thomas.html

thomas.html: "ese are the secret sayings° which the living¹ Yeshua° has spoken, and Didymos Judas Thomas° inscribed them. (¹i.e. resurrected; Jer 23:18, Mt 13:34, Lk 1:1 8:10 10:21, Jn 21:25, Rev/Ap 1:17; online scan of the papyrus MS; hypertext interlinear of this logion; Gk fragment interlinear of this logion)

1. And he {says¹}: Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings shall not taste death. (Ps 118:17, Isa 25:8, Lk 9:27, Jn 5:24 8:51; this is apparently an introductory logion quoting Thomas himself, included [like Jn 21:24] by his own disciples, since it speaks of the following as a collection of sayings; ¹thruout the Greek fragments of Thomas, ‘x says’ is in the present tense— see Henry Barclay Swete [1897]; hyperlinear; Gk fragment)

2. Yeshua says: Let him who seeks not cease seeking until he finds; and when he finds he shall be troubled; and having been troubled he shall marvel, and he shall reign over the totality° {and find repose°}. (Gen 1:26, Dan 7:27, Lk 1:29 22:25-30!, Rev/Ap 1:6 3:21 20:4 22:5; =Clement of Alexandria, Stromata II.9 & V.14; hyperlinear; Gk fragment)

3. Yeshua says: If those who lead you say to you: Behold, the Sovereignty is in the sky°!, then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you"