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section one - JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS

PART 1 - SAYING 20 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (47) were created from John 3(33-36end)+4(1-19)^{[*R/04/28/2024]}

He said: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.^3(33-36) + it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)^4(1-2) + to mount two horses: He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria.^4(3-4) + and to stretch two bows: Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.^4(5-6) + and it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters: There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.^4(7-9) + otherwise he will: Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.⁴⁽¹⁰⁾ + honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t) + no man drinks: thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:^4(11c) + old wine: from whence then hast thou that living water?^4(11b) + and immediately desires to drink: Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:^4(12-13) + *new wine: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him + *and they do not: shall never thirst;^4(14t) + *put new wine into an old wineskin: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.^4(14b) + and they do not: The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.⁴⁽¹⁵⁾ + put old wine into a new wineskin: Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.⁴⁽¹⁶⁾ + *lest they spoil it: The woman answered and said, I have no husband.^4(17t) + they do not sew: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + an old patch on a new garment: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:^4(18t) + unless there: in that saidst thou truly.^4(18b) + will come a rent: The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.⁴⁽¹⁹⁾ [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 (47) End - Thomas (36) Begin

END: they do not sew: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + an old patch on a new garment: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:^4(18t) + unless there: in that saidst thou truly.^4(18b) + will come a rent: The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.⁴⁽¹⁹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + take no thought: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.^4(18-19) [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 21 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (36) were created from John 4(17b-22)

Jesus said: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + take no thought: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.^4(18-19) + from morning until evening: Our fathers worshipped in this mountain;^4(20t) + and from evening: and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.^4(20b) + until morning: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + about what: Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:^4(22t) + you shall put on: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b)

Thomas (36) End - Thomas (30) Begin

END: until morning: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + about what: Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:^4(22t) + you shall put on: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b) BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + where there are three gods: Ye worship ye know not what:^4(22t) + they are gods: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b)

PART 3 - SAYING 22 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (30) were created from John 4(21-26)

Jesus said: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + where there are three gods: Ye worship ye know not what:^4(22t) + they are gods: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b) + where there are two or one: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.⁴⁽²³⁾ + I am: God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.⁴⁽²⁴⁾ + with him: The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.^4(25-26)

Thomas (30) End - Thomas (29) Begin

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

PART 4 - SAYING 23 - The Secret words of Thomas Saying (29) were created from John 4(25-30)

Jesus said, if the flesh has come into existence because of the spirit, it is a marvel: The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.⁴⁽²⁵⁾ + but if the spirit because of the body, it is a marvel of marvels: Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.⁴⁽²⁶⁾ + but they marvel at: And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman:^4(27t) + why: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?^4(27b) + this great wealth: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did:^4(28-29t) + has made its home: is not this the Christ?^4(29b) + in this poverty: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.⁴⁽³⁰⁾

Thomas (29) End - Thomas (27) Begin

END: this great wealth: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did ^4(28-29t) + has made its home: is not this the Christ?^4(29b) + in this poverty: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.⁴⁽³⁰⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?^4(28-29) + 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⁾

PART 5 - SAYING 24 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (27) were created from John 4(28-36)

Jesus said: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?^4(28-29) + 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⁾ + They said to him: In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?^4(31-33) + if you keep not the Sabbath: Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,^4(34t) + a Sabbath: and to finish his work.^4(34b) + you will not see: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.⁴⁽³⁵⁾ + the kingdom of the Father: 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⁾

Thomas (27) End - Thomas (41) Begin

END: you will not see: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.⁴⁽³⁵⁾ + the kingdom of the Father: 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⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up you eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.⁴⁽³⁵⁾ + 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⁾

PART 6 - SAYING 25 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (41) were created from John 4(35-39)

Jesus said: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.⁴⁽³⁵⁾ + 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 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.^4(38b) + even the little which he has: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.⁴⁽³⁹⁾

Thomas (41) End - Thomas (48) Begin

END: even the little which he has: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that I ever did.⁴⁽³⁹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, if two make peace with each other: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that I ever did.⁴⁽³⁹⁾

PART 7 - SAYING 26 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (48) were created from John 4(39-44)

Jesus said, if two make peace with each other: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.⁴⁽³⁹⁾ + in this one house: So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.⁴⁽⁴⁰⁾ + they shall: And many more believed because of his own word;⁴⁽⁴¹⁾ + say to: And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying:^4(42t) + the mountain: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.^4(42b) + be moved: Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.⁴⁽⁴³⁾ + and it shall be moved: For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.⁴⁽⁴⁴⁾

Thomas (48) End - Thomas (31) Begin

END: and it shall be moved: For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.⁴⁽⁴⁴⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, no prophet: For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.⁴⁽⁴⁴⁾

PART 8 - SAYING 27 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (31) were created from John 4(44-48)

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 village: So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.^4(46t) + no physician heals those: And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.^4(46b-47) + who know him: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾

Thomas (31) End - Thomas (33) Begin

END: no physician heals those: And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.^4(46b-47) + who know him: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, what thou shalt hear: When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.⁴⁽⁴⁷⁾ + in thine ear: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾

PART 9 - SAYING 28 - The Secret Words of Thomas Saying (33) were created from John 4(47-54end)+5(1)

Jesus said, what thou shalt hear: When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.⁴⁽⁴⁷⁾ + in thine ear: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾ + and in thine ear: The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.⁴⁽⁴⁹⁾ + that preach from your housetops: Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.⁴⁽⁵⁰⁾ + for no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel: And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.⁴⁽⁵¹⁾ + nor does he put it in a hidden place: Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.⁴⁽⁵²⁾ + but he sets it on the lampstand: So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:^4(53t) + so that all: and himself believed, and his whole house.^4(53b) + who come in and go out: This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.⁴⁽⁵⁴⁾ + may see its light: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.⁵⁽¹⁾

Thomas (33) End - Thomas (59) Begin

END: but he sets it on the lampstand: So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:^4(53t) + so that all: and himself believed, and his whole house.^4(53b) + who come in and go out: This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.⁴⁽⁵⁴⁾ + may see its light: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.⁵⁽¹⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:^4(53t) + look upon the Living: and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.^4(53b-54) + as long as you live: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.⁵⁽¹⁾

section two - JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 1

Gospel according to Thomas - page 27/29, Saying (47), plate 89(12-23)

and he shall become higher than John. (47) Jesus said:¹² It is impossible for a man to mount two horses¹³ and to stretch two bows, and it is impossible¹⁴ for a servant to serve two masters,¹⁵ otherwise he will honour the one¹⁶ and offend the other. No man drinks old wine¹⁷ and immediately desires to drink new wine;¹⁸ and they do not put new (wine into old wineskins),¹⁹ lest they burst, and they²⁰ do not put old wine into a new wineskin, lest²¹ it spoil it. They do not sew an old patch on a new garment,²² because there would come a rent.²³ [Note: This is SAYING 20 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 14-17: Matthew 6(24) = Luke 16(13)

● Lines 17-18: Luke 5(39)

● Lines 19-23: Matthew 9(16-17) = Mark 2(21-22) = Luke 5(36-38)

Note: Thomas (21) End (John Chapters 3end+4begin) - Thomas (47) Begin (John Chapters 3end+4begin)

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

The Secret Words of Thomas (47) were created from John 3(33-36end)+4(1-19)^{[*R/04/28/2024]}

He [John] said: He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.^3(33-36) + it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)^4(1-2) + to mount two horses: He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria.^4(3-4) + and to stretch two bows: Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.^4(5-6) + and it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters: There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.^4(7-9) + otherwise he will: Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.⁴⁽¹⁰⁾ + honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t) + no man drinks: thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:^4(11c) + old wine: from whence then hast thou that living water?^4(11b) + and immediately desires to drink: Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:^4(12-13) + *new wine: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him + and they do not: shall never thirst;^4(14t) + *put new wine into an old wineskin: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.^4(14b) + and they do not: The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.⁴⁽¹⁵⁾ + put old wine into a new wineskin: Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.⁴⁽¹⁶⁾ + *lest they [the wineskins] spoil it: The woman answered and said, I have no husband.^4(17t) + they do not sew: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + an old patch on a new garment: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:^4(18t) + unless there: in that saidst thou truly.^4(18b) + will come a rent: The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.⁴⁽¹⁹⁾

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

● Thomas 37(33-34) Part 5 of Chapter 1: and tread on them: And I [John] knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.¹⁽³¹⁾

● Deuteronomy 18(15-22): The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. And the LORD said unto me [Moses], They have well spoken that which they have spoken. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, 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 whoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, 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 had not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

● John 5(24-33): 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 Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

● Thomas 22(25-28) Part 4 of Chapter 5: and when you make the inner [Abel] as the outer [John]: There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he [Abel] witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.^5(32-33) + and the outer [John] as the inner [Abel/Aaron]: But I receive not testimony from man [John]: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He [Aaron] was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.^5(34-35) + and the above as the below: But I have greater witness than that of John [Abel/Aaron/John]: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.⁵⁽³⁶⁾

Note: it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples,)^4(1-2)

● Thomas 36(24) Part 2 of Chapter 4: Jesus said: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + take no thought: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.^4(18-19)

● Thomas 30(5) Part 3 of Chapter 4: with him: The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.^4(25-26)

Note: it is impossible for a man: When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus [Lord Eve/Jesus the Mother/Son] made and baptized more disciples than John, (Though Jesus himself baptized not but his disciples,)^4(1-2)

● Genesis 2(21-24): And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

● Genesis 3(20): And Adam [Lord Adam the Father of all living] called his wife’s name Eve [Lord Eve]; because she was the mother of all living.

● Thomas 96(2-5) 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) + who has taken a little leaven and has hidden it in dough: Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.¹⁶⁽³⁰⁾ + and has made large loaves: Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone:^16(31-32t) + with it [the dough]: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.^16(32b)

● 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⁾

● Isaiah 8(16-18): Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

● Psalm 95(6-7t): O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and sheep of his hand.

● Isaiah 45(11-13): Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his maker, Ask me things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

● Isaiah 54(5): For thy maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

● Isaiah 51(12-13): I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgetest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundation of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?

Note: to mount two horses: He [and Nicodemus] left Judaea [two horses], and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria.^4(3-4)

● 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 - Simon Peter (Simon or Peter), Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael, James and Matthew, Lazarus, Andrew, Philip, Joseph/the father of Jesus and Judas not Iscariot] 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 31(6) Part 8 of Chapter 4: in his village [Nicodemus of Cana in Galilee]: So Jesus [of Nazareth in Galilee] came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine:^4(46t)

● Thomas 49(27-29) Part 1 of Chapter 3: blessed are the solitary and elect: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus [one of Jesus chosen twelve], a ruler of the Jews:³⁽¹⁾ + for you shall find: The same [Nicodemus/Moses] came to Jesus by night [after the 12^th hour], and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.³⁽²⁾

Note: and to stretch two bows: Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus [the shepherd, the stone of Israel] therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.^4(5-6) + and it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters: There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples [includes Joseph of Arimathea the father of Jesus] were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.^4(7-9)

● Isaiah 46(9-11): Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: Calling a ravenous bird from the east [Lamech], the man [Pilate/Lamech] that executeth my counsel from a far country [Rome]: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.

● Genesis 48(21-22): 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.

● 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.

● Genesis 49(22-26): 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 [Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea] 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 [Joseph of Arimathaea - the father of Jesus] that was separate from his brethren.

● Thomas 79(4-6) Part 3 of Chapter 11: blessed is the womb which bore thee and the breasts which nourished thee: But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will giveth it thee.¹¹⁽²²⁾

● Genesis 37(9-11): And he [Joseph] dreamed yet another [2nd] dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother [Rachel has already died] and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.

● Thomas 72(1-3) Part 7 of Chapter 7: 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 [Joseph/David/Joseph of Arimathaea - the father of Jesus],^7(42t)

Note: it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters: There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jews, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.^4(7-9)

● 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.

Note: honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t)

● John 20(11-17): But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus [the Father] saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus [the Mother] saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.

Note: otherwise he will: Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.⁴⁽¹⁰⁾ + honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t)

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

Note: honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t) + no man drinks: thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:^4(11c) + old wine: from whence then hast thou that living water?^4(11b) - new wine: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him + and they do not: shall never thirst^4(14t) + put new wine into an old wineskin: but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.^4(14b)

● John 7(37-39): 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. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (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.)

● John 14(14-19): If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

● John 20(16-22): Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Note: honour the one and offend the other: The woman saith unto him, Sir,^4(11t) + no man drinks: thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep:^4(11c) + old wine: from whence then hast thou that living water?^4(11b) - put old wine into a new wineskin [bring forth a child]: Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.⁴⁽¹⁶⁾ + lest they spoil it: The woman answered and said, I have no husband.^4(17t)

● Genesis 3(16): Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception, in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

● Genesis 2(23-24): And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

● Genesis 5(1-5): This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died [left this world].

● Genesis 9(1-6): And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

● 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)

● John 6(47-64): Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I [Lord Eve/Jesus] am the bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may [believe] eat thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man [believe] eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye [believe] eat the flesh of the Son of man [Lord Jesus/Eve], and drink his blood, ye have no life [truth] in you. Whoso [believeth] eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that [beliveth] eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that [believeth] eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that [believeth] eateth of this bread shall live for ever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it.? When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life [truth]. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.

Note: put old wine into a new wineskin: Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.⁴⁽¹⁶⁾ + lest they spoil it: The woman answered and said, I have no husband.^4(17t) + they do not sew: Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:^4(17b) + an old patch on a new garment: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband:^4(18t) + unless there: in that saidst thou truly.^4(18b) + will come a rent: The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.⁴⁽¹⁹⁾

● Isaiah 50(9): Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

● Genesis 3(20): And Adam [Lord Adam the Father of all living] called his wife’s name Eve [Lord Eve]; because she was the mother of all living.

● Genesis 2(21-24): And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh [<an old patch on a new garment - will come a rent].

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 6(24-25) - The second false gospel

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [created from Thomas Saying 47(14-17) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on [created from Thomas Saying 36(24-26) Part 2 of Chapter 4]. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

The third thief and liar - Luke 16(13) - The third false gospel

No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [created from Thomas Saying 47(14-17) Part 1 of Chapter 4].

The first thief and liar - Mark 2(19-22) - The first false gospel

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days [created from Thomas Saying 104(11-16) Part 2 of Chapter 18]. No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse [created from Thomas Saying 47(22-23) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles [created from Thomas Saying 47(19-22) Part 1 of Chapter 4].

The second thief and liar - Matthew 9(15-17) - The second false gospel

And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast [created from Thomas Saying 104(11-16) Part 2 of Chapter 18]. No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse [created from Thomas Saying 47(22-23) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new wine bottles, and both are preserved [created from Thomas Saying 47(19-22) Part 1 of Chapter 4].

The third thief and liar - Luke 5(34-39) - The third false gospel

And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days [created from Thomas Saying 104(11-16) Part 2 of Chapter 18]. And he spake also a parable unto them [the sayings themselves have no value except for the secret words which formed them]; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old [created from Thomas Saying 47(22-23) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved [created from Thomas Saying 47(19-22) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better [created from Thomas Saying 47(17-18) Part 1 of Chapter 4].

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 (47) End - Thomas (36) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 2

Gospel according to Thomas - page 23, Saying (36), plate 87(24-26)

(36) Jesus said: Take no thought from²⁴ morning until evening and from evening²⁵ until morning for what you shall put on.²⁶ [Note: This is SAYING 21 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 24-26: Matthew 6(25) = Luke 12(22); cf. Matthew 6(31) = Luke 12(29)

The Secret Words of Thomas (36) were created from John 4(17b-22)

Note: and from evening [the final Passover]: and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.^4(20b) + until morning [Jesus returns to the Father]: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾

Friday 14^th Day (light/day) - Evening/Sunset - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (dark/night)

● Deuteronomy 16(16): Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:

● Leviticus 23(5-6): In the fourteenth [14^th] day of the first month at even [this begins the 15^th Day (dark/night)] is the LORD'S passover. And on the fifteenth [15^th] day [light/day] of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

● Deuteronomy 16(5-7): Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (dark/night) - Morning/Sunrise - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)

● Deuteronomy 16(4): And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

● John 20(1-2): The first day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)] of the week [7 Days of unleavened bread] cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (dark/night) - dawn], unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she 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 know not where they have laid him.

● John 20(17-19): Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her. Then the same day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day] at evening [sunset], being the first day [still Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)] of the week [7 Days of unleavened bread], when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

● Isaiah 66(1-5): 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. Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name’s sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

Note: and from evening [the final Passover]: and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.^4(20b) + until morning [Jesus returns to the Father]: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾

● John 1(29): The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

● John 4(22-26): Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

Note: about what: Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:^4(22t) [Note: the secret word about has been used before]

● Thomas 4(8) Part 2 of Chapter 21: about: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.^21(18-19)

● Thomas 52(15-18) Part 4 of Chapter 2: and they all spoke about thee: And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables;^2(14-15) - and you have spoken about the dead: Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of his [Lazarus’] body.^2(19-21)

Note: about what: Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:^4(22t) + you shall put on: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b)

● John 4(23-26): But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.

● Isaiah 61(7-11): For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 6(24-25) - The second false gospel

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon [created from Thomas Saying 47(14-17) Part 1 of Chapter 4]. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment [created from Thomas Saying 36(24-26) Part 2 of Chapter 4]?

The third thief and liar - Luke 12(22-23) - The third false gospel

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment [created from Thomas Saying 36(24-26) Part 2 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (36) End - Thomas (30) Begin

END: until morning: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + about what: Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship:^4(22t) + you shall put on: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b) BEGIN: Jesus said: Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.⁴⁽²¹⁾ + where there are three gods: Ye worship ye know not what:^4(22t) + they are gods: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b)

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 3

Gospel according to Thomas - page 21, Saying (30), plate 87(2-5)

has made its home in this poverty. (30) Jesus said:² Where there are three gods,³ they are gods; where there are two or one, I⁴ am with him. (31) Jesus said: No prophet⁵ [Note: This is SAYING 22 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 3-5: cf. Matthew 18(20)

The Secret Words of Thomas (30) were created from John 4(21-26)

Note: they are gods: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.^4(22b)

● Psalm 82(1-8): God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.

● John 10(31-36): Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 18(19-20) - The second false gospel

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven [created from Thomas Saying 48(24-26) Part 7 of Chapter 4]. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them [created from Thomas Saying 30(2-5) Part 3 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (30) End - Thomas (29) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 4

Gospel according to Thomas - page 21, Saying (29), plate 86(31-34) & 87(1-2)

repent. (29) Jesus said: If the flesh³¹ has come into existence because of <the> spirit, it is a marvel;³² but if <the> spirit (has come into existence) because of the body,³³ it is a marvel of marvels. But I marvel³⁴ at how this great wealth¹ has made its home in this poverty. (30) Jesus said:² [Note: This is SAYING 23 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes - None Given

The Secret Words of Thomas (29) were created from John 4(25-30)

Note: this great wealth: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that I ever did:^4(28-29t) + has made its home: is not this the Christ?^4(29b)

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

● John 3(34-35): For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

● John 1(41-42): He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

Note: in this poverty: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.⁴⁽³⁰⁾

● Thomas 3(3-5) Part 3 of Chapter 6: then you know that you were in poverty: (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)⁶⁽²³⁾ + and you are in poverty: When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.⁶⁽²⁴⁾

Note: John 4(25-29): The woman [the same Sarah] saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?

● Genesis 18(9-15): And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

● Genesis 21(1-8): And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Thomas (29) End - Thomas (27) Begin

END: this great wealth: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that I ever did:^4(28-29t) + has made its home: is not this the Christ?^4(29b) + in this poverty: Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.⁴⁽³⁰⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said: The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that I ever did: is not this the Christ?^4(28-29) + 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⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 5

Gospel according to Thomas - page 19, Saying (27), plate 86(17-20)

out of thy brother’s eye. (27) <Jesus said:> If you fast not¹⁷ from the world, you will not find the Kingdom;¹⁸ if you keep not the Sabbath as Sabbath,¹⁹ you will not see the Father.²⁰ [Line 19: "keep ... as Sabbath"; lit.: "make into Sabbath"] [Note: This is SAYING 24 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 18-19: cf., perhaps, Matthew 6(33) = Luke 12(31)

● Line 20: cf. John 14(9) & Matthew 5(8)

The Secret Words of Thomas (27) were created from John 4(28-36)

<Jesus said:> The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that I ever did: is not this the Christ?^4(28-29) + 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⁾ + They said to him: In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat?^4(31-33) + if you keep not the Sabbath: Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,^4(34t) + a Sabbath: and to finish his work.^4(34b) + you will not see: Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.⁴⁽³⁵⁾ + the kingdom of the Father: 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⁾

Note: 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⁾

● Isaiah 58(3-7): Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

● 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.

● 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 109(31) Part 4 of Chapter 19: Jesus said, the kingdom of the Father is like a man: When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.^19(8-9)

● Thomas 98(15-16) Part 5 of Chapter 15: Jesus said, the kingdom of the Father is like a man: 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.¹⁵⁽²⁰⁾

Note: if you keep not the Sabbath: Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me,^4(34t)

● John 5(15-17): 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.

● John 7(21-24): Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. 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? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.

● Isaiah 58(13-14): If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

● John 9(1-16): And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, And said unto him, Go, was in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.

Note: a Sabbath [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day]: and to finish his work.^4(34b)

● John 19(28-31): After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation [the LORD'S passover - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (dark/night)], that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)], (for that sabbath day was an high day [the sabbath of the LORD and the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD],) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

● John 20(19-31): Then the same day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day] at evening [sunset], being the first day [still Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)] of the week [7 Days of unleavened bread], when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands [.+.] and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the Lord. Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print [.+.] of the nails, and put my finger into the print [.+.] of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days [Saturday/Sabbath 22^nd Day (light/day)] again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands [.+.]; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. And many other signs [.+.] truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book [Gospel according to Thomas]: But these [.+.] are written [Gospel according to John], that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing [John + Thomas] ye might have life through his name.

● Isaiah 53(1-12): 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. 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.

● Psalm 118(22-29): The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. This is the day [Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (light/day)] which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the alter. Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Note: the kingdom of the Father: 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⁾

● 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 send you [Nicodemus and John] 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 and John the same Abel].^4(38b)

Thomas (27) End - Thomas (41) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 6

Gospel according to Thomas - page 25, Saying (41), plate 88(16-18)

destroyed. (41) Jesus said: Whoever has in his¹⁶ hand, to him shall be given; and whoever does not have,¹⁷ from him shall be taken even the little which he has.¹⁸ [Note: This is SAYING 25 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 16-18: Matthew 13(12) = Mark 4(25) = Luke 8(18); cf. Matthew 25(29) = Luke 19(26)

The Secret Words of Thomas (41) were created from John 4(35-39)

Note: and whoever does not have: I sent you [Nicodemus and John] 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 and John the same Abel].^4(38b)

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

● 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.

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

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

● Deuteronomy 34(5): So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.

● Isaiah 43(8-13): Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled [for the final passover - Saturday/Sabbath 15^th Day (Jesus the Lamb of God)]: who among them can declare this [the future], and shew us former things [the past]? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant [Noah/Moses/Isaiah the same Nicodemus] whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me [Adam] there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me [Eve]. I [Father], even I [Mother], am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?

● John 21(24/End): This is the disciple [Nicodemus] which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we [the other 10 chosen 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 (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.

● 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].

● 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.

● John 5(44-47): How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? Do not think that I [Mother] will accuse you to the Father: there is one [Nicodemus/Moses] that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye [the Pharisees] trust. For had you believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he [Moses the same Isaiah/Nicodemus] wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

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

● Thomas 84(24-28) 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; 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⁾

● John 15(22-27): If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear withness, because ye have been with me from the beginning [Example: Noah/Moses/Isaiah the same Nicodemus].

● Thomas 35(21-23) Part 2 of Chapter 1: the house of the strong: There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.¹⁽⁶⁾ + and take it [the spirit]: The same [Abel/Aaron/John] came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.¹⁽⁷⁾ + unless by force they bind his hands: He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.^1(8-9)

● Note: the secret words of Thomas 18(14-17): Blessed is he who shall stand at the beginning, and he shall know the end and he shall not taste death.

● Note: the secret words of Thomas 19(17-18): Jesus said: Blessed is he who was before he came into being.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The first thief and liar - Mark 4(25) - The first false gospel

For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath [taken from Thomas Saying 41(16-18) Part 6 of Chapter 4].

The second thief and liar - Matthew 13(12) - The second false gospel

For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath [taken from Thomas Saying 41(16-18) Part 6 of Chapter 4].

The third thief and liar - Luke 8(16-18) - The third false gospel

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light [taken from Thomas Saying 33(13-17) Part 9 of Chapter 4]. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad [taken from Thomas Saying 5(12-14) Part 4 of Chapter 6 or Thomas Saying 8(21-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8]. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have [taken from Thomas Saying 41(16-18) Part 6 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (41) End - Thomas (48) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 7

Gospel according to Thomas - page 29, Saying (48), plate 89(24-26)

(48) Jesus said: If two make peace with²⁴ each other in this one house, they shall say²⁵ to the mountain: "Be moved", and it shall be moved.²⁶ [Note: This is SAYING 26 according to the original oerder.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 61)

● Lines 24-25: Matthew 18(19) (cf., perhaps, Matthew 12(25) = Mark 3(25))

● Lines 25-26: Matthew 17(20) (cf. Matthew 21(21) = Mark 11(22-23)). cf. 1 Corinthians 13(2)

The Secret Words of Thomas (48) were created from John 4(39-44)

Note: Jesus said, if two make peace with each other: And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.⁴⁽³⁹⁾ + in this one house: So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.⁴⁽⁴⁰⁾ + they shall: And many more believed because of his own word.⁴⁽⁴¹⁾

● John 4(5-9): Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

● John 4(28-30): The woman then left her waterpots, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

● John 4(41-42): And many more believed because of his own word; And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

Note: say to: And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying:^4(42t) + the mountain: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.^4(42b) + be moved: Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.⁴⁽⁴³⁾ + and it shall be moved: For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country.⁴⁽⁴⁴⁾

● Thomas 106(20-22) Part 1 of Chapter 19: and when you say mountain be moved: 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.⁹⁽⁴⁾ + it will be moved: Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man!¹⁹⁽⁵⁾

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 18(19-20) - The second false gospel

Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven [created from Thomas Saying 48(24-26) Part 7 of Chapter 4]. For where two or thee are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them [created from Thomas Saying 30(2-5) Part 3 of Chapter 4].

The first thief and liar - Mark 11(22-23) - The first false gospel

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith [created from Thomas Saying 48(25-26) Part 7 of Chapter 4].

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

Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done [created from Thomas Saying 48(25-26) Part 7 of Chapter 4].

The second thief and liar - Matthew 17(19-20) - the second false gospel

Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you [created fro Thomas Saying 48(25-26) Part 7 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (48) End - Thomas (31) Begin

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 8

Gospel according to Thomas - page 21, Saying (31), plate 87(5-7)

am with him. (31) Jesus said: No prophet⁵ is acceptable in his village, no physician heals⁶ those who know him. (32) Jesus said:⁷ [Note: This is SAYING 27 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 5-7: Matthew 13(57) = Mark 6(4); Luke 4(23-24); John 4(44)

The Secret Words of Thomas (31) were created from John 4(44-48)

Note: in his village - [Nicodemus of Cana in Galilee]: So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.^4(46t)

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

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

● 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 74(9-10) Part 3 of Chapter 2: He [Nicodemus] said, Lord: When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.^2(9-10) + there are many: This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.²⁽¹¹⁾

● Thomas 68(21-24) 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) + 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 [Nicodemus of Cana in Galilee].⁷⁽⁵³⁾ + persecuted: Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.⁸⁽¹⁾

● 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, the son of Joseph [of Arimathaea].^1(44-45)

● 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(1-2): After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. 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 [Lazarus of Bethany in Judaea & Nicodemus of Cana in Galilee].

Note: who know him: Then said Jesus unto him [the nobleman], Except ye [the same Isaac] see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾

● Thomas 33(10-12) Part 9 of Chapter 4: Jesus said, what thou shalt hear: When he [the nobleman] heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.⁴⁽⁴⁷⁾ + in thine ear: Then said Jesus unto him [the nobleman], Except ye [the same Isaac] see signs and wonders ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾ + and in thine ear: The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.⁴⁽⁴⁹⁾ + that preach from your housetops: Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man [the same nobleman/Isaac] believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.⁴⁽⁵⁰⁾

● Genesis 22(3-13): And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an alter there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the alter upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

● Thomas 13(3-7) Part 2 of Chapter 10: be capable of saying whom thou art like: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.^10(25b) + Jesus said, I am: But ye believe not,^10(26t) + not thy Master: because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.^10(26b) + because thou hast drunk thou hast become drunk: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:¹⁰⁽²⁷⁾ + from the bubbling spring: And I give unto them eternal life;^10(28t) + which I have measured out: and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.^10(28b) + and he took him [Enoch/Elijah the same Lazarus]: My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.^10(29-30)

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The first thief and liar - Mark 6(4) - The first false gospel

But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house [created from Thomas Saying 31(5-6) Part 8 of Chapter 4].

The second thief and liar - Matthew 13(57) - The second false gospel

And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house [created from Thomas Saying 31(5-6) Part 8 of Chapter 4].

The third thief and liar - Luke 4(23-24) - The third false gospel

And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in this country [created from Thomas Saying 31(6-7) Part 8 of Chapter 4]. And he said, Verily I say unto you [always “Verily, verily, I say unto you,” according to the Gospel of John], No prophet is accepted in his own country [taken from Thomas Saying 31(5-6) Part 8 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (31) End - Thomas (33) Begin

END: no physician heals those: And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.^4(46b-47) + who know him: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾ BEGIN: Jesus said, what thou shalt hear: When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.⁴⁽⁴⁷⁾ + in thine ear: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾

JOHN CHAPTER 4 + THOMAS - PART 9

Gospel according to Thomas - page 21/23, Saying (33), plate 87(10-17)

nor can it (ever) be hidden. (33) Jesus said: What thou shalt¹⁰ hear in thine ear (and) in the other ear,¹¹ that preach from your housetops;¹² for no one lights a lamp and¹³ puts it under a bushel, nor does he put it in a¹⁴ hidden place, but he sets it on the lampstand,¹⁵ so that all who come in¹⁶ and go out may see its light.¹⁷ [Note: This is SAYING 28 according to the original order.]

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes (page 60)

● Lines 10-12: Matthew 10(27) = Luke 12(3)

● Lines 13-17: Mark 4(21) = Luke 8(16); Matthew 5(15) = Luke 11(33)

The Secret Words of Thomas (33) were created from John 4(47-54)+5(1end)

Jesus said, what thou shalt hear: When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.⁴⁽⁴⁷⁾ + in thine ear: Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.⁴⁽⁴⁸⁾ + and in thine ear: The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die.⁴⁽⁴⁹⁾ + that preach from your housetops: Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.⁴⁽⁵⁰⁾ + for no one lights a lamp and puts it under a bushel: And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.⁴⁽⁵¹⁾ + nor does he put it in a hidden place: Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.⁴⁽⁵²⁾ + but he sets it on the lampstand: So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth:^4(53t) + so that all: and himself believed, and his whole house.^4(53b) + who come in and go out: This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.⁴⁽⁵⁴⁾ + may see its light: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.⁵⁽¹⁾

Note: who come in and go out: This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.⁴⁽⁵⁴⁾

● John 2(11-13): This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. And the Jews’ passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

● John 4(3-4): He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria.

● John 4(43): Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.

● John 4(46-47): So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.

Note: may see its light: After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.⁵⁽¹⁾

● Isaiah 62(1-5): For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name [Jesus], which the mouth of the LORD shall name. Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

● 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⁾

● Isaiah 66(12-14): 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.

Scriptural Parallels and Echoes

The second thief and liar - Matthew 10(26-27) - The second false gospel

Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known [taken from Thomas Saying 6(21-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8 or Thomas Saying 5(12-14) Part 4 of Chapter 6]. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops [created from Thomas Saying 33(10-12) Part 9 of Chapter 4].

The third thief and liar - Luke 12(2-3) - The third false gospel

For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known [taken from Thomas Saying 6(21-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8 or Thomas Saying 5(12-14) Part 4 of Chapter 6]. Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops [created from Thomas Saying 33(10-12) Part 9 of Chapter 4].

The first thief and liar - Mark 4(21-23) - The first false gospel

And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick [taken from Thomas Saying 33(13-15) Part 9 of Chapter 4]? For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad [taken from Thomas Saying 5(12-14) Part 4 of Chapter 6 or Thomas Saying 6(21-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8]. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear [taken from Thomas Saying 21(19) Part 6 of Chapter 3 or Thomas Saying 8(2-3) Part 3 of Chapter 12].

The third thief and liar - Luke 8(16-18) - The third false gospel

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light [taken from Thomas Saying 33(13-17) Part 9 of Chapter 4]. For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad [taken from Thomas Saying 5(12-14) Part 4 of Chapter 6 or Thomas Saying 6(21-23) Part 5 of Chapter 8]. Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have [taken from Thomas Saying 41(16-18) Part 6 of Chapter 4].

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

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

The third thief and liar - Luke 11(33) - The third false gospel

No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light [taken from Thomas Saying 33(13-17) Part 9 of Chapter 4].

Thomas (33) End - Thomas (59) Begin

Note: John 4(16-30): Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit [mind] and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit [Mind]: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit [mind] and in truth. The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.

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

● John 6(62-63): What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? It is the spirit [mind] that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit [mind], and they are life [truth].

● John 3(5-7): Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit [Mind], he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Sprit [Mind] is spirit [mind]. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

● John 3(31-36): He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit [Mind] by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth upon him.

● Thomas 40(13-15) Part 1 of Chapter 1: Jesus said, a vine has been planted: In the beginning was the Word [the good], and the Word [the good] was with God [the Spirit/Mind of knowledge of good and evil], and the Word [the good] was God [the Spirit/Mind of good - the Spirit/Mind of truth]. The same [LORD] was in the beginning with God [Adam].^1(1-2) - and as it is established: In him [Lord Adam] was life [spirit]; and the life [Lord Eve] was the light [the truth] of men. And the light [the spirit] shineth in darkness [the flesh]; and the darkness comprehended it [the word - the spirit] not.^1(4-5)

● Psalm 33(4-9): For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done [the word - the spirit]; he commanded, and it stood fast.

Note: As soon as I replaced the word Spirit with the word Mind, it gave me a better understanding of how God in six days created the heavens and the earth and all the host of them. In this world my mind itself does not have the power to create (except when I dream). I require the body to do that. But according to the true Prophets of the living God, the Spirit/Mind of God can do the things which are impossible for men to do.