The Cave of Treasures 85
The Resurrection of Christ
Simon Peter planned to give the watchmen wine so they would sleep, allowing him to take Christ body without breaking seals.
1nd having risen from the grave on the third day, Christ appeared to Kipa (Peter) and John. And whilst Christ was in the grave, and the watchmen were sitting round about it, Simon Peter conceived the design of giving the watchmen wine to drink so that they might become drunk and fall asleep, when he intended to rise up and open the tomb, and take out the body of Christ without breaking the seals on the tomb, so that the Jews might not say, “Assuredly His disciples stole Him away.”
2 And whilst the watchmen were eating and drinking, Christ rose up and showed Himself to Kipa (Peter), for He had indeed risen. And Peter believed that He was truly Christ, the Lord of the heavens and the earth, and did not approach the tomb. And afterwards Christ also appeared to the watchmen openly, and He went to His disciples in the Upper Chamber, and Thomas felt Him.
3 And He appeared to His disciples on the sea shore. Now, though Simon Peter denied Him thrice before the Jews, he acknowledged Him thrice before the disciples. And Christ delivered to him and committed to his hands all His flock, saying, before His disciples, “Feed thou for Me My sheep and lambs and ewes,” that is to say, men, women and children.
4 And forty days after His Resurrection He bestowed upon the Apostles the laying on of hands of the priesthood, and He went up to heaven, and sat down on the right hand of His Father. Then the Apostles gathered themselves together and went up into the Upper Chamber with Mary, the Holy Virgin, and Simon Peter baptized Mary, and John, the virgin, received her [into his house].
5 And they decreed a fast until they had received the Spirit, the Paraclete, at Pentecost, they all being gathered together. And tongues (i.e. languages) were distributed among them, so that each of them might go and teach that nation in the tongue which he had received, so that there might never be strife among them. Here endeth the “Book of the Order of the Succession of Families from Adam to Christ,” which is called the “Cave of Treasures.” And to God be glory for ever!
Did You Know?
Simon Peter planned to give the watchmen wine so they would sleep, allowing him to take Christ body without breaking seals.
While the watchmen ate and drank, Christ rose and showed Himself to Peter, who believed and did not approach the tomb.
Christ appeared openly to the watchmen before going to the disciples in the Upper Chamber, where Thomas felt Him.
Simon Peter baptized Mary the Holy Virgin in the Upper Chamber, and John the virgin received her into his house.
At Pentecost tongues were distributed among the Apostles so each could teach a nation in his received tongue without strife.
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