Graphic Bible · Scene 4 of 6
Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
An Eternal Perspective
Provisional translation of the available English witness, not a summary. Images interpret the narrated conversations, Mary’s reported vision, and symbolic teachings; they do not establish historical events or reconstruct lost pages. Opening pages 1–6 and central pages 11–14 are missing.
Source and translation notes
Anonymous. Mary is a recipient and interpreter of revelation in the narrative, not its claimed author. Her identity is unspecified; this edition does not identify her as Mary Magdalene or another Mary.
Papyrus Berolinensis 8502,1, with Greek fragments · Coptic/Greek (source-language review pending)
English witness: Mark M. Mattison. Public Domain dedication stated on source page.
Heading and section break are modern navigation aids, not ancient verse divisions. Numbered reading units are modern paragraph divisions, not ancient verse numbers.
- Provisional bridge rendering from the supplied public-domain English witness.
- Square brackets preserve manuscript damage or editorial restoration signals.
Gospel of Mary 1:4
The Good and the Root
An Eternal Perspective · Gospel of Mary 1
Story guide: The Savior’s open hand above exposed roots interprets his teaching about restoration.
Open this scene in the reader →4The Savior said, “Sin doesn’t exist, but you’re the ones who make sin when you act in accordance with the nature of adultery, which is called ‘sin.’ That’s why the Good came among you, up to the things of every nature in order to restore it within its root.”
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