Acts of Pilate (a.k.a. Gospel of Nicodemus)

Also known as the Gospel of Nicodemus, the Acts of Pilate consists of three parts: a retelling of the trial, crucifixion, and subsequent resurrection of Christ, a fanciful story of Christ’s descent into Hades, and an occasionally appended pseudepigraphal letter from Pontius Pilate to Emperor Claudius. It is found primarily in Greek and Latin with the Latin recensions perhaps offering a more antique text. It is, in its most primordial form, likely a 4th-century work, although the appended letter may date to the 2nd century.