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Mary lowers her tearful face with hands held quietly together.
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
Conflict over Authority

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 rendering based on the supplied public-domain English witness.
  • Square brackets preserve a manuscript restoration signal.
  • Capitalization of “Humanity” is retained from the witness.

Gospel of Mary 5:3

Mary Weeps and Answers

Conflict over Authority · Gospel of Mary 5

Story guide: Tears and Mary’s direct reply receive separate images within her passage.

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3Then Mary wept and said to Peter, “My brother Peter, what are you thinking? Do you really think that I made this up by myself in my heart, or that I am lying about the Savior?”

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