For Easter Sunday, here’s another look at an Apocryphal Gospel that was designated non-canon centuries ago.
THE GOSPEL OF PETER – This Gospel was in wide use in the Middle East until at least the 2nd Century A.D. Its contents would still be completely unknown if not for a fragment of the Gospel being discovered in the tomb of a Christian monk in Egypt late in the 1800s.
In The Gospel of Peter when Jesus emerges from his tomb upon being resurrected he is the size of a giant “whose head reaches above the Heavens” and is being helped from the tomb by a pair of equally giant-sized angels.
Next the Cross itself emerges from the tomb for some reason and a voice from the Heavens asks “Have you preached to those who are sleeping?” The cross speaks and replies “Yes.”
This version of events claims that during the Crucifixion Jesus was “silent as if he had no pain” and such Docetic sentiments were probably part of the reason this Gospel was rejected by the people in power when these decisions were made.
Other fragments cover conversations between Jesus and Peter and depict the Jews of Jerusalem wailing about how guilty they supposedly feel about Christ’s Crucifixion after the fact.
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Fantastic as always. I never heard about the Gospel of Peter before.
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That’s very insightful; thank you, and I extend my best wishes for a joyful Easter.
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Wishing you a happy Easter!
Thank you! The same to you!