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Jesus teaches alone in a plain stone courtyard.
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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

Source edition: Coptic Scriptorium — Paul Dilley, 2025 (v6.2.0) · CC-BY 4.0

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

    Gospel of Thomas 111:1

    The Living One

    Story guide: The speaking figure leaves rolling heavens and the living one’s promise in speech, without staging cosmic destruction or immortality.

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    1Jesus said, "The heavens will roll up, and the earth, in your presence, and the one who lives from the living one will not see death." Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself, the world is not worthy of him"?

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