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Peter speaks alone in a plain 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

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 114:1

    Peter’s Statement

    Peter’s Statement and Jesus’s Reply · Gospel of Thomas 114

    Story guide: Peter’s exclusionary statement is retained as source dialogue without depicting an expulsion or endorsing its claim.

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    1Simon Peter said to them, “Let Mary go out from among us, for the female is not worthy of life.” Jesus said, “Look: I myself will lead her, so that I will make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit like you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of the heavens.”

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