Acherusa  Acherusa is a lake that lies near the city of Christ, according to chapters 22 – 23 of the extracanonical "Apocalypse of Paul":  Acherusa is also mentioned in the older, fragmentary work "The Apocalypse of Peter", though in "Peter" it is a field, rather than a lake:  The name appears to be derived from the Greek "akherousai", which means "marshlike water".