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Jesus speaks with open hands to a listener in a shaded stone courtyard.
AI-generated artwork interprets the Gospel of Thomas. Text is quoted from the People's Open Bible Historical Library; imagery does not establish historical events. Interpretive visual essay of this saying, not a historical reconstruction.

Historical Library · Nag Hammadi

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Anonymous. The prologue attributes the sayings to Didymos Judas Thomas; this is not proof of historical authorship.

Nag Hammadi Codex II (NHAM 02), pp. 32–51 · Sahidic Coptic with Lycopolitan features

English witness: . .

Prologue 0 and sayings 1-114 are retained. Numbered paragraphs within a saying are modern reader units, not ancient verse numbering.

    Gospel of Thomas 1:1

    Interpreting the Sayings

    Story guide: The quiet teaching image invites attention to the saying without depicting physical immortality.

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    1And he said, "Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death."

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