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Historical Library · Nag Hammadi
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Source and translation notes
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 79:1
A Woman in the Crowd
Hearing and Keeping · Gospel of Thomas 79
Story guide: The woman’s blessing remains spoken praise, not an invented scene of birth or nursing.
Open this scene in the reader →1A woman said to him in the crowd, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts that nursed you.” He said to her, “Blessed are those who have heard the word of the Father and have kept it in truth; for days will come when you will say, ‘Blessed is the womb that has not conceived, and the breasts that have not given milk.’”
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