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The Gospel of Peter 2.4 · 2.4

Pilate sends to Herod

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καὶ ὁ Πειλᾶτος πέμψας πρὸς Ἡρῴδην ᾔτησεν αὐτοῦ τὸ σῶμα.

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καὶkaìandhotheΠειλᾶτοςPeilâtosPilateπέμψαςpémpsassendingπρὸςpròstoἩρῴδηνHērṓdēnHerodᾔτησενḗitēsenasked forαὐτοῦautoûfrom himτὸtheσῶμαsômabody.

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Because it is Herod who holds the authority here, Pilate must ask him for the body — a small detail that keeps the fragment's whole legal world turned around from the canonical one.

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