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The Savior offers a peaceful greeting to the listening circle.
Artwork is an interpretation of this text's portrayal. Text is quoted from the People's Open Bible Historical Library; direct source-language review remains pending. Illustrated literary dialogue; not an established historical event.

Historical Library · Other Early Christian Apocrypha
The Gospel

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 based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
  • Direct review of the surviving Coptic and Greek sources remains necessary.

Gospel of Mary 2:1

Acquire My Peace

The Gospel · Gospel of Mary 2

Story guide: The greeting remains inside the surviving dialogue, without importing another Gospel scene.

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1When the Blessed One had said these things, he greeted them all and said, “Peace be with you! Acquire my peace. Be careful not to let anyone mislead you by saying, ‘Look over here!’ or ‘Look over there!’ For the Son of Humanity exists within you. Follow him! Those who seek him will find him.

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