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A live white lamb rests alertly against a supporting brown sleeve.
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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

Source edition: Coptic Scriptorium — Paul Dilley, 2025 (v6.2.0) · CC-BY 4.0

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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 60:3

    Still Alive

    The Living Lamb and Rest · Gospel of Thomas 60

    Story guide: The alert lamb makes the living state visible while the hypothetical death stays in the quoted discussion.

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    3He said to them, "As long as it is alive, he will not eat it, but if he kills it and it becomes a corpse."

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