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An elderly man leans attentively toward a swaddled infant held by its mother.
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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

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 4:1

    An Elder Asks a Child

    Story guide: The elderly listener and infant picture the saying’s reversal of first and last, without inventing speech for the baby.

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    1Jesus said, "An old man in his days will not hesitate to ask a small child seven days old about the place of life, and he will live. For many who are first will become last, and they will become a single one."

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