Acta Joannis, Acta Joannis, ed. Maximilian Bonnet, 63

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63 Καὶ πολλῆς ἀγάπης οὔσης καὶ χαρᾶς ἀνυπερβλήτου ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς, εἷς τις ἐπίπεμπτος τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐρᾷ τῆς Λρουσιανῆς, ὁρῶν καὶ ἐπιστάμενος τοῦ Ἀνδρονίκου ταύτην εἶναι γυναῖκα· ᾧ οἱ πλείονες ἔλεγον· Ἀδύνατόν σε τυχεῖν ταύτης τῆς γυναικός, ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς κεχωρισμένης αὐτῆς
διὰ θεοσέβειαν. σὺ μόνος ἀγνοεῖς ὅτι μὴ πρὶν ὢν ὁ ¹ Ἀνδρόνικος τοῦτο ὅπερ ἐστὶ νῦν, θεοσεβὴς ἀνύρ, κατέκλεισεν αὐτὴν εἴς τι μνημεῖον λέγων· Ἢ γυναῖκά σε ἔχω ἔχειν ἣν εἶχον πάλαι, ἢ τεθνήξῃ· Καὶ εἵλατο μᾶλλον ἀποθανεῖν ἢ τὸ μύσος ἐκεῖνο διαπράξασθαι· εἰ οὖν δεσπότῃ αὐτῆς καὶ ἀνδρὶ μὴ συνέθετο
πρὸς συνέλευσιν διὰ θεοσέβειαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔπεισε τὰ ἴσα τοῦτον φρονῆσαι, σοὶ μοιχῷ αὐτῇ θέλοντι γενέσθαι συνθήσεται; ἀπόστηθι μανίας μὴ ἐχούσης ἐν σοὶ ἀνάπαυσιν· ἀπόστηθι πράγματος ᾧ τέλος ἐπαγαγεῖν οὐ δύνασαι.

Acta Joannis. Acta Joannis. ed. Maximilian Bonnet. United States. 2018.

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Acta Joannis (Greek) (Acta Joannis. Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha, Part 2, Vol. 1. Bonnet, Maximilian, editor. Leipzig: H. Mendelssohn, 1898.)

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Acts of John First1KGreek (Acts of John. The Apocryphal New Testament, being the Apocryphal Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses. James, Montague Rhodes, translator. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924.) — 63 focus

[63] And whereas there was great love and joy unsurpassed among the brethren, a certain one, a messenger of Satan, became enamoured of Drusiana, though he saw and knew that she was the wife of Andronicus. To whom many said: It is not possible for thee to obtain that woman, seeing that for a long time she has even separated herself from her husband for godliness’ sake. Art thou only ignorant that Andronicus, not being aforetime that which now he is, a God-fearing man, shut her up in a tomb, saying: Hither I must have thee as the wife whom I had before, or thou shalt die. And she chose rather to die than to do that foulness. If, then, she would not consent, for godliness’ sake, to cohabit with her lord and husband, but even persuaded him to be of the same mind as herself, will she consent to thee desiring to be her seducer? depart from this madness which hath no rest in thee: give up this deed which thou canst not bring to accomplishment.

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Acta Joannis

1. 1 οἴκου R ‖ οὗ εἰλ. om R ‖ πλ. κ. ἑ.] πλῆθος ὑπάρχων κ. R: cf 2 ‖ scr κόρεων? cf 180, 17 ‖ 2 π. θ.] θ. τοῦ πλήθους R: cf 1 ‖ 3 ἁπάντων R: cf 180, 3; 183, 8; 184, 14; 18 ‖ αὐτὰς R ‖ 4 ἐγερθῆναι R ‖ ἐνεφ. - δὲ om M ‖ scr αὐτῷ? ‖ 5 ἀνακαθίσας ⟨ἐπὶ⟩ uel ⟨ἐπένω⟩ (cf 186, 3)? ‖ 5—6 αὐτὰς εἶπεν αὐταῖς R ‖ 6 εὐγν.] εὐγνωμονέστεραι γεγόνατε R: cf 180, 20 (at 17 et 24) ‖ φυλ. - ἐπ. om R ‖ 7 scr ἀνέλθετε?? τοῦτο] αὐτοῦ ταῦτα R ‖ 7—8καὶ -κρ. om R ‖ 8 αἱ κόριδες (κορεῖς M) δρομαῖε R ‖ 9 π. αὐτ. R ‖ ἀνιοῦσαι R ‖ 10 ἀρμονίας R ‖ ἀφ. ἐγ.] ἔδυσαν R ‖ 11 πάλιν om M ‖ 11—12 ἤκουσαν ἔμειναν ἐφʼ ἑαυτὰ καὶ ἡρέμησαν R ‖ 12 καὶ μὴ π. om R ‖ 13 παρακ.] ο ex ω M ‖ ῥαθυμῶμεν M ‖ 14 μ. π. om R ‖ 15 δὲ om R ‖ γενομένων ἡμῶν R ‖ τὴν om R: del? cf 180,3 ‖ καὶ om R ‖ 18 εἰς] |||σ M ει compend in ras m ‖ 19—20 ὡς - ἐνδ. om R ‖ 20 ἐνδ.] plerigue etiam tactu uestis hilarati quia tetigerant amictum sancti apostoli sanabantur (cf act 19, 12) add 𝔘 uera ut uid ‖ 22 ἐν τ. ἀδ. om R ‖ 23 καὶ] αὐτὴν καίπερ R(𝔘?) ‖ ταύτην om R ‖ 24 οὖσαν R ‖ ᾧ] ὃν R ‖ 25 κεχ.] καὶ χωρισμένην R ‖ αὐτῆς om R ‖ 26 σὺ μ.] ἢ R ‖ πρώην R

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