1
The narrator identifies himself as Yaaqov.
2
He says he wrote the account in Yerushalayim during unrest surrounding the death of Herod.
3
He says he withdrew into the wilderness until the disturbance ceased.
4
He gives praise to the Master who gave him wisdom to write the account.
5
The colophon is pseudonymous and does not establish the historical Yaaqov as the actual second-century author.