Among the pseudepigrapha connected with the apostle Peter, none is more interesting than the apocryphal Acts of Peter, a document that details Peter's various confrontations with the heretical magician Simon Magus. The narrative shows how Peter outperforms the magician by invoking the power of God. Consider the [...] account in which Peter proves the divine authorization of his message by raising a dead tuna fish back to life.
In the ultimate showdown between the heretical sorcerer (Simon Magus) and the man of God (Peter), Simon the magician uses his powers to leap into the air and fly like a bird over the temples and hills of Rome. Not to be outdone, Peter calls upon God to smite Simon in midair; God complies, much to the magician's dismay and demise. Unprepared for a crash landing, he plunges to the earth and breaks his leg in three places. Seeing what has happened, the crowds rush to stone him to death as an evildoer. And so the true apostle of God triumphs over his enemy, the preacher of heresy.
- From The Bible, Bart D. Ehrman
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