1
Andreas sees the execution-wood and addresses it as the instrument now appointed for his release.
2
He is bound rather than nailed.
3
Suspended alive, he continues speaking to the people.
4
He teaches that the inward person must awaken from slavery to possessions, fear, lust, and false identity.
5
He urges the people to reject what is temporary and seek the life that endures.
6
Stratocles asks why Andreas can smile while they mourn.
7
Andreas answers that Aegeates can harm the body but cannot punish the one whose life belongs to Yahushua.
8
For three days Andreas continues teaching from the wood.
9
Crowds remain nearby listening.
10
The long martyrdom witnesses preserve extensive philosophical discourse that is abbreviated differently by the manuscript recensions.