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Two adults stand together in the foreground of a distant scattered gathering.
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 23:1

    Chosen to Stand

    Story guide: The paired stance illustrates the saying’s movement from a few chosen people toward unity; the crowd is not an exact numerical reconstruction.

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    1Jesus said to you, “I will choose you, one out of a thousand and two out of ten thousand, a single one; they will stand, and they will stand as a single one.”

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