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Jesus stands gravely beside people distracted by cups and conversation.
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

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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 28:1

    Pained in the Midst

    Grief and a Cup Set Aside · Gospel of Thomas 28

    Story guide: The distracted gathering accompanies the saying’s account of drunkenness and grief, not a verdict on a named historical group.

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    1Jesus said, "I stood in the midst of the world, and I appeared to them in flesh. I found them all drunk; I found not one of them thirsting. And my soul was pained over the children of humanity, for they are blind in their heart and they do not see that they came into the world empty, seeking also to go out of the world empty. But now they are drunk. When they have shaken off their wine, then they will repent."

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