Gesta Pilati
Subtitle: or, The reports, letters and acts of Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea, with an account of his life and death: being a translation and compilation of all the writings ascribed to him, as made to Tiberius Cæsar, emperor of Rome, concerning the life of Jesus, His trial and crucifixion.
By: With an introduction and notes by W. O. Clough.
Contributors: Pilate, Pontius, 1st cent.
Publisher: R. Douglass
Published: 1880
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Jesus Christ -- Trial -- Apocryphal and legendary literature; Pilate, Pontius, 1st cent.; Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.
Other titles: Bible. N.T. Apocryphal books. Gospel of Nicodemus. English.
Notes: The "Gesta Pilati" (p. 41-70 (English and Latin text)) are identical with the spurious text first published by W. D. Mahan in 1879 under the title: A correct transcript of Pilate's court. cf. E. J. Goodspeed, Strange new gospels, p. 42-62.
The "Acts of Pilate" (p. 99-206) are also known as the "Gospel of Nicodemus".