Acts of Andrew and Paul

ANDREW AND PAUL, ACTS OF. A fragmentary story, extant only in Coptic, from one of the later apocryphal Acts. (Full Coptic text with French tr. by X. Jacques, Orientalia 38 [1969] 187ff.) Paul dives into the sea to visit Amente (the underworld), leaving a message for Andrew to bring him up again. On his return he tells of meeting Judas, the last soul left in Amente; forgiven for his betrayal of Jesus, Judas had been frightened by Satan into worshiping him, and then killed himself. Now he is doomed to remain until the [[Day of Judgment]]. The apostles visit a city, but the Jews refuse them admission. Paul strikes the gates with a piece of wood brought from Amente, and they are swallowed up in the earth. A dispute leads to the conversion of some 2,700 Jews.