Acts of John by Prochorus

Acta seu peregrinationes, auctore Prochoro

Standard abbreviation: Acts John Proch.

Other titles: none

Clavis numbers: ECCA 203; CANT 218

Category: Apocryphal Acts

Related literature: Acts of John by Prochorus (epitome), by Nicetas of Thessalonica, Acts of John, Acts of John in Rome, Encomium on John the Evangelist by Blemmydes, History of John and James, Acts of John (Latin), Passion of John by Pseudo-Melito

Compiled by: Janet E. Spittler, University of Virginia ([email protected])

Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style): Spittler, Janet E. “Acts of John by Prochorus.” e-Clavis: Christian Apocrypha. Accessed DAY MONTH YEAR. https://www.nasscal.com/e-clavis-christian-apocrypha/acts-of-john-by-prochorus/.

Created October 2023.

1. SUMMARY

Acts John Proch. is narrated by John’s disciple Prochorus, who accompanies the apostle in his travels. The text opens with the apostles assembled at Gethsemane where they draw lots for their missionary fields. John draws the lot for Asia and Prochorus draws the lot to accompany him. They immediately set sail and after various trials, including a shipwreck, they arrive at Ephesus. There they take up work at a bathhouse run by a woman named Romana, who abuses the John and Prochorus. The son of the owner of the bathhouse, Dioscorides, is murdered at the bath by a demon. John resurrects the boy and both Romana and Dioscorides become believers. Next, John destroys the temple of Artemis, a crime for which he is exiled to Patmos. Along the way, the ship stops at four islands; during this long journey, the guards accompanying John become believers and are baptized.

Much of the remainder of the text takes place on Patmos, with John’s activities divided between three cities: Phora, Myrinousa, and Karos. In Phora, John and Prochorus stay at the house of Myron. John exorcizes the demon that has possessed Myron’s son Apollonides, converts Myron’s daughter Chrysippe, who is married to the local governor, and assists other families who come to the house to hear John preach and receive healing. Near Pharos, John destroys a temple of Apollo, heals a paralytic, converts Myron’s nephew Rhodon to belief, and disputes with a Jew named Karos. In the final Pharos episode John has a miracle contest with a magician Cynops and then performs another series of healings.

After three years spent in Phora, John moves on to Myrinousa. There he contents with priests of a demon Lycus, who John casts out of the city. He also disrupts a Dionysus cult, destroying the god’s temple and killing twelve of its priests within. Then John has a miracle contest with another magician, Noetianus; the contest ends with John blinding Noetianus, who then begs for mercy and is baptized.

John and Prochorus then move on to their final destination on Patmos: Karos, where they are hosted by a Jew named Faustus. The first episode in Karos involves Procliane, a widow provoked by a demon to pursue an incestuous desire for her own son, Sosipatros. Through John’s intervention, Procliane repents of her actions, and both mother and son are baptized along with their entire household. After this, John receives word that a new emperor in Rome will release him from exile. The residents of Karos beg him to stay but, anxious to return to Ephesus, John tells them he must depart but will leave them with his writings. He goes to a location called Katastasis, where, surrounded by the noise of lightning and earthquakes, he dictates the Gospel of John to Prochorus, who writes it down. A copy is left with Christian residents of Patmos and another is brought by John to Ephesus.

John and Prochorus return to the house of Dioscorides, who has since died, but they are welcomed by his son Domnus. John and Prochorus spend another twenty-six years in Ephesus, but none of their activities during this time are reported in the text. Acts John Proch. concludes with a brief version of the Metastasis that concludes the early Acts of John. The apostle commands seven of his disciples to bring shovels and follow him; a short distance away from the city, he tells them to dig a trench in the shape of a cross. Once this is completed, John lies down in the trench and has the disciples bury him. The seven disciples return to the city and are asked where John has gone. Everyone comes to the gravesite and discover that John’s body has disappeared.

Named Historical Figures and Characters: Apatē, Apollo, Apollonides, Artemis, Basileius, Charis, Chrysippe, Chrysus, Dionysus, Dioscorides, Dometia, Domnus, Epicurus (philosopher), Euchares, Faustus (of Karos), Hercules, Holy Spirit, James (the Righteous), Jesus Christ, John (son of Zebedee), Joseph (patriarch), Karos, Kynops, Lycus, Macrinus, Mareotes, Mē Apatōmenos, Mōcas, Moses (patriarch), Myron, Noetianus, Peter (apostle), Pharaoh (of Exodus), Philo (of Phora), Phlogion, Phonē, Polycarp (son of Noetianus), Prochorus (disciple of John), Procliane, Python, Romana, Rhodon, Rhōx, Satan, Satanael, Selene (of Phora), Seleucus (Lucius), Sosipatros (of Karos), Tabitha, Trajan (emperor), Zeus.

Geographical Locations: Asia, Botrys, Caesarea Palaestina, Egypt, Ephesus, Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Joppa, Judea, Karos, Katastasis, Katoikia, Lithou Bolē, Lophos, Mareon, Marmareon, Myreon, Myrinousa, Patmos, Phora, Piasterion, Pontus, Proclus, Seleucia, Sinope, Thyra, Tychē Poleōs, Tychios.

2. RESOURCES

Ampullae from Shrine of John (6th/7th cent.): a number of red ceramic oil flasks used by pilgrims to collect “manna” from the tomb of John in Ephesus. The practice is related to the tradition, hinted at in Acts of John 111–115 (and made more explicit in the Latin Acts of John), that John remains alive beneath the tomb. There is speculation also that one of the figures on the flasks is Prochorus, the disciple of John.

Cycle of John in the Monastery of John on Patmos (17th cent.): a series of ten images, nine of which derive from stories told in the Acts of John by Prochorus.

3. BIBLIOGRAPHY

3.1 Manuscripts and Editions

3.1.1 Arabic (BHO 469)

3.1.1.1 Arabic Script

Beirut, Bibliothèque Orientale de l’Université Saint Joseph, 1426 (1855) ~ contents unconfirmed

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 472 (18th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Graf 23, fol. 117^r–137^v (16th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 1 (13th/14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 2 (14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 3 (1626)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 6 (not dated) ~ contents unconfirmed

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 7 (14th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Catholic Patriarchate Library, Hist. 16 (15th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, 59, fols. 138^v–151^r (19th cent.)

Cairo, Coptic Museum, 60, fols. 41^r–63^r (19th cent.)

Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Christ. Arab. 84, fols. 1^v–10^v (ca. 1780)

Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Christ Arab. 87b, (fols. 1^r–19^v) (ca. 1600 and 1700)

Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, Magl. III 29, fols. 75^r–97^v (ante 1664)

Ḥarīṣā, Société des Missionnaires de Saint Paul, 51, fols. 4^r–89^v (1823–1824)

Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, Or. 1067 (Tischendorf 32) (15th cent.)

Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, ar. 211 ~ identification uncertain; catalog

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 395, fols. 42^r–109r (1329) ~ LOC

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 423, fols. 57^r–66^v (1626)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 532, 1 (1237) ~ LOC

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, ar. 530, 1 (1233) ~ LOC

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodl. Ar. 541 (Nicoll 49), fols. 30^r–37^v) (18th cent.)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hyp. Bodl. 3802, 30 (Uri 103 ~ identification uncertain; catalog

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 81, fols. 39^v–61^r (16th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 4770, fols. 122^r–146^r (19th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 6166, fols. 1^r–93^v (18th cent.) ~ GALLICA

Sarba (Jūniyah), Lebanon Ordre Basilien Alepin, 612, pp. 1–142 (18th cent.) ~ HMML

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borg. ar. 223 (1729)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Sbath 500, fols. 69^r–89^r (15th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ar. 171, fols. 7^r–16^r (17th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. ar. 694, fols. 47^v–63^v (14th cent.)

Wadi El-Natrun, Monastery of the Syrians (Dayr al-Suryān), no shelf number, fols. 50^v–66^r (14th cent.)

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (list of 31 Arabic manuscripts of the Arabic acts collection, pp. 97–101).

Graf, Georg. Geschichte der christlichen arabischen Literatur. 5 vols. Studi e testi 118, 133, 146–147, 172. Rome: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1944–1953 (survey of Arabic manuscripts, vol. 1, pp. 260–64).

Lewis, Agnes Smith, ed. Acta Mythologica Apostolorum, Transcribed from an Arabic Ms. in the Convent of Deyr-es-Suriani, Egypt, and from Mss. in the Convent of St Catherine, on Mount Sinai. Horae Semiticae 3. London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904 (Arabic text based on unidentified Deir al-Surian MS and portions of Vat. ar. 694, pp. 31–46).

3.1.1.2 Garšūnī Script

Aleppo, Syriac-Orthodox Archdiocese, 52 K, fols. 131^v–144^r (17th cent.)

Edgbaston, University of Birmingham, Mingana Syr. 40, fols. 96^r–113^v (ca. 1750)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, syr. 237, fols. 150^v–185^v (1553)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Sbath 124, fols. 61^r–79^v (16th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. sir. 427, fols. 61^r–92^v (16th cent.) ~ identification uncertain; DVL

3.1.2 Armenian (BHO 458–467)

Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate (Monastery of Saint James), I-d, fol. 38^r–38^v (1419)

Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate (Monastery of Saint James), 73, fols. 249^v–250^r (1398)

Jerusalem, Armenian Patriarchate (Monastery of Saint James), 154–d, fols. 461^r–462^r (1737)

London, British Library, Add. 19228 (Arm. 99), fols. 1–173 (1307)

Venice, Biblioteca dei Padri Mechitaristi San Lazzaro degli Armeni, 239, item 92 (1335)

Leloir, Louis. Écrits apocryphes sur les apôtres: Traduction de l’édition arménienne de Venise. CCSA 3–4. Turnhout: Brepols, 1986–19992 (French translation of edition by Tchérakian, vol. 1, pp. 289–407).

Tchérakian, Chérubin. Ankanon girkh arakhelakankh: Thankgaran haykakan hin ew nor deprutheankh. Venice: Òazar, 1904 (edition based on BL Add. 19228 with readings from V239, pp. 190–292).

3.1.3 Church Slavic

Lviv, Vasyl Stefanyk Scientific Library, АСП – 5, оп.1., fols. 658^v–671^r (16th cent.) ~ HMML

Lviv, Vasyl Stefanyk Scientific Library, МВ 773, fols. 126^r–133^v (16th cent.) ~ HMML

Otero, Aurelio de Santos. Die handschriftliche Überlieferung der altslavischen Apokryphen. 2 vols. PTS 20 and 23. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1978–1981 (81 manuscripts listed under Acts of John, vol. 1, pp. 97–123, and another 6 in vol. 2, pp. 245–47).

Thomson, Francis J. Review of Aurelio de Santos Otero, Die handscriftliche Überlieferung der altslavischen Apokryphen, vol. 1. Slavonic and East European Review 58.2 [1980]: 256–68 at 260–62 (with corrections to de Santos Otero).

See de Santos Otero Otero nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 (52), 37 (excerpt), 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 54 (excerpt), 55 (57), 58, 59, 61 (excerpt), 64 (excerpt), 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73 (excerpt), 74 (excerpt), 79, 82, 83, 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 102, 105, 106 (excerpt), 107, 110, 111, 114, 116, 117, 118, 125, 126, 127, 130 (excerpt), 133, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146.

3.1.4 Coptic (BHO 472–473; CPC 565; PAThs entry)

3.1.4.1 Bohairic

CLM 2879, pp. 291–292, 297–300, 303–306, 309–312, 317–318, 351–352 (13th cent.)

Evelyn White, Hugh G. The Monasteries of the Wadi ‘n Natrûn. Part 1: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926 (text and English translation of CLM 2879, pp. 28–35).

3.1.4.2 Sahidic

Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, Nanni frag. 12 (pp. 177–187) + Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 00202 (pp. 187–188) (PAThs entry)

London, British Library, Or. 6010 (PAThs entry; catalog)

MONB.DO, pp. 1–198 (10th cent.)

MONB.GR, pp. ?–92 (10th cent.)

MONB.QY, pp. ?–? (10th cent.)

New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M576 (=MICH.AQ), fols. 2^r–65^r (9th/10th cent.)

New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M706A, single fol. (11th cent.) ~ description; PAThs entry

Oslo, Universitetsbibliothek, 240 (PAThs entry)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 129¹⁷, fol. 84 (PAThs entry; Gallica)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Copt. 129¹⁸, fol. 131 (PAThs entry; Gallica)

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, K 02720

Depuydt, Leo. Catalogue of Coptic Manuscripts in the Pierpont Morgan Library. 2 vols. Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts 4–5. Leuven: Peeters, 1993 (full text of M706A, vol. 1, no. 103; vol. 2, pls. 80, 338a).

Mingarelli, Giovanni Luigi. Ægyptiorum Codicum Reliquiæ Venetiis In Bibliotheca Naniana Asservatæ. Bologna, 1785 (edition of in vol. 2, pp. 300–16).

Rösch, Florian S. Die koptischen Prochorosakten aus Wien: Einleitung, Text und Übersetzung sowie Übersetzung der griechischen Überlieferung. TUGAL 192. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2023 (includes edition of the Vienna Coptic fragments).

3.1.5 Ethiopic (BHO 470)

London, British Library, Or. 678, fols. 84^r–95^r (15th cent.)

London, British Library, Or. 683, fols. 190^r–201^r (17th cent.)

London, British Library, Or. 685, fols. 93^r–103^r(18th cent.)

Manchester, John Rylands University Library, Eth. 6, fols. 105^v–113^v, 77^r–83^v (19th cent.)

Bausi, Alessandro. “Alcune osservazioni sul Gadla ḥawāryāt.” Annali dell’Istituto Orientale di Napoli 60–61 (2001–2002): 77–114 (list of 31 Arabic manuscripts of the Ethiopic acts collection, pp. 93–97).

Budge, E. A. Wallis. Gadla Ḥawâryât: The Contendings of the Apostles, Being the Lives and Martyrdoms and Deaths of the Twelve Apostles and Evangelists. 2 vols. London: Frowde, 1899–1901 (Ethiopic text based on British Library, Or. 678 and 683, vol. 1, pp. 189–213).

Pisani, Vitagrazia. “The apocryphal Acts of the Apostles: unknown witnesses from East Tәgray.” Pages 75–93 in Essays in Ethiopian Manuscript Studies. Proceedings of the International Conference Manuscripts and Texts, Languages and Contexts: the Transmission of Knowledge in the Horn of Africa. Hamburg, 17–19 July 2014. Edited by Alessandro Bausi, Alessandro Gori, and Denis Nosnitsin. Supplements to Aethiopica 4. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2015 (descriptions of ten Ethiopic manuscripts cataloged for the Ethio-SPaRe project).

3.1.6 Georgian

K‘urc‘ikiże, C‘iala. Kartuli versiebi aṗoḳripebis mocikulta šesaxeb [Georgian Versions of the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles]. Tbilisi: Sakartvelos SSR mecnierebata akademiis gamomcemloba, 1959 (pp. 55–91).

3.1.7 Greek (BHG 916–917z)

Manuscripts used by Zahn:

c Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 306, fols. 78^r–117^r (1549) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

cd Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 455 (9th–11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

m¹ Moscow, State Historical Museum, Sinod. gr. 162, fols. 11^r–50^v (1021/1022) ~ Pinakes

m² Moscow, State Historical Museum, Sinod gr. 178, fols. 75^v–111^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

m³ Moscow, State Historical Museum, Sinod. gr. 159, fols. 159^r–196^r (13th cent.) ~ Pinakes

N the manuscript used by Neander, no longer available or identifiable to Zahn

p Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 881, fols. 204^r–212^v(10th cent.)

P¹ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1454, fols. 83^v–91^r(10th/11th cent.)

P² Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1468, fols. 46^v–83^r(11th cent.)

P³ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1176, fols. 34^v–66^r(13th cent.)

P⁴ Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 121, fols. 101^r–102^v and 104^v (1342) ~ Pinakes; Gallica

V Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. VII.37 (coll. 1269), fols. 111^r–168^v (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

v Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. 363 (coll. 818), fols. 53^v–98^r (12th/13th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Additional manuscripts (complete liest at Pinakes):

Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Library, Special Collections Library, 36, fols. 22^r–27^r (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, 284, fols. 434^r–499^r (1599) ~ Pinakes; Athens

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 422, fols. 329^r–369^r (1546)

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, 1027, fols. 43^v–51^r (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Brescia, Biblioteca Queriniana, A. III.03, fols. 309^v–338^r (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Dublin, Trinity College, 185 (olim E. 3.35), fols. 39^v–44^v (11th cent.)

Escorial, Real Biblioteca, Υ. II. 09 (Andrés 264), fols. 103^r–106^v (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Istanbul, Patriarchikē Bibliothēkē, Hagia Trias 102 (11th cent.) ~ a disordered palimpsest with 14th cent. overwriting; Pinakes

Mezzojuzo, Biblioteca dell’Istituto “A. Reres,” 2, fols. 20^r–52^r (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, A 63 inf. (Martini-Bassi 798), fols. 148^v–202^r (13th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Bibliothêke tou Prôtatou (Karues), 2 (Lambros 2), fols. 44^r–61^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Monē Koutloumousiou, 56 (Lambros 3125) (date not provided) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, M. Megistes Lavras, Δ 50 (Eustratiades 0426), fols. 100–114 (1039) ~ portion of Acts of John by Prochorus with Acts John chs. 56–57 at fols. 113–114

Mount Athos, M. Megistes Lavras, Η 206 (Eustratiades 0861), fols. 27^r–53^r (16th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Athos, Philotheou, 9 (Lambros 1772) (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 432, fols. 219^v–284^v (1334)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 497, fols. 94^r–107^v (10th/11th cent.) ~ portion of Acts of John by Prochorus with Acts John chs. 56–57 at fols. 107^r–107^v

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 519, fols. 36^v–46^v (10th cent.)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 1697, fols. 3^r–53^r (18th cent.)

Mount Sinai, Monē tēs Hagias Aikaterinēs, gr. 1728, fols. 1^r–122^r (18th cent.)

Mutiline, Monē Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou Hypsēlou, 38, fols. 224^r–279^v (1591) ~ Pinakes

Mutilene, Monē tou Leimōnos, 82, fols. 1^r–128^v (1575) ~ Pinakes

Ohrid, Naroden Muzej, 4, pp. 57–96 (10th cent.)

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Clarke 43, fols. 18^r–20^v (12th cent.) ~ Pinakes; catalog

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Selden Supra 9, fols. 110^v–113^v (1340) ~ excerpt

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 523, fols. 294^v–335^v(12th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1485, fols. 3^r–5^v, 7^r(10th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1608, fols. 16^r–64^v (14th cent.)

Patmos, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou, 188, fols. 176^r–241^v (14th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Patmos, Monē tou Hagiou Iōannou tou Theologou, 940

Rome, Biblioteca Angelica, gr. 108 (B 2.2), fols. 29^v–32^r(11th/12th cent.)

St. Petersburg, Russian National Library/Rossijskaja Nacional’naja biblioteka (RNB), Ф. № 906 (Gr.) 094 (Granstrem 334), fols. 2^v–48^r(12th cent.) ~ Pinakes

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1190, fols. 147^v–174^r(1542)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1985, fol. 101^r (11th cent.) ~ Pinakes; BAV

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott. gr. 1, fols. 262^v–268^v(11th/12th cent.)

Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chig. R. VI. 39, fols. 59^r–105^r(12th cent.)

Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Q.729, fols. 1^r–70^r (11th cent.)

Epitome (BHG 917pb)

Athens, Ethnikē Bibliothēkē tēs Hellados, gr. 422, fols. 203^v–211^v(1546)

Anthousa Monachēs. Ὁ ἅγιος Ιωάννης ὁ Θεολόγος κατὰ τὴν ἀφήγηση τοῦ διακόνου Προχόρου. Athens: Eptalofos, 1995 (eclectic edition based primarily on Patmos 940).

Amfilochij (P. I. Sergiyevskiy-Kazantzev). Choždenie po Voznesenii Gospoda našego Iisusa Christa sv. Aposotola i Evangelista Joanna. Moscow: Tipografiha A. V. Kudrjacevoj, 1879 (Greek edition based on three manuscripts from the State Historical Musem in Moscow).

Birch, Andreas, ed. Auctarium codicis Apocryphi Novi Testamenti Fabriciani. Havniae: Arntzen & Hartier, 1804 (text from Vat. gr. 455 on facing pages with Neander’s Greek from Grynaeus, pp. 261–307).

Grynaeus, Johann J. Monumenta S. Patrum Orthodoxographa, hoc est Theologiae sacrosanctae ac syncerioris fidei Doctores, numero circiter LXXXV. Basel: Henric Petrina, 1569 (partial reprint of Neander’s Greek and Latin edition, pp. 85–90).

Junod, Éric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. “Les Actes de Jean. Édition et traduction. Étude sur le texte et son histoire.” Doctoral Thesis in Theology, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1979 (list of manuscripts, pp. 1459–78 and 1553–57).

Neander, Michael, ed. Catechesis Martini Lutheri parva graeco-latina. 3rd ed. Basel: Ioannis Oporinum, 1567 (editio princeps with Latin translation, pp. 526–663).

Piñero, Antonio, and Gonzalo del Cerro. Hechos apócrifos de los Apóstoles. 3 vols. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2011 (Greek edition based on Zahn with facing Spanish translation, vol. 3, pp. 475–681).

Thilo, Johannes Carolus, ed. Acta S. Thomae apostoli ex codd. pariss. primum edidit et adnotationibus illustravit. Lipsiae: F.C.G. Vogelii, 1823 (list of Acts John Proch. manuscripts, pp. lxxviii–lxxxi).

Zahn, Theodor. Acta Joannis, unter Benutzung von C. v. Tischendorf’s Nachlass. Erlangen: A. Deichert, 1880 (Greek text pp. 1–165, with notable variants pp. 166–92).

3.1.8 Latin (BHL 4323)

Codex Embricensis ~ purchased by Zahn; current whereabouts unknown

Brussels, Museum Bollandianum, MS 14, fols. 184^r–217^v (13th cent.)

Cologne, Historisches Archiv, MS G. B. fol. 86, fols. 12^v–15^r, 216^v–217^v (1th cent.)

Liège, BIbliothèque Universitaire, 115, fols. 232–265 (15th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 5357, fols. 103^v–127^v (13th cent.)

Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 4318, fols. 235–284 (15th cent.)

Prague, Národní Knihova Ceské Republiky, MS XII. D. 13, fols. 1–85 (15th cent.)

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 13707, fols. 148^r–168^v (1472)

Barre, René Laurent de la. Historia christiana veterum patrum. Paris: Michael Sonnius, 1583 (reprint of de la Bigne’s Latin edition, pp. 1–14).

Bigne, Marguerin de la. Sacra bibliotheca sanctorum Patrum. 8 vols. Paris: Michael Sonnius, 1575 (editio princeps of the Latin version based on an unidentified manuscript, vol. 2, cols. 185–230).

Kempf, Damien. “From East to West: Translating the Acts of John by Prochorus in Metz in the Thirteenth Century.” Pages 69–78 in Translatio, or, The Transmission of Culture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: Modes and Messages. Edited by Laura H. Hollengreen. Turnhout: Brepols, 2008 (list of manuscripts, p. 71 n. 10).

3.2 Modern Translations

3.2.1 English

Budge, E. A. Wallis. The Contendings of the Apostles. 2 vols. London: Frowde, 1899–1901 (translation of the Ethiopic version, vol. 2, pp. 222–52).

Dolley, Margarita. The Acts of Saint John the Theologian by His Deacon Prochorus (unpublished English translation of edition by Anthousa Monachēs, currently held at the Library of the Monastery of St. John the Theologian, Patmos),

Evelyn White, Hugh G. The Monasteries of the Wadi ‘n Natrûn. Part 1: New Coptic Texts from the Monastery of Saint Macarius. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1926 (Bohairic text and English translation, pp. 28–35).

Grillis, Margarita, trans. Acts of John, According to Prochorus: An Apocryphal Account of His Journeys, Miracles and Death. Self-published, 2015 (English translation of edition by Anthousa Monachēs).

Hatch, William H. P. “Three Hitherto Unpublished Leaves from a Manuscript of the Acta Apostolorum Apocrypha in Bohairic Coptic.” Pages 305–17 in Coptic Studies in Honor of Walter Ewing Crum. Bulletin of the Byzantine Institute 2. Boston: Byzantine Institute, 1950 (edition and English translation of two Bohairic leaves from Hatch’s collection, pp. 312–15).

Lewis, Agnes Smith. The Mythological Acts of the Apostles, Translated from an Arabic Ms. in the Convent of Deyr-es-Suriani, Egypt, and from Mss. in the Convent of St Catherine on Mount Sinai and in the Vatican Library. Horae Semiticae 4. London: C.J. Clay and Sons, 1904 (English translation, pp. 37–53, introduction, pp. xxi–xxiv).

Malan, Solomon C. The Conflicts of the Holy Apostles: An Apocryphal Book of the Early Eastern Churches. London: Nutt, 1871 (English translation of the Ethiopic text based on Rylands Eth. 6, pp. 117–37).

Spittler, Janet E. “The Acts of John by Prochorus.” Pages 262–361 in vol. 3 of New Testament Apocrypha: More Noncanonical Scriptures. 3 vols. Edited by Tony Burke with Brent Landau. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2016–2023 (English translation of the edition by Theodor Zahn).

3.2.2 German

3.2.3 Italian

Erbetta, Mario. Gli apocrifi del Nuovo Testamento. 3 vols. in 4. Turin: Marietti, 1966–1981 (Italian translation in vol. 2, pp. 68–110).

Guidi, Ignazio. “Gli Atti apocrifi degli Apostoli nei testi copti, arabi ed etiopici.” Giornale della Società asiatica italiana 2 (1888): 1–66 (translation of Coptic text from the Vatican fragments of MONB.GR and MONB.DO, pp. 56–64).

3.2.4 Spanish

Piñero, Antonio, and Gonzalo del Cerro. Hechos apócrifos de los Apóstoles. 3 vols. Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos, 2011 (Greek edition based primarily on Zahn with facing Spanish translation, vol. 3, pp. 475–681).

3.3 General Works

Bonner, Campbell. “Demons of the Bath.” Pages 203–208 in Studies Presented to F.L.C. Griffith. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1932.

Boxall, Ian. Patmos in the Reception History of the Apocalypse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.

Culpepper, R. Alan. John, the Son of Zebedee: The Life of a Legend. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1994.

Foss, Clive. Ephesus after Antiquity. A Late Antique, Byzantine, and Turkish City. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979.

Junod, Éric, and Jean-Daniel Kaestli. Acta Iohannis. 2 vols. CCSA 1–2. Turnhout: Brepols, 1983.

———. “Les Actes de Jean. Édition et traduction. Étude sur le texte et son histoire.” Doctoral Thesis in Theology, University of Geneva, Geneva, 1979.

Lipsius, Richard A. “Prochorus.” Pages 482–83 in volume 4 of A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines. Edited by William Smith and Henry Wace. 4 vols. London: John Murray, 1877–1887.

———. Die Apokryphen Apostelgeschichten und Apostellegenden. Ein Beitrag zur altchristlichen Literaturgeschichte. 2 vols. in 3. Braunschweig: C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, 1883–1887.

Spittler, Janet E. “The Acts of John by Prochorus in Patmos ms. 188. A Test-Case Illustrating the Development of Later Apocryphal Acts.” Pages 192–214 in The Apostles Peter, Paul, John, Thomas and Philip with their Companions in Late Antiquity. Edited by Jan N. Bremmer, Tobias Nicklas, and Janet Spittler. Leuven: Peeters, 2021.

Zahn, Theodor. “Acta Joannis unter Bentuzung von C. v. Tischendorf’s Nachlaß bearbeitet von Th. Zahn.” Göttingische gelehrte Anzeigern 39 (1880): 1217–30.