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Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate, the judge who authorized Jesus' crucifixion, having dinner with Jesus before his crucifixion and offering to sacrifice his own son in the place of Jesus. It also explains why Judas used a kiss, specifically, to betray Jesus — because Jesus had the ability to change shape, according to the text — and it puts the day of the arrest of Jesus on Tuesday evening rather than Thursday evening, something that contravenes the Easter timeline.
In the text, Jesus comforts him, saying, "Oh Pilate, you have been deemed worthy of a great grace because you have shown a good disposition to me." Jesus also showed Pilate that he can escape if he chose to. "Pilate, then, looked at Jesus and, behold, he became incorporeal: He did not see him for a long time ..." the text read.
Pilate and his wife both have visions that night that show an eagle (representing Jesus) being killed.
In the Coptic and Ethiopian churches, Pilate is regarded as a saint, which explains the sympathetic portrayal in the text, van den Broek writes.
signalfire
reply to post by Rosinitiate
Why would we take seriously a text written 800 years after the 'fact'?
Those monks really didn't have anything better to do than 'translate' from one language to another, make up stories and ceaselessly ponder useless religious texts their whole lives.
Has that problem about angels dancing on the heads of pins been solved yet?
Rosinitiate
On a serious note, I wish someone would rerelease the original bible without the modifications and omissions. There is so much we are not being told about our past. Does this mean we have been interaction with shape shifting beings? No, but my Spidey sense tells me there is far more than meets the eye.
The Torah is the original "Bible" so to speak, the other, whichever version, originated with the council of nicea at or about 300 A.D. where it was then decided which books would be included and which ones would be left out.
Gnostic teachings were left out entirely for various reasons.
signalfire
reply to post by Rosinitiate
Why would we take seriously a text written 800 years after the 'fact'?