The Glad Tidings of Nikódemos 9

The mobs prefer the liberty of Bar-Rabbâ´h to that of Yâhuwshúa`. Pilátus washes his hands.

1. So Pilátus called unto him Nikódemos and those twelve men, which said that Yâhuwshúa` was not born of fornication, and spoke thus unto them: "What shall I do concerning the sedition which has broken out among the people?" They say unto him: "We don't know, they shall answer for it." Again Pilátus called for all the multitude and says to the "Yehuwthím": "Ye know that ye have a custom that at the feast of unfermented bread I should release unto you a prisoner. Now I have a prisoner under condemnation in the prison, a notorious murderer, Bar-Rabbâ´h by name, and this Yâhuwshúa also which stands before you, in Whom I find no fault: Whom do ye want that I release unto you?" But they cried out: "Bar-Rabbâ´h!" Pilátus says: "What shall I do then with Yâhuwshúa Who is called the 'Mâshíyach' (the Anointed One)?" And the "Yehuwthím" exclaimed: "Let Him be hanged!" And some of the "Yehuwthím" responded: "You are not a friend of Kæ´sar if you set this Man free; for He called himself a King and Son of the Power: you might even wish to have Him for King, and not the Kæ´sar!" 2. And Pilátus became enraged and said unto the "Yehuwthím": "Ye always have been a seditious race, and ye rebel against those who were for you!" The "Yehuwthím" say: "Who are those who have been for us?" And Pilátus says: "According as I have heard, your Power, Who brought you out of hard bondage of the Mitsráyim, and led you safe through the sea as by dry land, and in the desert He gave you mâ´n and the meat of quails for your food, and made water come out of a Rock to satisfy your thirst, and gave unto you a Law. Yet during all these things ye haven't ceased to rebel against Him, and provoked your Power to anger, and sought out a molten calf, and angered your Power so He sought to slay you: yet Moshéh made supplication for you and ye were not put to death. And now ye do accuse me that I hate the king (emperor)!" 3. And he rose up from the judgment-seat and sought to leave. And the "Yehuwthím" cried out, saying: "We know that our king is the Kæ´sar and not Yâhuwshúa. For indeed the Luminary orb-worshipping sorcerer-priests (6) brought gifts from the east unto Him as unto a King, but when Heródes heard from the Luminary orb-worshipping sorcerer-priests that a King was born, he sought to slay Him, and when His father Yâhuwçë´ph knew that, he took Him and His mother and the three fled into Mitsráyim. And when Heródes heard it he destroyed the sons of the Ivríym that were born in Bëyth-Léchem." 4. And when Pilátus heard these words he was terrified, and when the calm was reestablished among the people, because they shouted still, he said unto them: "So, then, the One Whom Heródes sought, is this One Who is here now?" And the "Yehuwthím" responded: "Yea, this is He." And Pilátus took water and washed his hands before the luminary orb, saying: "I am innocent of the blood of this just Man: ye shall answer for your actions." Again the "Yehuwthím" cried out: "May His blood fall upon us and upon our sons!" 5. Then Pilátus commanded the veil to be drawn before the judgment-seat whereon he sat, and proceeded in these terms to dictate sentence against Yâhuwshúa: "Your race has condemned You for being King (7): therefore have I decreed that You should first be scourged according to the law of the august emperors, and I order immediately thereafter for You to be hanged upon the gallows-cross by the garden wherein you were taken8: and let Dysmas and Gestas the two malefactors be hanged with You."

(6) The true meaning of "magi".
(7) From all the signs, and the account of Him being the King persecuted by Heródes, Pilátus was convinced of this, which was the accusation He inscribed. This information is logical and not in disaccord with the scriptures which are accepted in the Establishment’s canon, supporting this scripture as being inspired.

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