τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου εἶδον ἕτερον τόπον τεϑλιμμένον, ἐν ᾧ ὁ ἰχὼρ καὶ ἡ δυσωδία τῶν κολαζομένων κατέρρεε καὶ ὥσπερ λίμνη ἐγίνετο ἐκεῖ, κἀκεῖ ἐκάθηντο γυναῖκες ἔχουσαι τὸν ἰχῶρα μέχρι τῶν τραχήλων καὶ ἀντικρὺς αὐτῶν πολλοὶ παῖδες, οἳ αὐταῖς ἄωροι ἐτίκτοντο, καθήμενοι ἔκλαιον᾽ καὶ προήρχοντο ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀκτῖνες πυρὸς καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἔπλησσον κατὰ τῶν ὀφϑαλμῶν. αὗται δὲ ἦσαν αἱ ἀραῖαι αἱ συλλαβοῦσαι καὶ ἐκτρώσασαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And near that place I saw another narrow place, into which the discharge and the stench of those being punished flowed down, and it became like a lake there. And there sat women up to their necks in the discharge, and opposite them sat many children who had been born to them before their time, crying; and from them came rays of fire that struck the women in the eyes. These were the accursed women who conceived and procured abortions.

### Translation notes

- The edition's apparatus had leaked into the text in the middle of this verse and is removed.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 26 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-26).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 27

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-27
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Persecutors of the righteous burn and are eaten by worms.

### Greek text

καὶ ἕτεροι [ἄνδρες] καὶ γυναῖκες φλεγόμενοι ἦσαν μέχρι τοῦ ἡμίσους αὐτῶν καὶ βεβλημένοι ἐν τόπῳ σκοτεινῷ καὶ μαστιξόμενοι ὑπὸ πνευμάτων πονηρῶν καὶ ἐσϑιόμενοι τὰ σπλάγχνα ὑπὸ σκωλήκων ἀκοιμήτων, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ διώξαντες τοὺς δικαίους καὶ παραδόντες αὐτούς.

### English translation (Claude)

And other men and women were burning up to their middle, cast into a dark place and scourged by evil spirits, and having their entrails eaten by sleepless worms; these were those who persecuted the righteous and handed them over.

### Scripture references

- Mark 9:48: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 27 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-27).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 28

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-28
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who reviled the way of righteousness gnaw their lips and are burned in the eyes.

### Greek text

καὶ πλησίον ἐκείνων πάλιν γυναῖκες καὶ ἄνδρες μασώμενοι αὐτῶν τὰ χείλη καὶ κολαζόμενοι καὶ πεπυρωμένον σίδηρον κατὰ τῶν ὀφϑαλμῶν λαμβάνοντες, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ βλασφημήσαντες καὶ κακῶς εἰπόντες τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης.

### English translation (Claude)

And near them again were women and men gnawing their lips and being punished, and receiving red-hot iron in their eyes; these were those who blasphemed and spoke evil of the way of righteousness.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 28 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-28).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 29

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-29
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: False witnesses gnaw their tongues with fire in their mouths.

### Greek text

καὶ καταντικρὺ τούτων ἄλλοι πάλιν ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες τὰς γλώσσας αὐτῶν μασώμενοι καὶ πῦρ φλεγόμενον ἔχοντες ἐν τῷ στόματι, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ ψευδομάρτυρες.

### English translation (Claude)

And opposite these again were other men and women gnawing their tongues and having burning fire in their mouths; these were the false witnesses.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 29 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-29).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 30

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-30
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The pitiless rich roll on red-hot stones.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ τινὶ τόπῳ χάλικες ἦσαν ὀξύτεροι ξιφῶν καὶ παντὸς ὀβελίσκου, πεπυρωμένοι, καὶ γυναῖκες καὶ ἄνδρες ῥάχη ῥυπαρὰ ἐνδεδυμένοι ἐκυλίοντο ἐπ᾿ αὐτῶν κολαζόμενοι, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ πλουτοῦντες καὶ τῷ πλούτῳ αὐτῶν πεποιθότες καὶ μὴ ἐλεήσαντες ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἀλλ᾽ ἀμελήσαντες τῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ ϑεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And in another place there were pebbles sharper than swords or any spit, red-hot, and women and men clothed in filthy rags were rolling on them in punishment; these were the rich who trusted in their wealth and had no pity on orphans and widows, but neglected the commandment of God.

### Scripture references

- Jas 1:27: echo, medium confidence
- 1 Tim 6:17: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 30 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-30).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 31

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-31
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Usurers stand in a lake of pus, blood and boiling mire.

### Greek text

ἐν δὲ ἑτέρᾳ λίμνῃ μεγάλῃ καὶ πεπληρωμένῃ πύου καὶ αἵματος καὶ βορβόρου ἀναζέοντος ἱστήκεισαν ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες μέχρι γονάτων, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ δανείζοντες καὶ ἀπαιτοῦντες τόκους τόκων.

### English translation (Claude)

And in another great lake, full of pus and blood and boiling mire, stood men and women up to their knees; these were those who lent money and demanded interest upon interest.

### Scripture references

- Exod 22:25: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 31 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-31).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 32

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-32
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who practised same-sex intercourse are cast down from a cliff again and again.

### Greek text

ἄλλοι ἄνδρες καὶ γυναῖκες ἀπὸ κρημνοῦ μεγάλου καταστρεφόμενοι ἤρχοντο κάτω καὶ πάλιν ᾿ἠλαύνοντο ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπικειμένων ἀναβῆναι ἄνω ἐπὶ τοῦ κρημνοῦ καὶ κατεστρέφοντο ἐκεῖϑεν κάτω καὶ ἡσυχίαν οὐκ εἶχον ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς κολάσεως, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ μιάναντες τὰ σώματα ἑαυτῶν ὡς γυναῖκες ἀναστρεφόμενοι, αἱ δὲ μετ᾽ αὐτῶν γυναῖκες αὗται ἦσαν αἱ συγκοιμηθεῖσαι ἀλλήλαις ὡς ἂν ἀνὴρ πρὸς γυναῖκα.

### English translation (Claude)

Other men and women were thrown down from a great cliff and came down, and again they were driven by those set over them to go up again onto the cliff, and were thrown down from there, and they had no rest from this punishment. These were men who defiled their bodies, behaving like women; and the women with them were those who lay with one another as a man with a woman.

### Scripture references

- Rom 1:26–27: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Translated as written; compare Rom 1:26–27.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 32 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-32).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 33

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-33
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Makers of idols stand in fire beside others who beat one another unceasingly.

### Greek text

καὶ παρὰ τῷ κρημνῷ ἐκείνῳ τόπος ἦν πυρὸς πλείστου γέμων κἀκεῖ ἱστήκεισαν ἄνδρες οἵτινες ταῖς ἰδίαις χερσὶ ξόανα ἑαυτοῖς ἐποίησαν ἀντὶ ϑεοῦ, καὶ παρ᾽ ἐκείνοις ἄνδρες ἕτεροι καὶ γυναῖκες, ῥάβδους ἔχοντες, καὶ ἀλλήλους τύπτοντες καὶ μηδέποτε παυόμενοι τῆς τοιαύτης κολάσεως,

### English translation (Claude)

And beside that cliff was a place full of a great deal of fire, and there stood men who with their own hands had made images for themselves instead of God; and beside them other men and women holding rods and striking one another, and never ceasing from such punishment.

### Scripture references

- Isa 44:9–20: echo, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 33 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-33).

## Apocalypse of Peter (Akhmim fragment) 34

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-34
- Source: Harnack 1893, 16–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who abandoned the way of God are roasted in fire.

### Greek text

καὶ ἕτεροι πάλιν ἐγγὺς ἐκείνων γυναῖκες καὶ ἄνδρες φλεγόμενοι καὶ στρεφόμενοι καὶ τηγανιζόμενοι, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ ἀφέντες τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ϑεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And others again near them, women and men, burning and turning and being roasted; these were those who had left the way of God.

### Translation notes

- The fragment breaks off here.

### Citation (SBL)

Apoc. Pet. 34 (Harnack 1893, 16–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/apocalypsis-petri/0/#p-34).