Gospel of the Ebionites sequence of four fragments arranged in the order of Vielhauer & Strecker from the beginning of the gospel are as follows: The three quotations by Epiphanius in "Panarion" 30.13.6, 4, and 7, respectively, form the opening of the gospel narrative, including the mission of John the Baptist, his appearance and diet, and the baptism of Jesus by John. The beginning of the gospel (13.6) has parallels to the Gospel of Luke but in abbreviated form. The text shows a familiarity with the infancy narrative of Luke 1:5 despite lacking a birth narrative of its own. Quoting from the text regarding
Gospel of the Twelve relationship has been postulated between this otherwise unknown gospel and the Gospel of the Ebionites. Gospel of the Twelve The Gospel of the Twelve (), possibly also referred to as the "Gospel of the Apostles", is a lost gospel mentioned by Origen in Homilies in Luke as part of a list of heretical works. Schneemelcher's standard edition of the "New Testament Apocrypha" states that Jerome incorrectly identified the "Gospel of the Twelve", which he referred to as the "Gospel according to the Apostles", with the Gospel of the Hebrews ("Dial. adv. Pelag. III 2"), whereas Origen clearly distinguished between them