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Judas questions Jesus about his laughter beneath a pale daylight sky.
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Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
Jesus Reveals Everything to Judas

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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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English translation witness

Gospel of Judas 6:19-20

Laughter and the Stars’ Error

Jesus Reveals Everything to Judas · Gospel of Judas 6

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19[Judas] said, "Master, why [are you laughing at me?"

20Jesus] answered [and said], "I’m not laughing [at you but] at the error of the stars, because these six stars go astray with these five warriors, and they’ll all be destroyed along with their creations."

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