Acts of Peter

The Acts of Peter is an early Christian text that narrates the travels and miracles of the Apostle Peter, including his conflict with Simon Magus and his martyrdom in Rome.|||Latin text in Codex Vercellensis (6th–7th c.). Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus and other sites.|||Composed in Greek in the late 2nd or early 3rd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Widely read in the early Church.|||Presents Peter's miracles, conflict with Simon Magus, and martyrdom by crucifixion upside down. Important for understanding the development of Petrine tradition and the history of the apocryphal Acts.|||Elliott, J. K. The Apocryphal New Testament. Oxford, 1993.|||Baldwin, M. C. Whose Acts of Peter? Mohr Siebeck, 2005.|||Schneemelcher, W. New Testament Apocrypha. Westminster John Knox, 1991.|||Acts of Peter — Early Christian Writings|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/actspeter.html|Full translation and scholarly resources.;; Acts of Peter — Sacred Texts|https://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/lbob/lbob10.htm|Public-domain translation.|||" And Peter said, I am crucified for my Lord, who was crucified for me." — Acts of Peter (paraphrase)