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Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
Jesus Criticizes the Disciples
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Source and translation notes
Anonymous. The title attributes the narrative to Judas, but the work does not establish Judas Iscariot as its historical author.
Codex Tchacos 3 · Coptic (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison. Public domain witness.
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- Provisional bridge rendering based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
- Square brackets and ellipses preserve manuscript-damage and restoration signals.
- Direct source-language review remains necessary.
Gospel of Judas 2:10
Separation and Grief
Jesus Criticizes the Disciples · Gospel of Judas 2
Open this scene in the reader →10Then Jesus, knowing that he was thinking about what is exalted, said to him, “Come away from the others, and I’ll tell you the mysteries of the kingdom. Not so that you’ll go there, but you’ll grieve much because someone else will replace you to complete the twelve [elements] before their God.”
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