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An early (2nd century) and likely docetic pseudepigraphic gospel, the Gospel of Peter is explicitly ascribed to the apostle Peter. It recounts the crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension of Christ, exonerating Pilate for all wrongdoing.
1 But of the Jews, none washed his hands, neither Herod nor any one of his judges. And when they had refused to wash them, Pilate rose up. 2 And then Herod the king commands that the Lord be taken, saying to them, “Whatsoever things I commanded you to do to Him, do.”
And there was standing there Joseph, the friend of Pilate and of the Lord; and, knowing that they were about to crucify Him, he came to Pilate and asked [for] the body of the Lord for burial. And Pilate sent to Herod and asked [for] His body. And Herod said, “Brother Pilate, even if no one had asked for Him, we purposed to bury Him, especially as the Sabbath draws near: for it is written in the Law that the sun may not set on one that has been put to death.”
1 And he delivered Him to the people on the day before the Unleavened Bread, their feast. 2 And they took the Lord and pushed Him as they ran, and said, “Let us drag away the Son of God, having obtained power over Him.” 3 And they clothed Him with purple, and set Him on the seat of judgment, saying, “Judge righteously, O King of Israel!” 4 And one of them brought a crown of thorns and put it on the head of the Lord. 5 And others stood and spat in His eyes, and others struck His cheeks: others pricked Him with a reed; and some scourged Him, saying, “With this honor let us honor the Son of God.”
1 And they brought two criminals, and they crucified the Lord between them. [[2 But He held His peace, as though having no pain.]] 3 And when they had raised the cross, they wrote the title: “This is the King of Israel.” 4 And having set His garments in front of Him, they parted them among them, and cast lots for them. 5 And one of those criminals reproached them, saying, “We, for the evils that we have done, have suffered thus, but this Man, who has become the Savior of men, what wrong has He done to you?” 6 And they, being angered at Him, commanded that His legs should not be broken, that He might die in torment.
1 And it was noon, and darkness came over all Judea: and they were troubled and distressed, lest the sun should have set while He was still alive: [for] it is written for them that the sun should not set on him that has been put to death. 2 And one of them said, “Give Him gall with vinegar to drink.” 3 And they mixed and gave Him to drink, and fulfilled all things, and accomplished their sins against their own head. 4 And many went around with lamps, supposing that it was night, and fell down. 5 And the Lord cried out, saying, “My Power, My Power, why have You forsaken Me?” 6 And when He had said it, He was taken up. 7 And in that hour the veil of the temple of Jerusalem was torn in two.
1 And then they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord, and laid Him on the earth, and the whole earth quaked, and great fear arose. 2 Then the sun shone, and it was found the ninth hour: and the Jews rejoiced and gave His body to Joseph that he might bury it, since he had seen what good things He had done. 3 And he took the Lord, and washed Him, and rolled Him in a linen cloth, and brought Him into his own tomb, which was called the Garden of Joseph.
1 Then the Jews, and the elders, and the priests, perceiving what evil they had done to themselves, began to lament and to say, “Woe for our sins! The judgment has drawn near—and the end of Jerusalem!” 2 And I with my companions was grieved; and being wounded in mind, we hid ourselves, for we were being sought for by them as criminals, and as wishing to set fire to the temple. 3 And on all these things we fasted and sat mourning and weeping night and day until the Sabbath.
1 But the scribes, and Pharisees, and elders, being gathered together with one another, when they heard that all the people murmured and beat their breasts, saying, “If by His death these most mighty signs have come to pass, see how righteous He is!” 2 The elders were afraid and came to Pilate, pleading with him and saying, “Give us soldiers, so that we may guard His tomb for three days, lest His disciples come and steal Him away, and the people suppose that He is risen from the dead and do us evil.” 3 And Pilate gave them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to guard the tomb. 4 And with them came elders and scribes to the tomb, and having rolled a great stone together with the centurion and the soldiers, they all together who were there set it at the door of the tomb; and they affixed seven seals, and they pitched a tent there and guarded it. 5 And early in the morning as the Sabbath was drawing near, there came a multitude from Jerusalem and the surrounding region, that they might see the tomb that was sealed.
1 And in the night in which the Lord’s Day was drawing near, as the soldiers kept guard two by two in a watch, there was a great voice from Heaven; and they saw the heavens opened, and two men descend from there with great light and approach the tomb. 2 And that stone which was put at the door rolled on its own and made way in part; and the tomb was opened, and both [of] the young men entered in.
1 Therefore, when those soldiers saw it, they awakened the centurion and the elders, for they too were hard by keeping guard. 2 And, as they declared what things they had seen, again they see three men come forth from the tomb, and two of them supporting one, and a cross following them: 3 and of the two, the head reached toward the sky, but the head of Him that was led by them overpassed the heavens. 4 And they heard a voice from the heavens, saying, “You have preached to them that sleep.” And a response was heard from the cross, “Yes.”
1 Therefore, they considered with one another whether to go away and show these things to Pilate. 2 And while they yet thought thereon, the heavens again are seen to open, and a certain man to descend and enter into the tomb. 3 When the centurion and they that were with him saw these things, they hastened in the night to Pilate, leaving the tomb which they were watching, and declared all things which they had seen, being greatly distressed and saying, “Truly He was the Son of God.” 4 Pilate answered and said, “I am pure from the blood of the Son of God: but it was you who determined this.” 5 Then they all drew near, and implored him, and entreated him to command the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing of the things which they had seen: “For it is better,” they say, “for us to be guilty of the greatest sin before God, and not to fall into the hands of the people of the Jews and to be stoned.” 6 Therefore, Pilate commanded the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing.
1 And at dawn on the Lord’s Day, Mary Magdalene, a disciple of the Lord, fearing because of the Jews, since they were burning with wrath, had not done at the Lord’s tomb the things which women are accustomed to do for those that die and for those that are beloved by them—she took her friends with her and came to the tomb where He was laid. 2 And they feared lest the Jews should see them, and they said, “Although on that day on which He was crucified we could not weep and lament, yet now let us do these things at His tomb. 3 But who will roll away for us the stone that was laid at the door of the tomb, so that we may enter in and sit by Him and do the things that are due? 4 For the stone was great, and we fear lest someone may see us. 5 And if we cannot, yet if we but set at the door the things which we bring for a memorial of Him, we will weep and lament, until we come to our home.”
1 And they went and found the tomb opened; and coming near, they looked in there, and they see there a certain young man sitting in the midst of the tomb, beautiful and clothed in an exceedingly bright robe, 2 who said to them, “Why then have you come? Whom do you seek? Him that was crucified? He is risen and gone. 3 But if you do not believe, look in and see the place where He lay, that He is not [here], for He is risen and gone to the place from where He was sent.” 4 Then the women feared and fled.
Now it was the last day of the Unleavened Bread, and many were going forth, returning to their homes, as the feast had ended. But we, the twelve disciples of the Lord, wept and were grieved: and each one, being grieved for that which had come to pass, departed to his home. But I, Simon Peter, and Andrew my brother took our nets and went to the sea; and there was with us Levi the son of Alphaeus, whom the Lord . . .