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Five adults stand in separated groups of three and two inside a modest house.
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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

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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 16:1

    Five in One House

    Story guide: The household arrangement makes the saying’s division visible without inventing an armed conflict or identifying a historical family.

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    1Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world, and they do not know that I have come to cast divisions upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house: there will be three against two, and two against three, father against son, and son against father. And they will stand as solitary ones."

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