Graphic Bible · Scene 3 of 3
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 2:3
Bitter Grief and Fear
The Gospel · Gospel of Mary 2
Story guide: Tears and the hesitant group show their stated grief and fear, without depicting imagined persecution.
Open this scene in the reader →3But they grieved and wept bitterly. They said, “How can we go up to the Gentiles to preach the gospel about the kingdom of the Son of Humanity? If they did not spare him, why would they spare us?”
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