The Gospel of Thomas 2/3 (Christian Gnostic)

NOTE: I have combined the Greek text with the Coptic wherever there was any difference in meaning. Also, since the recurring phrase, "Jesus said," is something of a distraction, and also almost completely unnecessary, I have removed most of them to form a more cohesive narrative. By taking them out, I hope that the reader will come to better appreciate the unity behind the text, which these phrases slightly obscure. The text is generally better off without them, since most of the logions relate to one another anyway.


The Gospel According to Thomas, commonly shortened to the Gospel of Thomas, is a well preserved early Christian, non-canonical sayings-gospel discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945, in one of a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library
The Coptic language text, the second of seven contained in what modern-day scholars have designated as Codex II, is composed of 114 sayings attributed to Jesus. Almost half of these sayings more or less resemble those found in the Canonical Gospels, while the other sayings were previously unknown. Its place of origin may have been Syria, where Thomasine traditions were strong.
The introduction states: These are the hidden words that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas wrote them down. Didymus (Greek) and Thomas (Aramaic) both mean "twin". Scholars suspect this reference to the Apostle Thomas to be false and the true writer remains unknown. The document probably originated within a school of early Christians, possibly proto-Gnostics. Even the description of Thomas as a "gnostic" gospel is based upon little other than the fact that it was found along with gnostic texts at Nag Hammadi. The name of Thomas was also attached to the Book of Thomas the Contender, which was also in Nag Hammadi Codex II, and the Acts of Thomas.
The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from other New Testament apocrypha and the four Canonical Gospels. Unlike the canonical Gospels, it is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus; instead, it consists of logia (sayings) attributed to Jesus, sometimes stand-alone, sometimes embedded in short dialogues or parables. The text contains a possible allusion to the death of Jesus in logion 65. (Parable of the Wicked Tenants, paralleled in the Synoptic Gospels), but doesn't mention crucifixion, resurrection, or final judgement; nor does it mention a messianic understanding of Jesus. The Early Church believed it to be a false gospel. Eusebius, for example, included it among a group of books that he believed to be not only spurious, but "the fictions of heretics" that should be thrown out as absurd and impious.

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[TekkGnostic]

definitely the best narration of any gospel ever.

i thoroughly enjoyed it all the way through.

ever thought of doing plato or homer? or maybe you have already... so many videos to search through :)

cheers.

[Apocryphile1970]

@TekkGnostic Wow, I'm glad you liked it! I really only read like that to help get at the deeper meanings of things. I always felt that if you sort of act out the part and inflect and such, then it delivers a far more powerful message. I just want to get a feel for what the text is saying, which I feel only listening to it can deliver. Thanks for your kind words... I appreciate your saying so. :) God Bless.

[kicktroolinface]

thank you brother...50000000000000000000­00000000000000000000 stars

[Apocryphile1970]

@kicktroolinface Thank you! I appreciate it....

[rayanspeaks]

FAKEEEEEEEEE the trinity isn't in these older bibles in fact it was thrown out when found. Yeah sorry i was listening until i heard that i stopped the video because if i can catch on error i have no idea how many more errors he made.... i need to get my info from better sources than this

[tolenio]

Hello,

Logion (Latin - "saying") 29 of the Gospel of Thomas has very deep meaning to me. To me it is God speaking about the nature of God. God is amazed at God's own existence, and the simplicity of body which brought God about. Humans exist in about 78 cents of common chemicals (great wealth arising from poverty). God has an ever simpler body, which we are a part of. Not unlike the cells of your little toe have no idea or understanding of the whole body.