Editing Simon Magus (section)

===''Acts of Peter and Paul''===
Another apocryphal document, the ''[[Acts of Peter and Paul]]'' gives a slightly different version of the above incident, which was shown in the context of a debate in front of the Emperor [[Nero]]. In this version, Paul the Apostle is present along with Peter, Simon levitates from a high wooden tower made upon his request, and dies "divided into four parts" due to the fall. Peter and Paul are then imprisoned by Nero, who further orders that Simon's body be kept carefully for three days, in case, Christ-like, the magician should [[Resurrection|rise again]].<ref>''[[s:Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Apocrypha of the New Testament/Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul/Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul|Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul]]''.</ref>