abbreviations and appendices
stretched his hand over the disciples and said: “Those are my brothers and
my mother and my sisters who do the will of my Father.”(Epiphanius,Pan.
..).
. Jesus abolishes sacrifices
[As the writing that they call a gospel has:]
I have come to abolish the sacrifices and if you do not stop sacrificing the
wrath will not cease from you.(Epiphanius,Pan. ..; trans. Klijn ,
modified).
. Did Jesus eat Passover?
[They, however, destroyed the true order and changed the passage; that
is clear to everyone because of the words that belong together, and they
made the disciples to say:]“Where do you wish that we prepare the
Passover to eat for you?”
[And they made him answer:]
“I do not earnestly desired to eat meat with you this Passover.”(Epiphanius,
Pan. ..).
. The call of disciples(= Epilogue of the gospel or an introduction to
the Ebionite Acts of Apostles?).
[The Gospel which is called with them according to Matthew which is
not complete but falsified and distorted, they call it the Hebrew Gospel
and in it can be found:]
There was a man called Jesus, about thirty years old, who chose us. And
came to Caphernaum, he entered the house of Simon, also called Peter, and
opened his mouth and said: When I went by the sea of Tiberias I chose John
and James, the sons of Zebedee, and Simon and Andrew and Thaddeus and
Simon the Zealot and Judas the Iskariot and you Matthew, who was sitting
at the custom-house; I called you and you followed me. I wish you to be
twelve apostles for the testimony to Israel.(Epiphanius,Pan. ..–).