Apocrypha
Acts of Peter and Andrew
Apocryphal Acts
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Reading note
An apocryphal or pseudepigraphal text — outside the canon of the Western churches, yet widely circulated among ancient Jews and Christians. Published here from a public-domain translation, edited for continuous reading.
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Dossier
A short episode: Peter and Andrew preach in a city where a rich man wants to follow them, and the camel passing through the eye of a needle is taken literally.
Where this text comes from
Greek, 4th or 5th century AD, attached to the Acts of Andrew cycle.
Why it is not in the Bible
Outside every canon.
What you will find
- The camel does pass through the eye of a needle, twice, to prove the point.
- The rich Onesiphorus challenges the apostles and is converted by the very miracle he demanded.
Frequently asked questions
- Does this text explain the camel and the needle's eye?
- It stages the saying literally: the miracle actually happens in the narrative. It is a devotional reading of an image the gospels use as hyperbole.