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section one - JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS

PART 1 - SAYING 45 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (55) were created from John 6(70-71end)+7(1-7)

Jesus said, whoever does not hate: Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?⁶⁽⁷⁰⁾ + his father and his mother: He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:^6(71t) + will not be able to be a disciple to me: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.^6(71b) + and whoever does not hate: After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.⁷⁽¹⁾ + his brethren: Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.^7(2-3) + and his sisters: For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.⁷⁽⁴⁾ + and does not take up his cross in my way: For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.^7(5-6) + will not be worthy of me: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾ [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 (55) End - Thomas (58) Begin

END: and does not take up his cross in my way: For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.^7(5-6) + will not be worthy of me: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.⁷⁽⁶⁾ + blessed is the man: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾ [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 46 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (58) were created from John 7(6-11)

Jesus said: Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.⁷⁽⁶⁾ + blessed is the man: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾ + who has suffered: Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.⁷⁽⁸⁾ + he: When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,^7(9-10t) + has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b) + the kingdom: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾

Thomas (58) End - Thomas (57) Begin

END: he: When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,^7(9-10t) + has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b) + the kingdom: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(9-10) + the kingdom of the Father is like a man: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾

PART 3 - SAYING 47 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (57) were created from John 7(9-21)

Jesus said: When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(9-10) + the kingdom of the Father is like a man: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾ + who had good seed: And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man:^7(12t) + his enemy: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.^7(12b) + came by night: Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.⁷⁽¹³⁾ + he sowed a weed among the good seed: Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.^7(14-16) + the man did not permit them to pull up the weed: If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.⁷⁽¹⁷⁾ + he said to them, lest perhaps you pull up the weed: He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:^7(18t) + and pull up the wheat with it: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.^7(18b) + for on the day of harvest the weeds will appear: Did not Moses give you the law,^7(19t) + they will pull them: and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?^7(19b-20) + and burn them: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

Thomas (57) End - Thomas (53) Begin

END: they will pull them: and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?^7(19b-20) + and burn them: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾ BEGIN: His disciples said to him: The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?⁷⁽²⁰⁾ + is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

PART 4 - SAYING 48 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (53) were created from John 7(20-24)

His disciples said to him: The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?⁷⁽²⁰⁾ + is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾ + He said to them, if it were profitable: Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision;^7(22t) + their father: (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;)^7(22c) + would beget them circumcised: and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.^7(22b) + from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) + their mother: are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?^7(23b) + but the true circumcision in spirit: Judge not according to the appearance,^7(24t) + has become profitable in everything: but judge righteous judgment.^7(24b)

Thomas (53) End - Thomas (54) Begin

END: from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) + their mother: are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?^7(23b) + but the true circumcision in spirit: Judge not according to the appearance,^7(24t) + has become profitable in everything: but judge righteous judgment.^7(24b) BEGIN: Jesus said: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?⁷⁽²³⁾ + blessed are the poor: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾

PART 5 - SAYING 49 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (54) were created from John 7(23-25)

Jesus said: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?⁷⁽²³⁾ + blessed are the poor: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + for yours is the kingdom of heaven: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾

Thomas (54) End - Thomas (65) Begin

END: blessed are the poor: Judge not accordance to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + for yours is the kingdom of heaven: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾ BEGIN: He said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + a good man had a vineyard: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾

PART 6 - SAYING 50 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (65) were created from John 7(24-41)

He said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + a good man had a vineyard: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾ + he gave it to husbandmen so that they would work it: But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.^7(26t) + and that he would receive its fruit from them: Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?^7(26b) + he sent his servant: Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.^7(27-28) + so that the husbandmen would give him the fruit of the vineyard: But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.⁷⁽²⁹⁾ + they seized his servant, they beat him, a little longer and they would have killed him: Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.⁷⁽³⁰⁾ + the servant came: And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?⁷⁽³¹⁾ + they told it: The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.⁷⁽³²⁾ + to his master: Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.^7(33-34) + his master said, perhaps they did not know: Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him?^7(35t) + he sent another servant, they beat him as well: will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?^7(35b) + then the owner sent his son: What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?⁷⁽³⁶⁾ + he said: In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.⁷⁽³⁷⁾ + perhaps they will respect my son: He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.⁷⁽³⁸⁾ + since those husbandmen knew that he was the heir of the vineyard: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:^7(39t) + they seized him, they killed him: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)^7(39b) + whoever has ears: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + let him hear: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾

Thomas (65) End - Thomas (72) Begin

END: since those husbandmen knew that he was the heir of the vineyard: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:^7(39t) + they seized him, they killed him: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.^7(39b) + whoever has ears: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + let him hear: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ BEGIN: A man: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.⁷⁽³⁹⁾ + said to him: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b)

PART 7 - SAYING 51 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (72) were created from John 7(39-47)^{[*R/07/01/2024]}

A man: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)⁷⁽³⁹⁾ + said to him: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b) + my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David,^7(42t) + He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾ + he turned to his disciples: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + *he said to them, I am not a divider, I am: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47)

Thomas (72) End - Thomas (73) Begin

END: tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ:^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b) + my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David,^7(42t) + He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾ + he turned to his disciples: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + he said to them, I am not a divider, I am: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47) BEGIN: Jesus: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ + said: Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.^7(42-43) + the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47)

PART 8 - SAYING 52 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (73) were created from John 7(41-51)^{[*R/07/01/2024]}

Jesus: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ + said: Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.^7(42-43) + the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + *is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47) + *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 (73) End - Thomas (68) Begin

END: 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) BEGIN: Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾ + when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾

PART 9 - SAYING 53 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (68) were created from John 7(50-53end)+8(1)

Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾ + when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾ + and persecuted: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t) + and no place will be found: Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.^7(52b) + there where you have been: And every man went unto his own house.⁷⁽⁵³⁾ + persecuted: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.⁸⁽¹⁾

Thomas (68) End - Thomas (66) Begin

END: and persecuted: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t) + and no place will be found: Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.^7(52b) + there where you have been: And every man went unto his own house.⁷⁽⁵³⁾ + persecuted: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.⁸⁽¹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, show him: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man went unto his own house.^7(52-53) + the stone: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him, and he sat down, and taught them.^8(1-2)

section two - JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 1

Gospel according to Thomas - page 31, Saying (55), plate 90(25-29)

(55) Jesus said: Whoever does not hate his father²⁵ and his mother will not be able to be a disciple to Me,²⁶ and (whoever does not) hate his brethren and²⁷ his sisters and (does not) take up his cross in My way²⁸ will not be worthy of Me.²⁹ [Note: This is SAYING 45 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 25-29: Matthew 10(37-38) = Luke 14(26-27); cf. Matthew 16(24) = Mark 8(34) = Luke 9(23)

Note: Thomas (10) End (John Chapters 6end+7begin) - Thomas (55) Begin (John Chapters 6end+7begin)

END: and see: Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.^6(70-71) + I guard it: After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.⁷⁽¹⁾ + until it is afire: Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.^7(2-3) BEGIN: Jesus said, whoever does not hate: Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?⁶⁽⁷⁰⁾ + his father and his mother: He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:^6(71t) + will not be able to be a disciple to me: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.^6(71b) + and whoever does not hate: After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.⁷⁽¹⁾ + his brethren: Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.^7(2-3)

The Secret Words of Thomas (55) were created from John 6(70-71end)+7(1-7)

Note: Jesus said, whoever does not hate: Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?⁶⁽⁷⁰⁾ - and whoever does not hate: After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.⁷⁽¹⁾

● Thomas 6(19-21) Part 5 of Chapter 8: 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⁾

Note: his father and his mother: He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:^6(71t)

● John 6(42): And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

Note: and his sisters: For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.⁷⁽⁴⁾

● Thomas 99(23-24 & 26) Part 10 of Chapter 19: He said to them, those here who do the will of my father: and Pilate gave him [Joseph of Arimathaea - the father of Jesus] leave.^19(38c) - of my father: Then she [Mary Magdalene - the sister of Jesus] runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we [Joseph the father and Mary his daughter] know not where they have laid him.²⁰⁽²⁾

● 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

● Thomas 111(7) Part 7 of Chapter 19: in your presence: Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother [Salome], and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene [his sister].¹⁹⁽²⁵⁾

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 10(34-38) - The second false gospel

Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household [created from Thomas Saying 16(31-3) Part 10 of Chapter 6]. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me is not worthy of me [taken from Thomas Saying 55(25-29) Part 1 of Chapter 7].

The third thief and liar - Luke 14(25-27) - The third false gospel

And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple [taken from Thomas Saying 55(25-29) Part 1 of Chapter 7].

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 (55) End - Thomas (58) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 2

Gospel according to Thomas - page 33, Saying (58), plate 91(7-9)

they (will) pull them and burn them. (58) Jesus said:⁷ Blessed is the man who has suffered,⁸ he has found the Life. (59) Jesus said: Look upon the⁹ [Note: This is SAYING 46 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 8-9: cf., in one sense, James 1(12) & 1 Peter 3(14)

The Secret Words of Thomas (58) were created from John 7(6-11)

Jesus said: Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.⁷⁽⁶⁾ + blessed is the man: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾ + who has suffered: Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.⁷⁽⁸⁾ + he: When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,^7(9-10t) + has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b) + the kingdom: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾

Note: blessed is the man: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾

● John 3(18-21): 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 15(17-25): 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.

● 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 18(14-15) Part 5 of Chapter 6: blessed is he: For I [Mother] came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him [Lord Adam] that sent me [Lord Eve].⁶⁽³⁸⁾

● Thomas 68(21-22) Part 9 of Chapter 7: Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾ + when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾ + and persecuted: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t)

Note: blessed is the man: The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.⁷⁽⁷⁾

● Isaiah 65(8-12): Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants’ sakes, that I may not destroy them all. And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. 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.

● John 19(1-6): Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.

Note: who has suffered: Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come.⁷⁽⁸⁾

● Isaiah 53(1-9): Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation [Nicodemus the same Moses/Isaiah]? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

Note: has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b)

● Thomas (Prologue): These are the secret words [Gospel according to Thomas] which the Living Jesus spoke [Gospel according to John] and Didymos Judas Thomas [153 - Nicodemus the same Moses] wrote.

● 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]

● Thomas 79(8-9) Part 3 of Chapter 11: and have kept it in truth: And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him.^11(28-29)

Note: has found: not openly, but as it were in secret.^7(10b)

● Thomas 1(13) Part 1 of Chapter 21: whoever finds the explanation for these secret words [contained in the Gospel of Thomas]: And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.^21(6t) [cast on the right side and ye shall find]

● Thomas 1(13-14) Part 1 of Chapter 21: whoever finds the explanation for these secret words [Didymos (3) Judas (1) Thomas (5) wrote]: And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find [3/1/5=1/5/3].^21(6t) + will not: They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes [153].^21(6b)

● Thomas 1(13) Part 1 of Chapter 21: whoever finds the explanation for these secret words [These are the secret words + which the Living Jesus spoke]: And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find [These are the secret words (contained in the Gospel of Thomas) which the Living Jesus spoke (contained in the Gospel of John) = John + Thomas].^21(6t)

● Thomas 1(13) Part 1 of Chapter 21: whoever finds the explanation for these secret words [Didymos Judas Thomas]: And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find [Didymos Judas Thomas (contained in the Gospel of Thomas) = Judas and Thomas called Didymus (contained in the Gospel of John)].^21(6t)

● Thomas 70(33) Part 2 of Chapter 11: that which you do not have within you [Didymos >Judas< Thomas]: Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples [Judas not Iscariot and Judas Iscariot (contained in the Gospel of John - Judas and Judas called Iscariot)], Let us also go, that we may die with him.¹¹⁽¹⁶⁾

Note: the kingdom: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 57(33-34) Part 3 of Chapter 7: the kingdom of the Father is like a man: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 27(17-18) Part 5 of Chapter 4: if you fast not from the world, you will not find the kingdom: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.⁴⁽³⁰⁾

Note: the life: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he.⁷⁽¹¹⁾

● John 14(1-7): Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

● John 5(24-27): Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Som of man.

Thomas (58) End - Thomas (57) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 3

Gospel according to Thomas - page 31/33, Saying (57), plate 90(33-35) & 91(1-7)

(57) Jesus said: The Kingdom of the Father is like³³ a man who had [good] seed.³⁴ His enemy came by night,³⁵ he sowed a weed among the good seed.¹ The man did not permit them (the workers) to pull up² the weed. He said to them: Lest perhaps³ you go to pull up the weed⁴ and pull up the wheat with it.⁵ For on the day of harvest the weeds will appear,⁶ they (will) pull them and burn them. (58) Jesus said:⁷ [Line 4: "to pull up"; lit.: saying: "We will pull up"] [Note: This is SAYING 47 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 33-7: Matthew 13(24-30)

The Secret Words of Thomas (57) were created from John 7(9-21)

Note: his enemy: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people.^7(12b)

● Thomas 73(6-9) Part 8 of Chapter 7: the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47) + 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 64(34-35) Part 2 of Chapter 9: and merchants: And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.^9(40-41) + shall not enter: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.¹⁰⁽¹⁾ + the place of my Father: But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.^10(2-3)

Note: came by night: Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.⁷⁽¹³⁾

● 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.

Note: he sowed a weed among the good seed: Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? Jesus [the Son] answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his [the Father’s] that sent me [the Mother].^7(14-16) + the man did not permit them to pull up the weed: If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.⁷⁽¹⁷⁾

● Deuteronomy 32(1-9): Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he [Lord Adam] thy father that hath bought thee? hath he [Lord Eve] not made thee, and established thee? Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. For the LORD’S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

● Deuteronomy 18(17-19): 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, 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.

● Thomas 79(3) Part 3 of Chapter 11: A woman: Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.¹¹⁽¹⁷⁾

● Thomas 85(29-30) Part 1 of Chapter 13: Jesus said, Adam: For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, 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 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 61(30) Part 1 of Chapter 14: She [Lord Eve/Jesus - the Son/Mother] said: and from henceforth ye know him [Lord Adam the Father], and have seen him [Lord Jesus/Adam].^14(7b)

● 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: again, I [Lord Jesus/Eve the Son] leave the world, and go to the Father [Lord Adam/Jesus]. His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.^16(28-29)

Note: he said to them, lest perhaps you pull up the weed: He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory:^7(18t) + and pull up the wheat with it: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.^7(18b)

● 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⁾

● Thomas 61(30-32) Part 1 of Chapter 14: to me was given from the things of my Father: If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:^14(7t) + She [Lord Eve/Jesus - the Son/Mother] said: and from henceforth ye know him [Lord Adam the Father], and have seen him [Lord Jesus/Adam].^14(7b) + I am: Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.¹⁴⁽⁸⁾ + thy disciple: Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?^14(9t) + Jesus: he that hath seen me [Lord Jesus/Eve - the Son] hath seen the Father;^14(9c) + said to her: and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?^14(9b) + therefore: Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.^14(10-11) + I say: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.¹⁴⁽¹²⁾ + if he is the same: And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.¹⁴⁽¹³⁾

Note: he said to them, lest perhaps you pull up the weed: He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory.^7(18t) - for on the day of harvest the weeds will appear: Did not Moses give you the law,^7(19t) + they will pull them: and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?^7(19b-20)

● John 5(45): 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.

● 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 [Nicodemus/Moses] that came to Jesus by night [after the 12th hour], being one of them [one of the two (Nicodemus & Andrew) which heard John speak],) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?^7(50-51)

● Deuteronomy 31(24-30): And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.

● 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 will I look, even to him 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 final passover - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (Jesus the Lamb of God)]. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth 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 spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.

● John 8(37-56): I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 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. Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. 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. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 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. 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; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

● Exodus 20(1-17): And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and forth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

● 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)

Note: for on the day of harvest the weeds will appear: Did not Moses give you the law,^7(19t) + they will pull them: and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?^7(19b-20) + and burn them: Jesus answered and said unto them, I [the Lord] have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

● Isaiah 66(12-16): 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 [Lord Eve] 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. 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.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 13(24-33) - The second false gospel

Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn [taken from Thomas Saying 57(33-7) Part 3 of Chapter 7]. 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 leaven [taken from Thomas Saying 96(2-5) Part 6 of Chapter 16].

Thomas (57) End - Thomas (53) Begin

END: they will pull them: and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?^7(19b-20) + and burn them: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾ BEGIN: His disciples said to him: The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil; who goeth about to kill thee?⁷⁽²⁰⁾ + is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 4

Gospel according to Thomas - page 31, Saying (53), plate 90(18-23)

dead. (53) His disciples said to Him:¹⁸ Is circumcision profitable or not? He said¹⁹ to them: If it were profitable, their father²⁰ would beget them circumcised from their mother.²¹ But the true circumcision in Spirit has²² become profitable in every way. (54) Jesus said: Blessed are the poor,²³ [Note: This is SAYING 48 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Line 19: cf. Romans 2(25) & 3(1)

● Line 22: cf. Romans 2(29)

The Secret Words of Thomas (53) were created from John 7(20-24)

His disciples said to him: The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?⁷⁽²⁰⁾ + is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾ + He said to them, if it were profitable: Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision;^7(22t) + their father: (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;)^7(22c) + would beget them circumcised: and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.^7(22b) + from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) + their mother: are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?^7(23b) + but the true circumcision in spirit: Judge not according to the appearance,^7(24t) + has become profitable in everything: but judge righteous judgment.^7(24b)

Note: His disciples said to him: The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?⁷⁽²⁰⁾

● John 8(42-45): 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. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

Note: is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

● John 6(41-42): The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph [circumcised], whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

● Deuteronomy 18(18-22): I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren [circumcised], like unto thee [Moses/circumcised], 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.

● 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].

● Deuteronomy 17(14-15): When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren [circumcised] shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother.

Note: is circumcision profitable or not: Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.⁷⁽²¹⁾

● Deuteronomy 10(12-17): And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

Note: He said to them, if it were profitable: Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision;^7(22t) + their father [Lord Adam]: (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;)^7(22c) + would beget them circumcised: and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.^7(22b) + from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) + their mother [Lord Eve/Jesus]: are ye angry at me, because I [the Mother/Son] have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?^7(23b)

● Genesis 17(9-14): And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised [even if it falls on a Sabbath] among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

● Exodus 3(14-15): And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God [Lord Adam the Father] of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. [Law of Moses: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy]

● John 8(42): Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me [the Son]: for I [Mother] proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he [Lord Adam] sent me [Lord Eve].

● Thomas 61(25-31) Part 1 of Chapter 14: Salome [Lord Eve/Jesus - the Mother] said: Let not your heart be troubled:^14(1t) + who art thou man and whose son: ye believe in God, believe also in me.^14(1b) + thou didst take thy place: In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.^14(2t) + upon my bench: I go to prepare a place for you. ^14(2b) + and eat from my table: And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.¹⁴⁽³⁾ + Jesus said: And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.¹⁴⁽⁴⁾ + to her: Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?¹⁴⁽⁵⁾ + I am: Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life:^14(6t) + he who is from the same: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.^14(6b) + to me was given from the things of my Father: If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:^14(7t) + She [Lord Eve/Jesus - the Son/Mother] said: and from henceforth ye know him [Lord Adam the Father], and have seen him [Lord Jesus/Adam].^14(7b) + I am: Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.¹⁴⁽⁸⁾ + thy disciple: Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip?^14(9t) + <Jesus: he that hath seen me [Lord Jesus/Eve - the Son] hath seen the Father;^14(9c) + said to her:> and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?^14(9b)

Note: from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) [Note: the secret word from has been used before]

● He said to them, if it were profitable: Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision;^7(22t)

Note: Thomas 85(30) Part 1 of Chapter 13: from: And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son to betray him;¹³⁽²⁾

Note: but the true circumcision in spirit: Judge not according to the appearance,^7(24t) + has become profitable in everything: but judge righteous judgment.^7(24b)

● John 1(29-34): The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me [John] cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he [Lord Eve] was before me [Abel]. And I [John] knew him [Jesus] not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 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 - the Father] said unto me [Abel], Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same [Eve - the Mother] is he [Jesus - the Son] which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I [John the same Abel/Aaron] saw, and bare record that this [Jesus/Eve] is the Son of God.

Thomas (53) End - Thomas (54) Begin

END: from: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken;^7(23t) + their mother: are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?^7(23b) + but the true circumcision in spirit: Judge not according to the appearance,^7(24t) + has become profitable in everything: but judge righteous judgment.^7(24b) BEGIN: Jesus said: If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?⁷⁽²³⁾ + blessed are the poor: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 5

Gospel according to Thomas - page 31, Saying 54, plate 90(23-24)

become profitable in every way. (54) Jesus said: Blessed are the poor,²³ for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven.²⁴ [Note: This is SAYING 49 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 23-24: Matthew 5(3) = Luke 6(20)

The Secret Words of Thomas (54) were created from John 7(23-25)

Note: blessed are the poor: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾

● Thomas 65(2) Part 6 of Chapter 7: He said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾

● Leviticus 19(1&15): And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,¹⁹⁽¹⁾ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.¹⁹⁽¹⁵⁾

Note: for yours is the kingdom of heaven: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾

● John 18(36-37): Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I [the Son] born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I [Mother] should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

● 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 [Lord Eve] 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.

● Isaiah 53(4-12): Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation [Nicodemus the same Moses/Isaiah]? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 5(1-11) - The second false gospel

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for their’s is the kingdom of heaven [taken from Thomas Saying 54(23-24) Part 5 of Chapter 7]. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled [taken from Thomas Saying 69b(28-29) Part 6 of Chapter 11]. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [created from Thomas Saying 69a(25-27) Part 6 of Chapter 11]. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake [created from Thomas Saying 68(21-22) Part 9 of Chapter 7].

The third thief and liar - Luke 6(20-22) - The third false gospel

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for your’s is the kingdom of God [taken from Thomas Saying 54(23-24) Part 5 of Chapter 7]. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled [taken from Thomas Saying 69b(28-29) Part 6 Chapter 11]. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake [created from Thomas Saying 68(21-24) Part 9 of Chapter 7].

Thomas (54) End - Thomas (65) Begin

END: blessed are the poor: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + for yours is the kingdom of heaven: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾ BEGIN: He said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + a good man had a vineyard: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 6

Gospel according to Thomas - page 39, Saying (65), plate 93(1-16)

(65) He said: A good man had¹ a vineyard. He gave it to husbandmen² so that they would work it and that he would receive its fruit³ from them. He sent his servant so that⁴ the husbandmen would give him the fruit of⁵ the vineyard. They seized his servant,⁶ they beat him; a little longer and they would have killed him.⁷ The servant came, he told it to his master.⁸ His master said: "Perhaps he did not know them".⁹ He sent another servant; the husbandmen beat¹⁰ him as well. Then the owner sent¹¹ his son. He said: "Perhaps they will respect¹² my son". Since those husbandmen¹³ knew that he was the heir¹⁴ of the vineyard, they seized him, they killed him.¹⁵ Whoever has ears let him hear.¹⁶ [Line 9: read: "Perhaps they did not recognize him"] [Note: This is SAYING 50 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 1-15: Matthew 21(33-41) = Mark 12(1-8) = Luke 20(9-16)

● Line 16: 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 (65) were created from John 7(24-41)

He [Jesus] said: Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.⁷⁽²⁴⁾ + a good man had a vineyard: Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill?⁷⁽²⁵⁾ + he gave it to husbandmen so that they would work it: But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.^7(26t) + and that he would receive its fruit from them: Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?^7(26b) + he sent his servant: Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.^7(27-28) + so that the husbandmen would give him the fruit of the vineyard: But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.⁷⁽²⁹⁾ + they seized his servant, they beat him, a little longer and they would have killed him: Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.⁷⁽³⁰⁾ + the servant came: And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?⁷⁽³¹⁾ + they told it: The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.⁷⁽³²⁾ + to his master: Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.^7(33-34) + his master said, perhaps they did not know: Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him?^7(35t) + he sent another servant, they beat him as well: will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?^7(35b) + then the owner sent his son: What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?⁷⁽³⁶⁾ + he said: In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.⁷⁽³⁷⁾ + perhaps they will respect my son: He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.⁷⁽³⁸⁾ + since those husbandmen knew that he was the heir of the vineyard: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:^7(39t) + they seized him, they killed him: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)^7(39b) + whoever has ears: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + let him hear: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾

Note: the servant came: And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?⁷⁽³¹⁾

Note: they told it: The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.⁷⁽³²⁾ + to his master: Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.^7(33-34) + his master said, perhaps they [the officers] did not know: Then said the Jews [the officers] among themselves, Whither will he go that we shall not find him?^7(35t)

● Thomas 73(6-7) Part 8 of Chapter 7: the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived.^7(45-47)

Note: he sent another servant, they beat him as well: will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?^7(35b)

John 18(33-40) & 19(1-6): Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause cane I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. But you have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.^18(33-40) Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him.^19(1-6)

Note: he said: Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.^7(37b) + perhaps they will respect my son: He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.⁷⁽³⁸⁾ + since those husbandmen knew that he was the heir of the vineyard: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:^7(39t) + they seized him, they killed him: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)^7(39b)

● Isaiah 55(1-5): Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee.

● Isaiah 59(20-21): And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The first thief and liar - Mark 12(1-11) - The first false gospel

And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our’s. And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others [created from Thomas Saying 65(1-15) Part 6 of Chapter 7]. And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner [taken from Thomas Saying 66(17-18) Part 1 of Chapter 8]: This was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes [taken from Psalm 118(23)]?

The second thief and liar - Matthew 21(33-42) - The second false gospel

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons [created from Thomas Saying 65(1-15) Part 6 of Chapter 7]. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner [taken from Thomas Saying 66(17-18) Part 1 of Chapter 8]; this is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes [taken from Psalm 118(23)]?

The third thief and liar - Luke 20(9-25) - The third false gospel

Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be our’s. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid [created from Thomas Saying 65(1-15) Part 6 of Chapter 7]. And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner [taken from Thomas Saying 66(17-18) Part 1 of Chapter 8]? Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar’s. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar’s, and unto God the things which be God’s [created from Thomas Saying 100(27-30) Part 2 of Chapter 16].

Thomas (65) End - Thomas (72) Begin

END: since those husbandmen knew that he was the heir of the vineyard: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive:^7(39t) + they seized him, they killed him: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.^7(39b) + whoever has ears: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + let him hear: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ BEGIN: A man: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.⁷⁽³⁹⁾ + said to him: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b)

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 7

Gospel according to Thomas - page 41, Saying (72), plate 94(1-6)

(72) [A man said] to Him: Tell my brethren¹ to divide my father's possessions² with me. He said to him: O man, who³ made Me (a) divider? He turned to⁴ His disciples, he said to them: I am not a divider,⁵ am I? (73) Jesus said: The harvest⁶ [Note: This is SAYING 51 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 1-6: Luke 12(13-14)

The Secret Words of Thomas (72) were created from John 7(39-47)^{[*R/07/01/2024]}

A man: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)⁷⁽³⁹⁾ + said to him: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b) + my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David,^7(42t) + He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾ + he turned to his disciples: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + *he said to them, I am not a divider, I am: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47)

Note: A man: (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)⁷⁽³⁹⁾

● Thomas 57(33-34) Part 3 of Chapter 7: the kingdom of the Father is like a man: Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?⁷⁽¹¹⁾ + who had good seed: And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man:^7(12t)

● John 1(29-34): The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me [John] cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he [Lord Eve] was before me [Abel]. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 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. And I [John the same Abel/Aaron] saw, and bare record that this [Jesus/Eve] is the Son of God.

Note: my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David,^7(42t)

● 2 Samuel 7(8-17): Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

● Isaiah 7(10-16): Moreover, the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings.

● Isaiah 9(6-7): For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given [Son of man/Son of God]: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.

● John 6(41-42): The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus [of Nazareth in Galille], the son of Joseph [the first born] whose father [Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea in Samaria/Ephraim)] and mother [Salome of Nazareth in Galilee] we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

Note: my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David [Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea - the father of Jesus],^7(42t)

● Thomas 19(22) Part 6 of Chapter 1: for you have five [5] trees in paradise [Galilee]: Now [1] Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of [2] Andrew and [3] Peter. Philip findeth [4] Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom [5] Moses [Moses/Nicodemus] in the law, and the prophets [Gospel according to John], did write, Jesus of Nazareth [Galilee], the son of Joseph [of Arimathaea/not in Galilee]. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.^1(44-46)

● John 6(42): And they said, Is not this Jesus [of Nazareth in Galilee], the son of Joseph [the first born], whose father [Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea in Samaria/Ephraim] and mother [Salome of Nazareth in Galilee] we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?

● John 19(38): And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus [one of the chosen 12], but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he [the father] might take away the body of Jesus [his son]: and Pilate gave him [Joseph of Arimathaea - the father of Jesus] leave. He [the father] came therefore, and took the body of Jesus [his son].

● The Law - Genesis 48(18-22): And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the first born [Manasseh]; put thy right hand upon his head. And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother [Ephraim] shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you [Joseph] again [David/Joseph of Arimathaea] unto the land of your fathers. Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

● The Law - Genesis 49(1-2): And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father.

● The Law - Genesis 49(21-28): Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. *Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. [See also Genesis 37(5-11) - Joseph's two [2] dreams.] Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel [Reuben, Simeon, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan, Gad, Asher, Naphtali, *Joseph - Ephraim and Manasseh, Benjamin]: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

Note: said to him: Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.⁷⁽⁴⁰⁾ + tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b) + my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That Christ cometh of the seed of David [true],^7(42t) + He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem [not true], where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾

● John 19(19-22): And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written [Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews], I [Nicodemus] have written [in the Gospel of John - Jesus of Nazareth the King of the Jews].

● Micah 5(2-4): But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting [Seth the same Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea]. Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth [Lord Eve/Jesus the Son/Mother]: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

● Genesis 41(37-41): And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.

● 2 Samuel 7(8-9): Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people Israel: And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

● 1 Samuel 17(56-58): And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is. And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. [David of the city of Bethlehem in Judea and Jesus was of the city of Nazareth in Galilee].

● Thomas 84(24-29) Part 2 of Chapter 13: Jesus said: Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.^13(8b) + when you see your likeness you rejoice: Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.¹³⁽⁹⁾ + but when you see your images which came into existence before you: Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew who should betray him [Canaan the same Judas Iscariot]; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.^13(10-11) + which neither die nor are manifested: So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you?¹³⁽¹²⁾ + how much will you bear: Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.¹³⁽¹³⁾

● John 19(38): And after this Joseph of Arimathaea [in Samaria], being a disciple of Jesus [one of his chosen twelve], but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he [Joseph the same Seth/Joseph/David] might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He [the father of Jesus] came therefore, and took the body of Jesus [his son].

Note: He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem [not true], where David was?^7(42b)

● John 1(43-49): The day following 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 [the same Nicodemus] in the law, and the prophets [Gospel according to John], did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile! Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

● 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)

● Matthew 2(1-6) - the second false gospel: Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east of Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, in Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it was written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.

● Luke 2(1-12) - the third false gospel: And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Agustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

Note: He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾ + he turned to his disciples: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + he said to them, I am not a divider, I am: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47)

● Exodus 3(13-15): And Moses said unto God, Behold when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM [Lord Adam] THAT I AM [Lord Eve]: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM [The LORD] hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The third thief and liar - Luke 12(13-14) - The third false gospel

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you [taken from Thomas Saying 72(1-4) Part 7 of Chapter 7]?

Thomas (72) End - Thomas (73) Begin

END: tell my brethren: Others said, This is the Christ.^7(41t) + to divide: But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?^7(41b) + my father’s possessions: Hath not the scripture said,^7(42t) + with me: That the Christ cometh of the seed of Daivd,^7(42t) + He said to him, O man, I am not: and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?^7(42b) + a divider: So there was a division among the people because of him.⁷⁽⁴³⁾ + he turned to his disciples: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + he said to them, I am not a divider, I am: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47) BEGIN: Jesus: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ + said: Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.^7(42-43) + the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47)

JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 8

Gospel according to Thomas - page 41, Saying (73), plate 94(6-9)

am I? (73) Jesus said: The harvest⁶ is indeed great, but the labourers are few;⁷ but beg the Lord to send labourers⁸ into the harvest. (74) He said: Lord, there are⁹ [Note: This is SAYING 52 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 6-9: Matthew 9(37-38) = Luke 10(2)

The Secret Words of Thomas (73) were created from John 7(41-51)^{[*R/01/07/2024]}

Jesus: Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee.⁷⁽⁴¹⁾ + said: Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethelem, where David was? So there was a division among the people because of him.^7(42-43) + the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ + *is indeed great: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?^7(45-47) + *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)

Note: the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ - 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 74(9) Part 3 of Chapter 2: He [Nicodemus/Moses] said, Lord: When the ruler [Nicodemus] of the feast [in Cana of Galilee] had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor [Master/Rabbi] 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)

● 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.

● 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⁾

Note: the harvest: And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him..⁷⁽⁴⁴⁾ - 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 [the Pharisees], (he [Nicodemus/Moses] that came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], being one of them [one of the two which heard John speak],) Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?^7(50-51)

● Thomas 19(18-20) Part 6 of Chapter 1: he came into being: 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!^1(35-36) + if you become disciples to me: 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].^1(37-39) + and hear: One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.¹⁽⁴⁰⁾

● John 1(26-27): 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.

● John 17(6-17) I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me: and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst sent me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thy own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

● John 6(41-45): The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

Note: but my labourers are few: Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?⁷⁽⁴⁷⁸⁾ + 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 [the Pharisees], (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)

● John 15(18-27): 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 grater 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 shall also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

● John 16(1-3): These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

Note: beg the Lord to send his labourers to the harvest: Nicodemus saith unto them [the Pharisees], (he [Nicodemus/Moses] 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 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 Moses].^4(38b)

● 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, 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.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 9(37-38) - The second false gospel

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest [taken from Thomas Saying 73(6-9) Part 8 of Chapter 7].

The third thief and liar - Luke 10(2) - The third false gospel

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest [taken from Thomas Saying 73(6-9) Part 8 of Chapter 7].

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JOHN CHAPTER 7 + THOMAS - PART 9

Gospel according to Thomas - page 39, Saying (68), plate 93(21-24)

(68) Jesus said: Blessed are you when²¹ you are hated and persecuted;²² and no place will be found there²³ where you have been persecuted.²⁴ [Lines 23-24: read: "you will find a place, where you will not be persecuted"] [Note: This is SAYING 53 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 21-22: cf. Matthew 5(11) = Luke 6(22)

The Secret Words of Thomas (68) were created from John 7(50-53end)+8(1)

Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾ + when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾ + and persecuted: They answered and said unto him [Nicodemus], Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t) + and no place will be found: Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.^7(52b) + there where you have been: And every man went unto his own house.⁷⁽⁵³⁾ + persecuted: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.⁸⁽¹⁾

Note: Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them [the Pharisees], (he [Nicodemus/Moses] that came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], being one of them [one of the two which heard John speak],)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾

● Thomas 19(17-20) Part 6 of Chapter 1: Jesus said, blessed is he who was before: 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. And I [John the same Abel/Aaron] saw, and bare record that this [Jesus/Eve] is the Son of God.^1(32-34) + he came into being: Again the next day after [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!^1(35-36) + if you become disciples to me: 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] and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour [when John stood with his two disciples].^1(37-39) + and hear: One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.¹⁽⁴⁰⁾

Note: Jesus said, blessed are you: Nicodemus saith unto them [the Pharisees], (he [Nicodemus/Moses] that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,)⁷⁽⁵⁰⁾ + when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾ + and persecuted: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t)

● John 15(20-25): 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.

● John 5(45-47): Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one [Nicodemus] that accuseth you [the Pharisees], even Moses, in whom ye [the Pharisees] trust. For had you believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings [Nicodemus’ the same Moses/Isaiah], how shall ye believe my words?

Note: and persecuted: They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t) - there where you have been: And every man went unto his own house [Nicodemus of Cana in Galilee].⁷⁽⁵³⁾

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

● Thomas 74(9) Part 3 of Chapter 2: He [Nicodemus] said, Lord: When the ruler [Nicodemus] of the feast [in Cana of Galilee] had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor [Master/Rabbi] 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 57(35) Part 3 of Chapter 7: came by night: Howbeit no man spake openly of him [He (Nicodemus) said, Lord - the secret words] for fear of the Jews.⁷⁽¹³⁾

● John 3(9-10): 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?

● John 1(38): 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?

● Thomas 19(22) Part 6 of Chapter 1: for you have five trees in paradise [Galilee]: Now [1] Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of [2] Andrew and [3] Peter. Philip findeth [4] Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom [5] Moses [Moses/Nicodemus] in the law, and the prophets [Gospel according to John], did write, Jesus of Nazareth [Galilee], the son of Joseph [of Arimathaea - not in Galilee]. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.^1(44-46)

• John 12(20-21): And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

• John 21(2): There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.

● Thomas 31(5-6) Part 8 of Chapter 4: Jesus said, no prophet: For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.⁴⁽⁴⁴⁾ + is acceptable: Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.⁴⁽⁴⁵⁾ + in his [Nicodemus’] village: So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.^4(46t)

Note: when you are hated: Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth?⁷⁽⁵¹⁾ + and persecuted: They answered and said unto him [Nicodemus], Art thou also of Galilee?^7(52t) - persecuted: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.⁸⁽¹⁾

● John 5(15-18): The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

● John 15(18-27): 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 hateth 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.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 5(10-11) - The second false gospel

Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [created from Thomas Saying 69a(25-27) Part 6 of Chapter 11]. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake [created from Thomas Saying 68(21-22) Part 9 of Chapter 7].

The third thief and liar - Luke 6(20-22) - The third false gospel

And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for your’s is the kingdom of God [taken from Thomas Saying 54(23-24) Part 5 of Chapter 7]. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled [taken from Thomas Saying 69b(28-29) Part 6 of Chapter 11]. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake [created from Thomas Saying 68(21-24) Part 9 of Chapter 7].

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