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A quiet workroom holds a resting tool and a rolled mat beside a doorway.
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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 27:1

    A Sabbath Made Sabbath

    Story guide: The still workroom accompanies the saying’s Sabbath language without portraying the Father or prescribing a new ritual.

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    1If you do not fast the world, you will not find the kingdom; and if you do not make the Sabbath a Sabbath, you will not see the Father.

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