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section one - JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS

PART 1 - SAYING 13 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (49) were created from John 2(23-25end)+3(1-4)

He said: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.^2(23-25) + blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾ + the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you come from it, you shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾ [Note: The secret words which formed the Sayings contained in the Gospel of Thomas were created either to acknowledge the information they were created from or to reveal something about the information they were created for. The Sayings themselves have no value.]

Thomas (49) End - Thomas (62) Begin

END: the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you come from it, you shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.^3(4-5) [Note: End/Begin - the secret words which begin a new Saying are always created from the true words of the Gospel of John which the previous Saying has already covered.]

PART 2 - SAYING 14 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (62) were created from John 3(3-8)

Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.^3(4-5) + what thy right will do, let not thy left: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.^3(6-7) + know what it does: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾

Thomas (62) End - Thomas (50) Begin

END: I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.^3(4-5) + what thy right will do, let not thy left: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.^3(6-7) + know what it does: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, if they say to you, from where have you originated? say to them, we have come from the Light where the Light has originated through itself: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.³⁽⁵⁾ + it came: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.³⁽⁶⁾ + and it revealed itself in their image: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.³⁽⁷⁾ + If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾

PART 3 - SAYING 15 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (50) were created from John 3(5-11)

Jesus said, if they say to you, from where have you originated? say to them, we have come from the Light where the Light has originated through itself: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.³⁽⁵⁾ + it came: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.³⁽⁶⁾ + and it revealed itself in their image: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.³⁽⁷⁾ + If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾ + and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10) + If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

Thomas (50) End - Thomas (32) Begin

END: and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10) + If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?³⁽¹⁰⁾ + a city being built: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

PART 4 - SAYING 16 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (32) were created from John 3(10-17)

Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?³⁽¹⁰⁾ + a city being built: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾ + on a high mountain: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾ + and fortified: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.³⁽¹³⁾ + can not fall: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(14-15) + nor will it be hidden: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.^3(16-17)

Thomas (32) End - Thomas (20) Begin

END: on a high mountain: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾ + and fortified: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.³⁽¹³⁾ + can not fall: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(14-15) + nor will it be hidden: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.^3(16-17) BEGIN: The disciples said to Jesus, tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾ + He said to them, it is: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(13-15) + like a mustard seed: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.^3(16-17)

PART 5 - SAYING 17 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (20) were created from John 3(12-22)

The disciples said to Jesus, tell us what the kingdom of heaven is like: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾ + He said to them, it is: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(13-15) + like a mustard seed: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.^3(16-17) + smaller than all seeds: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.³⁽¹⁸⁾ + but when it falls on the tilled earth: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + it produces a large branch: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + and becomes shelter for the birds of heaven: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾

Thomas (20) End - Thomas (21) Begin

END: but when it falls on the tilled earth: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + it produces a large branch: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾+ and becomes shelter for the birds of heaven: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾ BEGIN: Mary said to Jesus: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + whom are thy disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + He said, they are like little children: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾

PART 6 - SAYING 18 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (21) were created from John 3(19-36end)+4(1-2)^{[*R/04/18/2024]}

Mary said to Jesus: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + whom are thy disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + He said, they are like little children: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾ + who: And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there:^3(23t) + have installed themselves in a field: and they came, and were baptized.^3(23b) + which is not theirs: For John was not yet cast into prison.³⁽²⁴⁾ + when the owners of the field come, they will say, release to us our field: Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.³⁽²⁵⁾ + they take off their clothes before them to release it to them: And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.³⁽²⁶⁾ + and to give back their field to them: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + *therefore I say, if the lord of the house knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + *he will stay awake before he comes: Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.³⁽²⁸⁾ + and will not let him dig through into his house of his kingdom: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom:^3(29t) + to carry away his goods: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.^3(29b) + you then must watch for the world: He must increase, but I must decrease.³⁽³⁰⁾ + gird up your loins with great strength: He that cometh from above is above all:^3(31t) + lest he finds a way to come to you: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:^3(31c) + because he will find the advantage: he that cometh from heaven is above all.^3(31b) + which you expect: And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.³⁽³²⁾ + let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b) + with his sickle in his hand: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.³⁽³⁵⁾ + he reaped it: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.³⁽³⁶⁾ + whoever has ears to hear: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,⁴⁽¹⁾ + let him hear: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)⁴⁽²⁾

Thomas (21) End - Thomas (47) Begin

END: let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b) + with his sickle in his hand: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.³⁽³⁵⁾ + he reaped it: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.³⁽³⁶⁾ + whoever has ears to hear: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,⁴⁽¹⁾ + let him hear: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)⁴⁽²⁾ BEGIN: He said: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.^3(33-36) + it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)^4(1-2)

section two - JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 1

Gospel according to Thomas - page 29, Saying (49), plate 89(27-30)

(49) Jesus said: Blessed are the²⁷ solitary and elect, for you shall²⁸ find the Kingdom; because you come from it,²⁹ (and) you shall go there again.³⁰ [Note: This is SAYING 13 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes - None Given

Note: Thomas (56) End (John Chapters 2end+3begin) - Thomas (49) Begin (John Chapters 2end+3begin)

END: whoever has known the world: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.²⁽²³⁾ + has found a corpse: But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men,²⁽²⁴⁾ + and whoever has found a corpse: And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.²⁽²⁵⁾ + of him the world is not worthy: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.^3(1-2) BEGIN: He said: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.^2(23-25) + blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾

The Secret Words of Thomas (49) were created from John 2(23-25end)+3(1-4)

He [Nicodemus] said [wrote]: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.^2(23-25) + blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾ + the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you come from it, you shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾

Note: He [Nicodemus] said [wrote]: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.^2(23-25)

● John 14(25-29): These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heat be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is grater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

● John 21(24/End): This is the disciple [Nicodemus] which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things [with the Holy Ghost]: and we [the other chosen 10 disciples of Jesus] know that his [Nicodemus’ the same Noah/Moses/Isaiah] testimony is true. - The Gospel according to John [but secretly the Gospel according to Nicodemus]

Note: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.³⁽¹⁾

● Thomas 73(7-9) Part 8 of Chapter 7: but my labourers are few: Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?⁷⁽⁴⁸⁾ + but: But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.⁷⁽⁴⁹⁾ + beg the Lord to send his labourers to the harvest: Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?^7(50-51)

● Thomas 75(12) Part 1 of Chapter 2: but the solitary are the ones: And both Jesus was called, and his disciples [Nicodemus being one of them], to the marriage [in Cana of Galilee].²⁽²⁾

● Thomas 31(6) Part 8 of Chapter 4: in his [Nicodemus’] village: So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine [Nicodemus the governor/the ruler of the feast].^4(46t)

● Thomas 58(9) Part 2 of Chapter 7: has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b)

● Thomas 50(2-4) Part 3 of Chapter 3: If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾ + and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10)

● John 12(42-43): Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Note: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾

● Exodus 34(8-10): And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord [Lord Adam], let my Lord [Lord Eve], I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou [Moses/Nicodemus] art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing [cross/crucifixion] that I [Father] will do with thee [Mother/Son - Lord Jesus/Eve].

● Malachi 3(1-6): Behold, I will send my messenger [Abel/Aaron the same John], and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger [Noah/Moses/Isaiah the same Nicodemus] of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap: And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. And I will come near to you to judgement; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

● Isaiah 40(25-31): To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

● Thomas 23(1-2) Part 5 of Chapter 5: I shall choose you, one out of a thousand: Do not think that I [Mother] will accuse you to the Father: there is one [Nicodemus] that accuseth you [the Pharisees], even Moses, in whom ye [the Pharisees] trust.⁵⁽⁴⁵⁾

● Thomas 37(29-31) Part 5 of Chapter 1: when you take off your clothing without being ashamed: John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one [Nicodemus] among you [the Pharisees], whom ye know not [Nicodemus the same Noah/Moses]; He [Noah] it is, who coming after me [Abel] is preferred before me [John], whose [Moses’] shoe’s latchet I [Aaron] am not worthy to unloose.^1(26-27)

● Thomas 58(9) Part 2 of Chapter 7: has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b)

Note: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾

● John 1(35-45): Again the next day after [light/day - about the 10^th hour] John stood, and two of his disciples [Andrew & Nicodemus]; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And the two disciples [Andrew & Nicodemus] heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them, Come and see. They came [after the 12^th hour (dark/night) - dusk] and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day [dark/night]: for it was about the tenth hour [(light/day) when John stood with his two disciples]. One of the two [Andrew & Nicodemus] which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his own brother Simon [light/day], and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. The day following [light/day] Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses [Moses/Nicodemus] in the law, and the prophets [Gospel according to John], did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

● Thomas 58(9) Part 2 of Chapter 7: has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b)

● Thomas 57(35) Part 3 of Chapter 7: came by night: Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.⁷⁽¹³⁾

● Thomas 68(21) Part 9 of Chapter 7: Jesus said, blessed are you: Nocodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them [Andrew & Nicodemus],)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾

● Thomas 16(4) Part 10 of Chapter 6: and they will stand as solitaries: Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.^6(67-68)

Note: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾

● John 2(11): This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.

● John 3(1-2): There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

● John 4(54): This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.

● Thomas 57(35) Part 3 of Chapter 7: came by night: Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.⁷⁽¹³⁾

● John 21(24/End) This is the disciple [Nicodemus] which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we [the other chosen 10 disciples of Jesus] know that his [Nicodemus’ the same Noah/Moses/Isaiah] testimony is true. - The Gospel according to John [but secretly the Gospel according to Nicodemus]

● Note: Thomas (Prologue): These are the secret words [Gospel according to Thomas] which the Living Jesus spoke [Gospel according to John] and Didymos Judas Thomas [1(5+3) - Nicodemus the same Moses] wrote.

● Note: the secret words of Thomas 18(14-17): Blessed is he who shall stand at the beginning, and he shall know the end and he shall not taste death [for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾].

● Note: the secret words of Thomas 19(17-18): Jesus said: Blessed is he who was before he came into being [for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾].

Note: the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you [Moses] come from it, you [Nicodemus/Moses] shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾

● Exodus 33(12-14): And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name [Noah/Moses], and thou hast also found grace in my sight. Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.

● Deuteronomy 34(5-7): So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

● Genesis 6(3): And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

● Thomas 50(4-7) Part 3 of Chapter 3: If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 22(31-34) Part 4 of Chapter 5: when you make eyes in the place of eyes and hands in the place of hands and feet in the place of feet: Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honour from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.^5(39-42)

● Thomas 41(16-18) Part 6 of Chapter 4: whoever has in his hand: And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.⁴⁽³⁶⁾ + to him shall be given: And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.⁴⁽³⁷⁾ + and whoever does not have: I sent you [Nicodemus] to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour:^4(38t) + from him shall be taken: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours [Nicodemus the same Noah/Moses/Isaiah].^4(38b)

Thomas (49) End - Thomas (62) Begin

END: the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you come from it, you shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.^3(4-5)

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 2

Gospel according to Thomas - page 35, Saying (62), plate 91(34-35) & 92(1-2)

divided, he will be filled with darkness. (62) Jesus said: I³⁴ tell My mysteries to those [who are worthy³⁵ of my] mysteries. What thy right (hand) will do,¹ let not thy left (hand) know what it does. (63) Jesus said:² [Note: This is SAYING 14 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 1-2: Matthew 6(3)

The Secret Words of Thomas (62) were created from John 3(3-8)

Note: what thy right will do, let not thy left: That which is born of the flesh is flesh [< left - right >] and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.^3(6-7) + know what it does: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾

● John 6(59-64): These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

● Isaiah 55(8-9): For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts [< left - right >].

● Genesis 6(3): And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

● Thomas 29(31-34) Part 4 of Chapter 4: Jesus said, if the flesh has come into existence because of the spirit, it is a marvel: The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.⁴⁽²⁵⁾ + but if the spirit because of the body, it is a marvel of marvels: Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.⁴⁽²⁶⁾

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 6(3-4) - The second false gospel

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth [created from Thomas Saying 62(1-2) Part 2 of Chapter 3]: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

Note: The Sayings contained in the Gospel of Thomas have no value except for keeping the secret words which formed them in a specific order. The Synoptic Gospel writers are not only thieves but also liars because they used many of the Sayings (whole/parts) from the Gospel of Thomas as if they had value. It is the secret words which formed the Sayings that have great value but only when placed back into the Gospel of John revealing the information they were originally created from or created for.

Thomas (62) End - Thomas (50) Begin

END: I tell my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.^3(4-5) + what thy right will do, let not thy left: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.^3(6-7) + know what it does: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, if they say to you, from where have you originated? say to them, we have come from the Light where the Light has originated through itself: Jesus answered, Verily, Verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.³⁽⁵⁾ + it came: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.³⁽⁶⁾ + and it revealed itself in their image: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.³⁽⁷⁾ + If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 3

Gospel according to Thomas - page 29, Saying (50), plate 89(31-35) & 90(1-7)

(50) Jesus said: If they say to you:³¹ "From where have you originated?", say to them:³² "We have come from the Light,³³ where the Light has originated through³⁴ itself. It [stood]³⁵ and it revealed itself in their image".¹ If they say to you: "(Who) are you?", say:² "We are His sons and we are the elect³ of the Living Father". If they ask you:⁴ "What is the sign of your Father in⁵ you?", say to them: "It is a movement and a⁶ rest". (51) His disciples said to Him:⁷ [Line 2: "(Who) are you?"; Ms.: "It is you"] [Note: This is SAYING 15 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Line 3: cf. Luke 16(8), John 12(36), Ephesians 5(8), 1 Thessalonians 5(5)

● Line 4: cf. John 6(57), Romans 9(26)

The Secret Words of Thomas (50) were created from John 3(5-11)^{[*R/11/26/2023]}

Jesus said, if they say to you, from where have you originated? say to them, we have come from the Light where the Light has originated through itself: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.³⁽⁵⁾ + *it came: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.³⁽⁶⁾ + *and it revealed itself in their image: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.³⁽⁷⁾ + If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.³⁽⁸⁾ + and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10) + If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

Note: Jesus said, if they say to you, from where have you originated? say to them, we have come from the Light where the Light has originated through itself: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.³⁽⁵⁾ + it came: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.³⁽⁶⁾ + and it revealed itself in their image: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.³⁽⁷⁾ + If they say to you, who are you? say, we are his sons: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the spirit.³⁽⁸⁾

● Thomas 29(31-34) Part 4 of Chapter 4: Jesus said, if the flesh has come into existence because of the spirit, it is a marvel: The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.⁴⁽²⁵⁾ + but if the spirit because of the body, it is a marvel of marvels: Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.⁴⁽²⁶⁾

● Genesis 6(3): And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

● John 6(57-65): As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

● Thomas 34(19-20) Part 3 of Chapter 1: fall into a pit: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.¹⁽¹³⁾

● Thomas 6(22-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8: and there is nothing covered: He that is of God heareth God’s words:^8(47t) + that shall remain: ye therefore hear them not,^8(47c) + without being uncovered: because ye are not of God.^8(47b)

● John 3(16-21): For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

● John 9(4-5): I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

● John 8(12): Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

● John 12(34-36): The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.

● John 12(44-46): Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

● Isaiah 60(1-2): Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Note: and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10)+ If they ask you, what is the sign of you Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest:Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 49(27-30) Part 1 of Chapter 3: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾ + the kingdom: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.³⁽³⁾ + because you [Moses] come from it, you [Nicodemus/Moses] shall go there again: Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?³⁽⁴⁾

● John 14(25-26): These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

● Thomas 88(8-9) Part 3 of Chapter 16: and the prophets: I have yet many things to say unto you [his disciples/the prophets], but ye cannot bear them now.¹⁶⁽¹²⁾ + will come to you: Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:^16(13t) +and he will show you: and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.^16(13b-14)

Note: If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 96(2-3) Part 6 of Chapter 16: Jesus said, the kingdom of the Father is like a woman: I [Lord Eve the Mother] came forth from the Father [Lord Adam], and am come into the world [the Beginning]: again, I [Lord Jesus/Eve the Son] leave the world, and go to the Father [Lord Adam/Jesus] [the End]. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.^16(28-29)

● Thomas 46(6-7) Part 7 of Chapter 8: Jesus said, from Adam: Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.⁸⁽⁵²⁾ + until John [Jesus] the Baptist: Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me;^8(53-54b)

● Thomas 85(29-30) Part 1 of Chapter 13: Jesus said, Adam: For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father [Lord Adam] which sent me [Lord Eve], he gave me a commandment, what I [Mother] should say, and what I [Son] should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I [the Son] speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me [the Mother], so I [the LORD] speak.^12(49-50)

Thomas (50) End - Thomas (32) Begin

END: and we are the elect of the Living Father: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?^3(9-10) + If they ask you, what is the sign of your Father in you? say to them, it is a movement and a rest: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things.³⁽¹⁰⁾ + a city being built: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 4

Gospel according to Thomas - page 21, Saying (32), plate 87(7-10)

those who know him. (32) Jesus said:⁷ A city being built on a high mountain⁸ (and) fortified can not fall⁹ nor can it (ever) be hidden. (33) Jesus said: What thou shalt¹⁰ [Note: This is SAYING 16 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 8-10: Matthew 5(14b); cf. Matthew 7(24-25) & Isaiah 2(2)

The Secret Words of Thomas (32) were created from John 3(10-17)

Jesus said: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things.³⁽¹⁰⁾ + a city being built: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾ + on a high mountain: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾ + and fortified: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.³⁽¹³⁾ + can not fall: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(14-15) + nor will it [the city] be hidden: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.^3(16-17)

Note: a city being built: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.³⁽¹¹⁾ + on a high mountain: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?³⁽¹²⁾

● Isaiah 2(1-5): The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.

● Isaiah 54(11-17): O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Note: can not fall: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.^3(14-15)

● Numbers 21(5-9): And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 5(14-15) - The second false gospel

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid [taken from Thomas Saying 32(7-10) Part 4 of Chapter 3]. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house [taken from Thomas Saying 33(13-17) Part 9 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (32) End - Thomas (20) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 5

Gospel according to Thomas - page 15, Saying (20), plate 84(26-33)

(20) The disciples said to Jesus: Tell²⁶ us what the Kingdom of Heaven is²⁷ like. He said to them: It is like²⁸ a mustard-seed, smaller than²⁹ all seeds. But when it³⁰ falls on the tilled earth, it³¹ produces a large branch and becomes³² shelter for <the> birds of heaven.³³ [Note: This is SAYING 17 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 59)

● Lines 26-33: Mark 4(30-32); cf. Matthew 13(31-32) & Luke 13(18-19)

The Secret Words of Thomas (20) were created from John 3(12-22)

Note: smaller than all seeds: He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.³⁽¹⁸⁾

● Isaiah 55(6-13): Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth [smaller than all seeds]: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

● Deuteronomy 18(17-19): And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

● John 6(26-29): Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

● John 6(57-58): As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth [beliveth] me, even he shall live by me. This is the bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

● John 11(21-27): Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus saith unto her, I [Lord Adam and Lord Eve] am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.

Note: it produces a large branch: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾

● Isaiah 11(1-5): And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

● Jeremiah 23(5): Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

Note: and becomes shelter for the birds of heaven: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾

● Thomas 21(34-1) Part 6 of Chapter 3: whom are thy disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + He said, they are like little children: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾

● Thomas 86(34-2) Part 4 of Chapter 15: Jesus said: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.¹⁵⁽¹⁴⁾ + the foxes have their hole: Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth:^15(15t) + and the birds: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.^15(15b) + have their nest: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another.^15(16-17)

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The first thief and liar - Mark 4(30-34) - The first false gospel

And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches: so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it [taken from Thomas Saying 20(26-33) Part 5 of Chapter 3]. And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples [impossible because the sayings themselves have no value except for the secret words which formed them].

The second thief and liar - Matthew 13(31-33) - The second false gospel

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof [taken from Thomas Saying 20(26-33) Part 5 of Chapter 3]. Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened [taken from Thomas Saying 96(2-5) Part 6 of Chapter 16].

The third thief and liar - Luke 13(18-21) - The third false gospel

Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it [taken from Thomas Saying 20(26-33) Part 5 of Chapter 3]. And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened [taken from Thomas Saying 96(2-5) Part 6 of Chapter 16].

Thomas (20) End - Thomas (21) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 6

Gospel according to Thomas - page 15/17, Saying (21), plate 84(34-35) & 85(1-19)

(21) Mary said to Jesus: Whom are thy disciples³⁴ like? He said: They are like³⁵ little children who have installed themselves in a field¹ which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come,² they will say: "Release to us our field".³ They take off their clothes before them⁴ to release it (the field) to them and to give back⁵ their field to them. Therefore I say:⁶ If the lord of the house knows that the thief is coming,⁷ he will stay awake before he comes and will not⁸ let him dig through into his house of his⁹ kingdom to carry away his goods. You¹⁰ then must watch for the world, gird¹¹ up your loins with great strength¹² lest the brigands find (a) way to come¹³ to you, because they will find the advantage¹⁴ which you expect. Let there be¹⁵ among you a man of understanding;¹⁶ when the fruit ripened, he came quickly¹⁷ with his sickle in his hand, he reaped it.¹⁸ Whoever has ears to hear let him hear.¹⁹ [Note: This is SAYING 18 according to the original order. At the end of Chapter 3, you will see how this Saying becomes two - SAYING 18 and SAYING 19.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 59)

● Lines 4-5: cf., perhaps, 2 Corinthians 5(3)

● Lines 7-14: Matthew 24(43-44) = Luke 12(39-40) (cf. Matthew 6(19-20))

● Line 10: cf. Matthew 12(29) = Mark 3(27) = Luke 11(21-22)

● Lines 11-12: Luke 12(35 & 37) (cf. Matthew 25(13))

● Lines 17-18: cf. Mark 4(29) (Joel 3(13))

● Line 19: Matthew 11(15), 13(9 & 43); Mark 4(9 & 23), 7(16); Luke 8(8), 14(35); Revelation 2(7), 13(9)

The Secret Words of Thomas (21) were created from John 3(19-36)+4(1-2end)^{[*R/04/18/2024]}

Mary said to Jesus: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + whom are thy disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + He said, they are like little children: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾ + who: And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there:^3(23t) + have installed themselves in a field: and they came, and were baptized.^3(23b) + which is not theirs: For John was not yet cast into prison.³⁽²⁴⁾ + when the owners of the field come, they will say, release to us our field: Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.³⁽²⁵⁾ + they take off their clothes before them to release it to them: And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.³⁽²⁶⁾ + and to give back their field to them: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + *therefore I [John] say, if the lord of the house [Jesus] knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + *he will stay awake before he comes. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.³⁽²⁸⁾ + and will not let him dig through into his house of his kingdom: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom:^3(29t) + to carry away his goods: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.^3(29b) + you then must watch for the world: He must increase, but I must decrease.³⁽³⁰⁾ + gird up your loins with great strength: He that cometh from above is above all:^3(31t) + lest he finds a way to come to you: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:^3(31c) + because he will find the advantage: he that cometh from heaven is above all.^3(31b) + which you expect: And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.³⁽³²⁾ + let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b) + with his sickle in his hand: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.³⁽³⁵⁾ + he reaped it: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.³⁽³⁶⁾ + whoever has ears to hear: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,⁴⁽¹⁾ + let him hear: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)⁴⁽²⁾

Note: Mary [Lord Eve the Mother] said to Jesus [Lord Adam the Father]: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + whom are disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾

● John 15(17-27): These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your’s also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

● Thomas 83(22) Part 3 of Chapter 13: in the image of the light of the Father: Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I [Mother] send receiveth me [Jesus]; and he that receiveth me [Jesus] receiveth him [Lord Adam] that sent me [Lord Eve].^13(19-20)

● Thomas 22(34) Part 4 of Chapter 5: and an image [male] in the place of an image [female]: I [Mother] am come in my Father's name [Jesus/Adam], and ye receive me [Lord Jesus/Eve the Mother/Son] not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.⁵⁽⁴³⁾

● Thomas 114(18-20) Part 5 of Chapter 19: Simon Peter said to them: And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!¹⁹⁽¹⁴⁾ + let Mary [Lord Eve/Jesus the Son/Mother] go: But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.^19(15t) + out from among us: Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King?^19(15c) + because women are not worthy of the life: The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.^19(15b)

● Gospel according to Thomas (Entire) - All the names that were given are as follows:

[ Prologue ] Part 1 of Chapter 21 > Jesus [(Didymos-3) +Judas-1 +Thomas-5] wrote

[saying 012] Part 6 of Chapter 12 + James

[saying 013] Part 2 of Chapter 10 + Simon Peter

+ Matthew

- Thomas-1, Thomas-2, Thomas-3

[saying 021] Part 6 of Chapter 03 > Mary/Jesus

[saying 046] Part 7 of Chapter 08 + Adam

- John the Baptist, John the Baptist, John

[saying 061] Part 1 of Chapter 14 > Salome/Jesus

[saying 085] Part 1 of Chapter 13 + Adam

[saying 100] Part 2 of Chapter 16 - Caesar's, Caesar, Caesar

[saying 114] Part 5 of Chapter 19 > Simon Peter

+ Mary/Jesus

- The Gospel according to Thomas-4

Note: Mary said to Jesus: And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.^3(19-20) + whom are thy disciples like: But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.³⁽²¹⁾ + He said, they are like little children: After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.³⁽²²⁾

● John 13(33-35): Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

● Isaiah 8(16-20): Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar sprits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

● Gospel according to Thomas - The first 9 names given include 5 chosen disciples of Jesus:

[ Prologue ] Part 1 of Chapter 21 > Jesus [(Didymos-3) +Judas-1 +Thomas-5] wrote

[saying 012] Part 6 of Chapter 12 + James

[saying 013] Part 2 of Chapter 10 + Simon Peter

+ Matthew

- Thomas-1, Thomas-2, Thomas-3

[saying 021] Part 6 of Chapter 03 - Mary

Note: they take off their clothes before them to release it to them: And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.³⁽²⁶⁾

● John 4(1-2): When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)

NOTE: and to give back their field to them: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + therefore I [John] say, if the lord of the house [Jesus] knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾

● Note: Information concerning 3(27) + 3(27) will be revealed at the End of Chapter 3 (Saying 21 is 2 Sayings).

Note: to carry away his goods: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.^3(29b)

● Thomas 35(20-23) Part 2 of Chapter 1: Jesus said, it is not possible for one to enter: And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.¹⁽⁵⁾ + the house of the strong: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.¹⁽⁶⁾ + and take it [the spirit]: The same [Abel/Aaron/John] came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.¹⁽⁷⁾ + unless by force they bind his hands: He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.^1(8-9)

● Isaiah 29(18-19): And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

● John 15(11-15): These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

● John 16(22-24): And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

● Isaiah 66(10-14): Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies.

Note: gird up your loins with great strength: He that cometh from above is above all:^3(31t)

● Isaiah 42(13-16): The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

● Isaiah 66(14-16): And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.

● Thomas 85(30-31) Part 1 of Chapter 13: a great power and a great wealth: Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;¹³⁽³⁾

● Isaiah 55(6–9): Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

● John 10(7-10): Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers [should read: and liars]: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

● Thomas 6(18-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8: Jesus said, do: Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.^8(39b) + not: But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.⁸⁽⁴⁰⁾ + lie: Ye do the deeds of your father.^8(41t) + and do not: Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.^8(41b) + do: Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.⁸⁽⁴²⁾ + what: Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.⁸⁽⁴³⁾ + you: Ye are of your father the devil,^8(44t) + hate: and the lusts of your father ye will do.^8(44t) + for all things: He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.^8(44c) + are manifest before the truth: When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.^8(44b) + for there is nothing hidden: And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.⁸⁽⁴⁵⁾ + that shall not be: Which of you convinceth me of sin?^8(46t) + revealed: And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?^8(46b) + and there is nothing covered: He that is of God heareth God's words:^8(47t) + that shall remain: ye therefore hear them not,^8(47c) + without being uncovered: because ye are not of God.^8(47b)

● John 8(21-25): Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

● John12(37-41): But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.

● Isaiah 65(11-16): But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I [Jesus] called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name [my friends]: That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

● John 15(15-25): Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep your’s also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

Note: lest he finds a way to come to you: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:^3(31c) + because he will find the advantage: he that cometh from heaven is above all.^3(31b) + which you expect: And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony [the truth].³⁽³²⁾ + let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony [the truth] hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God [the truth]:^3(34t)

● Note: See, all Christians today still believe the lies that their fathers created in the past. Now they will know the truth because John + Thomas has revealed it. The Synoptic Gospel writers are nothing more than thieves and liars and therefore all Christians today are liars.

Note: a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b)

● Deuteronomy 18(15-22): The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the LORD said unto me [Moses], They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee [a man], and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he [Lord Jesus/Eve - the Son] shall speak in my name [Lord Adam/Jesus - the Father], I will require it of him. But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

● Thomas 37(34-1) Part 5 of Chapter 1: then shall you know: And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I [John] knew him [Jesus] not: but he [the LORD] that sent me [Aaron] to baptize with water, the same [Adam] said unto me [Abel], Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same [Eve] is he [Jesus] which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.^1(32-33) + the Son of the Living: And I [John the same Abel/Aaron] saw, and bare record that this [Jesus/Eve] is the Son of God.¹⁽³⁴⁾

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 24(43) - The second false gospel

But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up [created from Thomas Saying 21(6-10) Part 6 of Chapter 3 or Thomas Saying 103(5-10) Part 8 of Chapter 19].

The third thief and liar - Luke 12(39) - The third false gospel

And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through [created from Thomas Saying 21(6-10) Part 6 of Chapter 3 or Thomas Saying 103(5-10) Part 8 of Chapter 19].

The first thief and liar - Mark 4(26-34) - The first false gospel

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come [created from Thomas Saying 21(15-18) Part 6 of Chapter 3]. And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches: so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it [taken from Thomas Saying 20(26-33) Part 5 of Chapter 3]. And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples [impossible because the sayings themselves have no value except for the secret words which formed them].

Thomas (21) End - Thomas (47) Begin

NOTE: THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS contains *115 Sayings - not 114

The following was written in the Gospel of Thomas (Preliminary Remarks): The numerals which appear at the top of the right-hand pages, or have been inserted within parentheses on these pages, correspond to the numbers of the 114 logia, which represent our enumeration within this collection of “Sayings of Jesus”, which comprise almost exclusively the present “Gospel”. According to my research, there are 115 Sayings which are now in their original order.

Thomas (20) End - Thomas (21 Top) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 6

NEW - SAYING 18 - The Secret Words of Thomas (21 Top) were created from John 3(19-27)^{[R/04/20/2024]}

Thomas (21 Top) End - Thomas (21 Bottom) Begin

END: and to give back their field to them: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ Begin: He said, therefore I say, if the Lord of the house knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 3 + THOMAS - PART 7

NEW - SAYING 19 - The Secret Words of Thomas (21 Bottom) were created from John 3(27-36)+4(1-2end)^{[R/04/20/2024]}

He said, therefore I [John] say, if the Lord of the house [Jesus] knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾ + he will stay awake before he comes. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.³⁽²⁸⁾ + and will not let him dig through into his house of his kingdom: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom:^3(29t) + to carry away his goods: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.^3(29b) + you then must watch for the world: He must increase, but I must decrease.³⁽³⁰⁾ + gird up your loins with great strength: He that cometh from above is above all:^3(31t) + lest he finds a way to come to you: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth:^3(31c) + because he will find the advantage: he that cometh from heaven is above all.^3(31b) + which you expect: And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.³⁽³²⁾ + let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b) + with his sickle in his hand: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.³⁽³⁵⁾ + he reaped it: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.³⁽³⁶⁾ + whoever has ears to hear: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,⁴⁽¹⁾ + let him hear: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)⁴⁽²⁾

Thomas (21 Bottom) End - Thomas (47) Begin

END: let there be among you: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.³⁽³³⁾ + a man of understanding: For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:^3(34t) + when the fruit ripened he came quickly: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.^3(34b) + with his sickle in his hand: The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.³⁽³⁵⁾ + he reaped it: He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.³⁽³⁶⁾ + whoever has ears to hear: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,⁴⁽¹⁾ + let him hear: (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)⁴⁽²⁾ BEGIN: He [John] said: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.^3(33-36) + it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)^4(1-2)

Note: [115] - [1(15)] & [153] - [15(3)]

Note: There are 115 Sayings contained in the Gospel of Thomas. The number 115 is also a secret number [1(15)]. Saying 115 is the last Saying contained in the Gospel according to Thomas. Yet, it was created from Chapter 19(14-22) of the Gospel according to John. Here we see that it is Friday the 14^th Day of the first month [14^th Day (light/day) which at evening/sunset will begin the 15^th Day (dark/night + light/day)]. [Note: Original order of Saying 114 is 107 - Part 5 of Chapter 19(14-22)]

● Thomas 109(2-3) Part 4 of Chapter 19: while he was plowing: When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover [begins Friday 14^th Day (light/day) at evening/sunset], *and about the sixth hour [Friday 14^th Day (light/day)]: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!^19(13-14) + he found the treasure: But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.¹⁹⁽¹⁵⁾ + he began to lend it to whomever he wished: Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.¹⁹⁽¹⁶⁾ [Note: Original order of Saying 109 is 106 - Part 4 of Chapter 19(8-16)]

● Note: The World Book Encyclopedia - 1961: SUNDIAL is the oldest known device for the measurement of time. It is based on the fact that the shadow of an object will move from one side of the object to the other as the sun moves from east to west during the day. The sundial is believed to have been used in Babylon at least as early as 2000 B.C. The earliest description of a sundial comes from Berossus, a Chaldean astronomer who lived about 300 B.C. His sundial was a hollow half-sphere, or dome, set with its edge flat and with a small bead fixed at the centre. During the day the shadow of the bead moved in a circular arc. This arc was divided into twelve equal parts. *Thus, daylight was divided into twelve equal parts. They were called temporary hours because they changed with the seasons. Equal hours were decided upon about A.D. 1400, when clocks were invented. Few sundials were used after the 1700's.

● Exodus 12(1-11): And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month [1(15)] of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [10^th] day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day [14^th Day (light/day)] of the same month [1(14)]: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening [evening/sunset - begins the 15^th Day (dark/night + light/day) - (115 Sayings = 1(15) secretly referring to the 15^th Day of the first month].

Note: The secret number from the Gospel of John [153], [15 (3)] - 3 things take place on this Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day [15^th Day (dark/night) + 15^th Day (light/day)].

● John 19(30-35): When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation [of (1) the passover - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (dark/night)], that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on (2) the sabbath day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)], (for that sabbath day was an high day [the Sabbath of the LORD and (3) the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD],) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he [Nicodemus] that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. [Note: The Passover/Exodus took place in the same day and so did the death/resurrection of Jesus (the Lamb of God). Since Nicodemus wrote these things with the Holy Ghost, why would I believe the synoptic gospel writers who proclaim that Jesus rose on the third day.]

● Thomas 27(19) Part 5 of Chapter 4: if you keep not the Sabbath: Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,^4(34t) + a Sabbath: and to finish his work.^4(34b)

Note: After Nicodemus created the Sayings for his Gospel of Thomas, he then rearranged the order in which they were created. The following is the original order in which Nicodemus created the *115 Sayings. Saying (21 top) is Saying 18 and Saying (21 bottom) is Saying 19.

● John Chapter 1: Saying (40) is 1, (35) is 2, (34) is 3, (28) is 4, (37) is 5, (19) is 6.

● John Chapter 2: Saying (75) is 7, (76) is 8, (74) is 9, (52) is 10, (51) is 11, (56) is 12.

● John Chapter 3: Saying (49) is 13, (62) is 14, (50) is 15, (32) is 16, (20) is 17, (21 top) is 18, (21 bottom) is 19.

● John Chapter 4: Saying (47) is 20, (36) is 21, (30) is 22, (29) is 23, (27) is 24, (41) is 25, (48) is 26, (31) is 27, (33) is 28.

● John Chapter 5: Saying (59) is 29, (60) is 30, (44) is 31, (22) is 32, (23) is 33.

● John Chapter 6: Saying (*9 part 1) is *34, (*6 part 2) is *35, (3) is 36, (5) is 37, (18) is 38, (24) is 39, (25) is 40, (26) is 41, (17) is 42, (16) is 43, (10) is 44.

● John Chapter 7: Saying (55) is 45, (58) is 46, (57) is 47, (53) is 48 , (54) is 49, (65) is 50, (72) is 51, (73) is 52, (68) is 53.

● John Chapter 8: Saying (66) is 54, (39) is 55, (38) is 56, (43) is 57, (*6 parts 1 and 3) is *35, (45) is 58, (46) is 59.

● John Chapter 9: Saying (42) is 60, (64) is 61.

● John Chapter 10: Saying (*9 part 2) is *34, (13) is 62.

● John Chapter 11: Saying (77) is 63, (70) is 64, (79) is 65, (80) is 66, (78) is 67, (69a and 69b) are 68.

● John Chapter 12: Saying (14) is 69, (7) is 70, (8) is 71, (2) is 72, (11) is 73, (12) is 74.

● John Chapter 13: Saying (85) is 75, (84) is 76, (83) is 77, (82) is 78, (63) is 79.

● John Chapter 14: Saying (61) is 80, (87) is 81, (81) is 82.

● John Chapter 15: Saying (90) is 83, (89) is 84, (67) is 85, (86) is 86, (98) is 87.

● John Chapter 16: Saying (93) is 88, (100) is 89, (88) is 90, (97) is 91, (15) is 92, (96) is 93.

● John Chapter 17: Saying (91) is 94, (92) is 95, (95) is 96, (94) is 97.

● John Chapter 18: Saying (107) is 98, (104) is 99, (112) is 100, (102) is 101, (101) is 102.

● John Chapter 19: Saying (106) is 103, (105) is 104, (110) is 105, (109) is 106, (114) is 107, (71) is 108, (111) is 109, (103) is 110, (108) is 111, (99) is 112.

● John Chapter 20 & 21: Saying (*4 part 2) is *113, (113) is 114, (Prologue and Saying 1) are *115, (*4 part 1) is *113.

Note: Now 6 Sayings begin with - He said.

● Thomas 74(9) Part 3 of Chapter 2: He [*Nicodemus] said [wrote], Lord: When the ruler [Nicodemus] of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.^2(9-10)

● Thomas 49(27) Part 1 of Chapter 3: He [*Nicodemus] said [wrote]: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.^2(23-25)

● Thomas 8(28-32) Part 3 of Chapter 12: And He [*Nicodemus] said [wrote], the man is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea, he drew it up from the sea full of small fish: These things understood not hid disciples at the first:^12(16t)

● Thomas 21b(6-7) Part 7 of Chapter 3: He said, therefore I [*John] say, if the Lord of the house [Jesus] knows that the thief is coming: John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.³⁽²⁷⁾

● Thomas 47(12) Part 1 of Chapter 4: He [*John] said: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth upon him.^3(33-36)

● Thomas 65(1) Part 6 of Chapter 7: He [*Jesus] said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾

Thomas 4(8-9) Part 2 of Chapter 21: and he [*Nicodemus] will live: This is the disciple [Nicodemus] which testifieth of these things [the eyewitness] and wrote these things [with the Holy Ghost]: and we [the other chosen 10 disciples of Jesus] know that his [Nicodemus’ the same Noah-Moses-Isaiah-Jonah] testimony is true. Amen^21(24-END) - THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN [but secretly THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO NICODEMUS]

● Note: Nicodemus was a man of the Pharisees, a ruler of the Jews and one of John’s disciples who became one of Jesus’ chosen twelve. His Gospel according to John is an eyewitness account of what was said and done in the last three years that the Messiah (the Christ) called Jesus walked upon the earth. He is the only one who had access to all the people he wrote about in his Gospel, especially John (the one who baptized with water), the Pharisees, the high priest, the chief priests (and their officers) and Pilate (and his soldiers). Nicodemus wrote/created his Gospels just after he received the Holy Ghost.

Isaiah 66(1-4): Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man [Moses/Nicodemus] will I look, even to him [Aaron/John] that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood: he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol [after the last and final passover - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (Jesus the Lamb of God)]. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighted in their abominations. *I also will choose their delusions [after the destruction of Jerusalem and its Temple], and will bring their fears upon them; because when I [Jesus] called, none did answer; when I [Jesus] spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

● John 21(25): *And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.

Note: The above verse is part of the original Gospel according to John. It was created to leave the door open for others to create false gospels (Mark, Matthew and Luke) for a new religion (Christianity - the roman catholic church). Nicodemus was aware of what others in time would do and therefore he prepared for it as you have seen.

● John 20(30-31) And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book [the Gospel according to Thomas]: But these are written [the Gospel according to John], that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing [John + Thomas] ye might have life through his name [Lord Eve].