"When Christ wished to come upon the earth to men, the good Father called a mighty power in the heavens which was called Michael, and committed Christ to the care thereof. And the power came down into the world and it was called Mary, and Christ was in her womb seven months. Afterwards she gave birth to him, and he increased in stature, and he chose the apostles, . . . ‘was crucified, and taken up by the Father’.
"Out of Egypt have I called my son" and "For he shall be called a Nazaraean." This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son . . ."
When Melchus, Casper and Phadizarda saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. When Yosef looked out with his eyes, he saw a crowd of pilgrims who were coming in company to the cave, and he said: I will arise and go out to meet them. And when Yosef went out, he said to Shim'on, “It seems to me as if those coming were soothsayers, for lo, every moment they look up to heaven and confer with one another. But they seem to be strangers, for their appearance differs from ours; for their dress is very rich and their complexion quite dark; they have caps on their heads and their garments seem to be silky, and they have breeches on their legs. And they have halted and are looking at me, and lo, they have halted and are looking at me, and lo, they have again set themselves in motion and are coming here. And they came into the house, and they found the boy, and his mother, Miriam, with him, and they fell on the ground and paid homage to him: and opened their stores, and they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
And when the Magi saw that the Star was hidden from them, they went forth by night from the city; and at that very moment the Star appeared unto them; and they went after the apparition of it, until it descended and stood still over the cave of Bethlehem, where was born the Messiah. And in that hour they opened their treasures, and offered unto Him many presents and gifts of offerings, bowing down in adoration before the Messiah, that their offerings might be accepted, and that they might be delivered from the hateful treachery which they had seen in Jerusalem, and might reach their own country without fear, and might carry back word to those who had sent them of what they had seen and heard. And when they had made their offerings and passed the night there, the Star too stopped with them above the cave. And when they rose early in the morning to set out for their country, it was for the second time running on and going before them on the way, which was different from the former one; and until they had entered their city, it did not quit them, nor was it concealed as on the former occasion. And when they had entered into the presence of the king who had sent them, they narrated to him all that they had heard and seen. These things too were written down there in inner Persia, and were stored up among the records of the deeds of their kings, where was written and stored up the history of the legions of the Chittites and the account of this Star, that they might be preserved where were preserved the histories of the ancients. But Joseph and Mary, when they saw the treachery of king Herod and the envy of the Scribes and Pharisees, arose and took the Child, and went to a foreign country and of a barbarous tongue; and there they dwelt for the space of four years, during which Herod continued to reign after their flight. And at the commencement of the reign of Herod's son, they arose and went up from that land to the country of Galilee, Joseph and Mary, and our Lord along with them, and the five sons of Hannah, the first wife of Joseph. But Mary and our Lord were dwelling together in the house in which Mary received the Annunciation from the holy Angel.
1 In the forty-second year of the reign of Augustus, after our Lord Jesus Christ was born according to the flesh in Bethlehem of Judea, Herod Antipatris, king of Judea, sought to kill Jesus.
2 Then Michael came and said to Joseph: “Flee with the child and his mother to Egypt.”
3 When Herod was seeking the Lord and did not find him, he commanded to kill the children in Bethlehem. Then Elizabeth took up her son and fled into the hill-country.
1 And Herod, looking for John and not finding him, dispatched to Zechariah his father, saying to him: “Where is your son? Where did you hide him? Bring him to me. Do you not know that your life is in my hands?”
2 Zechariah said: “I do not know where my son is. I am a servant to the Lord and I remain at the altar.”
3 Hearing these things, Herod sent his assassins and murdered him in the temple of God at the altar.
4 Early in the morning all the people went in the sanctuary and waited for Zechariah at the hour of the formal greeting. And when he delayed in coming out to them, someone dared to go in, and behold a voice came in the sanctuary saying: “Zechariah has been murdered.”
5 All the people mourned for him until the seventh day. And the blood of Zechariah became stone fixed to the altar. And his body was not found.
1 While Elizabeth was going to the hill country with her son, she fainted and called out: “Mountain of God, receive a mother with a son, who are pursued unjustly.”
2 And immediately, the mountain was split open and received her inside. And there, in the opening, Elisabeth stayed with her son John. And the hand of the Lord was with them and angels provided for them.
3 And the assassins of Herod went up to the opening and found no place to go in.
4 And in that place there was a spring of water on the left of the opening and on the right bread was placed.
5 When John was five months old, the angel said to Elizabeth: “Wean the child and no longer offer the mother’s breast, but take locusts from the tree by the shelter and wild honey from the rock at your head and be sustained with them. They will not fail until God commands you to depart from here.”
1 When the child became 13 months old he began to leap and to walk. And the angel said to Elizabeth: “Come out from here and go to your home, for the ones seeking to kill your son have died.”
2 And Elizabeth said: “Lord, I cannot find the road and where I must go.” And immediately, when she lifted up the child upon her lap, she received in a vision as if she had come through the air to her home.
2 Then Michael came and said to Joseph: “Flee with the child and his mother to Egypt.”
3 When Herod was seeking the Lord and did not find him, he commanded to kill the children in Bethlehem. Then Elizabeth took up her son and fled into the hill-country.
1 And Herod, looking for John and not finding him, dispatched to Zechariah his father, saying to him: “Where is your son? Where did you hide him? Bring him to me. Do you not know that your life is in my hands?”
2 Zechariah said: “I do not know where my son is. I am a servant to the Lord and I remain at the altar.”
3 Hearing these things, Herod sent his assassins and murdered him in the temple of God at the altar.
4 Early in the morning all the people went in the sanctuary and waited for Zechariah at the hour of the formal greeting. And when he delayed in coming out to them, someone dared to go in, and behold a voice came in the sanctuary saying: “Zechariah has been murdered.”
5 All the people mourned for him until the seventh day. And the blood of Zechariah became stone fixed to the altar. And his body was not found.
1 While Elizabeth was going to the hill country with her son, she fainted and called out: “Mountain of God, receive a mother with a son, who are pursued unjustly.”
2 And immediately, the mountain was split open and received her inside. And there, in the opening, Elisabeth stayed with her son John. And the hand of the Lord was with them and angels provided for them.
3 And the assassins of Herod went up to the opening and found no place to go in.
4 And in that place there was a spring of water on the left of the opening and on the right bread was placed.
5 When John was five months old, the angel said to Elizabeth: “Wean the child and no longer offer the mother’s breast, but take locusts from the tree by the shelter and wild honey from the rock at your head and be sustained with them. They will not fail until God commands you to depart from here.”
1 When the child became 13 months old he began to leap and to walk. And the angel said to Elizabeth: “Come out from here and go to your home, for the ones seeking to kill your son have died.”
2 And Elizabeth said: “Lord, I cannot find the road and where I must go.” And immediately, when she lifted up the child upon her lap, she received in a vision as if she had come through the air to her home.
"It came to pass in the days of Herod, King of Judaea, that John came and baptized with the baptism of repentance in the river Jordan; he is said to be from the tribe of Aaron and a son of Zacharias the priest and of Elizabeth, and all went out to him"
And it came to pass when John baptized, that the Pharisees came to him and were baptized, and all Jerusalem also. He had a garment of camels' hair, and a leath-ern girdle about his loins. And his meat was wild honey, which tasted like manna, formed like cakes of oil.
The mother of the Lord and his brothers said to him, "John the Baptist baptizes for the forgiveness of sins; let us go and be baptized by him." But he said to them, "In what way have I sinned that I should go and be baptized by him? Unless, perhaps, what I have just said is a sin of ignorance."
After the people were baptized, Jesus also came and was baptized by John; and as he came up from the water, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Holy Ghost in the likeness of a dove that descended and entered into him: and a voice from heaven saying: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased: and again: This day have I begotten thee. And straightway there shone about the place a great light. Which when John saw (it saith) he saith unto him: Who art thou, Lord? and again there was a voice from heaven saying unto him: This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. And then (it saith) John fell down before him and said: I beseech thee, Lord, baptize thou me. But he prevented him saying: Suffer it (or let it go): for thus it behoveth that all things should be fulfilled.
When the Lord had come out of baptism's waters, the entire of the Holy Spirit descended on him and remained. The Spirit said, "My Son, through all the prophets I have been waiting for you so that I might rest in you. For you are my rest; you are my first-begotten Son that will reign forever."
And on this account they say that Jesus was begotten of the seed of a man, and was chosen; and so by the choice of God he was called the Son of God from the Christ that came into him from above in the likeness of a dove. And they deny that he was begotten of God the Father, but say that he was created as one of the archangels, yet greater, and that he is Lord of the angels and of all things made by the Almighty, and that he came and taught, as the Gospel (so called) current among them contains, that, ‘I came to destroy the sacrifices, and if ye cease not from sacrificing, the wrath of God will not cease from you’.
But also a witnessing voice was heard from heaven, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear Him.' And in addition to this, willing to convict more fully of error the prophets from whom they asserted that they had learned, He proclaimed that they died desiring the truth, but not having learned it, saying, 'Many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and to hear what you hear; and verily I say to you, they neither saw nor heard.' Still further He said, 'I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, A Prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Him hear in all things; and whosoever will not hear that Prophet shall die.'
Jesus said, “Just now, my mother, the Holy Spirit, took me by one of my hairs, and bare me away to the great mountain Tabor.”
"Then the devil taketh him up into the Jerusalem, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple..."
1 When John became thirty, he went to every city and region proclaiming a baptism of repentance and self-control. And he ate locusts—that is, palm trees—and wild honey, and for clothing he had camel-hair and a leather belt around his waist.
2 And the report of John went out to all Judea. From which Herod heard that John was at the Jordan baptizing people, and he dispatched and summoned him. And then John was 32 years old.
3 Herod said to him: “Are you John, the son of Zechariah? Do you know that your blood is in my hand?”
4 And he said to him cheerfully: “I am the son of Zechariah, whose blood poured out in the sanctuary of God, and he cried out concerning you and the senselessness of you, lawless one.”
5 This Herod was different from the father of Archelaus. This one was king after Archelaus, the first son of Herod fled to Galilee.
6 Since he was as wicked as the first Herod, John pronounced the first charge and said: “Be ashamed because you took the wife of Philip, your brother. Do you not fear God?”
1 Then Herod whipped John and threw him in prison.
2 And when John was in the prison, he stung Herod even more about Polia, the wife of Philip. And Herod was afraid to kill John and Polia did not want to set him free from the prison.
3 Those who were served orders went and at the fourth hour they hung him by the head and burnt him, the holy one.
4 And John said to Herod: “Why are you distressed? Are you condemned by the truth?”
5 Herod said: “What truth are you talking about? Is it not in the law of Moses that if a brother dies without offspring, the living brother shall the wife left behind and raise to him offspring in Israel?”
6 And John said: “Pay careful attention to the law of God in this because a sorcerer killed your brother and took his wife; however, also when he was alive, she committed adultery with you. Look, his soul cries out to God and readily God must avenge him so that you (pl) will depart life badly.”
1 Herod became deeply distressed at these things and desired to release John. And it happened in those days Herod had a birthday. And at the gathering, he invited the daughter of Herod to dance.
2 And when she danced he vowed to her a guarantee of anything, so that whatever she asked he would give to her. And she asked her mother.
3 And she said to her: “Ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
4 And when she told her father about John, Herod was deeply grieved. Nevertheless, because of the oath, he sent a soldier of the guard and beheaded John. And he gave his head to Herodias upon a platter and she offered it to her mother Polia.
5 And his disciples came at night and took the body.
1 And the angel said to Elizabeth: “Rise, go to Bethlehem and take the body of your son and bury it where his father will rest.”
2 And the angel led her to the house of Zechariah in the sanctuary of the Lord up to the altar. And a great voice came in the temple and suddenly an earthquake and thunder. And the altar was restored and the body of Zechariah was seen.
3 And Elizabeth buried John there beneath the altar. And the Most High summoned her saying: “Look, the blood of your husband, which will not be wiped away until the time of the condemnation of Herod. The burial place of your husband and your son no-one will know.”
1 And in her time, the daughter of Herod, on a winter’s day when it was cold, was playing near a frozen well of water and she fell in the thawed water.
2 And those nearby wishing to pull her out, cut off her head and her trunk went down.
3 And when Herod sat down, the head of Herodias was brought, and he put it upon his lap.
4 And he began to cry and say: “Oh righteous water, of unjust death most sharp. Oh, tomb of the saints in the holy sanctuary be prepared! Oh righteous tomb not accepting unjust bodies, but opening to the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.”
5 And as Herod was dying, the earth did not accept his body, but threw it up. And the birds of heaven came and consumed his flesh.
1 All these things I, Euriptus, wrote, the disciple of John, the second of his disciples according to strictness, so that all the brothers in Christ would observe the festival of the remembrance and resting-place of John, the beloved of Christ, the Forerunner and Baptist, on August 29.
2 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of us. To him, the glory and the power forever and ever, amen.
2 And the report of John went out to all Judea. From which Herod heard that John was at the Jordan baptizing people, and he dispatched and summoned him. And then John was 32 years old.
3 Herod said to him: “Are you John, the son of Zechariah? Do you know that your blood is in my hand?”
4 And he said to him cheerfully: “I am the son of Zechariah, whose blood poured out in the sanctuary of God, and he cried out concerning you and the senselessness of you, lawless one.”
5 This Herod was different from the father of Archelaus. This one was king after Archelaus, the first son of Herod fled to Galilee.
6 Since he was as wicked as the first Herod, John pronounced the first charge and said: “Be ashamed because you took the wife of Philip, your brother. Do you not fear God?”
1 Then Herod whipped John and threw him in prison.
2 And when John was in the prison, he stung Herod even more about Polia, the wife of Philip. And Herod was afraid to kill John and Polia did not want to set him free from the prison.
3 Those who were served orders went and at the fourth hour they hung him by the head and burnt him, the holy one.
4 And John said to Herod: “Why are you distressed? Are you condemned by the truth?”
5 Herod said: “What truth are you talking about? Is it not in the law of Moses that if a brother dies without offspring, the living brother shall the wife left behind and raise to him offspring in Israel?”
6 And John said: “Pay careful attention to the law of God in this because a sorcerer killed your brother and took his wife; however, also when he was alive, she committed adultery with you. Look, his soul cries out to God and readily God must avenge him so that you (pl) will depart life badly.”
1 Herod became deeply distressed at these things and desired to release John. And it happened in those days Herod had a birthday. And at the gathering, he invited the daughter of Herod to dance.
2 And when she danced he vowed to her a guarantee of anything, so that whatever she asked he would give to her. And she asked her mother.
3 And she said to her: “Ask for the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
4 And when she told her father about John, Herod was deeply grieved. Nevertheless, because of the oath, he sent a soldier of the guard and beheaded John. And he gave his head to Herodias upon a platter and she offered it to her mother Polia.
5 And his disciples came at night and took the body.
1 And the angel said to Elizabeth: “Rise, go to Bethlehem and take the body of your son and bury it where his father will rest.”
2 And the angel led her to the house of Zechariah in the sanctuary of the Lord up to the altar. And a great voice came in the temple and suddenly an earthquake and thunder. And the altar was restored and the body of Zechariah was seen.
3 And Elizabeth buried John there beneath the altar. And the Most High summoned her saying: “Look, the blood of your husband, which will not be wiped away until the time of the condemnation of Herod. The burial place of your husband and your son no-one will know.”
1 And in her time, the daughter of Herod, on a winter’s day when it was cold, was playing near a frozen well of water and she fell in the thawed water.
2 And those nearby wishing to pull her out, cut off her head and her trunk went down.
3 And when Herod sat down, the head of Herodias was brought, and he put it upon his lap.
4 And he began to cry and say: “Oh righteous water, of unjust death most sharp. Oh, tomb of the saints in the holy sanctuary be prepared! Oh righteous tomb not accepting unjust bodies, but opening to the birds of heaven and the beasts of the earth.”
5 And as Herod was dying, the earth did not accept his body, but threw it up. And the birds of heaven came and consumed his flesh.
1 All these things I, Euriptus, wrote, the disciple of John, the second of his disciples according to strictness, so that all the brothers in Christ would observe the festival of the remembrance and resting-place of John, the beloved of Christ, the Forerunner and Baptist, on August 29.
2 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of us. To him, the glory and the power forever and ever, amen.
There appeared a certain man named Jesus of about thirty years of age, who chose us. And when he came to Capernaum, he entered into the house of Simon whose surname was Peter, and opened his mouth and said: As I passed along the Lake of Tiberias, I chose John and James the sons of Zebedee, and Simon and Andrew and Thaddaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the Isca- riot, and thee, Matthew, I called as thou didst sit at the receipt of custom, and thou didst follow me. You therefore I will to be twelve apostles for a testimony unto Israel.
I choose for myself those who please me; they please me whom my father in heaven gives me.
Egbe li shappire; shappire hanon dihab li ab debashemayya.
Egbe li shappire; shappire hanon dihab li ab debashemayya.
Jesus said: “There shall be with me, also, my twelve servants.”
And He came into Capernaum and entered into the house of Simon, surnamed Peter, and He opened His mouith and said, "As I walked by the sea of Tiberias, I chose John and James, the sons of Zebedee, and Simon and Andrew and Thaddaeus and Simon Zelotes, and Judas Iscariot; thee also, Matthew, when thou wast sitting at the receipt of custom, did I call and thou didst follow me. According to my intention ye shall be twelve apostles for a testimony unto Israel."
I have chosen the twelve because I have found them worthy to be my disciples. I sent these, whom I was sure would be true Apostles, into the world to proclaim to all the joyous message that all may know that there is only one qeos, and to reveal the future through those who believe in me. The end of which is that those who hear and believe might be saved; and those who do not believe may yet testify that they too have heard the message. That they might not be able to excuse themselves by saying, "We haven't heard."
Jesus said, “I will select to myself these things. Very, very excellent are those whom my Father who is in heaven hath given me.”
Jesus said to the apostles: I have chosen you before the world was made.”
Jesus to Nathaniel: Walk in the sun!
Jesus said: I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, “A prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Hear him in all things; and whosoever will not hear that prophet shall die.”
Jesus said, “The Father begat me, he said, and I came forth from the Father, and am here."
'I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, A Prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Him hear in all things; and whosoever will not hear that Prophet shall die.' The one speaking in the prophets, behold, I am here.
Jesus said: “There shall be with me, also, my twelve servants.”
Jesus said, “They who are with me have not understood me.”
“The disciples thus spake unto Jesus: Thou art a key to every man, and the one who shutteth to every man.”
Jesus said, “He that wondereth shall reign; and he that reigneth shall rest. Look with wonder at that which is before you.”
There shall be schisms and heresies.
On this account our Lord Jesus Christ also said: In what things I take you [by surprise], in those things I also will judge.
Save yourself and your soul.
Have you seen your brother? You have seen your God.
For he says: Ask for the great things, and the little things will be added unto you.
But become approved moneychangers, rejecting the [evil] things, and embracing the good.
And again the Lord says: Let the one who has married not be cast out, and let the one who has not married not marry. He who has confessed that he will not marry according to his decision of eunuchhood, let him remain unmarried.
Love covers a multitude of sins.
My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house.
And the Lord said: Go out, those who wish to do so, from your bonds.
No man can obtain the heavenly kingdom that has not passed through temptation.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, said: The good things must come, and blessed is the one, he says, through whom they come.
And Peter [said]: We remember our Lord and teacher, how he commanded and said to us: Keep the mysteries for me and for the sons of my house.
He that is near me is near the fire.
He that is far from me is far from the kingdom.
Man diqerib 'immi qerib 'im nura.
Man direchiq minni rechiq mimmalkuta.
He that is far from me is far from the kingdom.
Man diqerib 'immi qerib 'im nura.
Man direchiq minni rechiq mimmalkuta.
And Jesus indeed says: On account of the sick I was sick and on account of the hungry I was hungry and on account of the thirsty I was thirsty.
And wisdom sends out her children.
An unproven man is one who is untempted.
Finally, the Lord said to them: Why do you wonder at signs? I am giving you a great inheritance which the whole world does not have.
In anyone partakes of the body of the Lord and [also] bathes, he will be accursed, just as the Lord said.
[He who today i]s far away tomorrow [close at hand to you will] be.
The scheme of this world is passing.
If you are gathered with me into my bosom yet you do not keep my commandments, I will discard you and say to you, "Get away from me; I do not know where you are from, you evildoer!"
Let the lambs not fear the wolves after their death. As for you, do not fear those who kill you, for they can do no more. Fear him who has the power to throw soul and body into hell after you are dead.
Let the lambs not fear the wolves after their death. As for you, do not fear those who kill you, for they can do no more. Fear him who has the power to throw soul and body into hell after you are dead.
"Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things."
"Those with me haven't understood me."
The one who is far from you today will be near tomorrow.
One who has never gone through trials can never perceive the Kingdom of Heaven!
Jesus said, “Keep the flesh holy and the seal unspotted, that ye may receive eternal life.”
Jesus said, “I am thou, and thou, I. And wheresoever thou art, there am I also; and I am in all scattered. And whence thou wilt, thou canst gather me together; but when thou gatherest me together, thou gatherest thyself together.”
Jesus said, “A man that is a reprobate is not tried by God. A man who is not tempted is not approved.”
Jesus said, “In whatsoever I may find you; in this also will I judge you.”
Jesus said, “The Lord knoweth them that are His, both those that are near and those that are far off.”
Jesus said, “My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house. Keep the mystery for me and for the sons of my house.”
Jesus said, “I came to put an end to sacrifice, and unless ye cease from sacrificing, anger will not cease from you.”
Show mercy so that you may receive it. Forgive others so that you may be forgiven. As you do, it will be so done to you. As you give, so will it be given to you. As you judge, so will you also be judged. As you show kindness, so will you be shown kindness. With the same rule you use to measure these things, so will you be measured.
Let the lambs not fear the wolves after their death. As for you, do not fear those who kill you, for they can do no more. Fear him who has the power to throw soul and body into hell after you are dead.
If you do not guard something small, who will give you something great? Whoever is faithful with very little is faithful with very much.
Those who want to see me and gain my kingdom must receive me through suffering and affliction.
In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.
Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.
Those with me haven't understood me.
Among the greatest crimes he who shall have grieved the spirit of his brother.
And never, said he, rejoice, except when you have looked upon your brother in love.
That which is weak shall be saved through that which is strong.
"Wherefore also our Lord Jesus Christ said, In whatsoever things I apprehend you, in those I shall judge you."
"For ask, he says for the great things, and the small shall be added to you."
"Rightly therefore the Scripture also in its desire to make us such dialecticians, exhorts us: Be approved moneychangers, disapproving some things, but holding fast that which is good."
"Rightly therefore the Scripture also in its desire to make us such dialecticians, exhorts us: Be approved moneychangers, disapproving some things, but holding fast that which is good."
My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house."
Thus, he says, those who wish to see me and take hold of my kingdom must receive me in tribulation and suffering.
Likewise again he narrates concerning the cross in another prophet, who says: And when will these things be consummated? The Lord says: When the tree shall lean over and stand up, and when blood shall flow from the tree. You have again a note concerning the cross and the who was to be crucified. And I said: O LORD, when will these things come to pass? And the LORD said to me: Until ... and after many days a tree shall bend, and it shall stand up....
Yes, indeed, concerning love also he says: Love covers a multitude of sins.
And the Lord said: Go out, those who wish to do so, from your bonds.
Our Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, said: The good things must come, and blessed is the one, he says, through whom they come.
And Peter [said]: We remember our Lord and teacher, how he commanded and said to us: Keep the mysteries for me and for the sons of my house.
And Jesus indeed says: On account of the sick I was sick and on account of the hungry I was hungry and on account of the thirsty I was thirsty.
And in the gospel it is written: And wisdom sends out her children.
For the scripture says: An unproven man is one who is untempted.
Never be content, he said, except when you look upon your brother in love [or in charity].
If your brother sins in word, says he, and makes satisfaction to you, seven times a day receive him. Simon his disciple said to him: Seven times a day? The Lord responded and said to him: Still I say to you, until seventy times seven. For indeed in the prophets, even after they were anointed by the holy spirit, the speech of sin was found.
Finally, the Lord said to them: Why do you wonder at signs? I am giving you a great inheritance which the whole world does not have.
In anyone partakes of the body of the Lord and [also] bathes, he will be accursed, just as the Lord said.
Give us this day the bread for the morrow.
" If thy brother has sinned in word against thee, and has made satisfaction, forgive him unto seven times a day. Simon, His disciple, said unto Him : " Until seven times ? " The Lord answered saying, " Verily I say unto thee, until seventy times seven! For even in the prophets the word of sin is found after they have been anointed with the holy Spirit."
(the master) had three servants; one spent the substance of the master with harlots and with female flutists; the second multiplied it ; the third hid the talent ; then the one received an addition, the second was blamed, and the third was cast into prison.
I will choose for myself the best which my Father in heaven hath given me."
" Every man who is not tempted is not approved."
Jesus said, “Even though ye were gathered together with me in my very bosom, yet if ye were not to keep my commandments, I would cast you off, and say unto you, “Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of iniquity.”
Whoever marvels will reign, and whoever has reigns will rest. Whoever looks will not rest until he finds; whoever finds will marvel; whoever marvels will reign. Whoever reigns will rest.
And behold, Melek, a man which had his hand withered praying "I was a mason seeking a livelihood with my hands: I pray you Yeshua, to restore me my health, that I may not beg meanly for food." And they asked him, saying, "Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal the sick?" And all this was that they might accuse him before the beit din. And he said to them, "What man among you, having one sheep that shall fall into a pit on the Sabbath, will not lay hold on it, and lift it out? And is not a man better than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." Then said he to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and it was restored to health, like as the other.
1 There was a paralyzed man, poor and without a Master, invalid and without resources, disabled and helpless, paralyzed and deprived of the use of all his limbs; he was indeed blind, without strength in his hands, disabled of the two feet and covered with wounds. He was thus stretched out in a street, in the town of Jerusalem, for the alms which people gave him. And this occurred in the time of Christianity, after the ascension of Christ to heaven In the glory of the Father, from whom he had not separated.
2 Out of his love of men, Christ descended to the Earth and like a man, he passed by, under pretext of some business, on the street in which the paralytic was stretched out. Christ came and stood close to the paralytic. He greeted him and said: “Why are you sitting here?” The paralytic said: “For alms, because I am lame and blind, crippled and without a Master, as you can see.”
3 Christ said: “How long have you been lying here?” The paralytic said: “It has been thirty-eight years that I have sat here in torment.” Christ said: “What sickness do you have?” The paralytic said: “I am what you see: filled with afflictions and lying on the ground hindered.” He said: “Do you have a powerful patron?” The paralytic: “I have somebody: Christ; of importance: my wounds; as parents, my hunger and my indigence; as life, the blindness of my eyes and disability of my body.” Jesus said: “The one who lives well until the end, will live.” The paralytic: “Until when will I live well? Christ has made of me the fable of all the people.” Jesus said: “The one whom the Lord loves, he cures.”
4 The paralytic said: “Christ has cured me; today, I am worthy. But I want to ask you: who are you, you who say all of this to me?” Christ said: “I am a man like you. Ask what you want.” The paralytic: “Are you a priest, or a doctor?” Jesus said: “I am neither a priest, nor a doctor.” The paralytic: “What kind of man are you then? Your smell is that of a priest, your words, of a doctor.” Jesus said: “I am a man who walks a lot, a traveler.”
5 The paralytic said: “Where do you come from?” Jesus said: “From the country of the Indians.” The paralytic said: “Did you stay in a school?” Jesus said: “I studied a little and I endeavor to learn still, because I have a strong will and I try hard, if possible, to arrive at true knowledge.” The paralytic said: “Did you not hear of the doctor Athenogene? Where is he?” Jesus said: “I am his student, but I know a practice greater than his.” The paralytic said: “You are a young man and you speak according to your intelligence. How can a pupil know more that the Master?” Jesus said: “Goodness, greatness, is recognized in work.”
6 The paralytic said: “Have mercy on me, so that you also may have mercy with the arrival of Christ.” Jesus said: “You, how do you know Christ?” The paralytic said: “I heard some talk of his reputation, because his apostles preached to the entire universe the power of his miracles, which also the holy gospel reports.” Christ said: “Since, then, you know Christ, his holy gospel and the apostles, why are you not cured?” The paralytic said: “Me? I did not have anyone to carry me to the feet of the apostles, who were curing”
7 Jesus said: “What would you give me to cure you?” The paralytic said: “Who else could cure me, if not only the right hand of Christ?” Christ said: “Whereas you have hopes at this point in Christ, why did he not cure you? Would you not be unbelieving and guilty of very serious sins?” Then the paralytic became angry and said: “In what would I have sinned, since I do not have the means of sinning? My eyes are blind and my hands without strength; my feet are crippled and I am devastated by my wounds. This is my business and my work: night and day, to pray to Christ for the good and the peace of this world, and especially for those who give me alms and for my afflictions.” Christ said: “Why then at this point suffer do you suffer, if you are not sinning? Indeed, Christ loves the just and hates the sinner, cures the just and makes suffer the sinner.” The paralytic said: “Would you not be one of his disciples?” Jesus said: “Me? I am not one of his disciples and I did not hear his preaching.”
8 The paralytic said: “Did you not hear of his incarnation which saves the world? That he descended from the skies and was incarnated from the Blessed Virgin Mary? He was born in a cave, received gifts from the Magi, was honored by the shepherds, was adored by angels, was glorified by kings and was served by celestial being. At forty days old, he came to the Temple and opened the door which had been closed by himself; he was pampered by the old man and was proclaimed God; he untied the old man of the bonds of the body and made him pass from death to life. He fled to Egypt and destroyed the idols. He was baptized by John in the Jordan river, accepted the testimony of his father’s voice and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of dove. He fasted forty days and triumphed over the tempter in three forms of combat; he walked on air and tread upon the waves of the sea; he changed water into wine and carnal desire by chastity of the spirit. He drove out demons, purified the lepers, returned walking to the lame, sight to the blind; he multiplied the bread, raised the dead; he forgave the sins of lepers, returned just the publican. He was crucified and buried, was raised from the dead and rose gloriously to the Father in heaven; he sat down on the right-hand side of the Father in the heights; he will return to judge the living and the dead and to reward each one according to his works.”
9 Jesus said: “Where did you learn all this?” The paralytic: “I learned it from the doctors and heard from preachers.” Christ said: “Since you are so eloquent, why did Christ not send you to preach his Gospel?” The paralytic said: “He gave me in my share pains of the body and blindness in my eyes.” Jesus said: “That is what you deserve.”
10 Then the paralytic became angry and said: “Today I receive what I deserve, but you, you will not remain unpunished.” Jesus said: “It is from your language that you must be in this state.” The paralytic said: “I have received what is returned to me according to my merits; your reward will come according to your merits.” Jesus said: “You are accustomed to speaking much. Your language is eloquent and your face impudent; you are blind from birth for your shame. But if you want to recover health, give me what you have, and I will cure you.”
11 The paralytic: “What do you want to receive from me, because I do not have anything?” Jesus said: “I know that you have many gold coins wrapped in your bag. Give me that and I will cure you your atrocious afflictions.” The paralytic: “You look like a rich man; how would I have gold coins?” Jesus said: “If you do not have gold, give me some money.” The paralytic: “No, I do not have money.” Jesus said: “You have some, but you are miserly; you do not want to give.” The paralytic said: “I said: ‘You were born rich’; how would I have money and gold?”
12 Jesus said: “What do you have then?” The paralytic said: “Christ is the witness, I have four pennies and a piece of bread, and two coppers; here: take that for you and cure me.” Jesus said: “When one has swept the house, two or three coppers and even more leave with the brush, and one throws to the dogs the piece of bread.” The paralytic: “Two coppers are the wages of an imbecile, and the servant eats the piece of bread.”
13 Jesus said: “You said: ‘I have seven afflictions.’ For a payment such as you offer, would you would remove all your afflictions?” The paralytic: “You are terribly greedy and you are an eager man. Would you be relative of Judas?” Jesus said: “Do you not know that any man is a son of Adam and that we, all men, form only one family? But each one will be remunerated according to his works.” The paralytic: “Well, if the remuneration is to each one according to his works, I will not perish.” Jesus said: “It is because of your thoughts that you are in these afflictions.”
14 The paralytic: “Although, of body, I would be exposed as a laughing stock, of spirit I am invited in the womb of Abraham.” Jesus said: “It is because of your misdeeds that here you are tortured, and over there also, you will be tortured.” The paralytic: “You believe yourself largely loved by God, but Christ has prepared for you the dark darkness and the fire of Gehenna.” Christ said: “I do not render worship to that which throws me in the outer darkness and the pit of Gehenna.”
15 Then the paralytic became angry and said: “Go and remove yourself from me, the legless cripple, because here: you disavowed Christ. Remove yourself from me, poor that I am; today, you prevented me from begging. You orate thus with the council of the kings and you ruin the country. Go, remove yourself from me, unhappy that I am and find yourself a speaker in the city.” Jesus said: “You boast so much in Christ that it seems that you are a relative of Christ or a great benefactor. Are you so that your merits are something in front of Christ?”
16 The paralytic said: “I believe in Christ my God and I have in him the hope of finding mercy, as far as he is concerned. Although I would be sinning, he atones for sins. Although I would be lost, he finds those who were lost. Although I would be scorned, he honors the scorned. Although I would be corrupted, he is a renewer. Although I would have died, he gives life. He who cured the wounds of Adam by his sufferings on the cross, will cure me. He who has raised Lazarus, dead for four days, will also have pity on me and will give me health.”
Then Jesus had pity for him and said to him in a soft voice: “Stand up, take your palate and walk!” And at once the man rose—his limbs healthy, his feet swift, his hands skillful, his arms robust, his eyes brilliant with light. He went, his limbs strong, and glorified God, and he no longer saw Jesus.
17 And now, that nobody doubts what I have just said, thinking: “That did not happen”; it really did happen and it is not too much for the compassion of the divine will which loves men. Because he who fought with Jacob from evening until dawn, who was united without confusion with our sinful nature and has made incorruptible our corruptible flesh that he took from the Blessed Virgin Mary, and without sin the sinful flesh spoke with the same mercy with the paralytic and gave him health: Christ, our God.
2 Out of his love of men, Christ descended to the Earth and like a man, he passed by, under pretext of some business, on the street in which the paralytic was stretched out. Christ came and stood close to the paralytic. He greeted him and said: “Why are you sitting here?” The paralytic said: “For alms, because I am lame and blind, crippled and without a Master, as you can see.”
3 Christ said: “How long have you been lying here?” The paralytic said: “It has been thirty-eight years that I have sat here in torment.” Christ said: “What sickness do you have?” The paralytic said: “I am what you see: filled with afflictions and lying on the ground hindered.” He said: “Do you have a powerful patron?” The paralytic: “I have somebody: Christ; of importance: my wounds; as parents, my hunger and my indigence; as life, the blindness of my eyes and disability of my body.” Jesus said: “The one who lives well until the end, will live.” The paralytic: “Until when will I live well? Christ has made of me the fable of all the people.” Jesus said: “The one whom the Lord loves, he cures.”
4 The paralytic said: “Christ has cured me; today, I am worthy. But I want to ask you: who are you, you who say all of this to me?” Christ said: “I am a man like you. Ask what you want.” The paralytic: “Are you a priest, or a doctor?” Jesus said: “I am neither a priest, nor a doctor.” The paralytic: “What kind of man are you then? Your smell is that of a priest, your words, of a doctor.” Jesus said: “I am a man who walks a lot, a traveler.”
5 The paralytic said: “Where do you come from?” Jesus said: “From the country of the Indians.” The paralytic said: “Did you stay in a school?” Jesus said: “I studied a little and I endeavor to learn still, because I have a strong will and I try hard, if possible, to arrive at true knowledge.” The paralytic said: “Did you not hear of the doctor Athenogene? Where is he?” Jesus said: “I am his student, but I know a practice greater than his.” The paralytic said: “You are a young man and you speak according to your intelligence. How can a pupil know more that the Master?” Jesus said: “Goodness, greatness, is recognized in work.”
6 The paralytic said: “Have mercy on me, so that you also may have mercy with the arrival of Christ.” Jesus said: “You, how do you know Christ?” The paralytic said: “I heard some talk of his reputation, because his apostles preached to the entire universe the power of his miracles, which also the holy gospel reports.” Christ said: “Since, then, you know Christ, his holy gospel and the apostles, why are you not cured?” The paralytic said: “Me? I did not have anyone to carry me to the feet of the apostles, who were curing”
7 Jesus said: “What would you give me to cure you?” The paralytic said: “Who else could cure me, if not only the right hand of Christ?” Christ said: “Whereas you have hopes at this point in Christ, why did he not cure you? Would you not be unbelieving and guilty of very serious sins?” Then the paralytic became angry and said: “In what would I have sinned, since I do not have the means of sinning? My eyes are blind and my hands without strength; my feet are crippled and I am devastated by my wounds. This is my business and my work: night and day, to pray to Christ for the good and the peace of this world, and especially for those who give me alms and for my afflictions.” Christ said: “Why then at this point suffer do you suffer, if you are not sinning? Indeed, Christ loves the just and hates the sinner, cures the just and makes suffer the sinner.” The paralytic said: “Would you not be one of his disciples?” Jesus said: “Me? I am not one of his disciples and I did not hear his preaching.”
8 The paralytic said: “Did you not hear of his incarnation which saves the world? That he descended from the skies and was incarnated from the Blessed Virgin Mary? He was born in a cave, received gifts from the Magi, was honored by the shepherds, was adored by angels, was glorified by kings and was served by celestial being. At forty days old, he came to the Temple and opened the door which had been closed by himself; he was pampered by the old man and was proclaimed God; he untied the old man of the bonds of the body and made him pass from death to life. He fled to Egypt and destroyed the idols. He was baptized by John in the Jordan river, accepted the testimony of his father’s voice and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of dove. He fasted forty days and triumphed over the tempter in three forms of combat; he walked on air and tread upon the waves of the sea; he changed water into wine and carnal desire by chastity of the spirit. He drove out demons, purified the lepers, returned walking to the lame, sight to the blind; he multiplied the bread, raised the dead; he forgave the sins of lepers, returned just the publican. He was crucified and buried, was raised from the dead and rose gloriously to the Father in heaven; he sat down on the right-hand side of the Father in the heights; he will return to judge the living and the dead and to reward each one according to his works.”
9 Jesus said: “Where did you learn all this?” The paralytic: “I learned it from the doctors and heard from preachers.” Christ said: “Since you are so eloquent, why did Christ not send you to preach his Gospel?” The paralytic said: “He gave me in my share pains of the body and blindness in my eyes.” Jesus said: “That is what you deserve.”
10 Then the paralytic became angry and said: “Today I receive what I deserve, but you, you will not remain unpunished.” Jesus said: “It is from your language that you must be in this state.” The paralytic said: “I have received what is returned to me according to my merits; your reward will come according to your merits.” Jesus said: “You are accustomed to speaking much. Your language is eloquent and your face impudent; you are blind from birth for your shame. But if you want to recover health, give me what you have, and I will cure you.”
11 The paralytic: “What do you want to receive from me, because I do not have anything?” Jesus said: “I know that you have many gold coins wrapped in your bag. Give me that and I will cure you your atrocious afflictions.” The paralytic: “You look like a rich man; how would I have gold coins?” Jesus said: “If you do not have gold, give me some money.” The paralytic: “No, I do not have money.” Jesus said: “You have some, but you are miserly; you do not want to give.” The paralytic said: “I said: ‘You were born rich’; how would I have money and gold?”
12 Jesus said: “What do you have then?” The paralytic said: “Christ is the witness, I have four pennies and a piece of bread, and two coppers; here: take that for you and cure me.” Jesus said: “When one has swept the house, two or three coppers and even more leave with the brush, and one throws to the dogs the piece of bread.” The paralytic: “Two coppers are the wages of an imbecile, and the servant eats the piece of bread.”
13 Jesus said: “You said: ‘I have seven afflictions.’ For a payment such as you offer, would you would remove all your afflictions?” The paralytic: “You are terribly greedy and you are an eager man. Would you be relative of Judas?” Jesus said: “Do you not know that any man is a son of Adam and that we, all men, form only one family? But each one will be remunerated according to his works.” The paralytic: “Well, if the remuneration is to each one according to his works, I will not perish.” Jesus said: “It is because of your thoughts that you are in these afflictions.”
14 The paralytic: “Although, of body, I would be exposed as a laughing stock, of spirit I am invited in the womb of Abraham.” Jesus said: “It is because of your misdeeds that here you are tortured, and over there also, you will be tortured.” The paralytic: “You believe yourself largely loved by God, but Christ has prepared for you the dark darkness and the fire of Gehenna.” Christ said: “I do not render worship to that which throws me in the outer darkness and the pit of Gehenna.”
15 Then the paralytic became angry and said: “Go and remove yourself from me, the legless cripple, because here: you disavowed Christ. Remove yourself from me, poor that I am; today, you prevented me from begging. You orate thus with the council of the kings and you ruin the country. Go, remove yourself from me, unhappy that I am and find yourself a speaker in the city.” Jesus said: “You boast so much in Christ that it seems that you are a relative of Christ or a great benefactor. Are you so that your merits are something in front of Christ?”
16 The paralytic said: “I believe in Christ my God and I have in him the hope of finding mercy, as far as he is concerned. Although I would be sinning, he atones for sins. Although I would be lost, he finds those who were lost. Although I would be scorned, he honors the scorned. Although I would be corrupted, he is a renewer. Although I would have died, he gives life. He who cured the wounds of Adam by his sufferings on the cross, will cure me. He who has raised Lazarus, dead for four days, will also have pity on me and will give me health.”
Then Jesus had pity for him and said to him in a soft voice: “Stand up, take your palate and walk!” And at once the man rose—his limbs healthy, his feet swift, his hands skillful, his arms robust, his eyes brilliant with light. He went, his limbs strong, and glorified God, and he no longer saw Jesus.
17 And now, that nobody doubts what I have just said, thinking: “That did not happen”; it really did happen and it is not too much for the compassion of the divine will which loves men. Because he who fought with Jacob from evening until dawn, who was united without confusion with our sinful nature and has made incorruptible our corruptible flesh that he took from the Blessed Virgin Mary, and without sin the sinful flesh spoke with the same mercy with the paralytic and gave him health: Christ, our God.
And Jesus said to the lawyers: "Punish every wrongdoer and transgressor, and not me. Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does."
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: "Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped."
And they said: "We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from."
Jesus answered and said to them: "Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers."
And taking up stones together to stone him. And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over to the crowd. And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet come. But the Lord himself, escaping from their hands, withdrew from them.
And behold, a leper coming to him, says: "You look for the lepers and were eating with publicans. Have mercy, I am like them. If therefore you will, I am clean."
And the Lord said to him: "I will, be clean."
And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: "Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the cleansing as Moses commanded and sin no more."
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: "Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: "Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped."
And they said: "We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from."
Jesus answered and said to them: "Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers."
And taking up stones together to stone him. And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over to the crowd. And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet come. But the Lord himself, escaping from their hands, withdrew from them.
And behold, a leper coming to him, says: "You look for the lepers and were eating with publicans. Have mercy, I am like them. If therefore you will, I am clean."
And the Lord said to him: "I will, be clean."
And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: "Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the cleansing as Moses commanded and sin no more."
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: "Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
Jesus said, “Behold, I will make the last like the first.”
Jesus said, “Show yourselves tried money-changers.”
Jesus said, “Those who wish to see me, and to lay hold upon my kingdom, must receive me through tribulation and suffering.”
Jesus said, “A man that is a reprobate is not tried by God. A man who is not tempted is not approved.”
Jesus said, “Ye shall be as lambs in the midst of wolves. And Peter answered, and said unto him, “What, then, if the wolves shall tear in pieces the lambs?”
Jesus said unto Peter, “The lambs have no cause, after they are dead, to fear the wolves; and in like manner, fear ye not them that kill you, and can do nothing more unto you; but fear Him who, after ye are dead, hath power over both soul and body, to cast them into hell fire.”
Jesus said unto Peter, “The lambs have no cause, after they are dead, to fear the wolves; and in like manner, fear ye not them that kill you, and can do nothing more unto you; but fear Him who, after ye are dead, hath power over both soul and body, to cast them into hell fire.”
Jesus said, “Ask great things, and the small shall be added unto you; and ask heavenly things, and the earthly shall be added unto you.”
Jesus said, “If ye keep not that which is small, who will give you that which is great? For I say unto you, that he that is faithful in very little is faithful also in much.”
Jesus said, “Doubt not, that ye sink not into the world, as Simon when he doubted and began to sink into the sea.”
Jesus said, “All things whatsoever ye would not that a man should do unto you, do ye not unto another. And what thou hatest, thou shalt not do unto another.”
Jesus said, “Amongst the greatest offenders is he who woundeth the spirit of his brother.”
The Lord said to his disciples, Be joyful only when you look upon your brother's face with love. The most grievous offenders are those who have offended their brothers' spirits.
Jesus said, “Where one is, there am I also. And where two are, there also will I be, and when we are three.”
Jesus said, “If thy brother sin against thee by a word, and giveth thee reparation, thou shalt seven times in a day accept him." Then said Simon his disciple to him, “Seven times?”
The Lord answered, and said unto him: “Yea, I say unto thee, until seventy times seven. For even in the prophets, after they were anointed with the Holy Spirit, there is found a word of sin.”
The Lord answered, and said unto him: “Yea, I say unto thee, until seventy times seven. For even in the prophets, after they were anointed with the Holy Spirit, there is found a word of sin.”
Jesus said unto Cephas: “What thinkest thou, Simon? The kings of the earth, from whom do they receive custom and tribute? From their sons, or from strangers?” Simon said unto him, “From strangers.” Jesus said unto him: “Children, then, are free?” Simon said unto him, “Yea.” Jesus said unto him: “Give thou also unto them, like the stranger.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who do anything through their own presumption, and not through God.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who join together their offences as with a long rope.”
Jesus said, “A man had three servants; one who consumed his substance with harlots and flute-players; another who increased it; and another who hid the talent. Afterwards, one was accepted, one was blamed alone, and another was shut up in prison.”
Jesus said, “Woe to you, Korazin! Woe to you, Beit Tzaidah! for if the fifty three mighty works were done in Tzor and Tzidon, which were done in you, they would have turned from evil long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Jesus said, “If ye do not make what is on the right to be left, and the left right, and what is above to be below, and what is before to be behind, ye shall not perceive the kingdom of God. If ye do not make your low things high, and your crooked things straight, ye shall not enter into my kingdom.”
Jesus said, “The days will come in which vines shall grow, having each ten thousand branches, and in each branch ten thousand twigs, and in each true twig ten thousand shoots, and in every one of the shoots ten thousand clusters, and on every one of the clusters ten thousand grapes, and every grape when pressed will give five and twenty metretes of wine. And when any one of the saints shall lay hold of a cluster, another shall cry out, “I am a better cluster, take me; bless the Lord through me.”...
… In like manner, a grain of wheat shall produce ten thousand ears, and every ear shall have ten thousand grains, and every grain shall yield ten pounds of clear, pure, fine flour; and apples, and seeds, and grass shall produce in similar proportions; and all animals, feeding then only on the productions of the earth, shall be come peaceable and harmonious, and be in perfect subjection to man. ...
… And Judas the traitor, not believing, and asking, “How shall such growths be accomplished by the Lord?” the Lord said: They shall see who shall come to them. These, then, are the times mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, “And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.”
… In like manner, a grain of wheat shall produce ten thousand ears, and every ear shall have ten thousand grains, and every grain shall yield ten pounds of clear, pure, fine flour; and apples, and seeds, and grass shall produce in similar proportions; and all animals, feeding then only on the productions of the earth, shall be come peaceable and harmonious, and be in perfect subjection to man. ...
… And Judas the traitor, not believing, and asking, “How shall such growths be accomplished by the Lord?” the Lord said: They shall see who shall come to them. These, then, are the times mentioned by the prophet Isaiah, “And the wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.”
Those who want to see me and gain my kingdom must receive me through suffering and affliction.
Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.
Jesus said, “Neither did he sin at all, nor his parents, but that the power of God might be made manifest through him in healing the sins of ignorance.”
"Give us this day our bread for tomorrow."
"If you be in my bosom and do not the will of my Father who is in heaven, I will cast you away from my bosom."
"Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise more than serpents, and harmless as doves."
"And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven is plundered, and the violent take it by force."
"At that time Jesus answered and said, I am grateful to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes."
"If your brother has sinned by a word, and repented, receive him seven times a day." Simon, his disciple, said to him, "Seven times a day?" The Lord answered, "Yes, I tell you, as much as seventy times seven times! For in the prophets also, after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit, a word of sin [sinful speech?] was found."
"And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And Jesus said unto him, Why do you call me good? One there is who is good -- my Father who is in heaven -- who makes his sun to rise on the just and on the unjust, and sense rain on the pure and on sinners: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you , That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God."
The second of the rich men said to him, "Teacher, what good thing can I do and live?" He said to him "Sir, fulfil the law and the prophets." He answered, "I have." Jesus said, "Go, sell all that you have and distribute to the poor; and come, follow me." But the rich man began to scratch his head, for it did not please him. And the Lord said to him, "How can you say, I have fulfilled the law and the prophets, when it is writtten in the law: You shall love your neighbor as yourself; and lo, many of your brothers, sons of Abraham, are covered with filth, dying of hunger, and your house is full of many good things, none of which goes out to them?" And he turned and said to Simon, his disciple, who was sitting by him, "Simon, son of Jonah, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."
The second of the rich men said to him, "Teacher, what good thing can I do and live?" He said to him "Sir, fulfil the law and the prophets." He answered, "I have." Jesus said, "Go, sell all that you have and distribute to the poor; and come, follow me." But the rich man began to scratch his head, for it did not please him. And the Lord said to him, "How can you say, I have fulfilled the law and the prophets, when it is writtten in the law: You shall love your neighbor as yourself; and lo, many of your brothers, sons of Abraham, are covered with filth, dying of hunger, and your house is full of many good things, none of which goes out to them?" And he turned and said to Simon, his disciple, who was sitting by him, "Simon, son of Jonah, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven."
"But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. Even if you drink the cup which I drink, you will not be able to enter where I go."
"Whoever marvels will reign, and whoever has reigns will rest. Whoever looks will not rest until he finds; whoever finds will marvel; whoever marvels will reign. Whoever reigns will rest."
"If you do not fulfill my commands then even if you should gather together in my bosom, I will throw you out and say: Leave me, I do not know where you come from, you workers of evil."
"Give us today tomorrow's bread."
"If your brother has sinned against you with words, but has asked forgiveness and made reparations, forgive him seven times a day." Simon, his disciple, asked him, "Seven times a day?" The Lord told him, "Yes, I'm telling you, as many as seventy times seven times; for it is written that the words of sinful discourse were found even after the Holy Spirit anointed the prophets."
"The Lord said to his disciples, Be joyful only when you look upon your brother's face with love. The most grievous offenders are those who have offended their brothers' spirits."
"Jesus said, Even so my mother, the Holy Spirit, took me by one of my hairs and carried me to the great Mount Tabor."
"I choose for myself the most worthy - they are given me by my Father in Heaven."
"Whoever seeks will not rest until he finds; whoever finds will be amazed; whoever is amazed will reign; whoever reigns will rest."
"The married should not repudiate the spouse; the unmarried should remain so."
The Lord said, "You will be like sheep among wolves." Peter said, "What if the wolves tear the sheep to pieces?" The Lord replied, "Then let the sheep not fear the wolves after death. So, have no fear of those that kill you, for that is the last and worst they can do. Fear the one who has power to throw you into hell after you've been killed."
"You will not recognize the Kingdom of Yahweh until you make what is in your right hand the same as what is in your left hand; what is in your left hand the same as what is in your right hand; what is above as what is below; what is behind you as what is before."
"The days will come in which vines will grow, each having ten thousand shoots, and on each shoot ten thousand branches, and on each branch ten thousand twigs, and on each twig ten thousand clusters, and in each cluster ten thousand grapes, and each grape, when pressed, will give twenty-five measures of wine. And, when one of those saints takes hold of a cluster, another cluster will clamor: I am better, take me, bless the Lord through me! Similarly a grain of wheat also will generate ten thousand heads, and each head will have ten thousand grains, and each grain five double pounds of clear and clean flour. And the remaining fruits and seeds and herbiage will follow through in congruence with these, and all the animals using these foods which are taken from the earth will in turn become peaceful and consenting, subject to men with every subjection."
"And, he says, Judas the traitor did not believe and asked: How therefore will such generations be brought to completion by the Lord? The Lord said: Those who come into those [times] will see."
"When therefore the Lord narrated to the disciples that the imminent kingdom of the saints would be glorious and wondrous, Judas, bewildered by these words, said: And who will see these things? But the Lord said: Those who have become worthy will see these things."
"And, he says, Judas the traitor did not believe and asked: How therefore will such generations be brought to completion by the Lord? The Lord said: Those who come into those [times] will see."
"When therefore the Lord narrated to the disciples that the imminent kingdom of the saints would be glorious and wondrous, Judas, bewildered by these words, said: And who will see these things? But the Lord said: Those who have become worthy will see these things."
"And Jesus indeed says: On account of the sick I was sick and on account of the hungry I was hungry and on account of the thirsty I was thirsty."
"And wisdom sends out her children."
"Never be content, he said, except when you look upon your brother in love [or in charity]."
"If your brother sins in word, says he, and makes satisfaction to you, seven times a day receive him. Simon his disciple said to him: Seven times a day? The Lord responded and said to him: Still I say to you, until seventy times seven. For indeed in the prophets, even after they were anointed by the holy spirit, the speech of sin was found."
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. "If you be in my bosom and do not the will of my Father who is in heaven, I will cast you away from my bosom."
"Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but "You are whitewashed tombs filled within with dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness."
"Have you seen your brother? You have seen your God."
"Ask for the great things, and the little things will be added unto you."
And again the Lord says, "Let the one who has married not be cast out, and let the one who has not married not marry. He who has confessed that he will not marry according to his decision of eunuchhood, let him remain unmarried."
"The days will come in which vines will grow, each having ten thousand shoots, and on each shoot ten thousand branches, and on each branch ten thousand twigs, and on each twig ten thousand clusters, and in each cluster ten thousand grapes, and each grape, when pressed, will give twenty-five measures of wine. And, when one of those saints takes hold of a cluster, another cluster will clamor: 'I am better, take me, bless the Lord through me!'
Similarly a grain of wheat also will generate ten thousand heads, and each head will have ten thousand grains, and each grain five double pounds of clear and clean flour. And the remaining fruits and seeds and herbiage will follow through in congruence with these, and all the animals using these foods which are taken from the earth will in turn become peaceful and consenting, subject to men with every subjection."
And, he says, Judas the traitor did not believe and asked: "How therefore will such generations be brought to completion by the Lord?"
The Lord said, "Those who come into those [times] will see."
When therefore the Lord narrated to the disciples that the imminent kingdom of the saints would be glorious and wondrous, Judas, bewildered by these words, said, "And who will see these things?"
But the Lord said: "Those who have become worthy will see these things."
Similarly a grain of wheat also will generate ten thousand heads, and each head will have ten thousand grains, and each grain five double pounds of clear and clean flour. And the remaining fruits and seeds and herbiage will follow through in congruence with these, and all the animals using these foods which are taken from the earth will in turn become peaceful and consenting, subject to men with every subjection."
And, he says, Judas the traitor did not believe and asked: "How therefore will such generations be brought to completion by the Lord?"
The Lord said, "Those who come into those [times] will see."
When therefore the Lord narrated to the disciples that the imminent kingdom of the saints would be glorious and wondrous, Judas, bewildered by these words, said, "And who will see these things?"
But the Lord said: "Those who have become worthy will see these things."
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: “Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped.”
And they said: “We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from.”
Jesus answered and said to them: “Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]”
And they said: “We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from.”
Jesus answered and said to them: “Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]”
"I choose for myself them that are good (or well pleasing): the good are they whome my Father which in heaven giveth (or hath given) me."
‘And never, saith he, by ye joyful, save when ye behold your brother with love.’
"For I know, and I believe that he is in the flesh even after his resurrection."
"Our bread of the morrow, that is, of the future, give us this day."
"The Lord said: If ye be with me gathered together in my bosom and do not my commandments, I will cast you away and say unto you: Depart from me; I know you not whence ye are, ye workers of wickedness.)"
"One who has never gone through trials can never perceive the Kingdom of Heaven!"
"Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things."
"If you are gathered with me into my bosom yet you do not keep my commandments, I will discard you and say to you, "Get away from me; I do not know where you are from, you evildoer!"
"If you do not guard something small, who will give you something great? Whoever is faithful with very little is faithful with very much."
"Those who want to see me and gain my kingdom must receive me through suffering and affliction."
"Rightly therefore the Scripture also in its desire to make us such dialecticians, exhorts us: Be approved moneychangers, disapproving some things, but holding fast that which is good."
"That which is weak shall be saved through that which is strong."
"Wherefore also our Lord Jesus Christ said, In whatsoever things I apprehend you, in those I shall judge you."
"For ask, he says for the great things, and the small shall be added to you."
"For not grudgingly, he saith, did the Lord declare in a certain gospel: My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house."
"As the son of God says, Let us resist all iniquity, and hold it in hatred."
Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.
If you are gathered with me into my bosom yet you do not keep my commandments, I will discard you and say to you, "Get away from me; I do not know where you are from, you evildoer!" Let the lambs not fear the wolves after their death. As for you, do not fear those who kill you, for they can do no more. Fear him who has the power to throw soul and body into hell after you are dead.
If you do not guard something small, who will give you something great? Whoever is faithful with very little is faithful with very much.
He that marvels shall reign, and he that has reigned shall rest.
He that seeks will not rest until he finds; and he that has found shall marvel; and he that has marvelled shall reign; and he that has reigned shall rest.
Gospel [written] in Hebrew characters which has come into our hands enters the threat not against the man who had hid [the talent], but against him who had lived dissolutely (4) - for he [the master] had three servants: one who squandered his master's substance with harlots and flute-girls (5), one who multiplied the gain, and one who hid the talent; and accordingly one was accepted (with joy), another merely rebuked, and another cast into into prison.
I am come to do away with sacrifices, and if ye cease not from sacrificing, the wrath of God will not cease from you.
One of the greatest sins is "To grieve the spirit of one's brother." "And never," he said, "be joyful except when you look on your brother with love."
"He who seeks will not give up until he finds; and having found, he will marvel; He that marvels shall reign, and he that has reigned shall rest.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye. “If you be in my bosom and do not the will of my Father who is in heaven, I will cast you away from my bosom.”
“If your brother has sinned by a word, and repented, receive him seven times a day.” Simon, his disciple, said to him, “Seven times a day?” The Lord answered, “Yes, I tell you, as much as seventy times seven times! For in the prophets also, after they were anointed by the Holy Spirit, a word of sin [sinful speech?] was found.”
Lord Jesus Christ said, In whatsoever things I apprehend you, in those I shall judge you."
"For ask, he says for the great things, and the small shall be added to you."
Be approved moneychangers, disapproving some things, but holding fast that which is good."
My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house."
"I, the Gospel, did not come to take away from the law of Moses but to add to the law of Moses have I come"
"I chose you before the world was,"
"Abide in my love and I will give you eternal life"
"Anger destroys even the prudent"
"The heavenly Father willeth the repentance of the sinner rather than his punishment"
"That which is weak shall be saved by that which is strong"
"Come out from bonds ye who will"
"Blessed are they who mourn for the perdition of unbelievers"
"He who has not been tempted has not been approved"
He who makes sad a brother's spirit is one of the greatest of criminals"
"Never be glad except when ye have seen your brother in love"
"Let not him who seeks cease .... until he find, and when he finds he shall be astonished; astonished he shall reach the kingdom, and when he has reached the kingdom he shall rest"
"He Himself will give you clothing. His disciples say unto Him: When wilt thou be manifest to us and when shall we see thee? He saith: When ye shall be stripped and not be ashamed."
"Before a man does wrong he makes all manner of subtle excuses. But give heed lest you also suffer the same things as they for the evil-doers among men receive not their due among the living (Greek zois) only but also await punishment and much torment."
"Repent, for it is better that a man find a cup of water in the age that is coming than all the riches of this world"
"Better is a single footstep in My Father's house than all the wealth of this world"
"Now therefore have faith in the love of My Father; for faith is the end of all things"
"Who is my mother and who are my brethren?" "And He stretched forth His hand toward His disciples and said : * These are my brethren and my mother and sisters, which do the will * of my Father/ "
"I am come to abolish the sacrifices : if ye cease not from sacrificing, the wrath (of God will not cease from weighing upon you."
He had taught His disciples that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are one and the same.
I. a. Wherefore Salome evidently said when the Logos spoke of the end : " How long shall men die?'' . . . Wherefore the Lord very aptly answered : " As long as ye women give birth."
"Eat of every herb, but the bitter one eat not."
When Salome asked when it shall be made known what she asked, the Lord said : " When you tread under foot the covering of shame, and when out of two is made one, and the male with the female, neither male nor female."
For the Lord Himself being asked by one when His Kingdom would come, replied, "When two shall be one, that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female, neither male nor female." 'If ye do these things,' saith He, the Kingdom of my Father shall come.' "
"The Saviour Himself said : * I came to destroy the works of woman '; * of the woman ' namely of lust ; * the works,' gen- eration and death."
"First must the one who prayeth, who offereth his prayer, well consider his gift to see whether there be any spot found in it, and then shall he offer it, that his offering remain not upon the earth."
My Lord Jesus Christ, our King, said to me, "Let's go into the holy mountain." And all the disciples went with him in an attitude of prayer. Behold, two men appeared. We could not look them in the face, for a light brighter than the sun emanated from them. Their clothing also was glistening and indescribable. Nothing in the world could compare in radiance! They were gentle, and mouths cannot describe their beauty. Their countenance was astonishing and wonderful! One was very great, and appeared as though he were crystal. His appearance was like the color and texture of roses. They wore crowns of nard and braided flowers; their hair was as a rainbow in water. This was the beauty of their countenance, and they were adorned with a variety of ornaments. We saw them most suddenly, and marveled. I approached the Lord and asked, "Who are these?" He told me that "These are your righteous brothers that you longed to see." I said, "Then where are all the righteous, and what is the nature of their world?" The the Lord showed me a wide expanse of space outside this world, all agleam with light and flooded with the sun's rays. The ground of that place was budding with flowers which never fade, and bear fruit of blessings. The fragrance of the flowers was so strong that we even smelled it through the vision! The inhabitants wore radiant clothing suited to their surroundings. Angels walked among them. Each inhabitant possessed equal glory and with one voice praised God as Lord, rejoicing there. The Lord explained, "This is the dwelling place of your high priests, righteous men." Having seen the vision, I was joyful and began to believe wholeheartedly and understand perfectly that which is to be found in the book of my Lord Jesus Christ. I said to him, "My Lord, do you want me to make three houses here, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias?" But he was angry with me, saying, "Satan makes war against you, and has veiled your understanding. The good things of this world conquer you. Your eyes must be opened and your ears unstopped! Our dwelling place is a home which the hand of humankind has not made, but which my heavenly Father has made for me and for the elect." And we were full of joy as we beheld him. Then Behold! A voice came from heaven saying, "This is my Son, whom I love and in whom I have pleasure, who has revealed my commandments." There came a great white cloud overhead that bore away our Lord, Moses and Elias. I was shaking, and very scared! We looked up and the heavens opened. We saw men of flesh, and they greeted our Lord, Moses and Elias, then they all ascended into the second heaven. Scripture was thus fulfilled: This generation seeks him and has sought the face of the Elohim of Jacob.
Salome said, “Until when shall death have dominion?” He said: “As long as ye women bring forth. For I came to destroy the works of the woman, namely, of lust; of the works, namely, of birth and of destruction.” And she said, “I did well, then, in not bringing forth.” The Lord answered, saying: “Eat every herb, but of that which hath bitterness, eat not….
…And Salome, inquiring concerning when the things in regard to which he spake should be known, and when his kingdom should come, the Lord said: When ye shall trample underfoot the garment of modesty . . . when the two shall be one, and that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female neither male nor female.”
…And Salome, inquiring concerning when the things in regard to which he spake should be known, and when his kingdom should come, the Lord said: When ye shall trample underfoot the garment of modesty . . . when the two shall be one, and that which is without as that which is within, and the male with the female neither male nor female.”
In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.
Jesus said, “Many shall come in my name, clothed outwardly in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. And there shall be schisms and heresies. Many false Christs and false apostles shall arise and shall deceive many of the faithful.”
Jesus said, “They are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the Spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from Him, after the grace [of baptism], to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.”
And they come into Bethany. And a certain woman whose brother had died was there. And, coming, she prostrated herself before Jesus and says to him, 'Son of David, have mercy on me.' But the disciples rebuked her. And Jesus, being angered, went off with her into the garden where the tomb was, and straightway a great cry was heard from the tomb. And going near Jesus rolled away the stone from the door of the tomb. And straightway, going in where the youth was, he stretched forth his hand and raised him, seizing his hand. But the youth, looking upon him, loved him and began to beseech him that he might be with him. And going out of the tomb they came into the house of the youth, for he was rich. And after six days Jesus told him what to do and in the evening the youth comes to him, wearing a linen cloth over his naked body. And he remained with him that night, for Jesus taught him the mystery of the kingdom of God. And thence, arising, he returned to the other side of the Jordan. And the sister of the youth whom Jesus loved and his mother and Salome were there, and Jesus did not receive them.
The Lord: "Eat every herb but the bitter one. I have come to undo the effects of lust, which are birth, then decay." Salome: "When will all know this?" The Lord: "When the garment of shame has been put underfoot; when two become one; when male and female are no longer distinguishable."
You will not recognize the Kingdom of Yahweh until you make what is in your right hand the same as what is in your left hand; what is in your left hand the same as what is in your right hand; what is above as what is below; what is behind you as what is before.
What manner of woman are you! You have told me a mystery of resurrection, you who instituted vain festivals in your own honor and delighted in worldly revelries and amusements! See what manner of young people are among you! Come together and think about the condition of your souls, for he is here who is a soul-thinker, and the last days of persecution and punishment are upon us. To me, those who despise their sinful condition are precious. I see that some have allowed their hearts to grow cold through vanity. Some have surrendered themselves to this age of uncleanliness and turned to the devil. I can help them by exhorting them by saying: O you hearts who abandon yourselves to voluptuousness! The fear of the Deity is not in you!
Many there had lamps, attempting to dispel the darkness, for they supposed that it was night; it was very dark. They stumbled and fell. Soon the Lord cried out loud, saying, "My Power, my Power, you have left me!" When he said this, he ascended. In that same hour the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.
Jesus said, "As they were going Jesus passed before them saying: 'May the Name deliver you.'"
Jesus said, “To his chosen, he saith: Go ye out of the house of my Father.”
Jesus said, “Let us resist all iniquity and hold it in hatred.”
Jesus said, “Few things are needful, or just one.”
Jesus said, “Blessed is he who also fasts for this, that he might feed the poor.”
"I have come to do away with the system of sacrifices. If you do not quit sacrificing, the wrath of Yahweh will not quit you."
Salome: "How long will death have power?"
The Lord: "As long as you women have children."
Salome: "Then it is good that I haven't had any children!"
The Lord: "Eat every herb but the bitter one. I have come to undo the effects of lust, which are birth, then decay."
Salome: "When will all know this?"
The Lord: "When the garment of shame has been put underfoot; when two become one; when male and female are no longer distinguishable."
(Gospel of Mark)
"What manner of woman are you! You have told me a mystery of resurrection, you who instituted vain festivals in your own honor and delighted in worldly revelries and amusements! See what manner of young people are among you! Come together and think about the condition of your souls, for he is here who is a soul-thinker, and the last days of persecution and punishment are upon us. To me, those who despise their sinful condition are precious. I see that some have allowed their hearts to grow cold through vanity. Some have surrendered themselves to this age of uncleanliness and turned to the devil. I can help them by exhorting them by saying: O you hearts who abandon yourselves to voluptuousness! The fear of the Deity is not in you!"
"Finally, the Lord said to them: Why do you wonder at signs? I am giving you a great inheritance which the whole world does not have."
"Behold, your mother and your brothers are standing outside, that is: Who is my mother and brothers? And he stretched out his hand over the disciples and said: These who my brothers and mother and sisters, those who are doing the wishes of my father."
"I came to abolish the sacrifices, and, if you do not cease to sacrifice, the wrath will not cease from you."
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: "Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped."
And they said: "We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from." Jesus answered and said to them: "Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]"
* Possible reconstructions:
"Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does."
"Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does."
"Because it's unexplained, how he does, what he does."
"And see, how he does, what he does."
"Who is condemning, how he does, what he does."
* Possible reconstructions:
"Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does."
"Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does."
"Because it's unexplained, how he does, what he does."
"And see, how he does, what he does."
"Who is condemning, how he does, what he does."
Whence it is with reason that after the Word had told about the End, Salome saith:
"Until when shall men continue to die?"
"So long as women bear children."
'I have done well, then, in not bearing children?'
"Every plant eat thou, but that which hath bitterness eat not."
"When ye have trampled on the garment of shame, and when the two become one and the male with the female is neither male nor female."
"For the Lord himself being asked by some one when his kingdom should come, said: When the two shall be one, and the outside (that which is without) as the inside (that which is within), and themale with the female neither male nor female.)"
The Lord said to Salome when she inquired: How long shall death prevail? 'As long as ye women bera children', not because life is an ill, and the creation evil: but as showing the sequence of nature: for in all cases birth is followed by decay.
"Until when shall men continue to die?"
"So long as women bear children."
'I have done well, then, in not bearing children?'
"Every plant eat thou, but that which hath bitterness eat not."
"When ye have trampled on the garment of shame, and when the two become one and the male with the female is neither male nor female."
"For the Lord himself being asked by some one when his kingdom should come, said: When the two shall be one, and the outside (that which is without) as the inside (that which is within), and themale with the female neither male nor female.)"
The Lord said to Salome when she inquired: How long shall death prevail? 'As long as ye women bera children', not because life is an ill, and the creation evil: but as showing the sequence of nature: for in all cases birth is followed by decay.
"'the Savior himself said: "I came to destroy the works of the female'."
In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.
One who has never gone through trials can never perceive the Kingdom of Heaven!
Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.
Those with me haven't understood me.
"They were going up on the road to Jerusalem" and the following things
22 until, "after three days he will arise," it takes up according to the text:
23 "And they went to Bethany and there was a woman whose brother had died.
24 And coming up to him, she prostrated herself before Jesus and said to him, 'Son of David,
25 have mercy on me.' But the disciples rebuked her. And becoming angry,
26 Jesus went with her to the garden where the tomb was. And
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01 immediately a great sound was heard from the tomb, and Jesus, going toward it
02 rolled away the stone from the entrance to the tomb. And going in immediately where
03 the young man was, he stretched out a hand and raised him up, holding
04 his hand. Then, the man looked at him and loved him and
05 he began to call him to his side, that he might be with him. And going from
06 the tomb, they went to the house of the young man. For he was rich. And after
07 six days, Jesus instructed him. And when it was late, the young man went
08 to him. He had put a linen around his naked body, and
09 he remained with him through that night. For Jesus taught him
10 the mystery of the kingdom of God. After he got up from there,
11 he turned to the region of the Jordan." And after these things, this follows:
12 "James and John go to him," and that whole section.
13 But the "naked man with naked man" and the other things you wrote about are
14 not found. After, "and he goes to Jericho," it adds only, "And the
15 brother of the young man whom Jesus loved was there, as well as
16 his mother and Salome. And Jesus did not welcome them."
22 until, "after three days he will arise," it takes up according to the text:
23 "And they went to Bethany and there was a woman whose brother had died.
24 And coming up to him, she prostrated herself before Jesus and said to him, 'Son of David,
25 have mercy on me.' But the disciples rebuked her. And becoming angry,
26 Jesus went with her to the garden where the tomb was. And
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01 immediately a great sound was heard from the tomb, and Jesus, going toward it
02 rolled away the stone from the entrance to the tomb. And going in immediately where
03 the young man was, he stretched out a hand and raised him up, holding
04 his hand. Then, the man looked at him and loved him and
05 he began to call him to his side, that he might be with him. And going from
06 the tomb, they went to the house of the young man. For he was rich. And after
07 six days, Jesus instructed him. And when it was late, the young man went
08 to him. He had put a linen around his naked body, and
09 he remained with him through that night. For Jesus taught him
10 the mystery of the kingdom of God. After he got up from there,
11 he turned to the region of the Jordan." And after these things, this follows:
12 "James and John go to him," and that whole section.
13 But the "naked man with naked man" and the other things you wrote about are
14 not found. After, "and he goes to Jericho," it adds only, "And the
15 brother of the young man whom Jesus loved was there, as well as
16 his mother and Salome. And Jesus did not welcome them."
Whence it is with reason that after the Word had told about the End, Salome saith: Until when shall men continue to die? (Now, the Scripture speaks of man in two senses, the one that is seen, and the soul: and again, of him that is in a state of salvation, and him that is not: and sin is called the death of the soul) and it is advisedly that the Lord makes an answer: So long as women bear children.
66. And why do not they who walk by anything rather than the true rule of the Gospel go on to quote the rest of that which was said to Salome: for when she had said, ‘I have done well, then, in not bearing children?’ (as if childbearing were not the right thing to accept) the Lord answers and says: Every plant eat thou, but that which hath bitterness eat not.
iii. 13. 92. When Salome inquired when the things concerning which she asked should be known, the Lord said: When ye have trampled on the garment of shame, and when the two become one and the male with the female is neither male nor female.
For the Lord himself being asked by some one when his kingdom should come, said: When the two shall be one, and the outside (that which is without) as the inside (that which is within), and themale with the female neither male nor female.)
The Lord said to Salome when she inquired: How long shall death prevail? ‘As long as ye women bera children’, not because life is an ill, and the creation evil: but as showing the sequence of nature: for in all cases birth is followed by decay.
For they say that ‘the Savior himself said: I came to destroy the works of the female’.
Be strong in the battle and fight with the ancient serpent, and you will receive the eternal kingdom, says the Lord.
We must combat our flesh, set no value upon it, and concede to it nothing that can flatter it, but rather increase the growth of our soul by faith and knowledge.
Marvel at what is present.
So Zaccheus whom they call Matthias, the chief tax collector, when he had heard that the Lord had esteemed him highly enough to be with him, said, "Behold, half of my present possessions I give as alms, and Lord, if I ever extorted money from anyone in any way, I return it fourfold." At this the Savior said, "When the Son of Man came today, he found that which was lost."
If the neighbor of an elect person sins, the elect person sins. For if he had led himself as the word dictates, the neighbor would have been in awe of his life so that he did not sin.
"Be ("become," "show yourselves to be") approved money-changers."
"The heavenly Father willeth the repentance of the sinner rather than his punishment"
"That which is weak shall be saved by that which is strong"
"Come out from bonds ye who will"
"Blessed are they who mourn for the perdition of unbelievers"
"He who has not been tempted has not been approved"
"He Himself will give you clothing. His disciples say unto Him: When wilt thou be manifest to us and when shall we see thee? He saith: When ye shall be stripped and not be ashamed."
"Before a man does wrong he makes all manner of subtle excuses. But give heed lest you also suffer the same things as they for the evil-doers among men receive not their due among the living (Greek zois) only but also await punishment and much torment."
"Repent, for it is better that a man find a cup of water in the age that is coming than all the riches of this world"
"Better is a single footstep in My Father's house than all the wealth of this world"
"Now therefore have faith in the love of My Father; for faith is the end of all things"
On the Sabbath Jesus saw a man working, and he said to him, "Man! If you know what you are doing, you are blessed! But if you don't know what you are doing, you are a law-breaker and cursed!"
"On the same day, seeing one working on the Sabbath, he said to him: Man, if thou knowest what thou doest, blessed art thou; but if thou knowest not, thou art accursed and a transgressor of the Law."
"But ye seek from the small to increase, and from the greater to be less."
"Jesus saith, Except you fast to the world, you shall in no wise find the kingdom of God."
"Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieved over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not."
"Jesus saith, A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him."
"Jesus saith, A city built upon the top of a hill and stablished can neither fall nor be hid."
But give heed lest ye also suffer the same things as they; for the evildoers among men receive their reward not among the living only, but also await punishment and much torment. And He took them and brought them into the very place of purification, and was walking in the temple. And a certain Pharisee, a chief priest, whose name was Levi ( ?), met them and said to the Saviour: " Who gave thee leave to walk in this place of purification and to see these holy vessels, when thou hast not washed nor yet have thy disciples bathed their feet? But defiled thou hast walked in this temple, which is a pure place, wherein no other man walks except he has washed himself and changed his garments, neither does he venture to see these holy vessels." And the Saviour straightway stood still with his disciples and answered him : "Art thou then, being here in the temple, clean ? " He saith unto him : " I am clean ; for I washed in the pool of David, and having descended by one staircase I ascended by another, and I put on white and clean garments, and then I came and looked upon these holy vessels." The Saviour answered and said unto him: "Woe ye blind, who see not. Thou hast washed in these running waters wherein dogs and swine have been cast night and day, and hast cleansed and wiped the outside skin which also the harlots and flute-girls anoint and wash and wipe and beautify for the lust of men; but within they are full of scorpions and all wickedness. But I and my disciples, who thou sayest have not bathed, have been dipped in the' waters of eternal life;
Jesus says "Except ye fast (to or from) the world, ye shall in no wise find the Kingdom of God, and except ye sabbatize the Sabbath, ye shall not see the Father."
"A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither does a physician work cures upon them that know him."
"Blessed are they that see me and believe; and three times blessed are they that have not seen me and believe."
" Behold I send thee like a sheep in the midst of wolves, but fear them not." And again he said to us : " That through many tribulations must ye enter into the Kingdom of God."
Lord said in the Gospel : " If anyone shall leave all things for My name's sake, at the second coming he shall inherit everlasting life."
"Ask great things and the small ones will be added to you. Ask heavenly things and the earthly will be added."
The word of Christ, which he spake to us: " Accept not anything from any man, and possess not anything in this world."
And when His disciples asked the Lord, why they only asked for this only that they said unto Him : " Increase our faith." The Lord said to them : " If you have faith, a mountain will also move from you." And He says to them : " You shall not doubt and sink in the world like Simon, who, when he doubted, was on the point of sinking."
"Pray and become not tired."
"The good must surely come, and blessed is he by whom it comes; and the bad must surely come; but woe to him, through whom it comes"
"The weak shall be saved through the strong."
"The Lord knoweth them that are His, both those that are near and those that are far off."
"It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee." Had Sodom heard the words and seen the deeds of Jesus, " there would have been no need for the stern surgery which cauterized the Plain of the Cities, and Sodom might have been still standing."
Since even the Lord says " the giver was happier than the receiver." And it is again said by Him : " Woe to those that have, and receive in hypocrisy, or who are able to support themselves, yet will receive of others ; for both of them shall give an account to the Lord Grod in the day of judgment."
These are they concerning whom the Lord bitterly and severely stated that there are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from him, after the grace, to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.
Then shall the wicked go to eternal damnation, but the righteous shall go unto life eternal inheriting those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man, which God prepared for those that love him, and they shall rejoice in the Kingdom of God.
As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye show forth my death, until I come.
For the Logos again says to us : "If anyone kiss a second time because it has given him pleasure (he sins); adding: Therefore the kiss (or rather the salutation) should be given with the greatest care, since if there be mixed with it the least defilement of thought, it excludes us from eternal life."
And the Lord says : " Behold, I make the last like the first."
"Let thine alms sweat in thy land until thou findest the just to whom thou givest it."
"The saints of the Lord shall inherit the glory of God and His power " which glory, O blessed one ? Tell me ! " Which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man. And thqr shall rejoice over the Kingdom of their Lord in eternity. Amen."
" These are they that stretch the warps and weave nothing," says the Scripture.
" Thou seest," He says, " thy brother, thou seest thy God."
"Ask the great things and the small ones shall be added unto you."
" Seek first the kingdom of the heavens and the righteousness, for these are great things; and the small and concerning the food, these shall be added to you."
" For he (i. e., the Christian) has learnt from Jesus to seek for nothing small or mean, that is sensible objects, but to ask only for what is great and truly divine."
… “The Lord said: I come to gather all nations and tongues.”
Jesus said, “I am the gate of life; he who entereth through me, entereth into life.”
Jesus said, “I am not come to send peace on earth, but a sword; and henceforth ye shall see father separated from son, son from father, husband from wife, and wife from husband, mother from daughter, and daughter from mother, brother from brother, father-in-law from daughter-in-law, friend from friend.”
Jesus said, “Except ye fast to the world, ye shall in no wise find the kingdom of God; and except ye keep the Sabbath as a Sabbath, ye shall not see the Father.” “On the same day, having seen one working on the Sabbath, he said to him: O man, if indeed thou knowest what thou doest, thou art blessed; but if thou knowest not, thou art cursed, and art a transgressor of the law.”
Jesus said, “How long shall I be with you and speak with you? I am weary of this generation. They proved me, He said, ten times, but these, twenty times, and ten times ten.”
Jesus said, “Excepting a very few saints and illustrious ones, men have thought to atone for their crimes with a few pieces of money.”
Jesus said, “A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him.”
Jesus said, “But where the pains are, thither hasteneth the physician.”
Jesus said, “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. For the heavenly Father desireth rather the repentance than the punishment of the sinner.”
Jesus said, “For the Father willeth that to all should be given of His gifts.”
Jesus said, “For those that are sick, I was sick, and for those that hunger, I suffered hunger, and for those that thirst, I suffered thirst.”
Jesus said, “The weak through the strong shall be saved.”
Jesus said, “Be saved, thou and thy soul.”
Jesus said, “For my brethren and fellow-heirs are those who do the will of my Father. And call no man your father upon earth; for there are many masters upon earth, but in heaven is the Father from whom is all the family in heaven and earth.”
Jesus said, “Our dwelling place is in heaven.”
Jesus said, “For the fashion of this world passeth away.”
Jesus said, “The world shall be built up through grace.”
Jesus said, “Buy for yourselves, O children of Adam, through these transitory things, which are not yours, that which is yours, and which passeth not away.”
Jesus said, “Why marvel ye at the signs? I give unto you a great inheritance, which the whole world hath not.”
Jesus said, “It is thine, O man, to prove my words, as silver and money are proved among the exchangers. Care for those things which are necessary for the body, and be anxious about nothing further save virtue.”
Jesus said, “Watch ye, praying without ceasing, to escape from affliction.”
Jesus said, “Be ye watchful, circumspect, and well-instructed, since the ancient enemy goeth about attacking the servants of God.”
Jesus said, “The tempter is the wicked one.”
Jesus said, “Give no pretext to the evil one.”
Jesus said, “If ye resist the devil, he will be conquered, and flee from you in disgrace.”
Jesus said, “He that is lawless, let him be lawless still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.”
Jesus said, “Let my name be hallowed in your hearts.”
Jesus said, “Let the Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us.”
Jesus said, “Those who walk in the Spirit of God are the sons of God.”
Jesus said, “Grieve not the Holy Spirit which is in you, and extinguish not the light which shineth within you.”
Jesus said, “The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy; but He giveth more grace.”
Jesus said, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
Jesus said, “He that ploweth, should plow in hope; and he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.”
Jesus said, “Cultivate faith and hope through which is begotten the love of God and of man, that gaineth everlasting life.”
Jesus said, “Charity covereth a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.”
Jesus said, “He to whom more is forgiven, loveth more; and he to whom less is forgiven, loveth little.”
Jesus said, “Good things must needs come, but blessed is he through whom they come. Likewise, evil things also shall come, but woe to him through whom they come.”
Jesus said, “Men must give an account of every good word which they shall not speak.”
Jesus said, “No one shall be called good who mixeth evil with the good.”
Jesus said, “He keepeth the good which he hath, and increaseth more and more.”
Jesus said, “Let thy works shine, and, behold, a man and his works are before His face. For, behold God and His works.”
Jesus said, “Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
Jesus said, “Anger destroyeth even the prudent. Render not evil for evil, or railing for railing, or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing.”
Jesus said, “Be ye joined unto the saints, because they that are joined unto them shall be sanctified.”
Jesus said, “The just shall fall seven times and shall rise again.”
Jesus said, “If the neighbour of an elect man sin, the elect man hath sinned. For had he conducted himself as the word prescribed, his neighbor also would have been filled with such reverence for the life he led as not to sin.”
Jesus said, “Whatsoever brother liveth in the manner of the aliens, and alloweth things like unto their deeds, refrain from being in his company, which, unless thou doest, thou also wilt be a partaker with him.”
Jesus said, “Let thine alms sweat in thy hands, until thou know to whom thou shouldest give.”
Jesus said, “Accept not anything from any man, and possess not anything in this world.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who have, and in hypocrisy receive, or who, being themselves able to help, receive from others. For each one shall give an account to the Lord God at the day of judgment.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who do anything through their own presumption, and not through God.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who join together their offences as with a long rope.”
Jesus said, “These are they that stretch the warps and weave nothing.”
Jesus said, “Preserve ye the flesh, that ye may become partakers of the spirit. The flesh must be contended with, be evil entreated, and its unbridled lust in no way be yielded to; but the soul must be made to grow through faith and knowledge.”
Jesus said, “If any one shall leave all things for my name’s sake, at the second coming he shall inherit everlasting life.”
In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.
Jesus said, “Many shall come in my name, clothed outwardly in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. And there shall be schisms and heresies. Many false Christs and false apostles shall arise and shall deceive many of the faithful.”
Jesus said, “They are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the Spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from Him, after the grace [of baptism], to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.”
Jesus said, “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Jesus said, “What I say unto one of you, I say unto all.”
Jesus said, “Then shall the wicked go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous shall go into life eternal, to inherit those things which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, such things as God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
Jesus said, “Good things are prepared which the angels desire to look into.”
Jesus said, “Often did I desire to hear one of these words, and I had not one to tell me.”
Jesus said, “By way of reproach, he said to Jerusalem: Sodom is justified of thee.”
Jesus said, “O Father, let their temple be desolate.”
Jesus said, “I will cleanse the house of my kingdom from every stumbling block.”
Jesus and his disciples were walking along the bank of the Jordan river. Jesus quizzed his disciples, "Behold, a grain of wheat. When it is planted by nature, lying invisible beneath the earth, do we consider that time is well spent pondering its wealth?" And as they were pondering, perplexed by this strange question, Jesus knelt and sowed a handful of wheat on the bank, watering it. Immediately before their eyes, the wheat sprouted and grew to seed, to their amazement and great joy.
He took his disciples to the place of purification, and he walked through the courts of the Temple of Jerusalem. Levi, a Pharisee, fell in with them and asked the Savior, "Who gave you and your followers permission to inspect this holy place and its holy utensils without having bathed and changed your clothing or even washing your feet? You are defiled, and have defiled this holy place and its utensils!" Not venturing to leave that place, the Savior spoke to Levi and said, "How is it with you, since you, too, are in the same Temple Court as we are? Are you then clean?" Levi said, "I am clean, because I washed in the pool of David by going down the one stair, through the water, and up the other stair, and I have put on clean, white clothing in the prescribed manner. Only after becoming clean have I ventured into this pure place and viewed its holy utensils." Then the Savior said to him, "Woe unto you unseeing blind man! So you have washed yourself in the water that was poured out from the same source where dogs and swine lie day after day. So you have scrubbed your skin to a chafe, just like prostitutes and erotic dancers do, making themselves up with rouge, oils, and perfumes in order to arouse men, looking so attractive, but being full of scorpions and vermin of every kind. You, who bathed with the swine, have dared to accused those who have been cleansed in the living water which falls from Heaven of being unclean? Woe to you and all like you!"
Jesus said, “Pray ye, and faint not.”
I came to redeem you from death and destruction. I will give you what you have not seen with your eyes, have not heard with your ears, have not grasped with your hands.
Jesus stands among us; he winks at us secretly and says, "Repent, so that I may forgive you your sins".
Jesus said, “Whoso reedeemeth souls from idols, he shall be great in my kingdom. Of the hire of an harlot hath she gathered them, and to the hire of an harlot shall they return; from filth it came, to the place of filth shall it go.”
Jesus said, “Be ye valiant in war, and fight with the ancient enemy, and ye shall receive the everlasting kingdom.”
Jesus said, “Thou shalt keep what thou hast received, neither adding thereto nor taking away therefrom.”
"Hear me, my chosen lambs! Do not fear the wolves!
The cypress tree is a mystery of pious conduct."
"And he took them and brought them into the very place of purification and was walking in the temple. And a certain Pharisee, a chief priest, whose name was Levi, met them and said to the Saviour, Who gave thee leave to walk in this place of purification, and to see these holy vessels when thou hast not washed nor yet have thy disciples bathed their feet? But defiled thou hast walked in this temple, which is a pure place, wherein no other man walks except he has washed himself and changed his garments neither does he venture to see these holy vessels. And the Saviour straightway stood still with his disciples and answered him, Art thou then, being here in the temple, clean? He saith unto him, I am clean; for I washed in the pool of David and having descended by one staircase, I ascended by another and I put on white and clean garments, and then I came and looked upon these holy vessels. The Saviour answered and said unto him, Woe ye blind, who see not. Thou hast washed in these running waters wherein dogs and swine have been cast night and day and hast cleansed and wiped the outside skin which also the harlots and flutegirls anoint and wash and wipe and beautify for the lust of men; but within they are full of scorpions and all wickedness. But I and my disciples who thou sayest have not bathed have been dipped in the waters of eternal life which come from heaven..."
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: “Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?”
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: “Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men…’”
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: “Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men…’”
The Lord said: “Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote, …”
(Dodd:) “When a husbandman has enclosed a small seed in a secret place, so that it is invisibly buried, how does its abundance become immeasurable?”
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore . And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist , and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit…
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore . And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist , and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit…
(Schmidt:) “Why is the seed enclosed in the ground, the abundance buried? Hidden for a short time, it will be immeasurable.” And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with seed and sowed it upon the ground . And thereupon he poured sufficient water over it . And looking at the ground before them, the fruit appeared…
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river . And on the water , the roots spread out and fruit appeared… (Lietzmann:) And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sowed on the ground . And the sprinkled water purified(?) the ground . (…) and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river . And on the water , the roots spread out and fruit appeared… (Lagrange:) And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus walked at the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with sand and sowed seed on the sand . And then he poured running water over it . And it run to seed and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
A small seed in the ground is hidden and invisible. How does its abundance become immeasurable? (By growing and bringing fruit.) To clarify this, Jesus performs a miracle: He walks up to the river Jordan and with the water he gives rise to a spontaneous ripening of fruit. (much, for joy!)
"I choose for myself them that are good (or well pleasing): the good are they whome my Father which in heaven giveth (or hath given) me."
"I have chosen the twelve because I have found them worthy to be my disciples. I sent these, whom I was sure would be true Apostles, into the world to proclaim to all the joyous message that all may know that there is only one qeos, and to reveal the future through those who believe in me. The end of which is that those who hear and believe might be saved; and those who do not believe may yet testify that they too have heard the message. That they might not be able to excuse themselves by saying, "We haven't heard."
"Evil doers plan their evil works through crafty designs. Guard that you do not deserve the same fate as they! Evil doers not only receive their just recompense in this life, but they must also suffer punishment and great torment after."
He took his disciples to the place of purification, and he walked through the courts of the Temple of Jerusalem. Levi, a Pharisee, fell in with them and asked the Savior, "Who gave you and your followers permission to inspect this holy place and its holy utensils without having bathed and changed your clothing or even washing your feet? You are defiled, and have defiled this holy place and its utensils!"
Not venturing to leave that place, the Savior spoke to Levi and said, "How is it with you, since you, too, are in the same Temple Court as we are? Are you then clean?" Levi said, "I am clean, because I washed in the pool of David by going down the one stair, through the water, and up the other stair, and I have put on clean, white clothing in the prescribed manner. Only after becoming clean have I ventured into this pure place and viewed its holy utensils."
Then the Savior said to him, "Woe unto you unseeing blind man! So you have washed yourself in the water that was poured out from the same source where dogs and swine lie day after day. So you have scrubbed your skin to a chafe, just like prostitutes and erotic dancers do, making themselves up with rouge, oils, and perfumes in order to arouse men, looking so attractive, but being full of scorpions and vermin of every kind. You, who bathed with the swine, have dared to accused those who have been cleansed in the living water which falls from Heaven of being unclean? Woe to you and all like you!"
Not venturing to leave that place, the Savior spoke to Levi and said, "How is it with you, since you, too, are in the same Temple Court as we are? Are you then clean?" Levi said, "I am clean, because I washed in the pool of David by going down the one stair, through the water, and up the other stair, and I have put on clean, white clothing in the prescribed manner. Only after becoming clean have I ventured into this pure place and viewed its holy utensils."
Then the Savior said to him, "Woe unto you unseeing blind man! So you have washed yourself in the water that was poured out from the same source where dogs and swine lie day after day. So you have scrubbed your skin to a chafe, just like prostitutes and erotic dancers do, making themselves up with rouge, oils, and perfumes in order to arouse men, looking so attractive, but being full of scorpions and vermin of every kind. You, who bathed with the swine, have dared to accused those who have been cleansed in the living water which falls from Heaven of being unclean? Woe to you and all like you!"
"In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers."
"On the Sabbath Jesus saw a man working, and he said to him, "Man! If you know what you are doing, you are blessed! But if you don't know what you are doing, you are a law-breaker and cursed!""
"Jesus saith, Except you fast to the world, you shall in no wise find the kingdom of God."
"Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieved over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not."
His disciples asked him, When will we again be able to see you? He said, When you have undressed and are not ashamed.
"Jesus saith, A city built upon the top of a hill and stablished can neither fall nor be hid."
"But ye seek from the small to increase, and from the greater to be less."
"Jesus saith, Except ye fast to the world, ye shall in no wise find the kingdom of God; and except ye make the sabbath a real sabbath, ye shall not see the Father."
"Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not. . . ."
"Jesus saith, Wherever there are two, they are not without God, and wherever there is one alone, I say, I am with him. Raise the stone and there thou shalt find me, cleave the wood and there am I."
"Jesus saith, A prophet is not acceptable in his own country, neither doth a physician work cures upon them that know him."
"Jesus saith, A city built upon the top of a high hill and stablished can neither fall nor be hid."
"Jesus saith, Thou hearest with one ear [but the other ear hast thou closed]."
'Every plant which the heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.'
Wherefore He, being the true Prophet, said, 'I am the gate of life; he who enters through me enters into life,'
'Come unto me, all who labour,' that is, who are seeking the truth, and not finding it;
'My sheep hear my voice;'
'Seek and find,'
On the Sabbath Jesus saw a man working, and he said to him, "Man! If you know what you are doing, you are blessed! But if you don't know what you are doing, you are a law-breaker and cursed!"
Jesus was keeping company with tax collectors. After he had eaten with them in the inn, a leper approached him and said, "Master Jesus, I was eating with lepers and keeping company with them, thus I became a leper. If you desire it, I am clean." Immediately the Lord said, "I AM, be clean." Then the leprosy left him. The scribes and lawyers came to test him, thus tempt him to break the law. "Master Jesus," they said, "we know that you came from Yahweh, for you have outdone all the prophets. Tell us, according to your teaching, are we allowed to bankroll kings by paying their taxes? Should we pay or not?" But Jesus discerned their evil intention and became angry, saying to them, "Why do you call me 'Master' with your mouth, but do nothing I say? Isaiah has spoken truly concerning you: 'This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me; their worship is vanity. They teach man-made rules.'" Jesus and his disciples were walking along the bank of the Jordan river. Jesus quizzed his disciples, "Behold, a grain of wheat. When it is planted by nature, lying invisible beneath the earth, do we consider that time is well spent pondering its wealth?" And as they were pondering, perplexed by this strange question, Jesus knelt and sowed a handful of wheat on the bank, watering it. Immediately before their eyes, the wheat sprouted and grew to seed, to their amazement and great joy.
"Evil doers plan their evil works through crafty designs. Guard that you do not deserve the same fate as they! Evil doers not only receive their just recompense in this life, but they must also suffer punishment and great torment after."
He took his disciples to the place of purification, and he walked through the courts of the Temple of Jerusalem. Levi, a Pharisee, fell in with them and asked the Savior, "Who gave you and your followers permission to inspect this holy place and its holy utensils without having bathed and changed your clothing or even washing your feet? You are defiled, and have defiled this holy place and its utensils!" Not venturing to leave that place, the Savior spoke to Levi and said, "How is it with you, since you, too, are in the same Temple Court as we are? Are you then clean?" Levi said, "I am clean, because I washed in the pool of David by going down the one stair, through the water, and up the other stair, and I have put on clean, white clothing in the prescribed manner. Only after becoming clean have I ventured into this pure place and viewed its holy utensils." Then the Savior said to him, "Woe unto you unseeing blind man! So you have washed yourself in the water that was poured out from the same source where dogs and swine lie day after day. So you have scrubbed your skin to a chafe, just like prostitutes and erotic dancers do, making themselves up with rouge, oils, and perfumes in order to arouse men, looking so attractive, but being full of scorpions and vermin of every kind. You, who bathed with the swine, have dared to accused those who have been cleansed in the living water which falls from Heaven of being unclean? Woe to you and all like you!"
The one who is far from you today will be near tomorrow.
If you do not fast as to the things of this world, you will not find the kingdom of Yahweh. If you do not keep the Sabbath, you will not see the Father.
The scribes, the Pharisees, and the priests were angry when they saw that Jesus reclined at the table with sinners. Jesus heard of their anger and said: The healthy do not need a doctor.
Pray for your enemies. The one who is not against you is for you. The one who is today far away will be near you tomorrow.
His disciples asked him, When will we again be able to see you? He said, When you have undressed and are not ashamed.
"But ye seek from the small to increase, and from the greater to be less."
"For he said to us before, when he was teaching: That which is weak shall be saved through that which is strong."
"Wherefore also our Lord Jesus Christ said, In whatsoever things I apprehend you, in those I shall judge you."
"For ask, he says for the great things, and the small shall be added to you."
"For not grudgingly, he saith, did the Lord declare in a certain gospel: My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house."
"Jesus saith, Except you fast to the world, you shall in no wise find the kingdom of God."
"Jesus saith, I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them, and my soul grieved over the sons of men, because they are blind in their heart, and see not."
"For the Lord said to me: Except ye make the lower into the upper and the left into the right, ye shall not enter into my kingdom."
"Jesus saith, Wherever there are two, they are not without God; and wherever there is one alone, I say I am with him. Raise the stone and there thou shalt find me; cleave the wood, and there am I."
[He who today i]s far away tomorrow [close at hand to you will] be.
The scheme of this world is passing.
Be strong in the battle and fight with the ancient serpent, and you will receive the eternal kingdom, says the Lord.
Those who are with me have not understood me.
But rather also concerning this he has said: Let your alm sweat in your hands until you know to whom to give it.
And again the Lord says: Let the one who has married not be cast out, and let the one who has not married not marry. He who has confessed that he will not marry according to his decision of eunuchhood, let him remain unmarried.
Martha said about Mary that she had seen her smiling. Mary said: I never laughed, for he said to you when he taught that the sick would be saved through the strong.
" Wonder at what is before you," laying this down as first step of further knowledge.
" the flesh must be contended with, and evil entreated, and its unbridled lust must in no wise be yielded to, but the soul must be made to grow through faith and knowledge."
" If the neighbor of an elect man sin, the elect man has sinned; for had he conducted himself as the word prescribes, his neighbor also would have been filled with such reverence for the life he led as not to sin."
' I have known myself, and gathered myself together, and begotten no children for the Archon of this world, but have torn up his roots, and gathered the scattered members, and I know who thou art. For I am descended from the upper world/ By speaking in this manner she is dismissed. But if she is found to have begotten a son, she is kept below, until she is able to take up her children and to draw them to herself."
" I stood on a high hill and saw a talL man, and another one who was mutilated ai^ri heard something like the voice of the thunder, and I drew near to hearken, and he spoke to me saying: * I am thou, and thou art I, and where thou art there am I also and in all things am I sown. And from when- soever thou gatherest me, in gathering me thou gatherest thyself"
1. (Take no thought) from morning until even nor from evening until morning, either for your food what ye shall eat or for your raiment what ye shall put on. Ye are far better than the lilies which grow but spin not. Having one garment, what do ye (lack?). . . . Who could add to your stature? He Himself will give you your garment. His disciples say unto Him: "When wilt thou be manifest to us, and when shall we see thee? " He saith : " When ye shall be stripped and not be ashamed. .,."... He said: "The key of knowledge ye hid ; ye entered not in yourselves and to them that were entering in ye opened not." ^
"The new Law wishes you to sabbatize continually, and ye while ye do no work throughout one day imagine that ye act piously. This is because ye do not understand why the command was given you. Also if ye have eaten unleavened bread ye say that ye have fulfilled the law. Not in these things is the Lord our God pleased. If there is any one among you forsworn or a thief, let him cease: if any adulterer, let him repent, and then he has sabbatized the true and joyous Sabbath of God."
Jesus saith : " I stood in the midst of the world, and in the flesh was I seen of them, and I found all men drunken, and none found I athirst among them. And my soul grieveth over the sons of men, because they are blind at heart and see not their poverty."
" And the apostle said: * The treasury of the holy King is flung open, and they who worthily partake of the good things there rest, and resting they shall reign.' "
Jesus saith: "Who are they that draw you (MS. us) to the Kingdom? The kingdom is in heaven;. but they that are on earth and the birds of the heaven and every creature that is under the earth and in Hades and the fishes of the sea, these are they that draw you to it. And the kingdom of heaven is within you, and whosoever shall know him-self shall find it; for if ye shall truly know yourselves, ye are the sons and daughters of the Father Almighty, and ye shall know your-selves to be in the city of God, and ye are the city."
1. It is written concerning me: " Blessed are they that see me and believe; and three times blessed are they that have not seen me and believe."
2. For thus did he command me, saying : " Behold I send thee like a sheep in the midst of wolves, but fear them not." And again he said to us : " That through many tribulations must ye enter into the Kingdom of God."
"If you do not make your low things high and the high things low, and the right as the left, and the left as the right, ye shall not enter into my Kingdom."
" ehold, my bridechamber is ready ; but blessed is he who has been found in it wearing the shining garment; he it is who receives the crown upon his head."
Thus the Lord commanded us that what we preach in word to the people, we should practice before every man.
The word of Christ, which he spake to us: " Accept not anything from any man, and possess not anything in this world."
And when His disciples asked the Lord, why they only asked for this only that they said unto Him : " Increase our faith." The Lord said to them : " If you have faith, a mountain will also move from you." And He says to them : " You shall not doubt and sink in the world like Simon, who, when he doubted, was on the point of sinking."
"Pray and become not tired."
”Andrew said : " It is good, brethren, to appoint a ministry for the women." Peter said : "We arranged it before ; but concerning the of offering of the Body and of the Blood let us give exact instructions." John said : " Ye forget, brethren, how the Master, when He asked for the bread and cup and blessed them saying : ' This is my Body and Blood,' did not suffer the women to stand with us."
Martha said : " On account of Mary, because He (or because she) saw her smiling. Mary said : " I did not laugh : for He told us be- fore when He taught, * the weak shall be saved through the strong.' " Kephas said : " But remember some (who say) that (it befits) women to pray, not standing upright, but seated on the ground."
Ropes calls our saying " beautiful, worthy of a place in the Gospel."
Martha said : " On account of Mary, because He (or because she) saw her smiling. Mary said : " I did not laugh : for He told us be- fore when He taught, * the weak shall be saved through the strong.' " Kephas said : " But remember some (who say) that (it befits) women to pray, not standing upright, but seated on the ground."
Ropes calls our saying " beautiful, worthy of a place in the Gospel."
the Lord says " the giver was happier than the receiver." And it is again said by Him : " Woe to those that have, and receive in hypocrisy, or who are able to support themselves, yet will receive of others ; for both of them shall give an account to the Lord Grod in the day of judgment."
He commanded them to preach the Gospel in all world and to make disciples of all nations and to baptize into His death.
These are they concerning whom the Lord bitterly and severely stated that there are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from him, after the grace, to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.
Then shall the wicked go to eternal damnation, but the righteous shall go unto life eternal inheriting those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor has entered into the heart of man, which God prepared for those that love him, and they shall rejoice in the Kingdom of God.
For the Logos again says to us : " If anyone kiss a second time because it has given him pleasure (he sins); adding: Therefore the kiss (or rather the salutation) should be given with the greatest care, since if there be mixed with it the least defilement of thought, it excludes us from eternal life."
Again says the Lord : " He who has married shall not send her (the wife) forth; and he who has not married shall not marry; and who out of chastity has professed not to marry shall remain single."
Jesus said, “Thou hearest with one ear, but the other thou hast closed.”
Jesus said, “They who are with me have not understood me.”
Jesus said, “But ye seek to increase from little, and from greater to be less.
Jesus said to the apostles: I have chosen you before the world was made.”
Jesus said, “Ye shall be called by my name, and ye shall be the temple of my Godhead.”
Jesus said, “Blessed is the man whom his Lord shall appoint to the ministry of his fellow-servants.”
Blessed are you who know your stumbling-blocks, and flee alien things. Blessed are you who are reviled, and not respected because of the love that the Lord has for you. Blessed are you who weep and are held captive by the hopeless, for you will be released from every bondage. Watch and pray that you do not remain in the flesh, but that you come forth. For the flesh is a bondage of bitterness that brings much suffering and disgrace. When you leave the passion and suffering of your bodies, you will receive rest from the Good; you will reign with the King; you will be one with him and he with you from this time on and forever. Amen.
Jesus said, “Be ye subject unto kings and governors.”
Jesus said, “The labourer is worthy of his hire, and sufficient unto him that laboureth is his food.”
Jesus said, “If any one doth not work, let not such an one eat. For the Lord our God hateth the slothful.”
“The disciples thus spake unto Jesus: Thou art a key to every man, and the one who shutteth to every man.”
Jesus said, “How cometh it, that while so many go about the well, no one goeth down into it? . . . Why art thou afraid when thou hast gone so far on the way? Thou art mistaken; for I lack neither courage nor weapons.”
“Zaccheus, according to others, Matthias, chief of the tax-collectors, when he heard how the Lord wished to come to him, said, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” Of him said the Lord: “The son of man came today and found that which was lost.”
Jesus said, “My friend, I do thee no wrong; thou hast received thine own in thy lifetime, take now what is thine, and depart.”
Jesus said, “From above, I am about to be crucified.”
Jesus said, “For my brethren and fellow-heirs are those who do the will of my Father. And call no man your father upon earth; for there are many masters upon earth, but in heaven is the Father from whom is all the family in heaven and earth.”
Jesus said, “Our dwelling place is in heaven.”
Jesus said, “For the fashion of this world passeth away.”
Jesus said, “The world shall be built up through grace.”
Jesus said, “Buy for yourselves, O children of Adam, through these transitory things, which are not yours, that which is yours, and which passeth not away.”
Jesus said, “It is thine, O man, to prove my words, as silver and money are proved among the exchangers. Care for those things which are necessary for the body, and be anxious about nothing further save virtue.”
Jesus said, “Blessed are they who are persecuted by righteousness; for they shall be perfect. And blessed are they who are persecuted for my sake; for they shall have a place where they shall not be persecuted.”
Jesus said, “Watch ye, praying without ceasing, to escape from affliction.”
Jesus said, “Be ye watchful, circumspect, and well-instructed, since the ancient enemy goeth about attacking the servants of God.”
Jesus said, “The tempter is the wicked one.”
Jesus said, “Give no pretext to the evil one.”
Jesus said, “If ye resist the devil, he will be conquered, and flee from you in disgrace.”
Jesus said, “A man that is a reprobate is not tried by God. A man who is not tempted is not approved.”
Jesus said, “He that is lawless, let him be lawless still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still.”
Jesus said, “There is a shame which leadeth unto death, and there is a shame which leadeth unto life.”
Jesus said, “First must the one who prayeth, who offereth his prayer, well consider his gift to see whether there be any spot found in it; and then shall he offer it, that his offering remain not upon the earth.”
Jesus said, “Let the Holy Spirit come upon us and cleanse us.”
Jesus said, “Those who walk in the Spirit of God are the sons of God.”
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Jesus said, “Grieve not the Holy Spirit which is in you, and extinguish not the light which shineth within you.”
Jesus said, “The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy; but He giveth more grace.”
Jesus said, “God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.”
Jesus said, “The Lord said to Peter: Verily thine eye shall never be closed in eternity for the light of this world.”
Jesus said, “He that ploweth, should plow in hope; and he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.”
Jesus said, “Cultivate faith and hope through which is begotten the love of God and of man, that gaineth everlasting life.”
Jesus said, “Charity covereth a multitude of sins. Love beareth all things, is long-suffering in all things.”
The Apostles said, "Speak to us that we may hear. We have followed you with our whole heart, having left father and mother, vineyard and field and all our goods. We have left the glory of the king and have followed you so that you might teach us about the life of your Father."
Jesus said, “Good things must needs come, but blessed is he through whom they come. Likewise, evil things also shall come, but woe to him through whom they come.”
Jesus said, “No one shall be called good who mixeth evil with the good.”
Jesus said, “He keepeth the good which he hath, and increaseth more and more.”
Jesus said, “Gall doth not mix well with honey.”
Jesus said, “If concupiscence or malice shall ascend into the heart of man, it shall be taken for the deed itself.”
Jesus said, “Let thy works shine, and, behold, a man and his works are before His face. For, behold God and His works.”
Jesus said, “A city built upon the top of a high hill, and stablished, can neither fall nor be hid.”
Jesus said, “Be ye angry, and sin not; let not the sun go down upon your wrath.”
Jesus said, “Anger destroyeth even the prudent. Render not evil for evil, or railing for railing, or blow for blow, or cursing for cursing.”
Jesus said, “Pray for your enemies, and blessed are those who mourn on account of the destruction of the unbelievers.”
Jesus said, “As one of you seeth himself in the water or in a glass, so see ye me in you.”
Jesus said, “Having seen thy brother, thou hast seen thy God.”
Jesus said, “I am thou, and thou, I. And wheresoever thou art, there am I also; and I am in all scattered. And whence thou wilt, thou canst gather me together; but when thou gatherest me together, thou gatherest thyself together.”
Jesus said, “Be ye joined unto the saints, because they that are joined unto them shall be sanctified.”
The old men of gray hair will be instructed by little children; six year-olds will teach sixty year-olds.
Jesus said, “The just shall fall seven times and shall rise again.”
Jesus said, “If the neighbour of an elect man sin, the elect man hath sinned. For had he conducted himself as the word prescribed, his neighbor also would have been filled with such reverence for the life he led as not to sin.”
Jesus said, “Whatsoever brother liveth in the manner of the aliens, and alloweth things like unto their deeds, refrain from being in his company, which, unless thou doest, thou also wilt be a partaker with him.”
Jesus said, “Accept not anything from any man, and possess not anything in this world.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who have, and in hypocrisy receive, or who, being themselves able to help, receive from others. For each one shall give an account to the Lord God at the day of judgment.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who do anything through their own presumption, and not through God.”
Jesus said, “Woe unto those who join together their offences as with a long rope.”
Jesus said, “These are they that stretch the warps and weave nothing.”
“Christ bade men to abandon and disregard [curious questions], which cause much strife, and not to waste their thoughts upon things which have been removed far from their knowledge; but as much as possible to seek the Lord of the universe with the whole mind and spirit.”
Christ said: “Wisdom killeth her own children.”
Jesus said, “Wisdom sendeth forth her own children.”
Jesus said, “God made the heaven and the earth and all things which are therein.”
Jesus said, “The soul is altogether impenetrable and hard to make out. For it abideth not always in the same form or shape, or in one condition, so that any one might express it by a type, or might lay hold upon its essence.”
The Lord revealed unto Philip what the soul must say when it ascendeth to heaven, and what it must answer to each of the powers above. Namely, “I have known myself, and have gathered myself together everywhere, and have not begotten children for the prince of this world, but have extirpated his roots, and have gathered together the scattered members, and know who thou art. For I am one of those above.” And if it so speaketh, it is absolved. But if it is convicted that it hath borne a son, it is kept below, until it can take its children up and draw them to itself.”
Jesus said, “Let not the one who is married put away [his wife], and he who is unmarried, let him not marry. Let him who for the sake of chastity hath agreed not to marry, remain unmarried.”
Jesus said, “Let the women be subject unto their own husbands.”
Jesus said, “The son and daughter shall inherit alike.”
Jesus said, “Even if a woman doth all that is right, and yet once committeth the sin of adultery, she must be punished.”
Jesus said, “Keep the flesh holy and the seal unspotted, that ye may receive eternal life.”
Jesus said, “Preserve ye the flesh, that ye may become partakers of the spirit. The flesh must be contended with, be evil entreated, and its unbridled lust in no way be yielded to; but the soul must be made to grow through faith and knowledge.”
Jesus said, “Should any one for this reason kiss [a woman] a second time, because she pleased him, [he committeth sin]. Men must therefore act thus with extreme caution in the kiss [of peace], (or rather the salutation), as knowing that, if per chance it should be sullied by thought, it would place them out of the pale of eternal life.”
Jesus said, “If any one shall leave all things for my name’s sake, at the second coming he shall inherit everlasting life.”
In the last days, there will be dissenting opinions and squabbles brought about by false teachers.
Jesus said, “Many shall come in my name, clothed outwardly in sheep s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. And there shall be schisms and heresies. Many false Christs and false apostles shall arise and shall deceive many of the faithful.”
Jesus said, “They are false Christs and false teachers, who have blasphemed the Spirit of grace, and done despite to the gift they had from Him, after the grace [of baptism], to whom forgiveness shall not be granted, neither in this world nor in that which is to come.”
Jesus said, “A false prophet must first come from some deceiver; and then in like manner, after the removal of the holy place, the true Gospel must be secretly sent abroad for the rectification of the heresies that shall be. …
… And then, toward the end, shall appear the world-deceiver as Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders; and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning; and after this, the eternal light having sprung up, all the things of darkness must disappear.”
… And then, toward the end, shall appear the world-deceiver as Son of God, and shall do signs and wonders; and the earth shall be delivered into his hands, and he shall do iniquitous things which have never yet come to pass since the beginning; and after this, the eternal light having sprung up, all the things of darkness must disappear.”
Jesus said, “Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.”
Jesus said, “What I say unto one of you, I say unto all.”
Jesus said, “Then shall the wicked go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous shall go into life eternal, to inherit those things which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man, such things as God hath prepared for them that love Him.”
Jesus said, “Good things are prepared which the angels desire to look into.”
Jesus said, “Often did I desire to hear one of these words, and I had not one to tell me.”
Jesus said, “By way of reproach, he said to Jerusalem: Sodom is justified of thee.”
Jesus said, “O Father, let their temple be desolate.”
Jesus said, “The Gentiles are justified more than ye. Many shall come from the east, and from the west, the north, and the south, and shall recline on the bosoms of Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob.”
Jesus said, “Prophesying concerning the temple, he said: See ye these buildings? Verily, I say unto you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another which shall not be taken away; and this generation shall not pass until the destruction begin. For they shall come and shall sit here, and shall besiege it, and shall slay your children here.”
Jesus said, “I will cleanse the house of my kingdom from every stumbling block.”
"Then if there shall be two ploughing in a field, one righteous and the other evil, the one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at a mill; one will be taken and the other left. This is because the angels at the end of the world will remove the stumbling blocks from the world and will separate the good from the evil."
Jesus said, “Be ye merciful, that ye may obtain mercy. Forgive, that it may be forgiven to you. As ye do, so shall it be done unto you. As ye give, so shall it be given unto you; As ye judge, so shall ye be judged. As ye are kind, so shall kindness be shown unto you. With what measure ye mete, with the same it shall be measured unto you.”
"According to your words you will be judged, and according to your deeds you will be convicted."
The Lord instructed the Apostles: "Powerful demons are striving against the inner man! This is how you are to fight them: Be united, and teach the world salvation with a promise. Clothe yourself with my Father's power and authority. Become known as people of prayer. In this way, the Father will help you in the same way as he helped you by sending me. I am with you forever, just as I told you when I was in the body, so you need not have any fear of demons." After he had said these words, there was lightning and thunder, and that which had appeared to them there was taken up through the stratosphere. The apostles gave thanks to the Lord with every blessing they knew, then returned to Jerusalem. As they were walking along, they spoke about the light which had come. Someone made a remark about the Lord - "If he, our Lord, suffered, then how much must we?"
Since, then, while the heaven and the earth still stand, sacrifices have passed away, and kingdoms, and prophecies among those who are born of woman, and such like, as not being ordinances of God; hence therefore He says, 'Every plant which the heavenly Father has not planted shall be rooted up.' Wherefore He, being the true Prophet, said, 'I am the gate of life; he who enters through me enters into life,' there being no other teaching able to save. Wherefore also He cried, and said, 'Come unto me, all who labour,' that is, who are seeking the truth, and not finding it; and again, 'My sheep hear my voice;' and elsewhere, 'Seek and find,' since the truth does not lie on the surface.
But also a witnessing voice was heard from heaven, saying, 'This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear Him.' And in addition to this, willing to convict more fully of error the prophets from whom they asserted that they had learned, He proclaimed that they died desiring the truth, but not having learned it, saying, 'Many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and to hear what you hear; and verily I say to you, they neither saw nor heard.' Still further He said, 'I am he concerning whom Moses prophesied, saying, A Prophet shall the Lord our God raise unto you of your brethren, like unto me: Him hear in all things; and whosoever will not hear that Prophet shall die.'
Whence it is impossible without His teaching to attain to saving truth, though one seek it for ever where the thing that is sought is not. But it was, and is, in the word of our Jesus. Accordingly, He, knowing the true things of the law, said to the Sadducees, asking on what account Moses permitted to marry seven, 'Moses gave you commandments according to your hard-heartedness; for from the beginning it was not so: for He who created man at first, made him male and female.'
But to those who think, as the Scriptures teach, that God swears, He said, 'Let your yea be yea, and nay, nay; for what is more than these is of the evil one.' And to those who say that Abraham and Isaac and Jacob are dead, He said, 'God is not of the dead, but of the living.' And to those who suppose that God tempts, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'The tempter is the wicked one,' who also tempted Himself. To those who suppose that God does not foreknow, He said, 'For your heavenly Father knows that ye need all these things before ye ask Him.' And to those who believe, as the Scriptures say, that He does not see all things, He said, 'Pray in secret, and your Father, who sees secret things, will reward you.'
And to those who think that He is not good, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'From which of you shall his son ask bread, and he will give him a stone; or shall ask a fish, and he will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him, and to those who do His will!' But to those who affirmed that He was in the temple, He said, 'Swear not by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet.' And to those who supposed that God is pleased with sacrifices, He said, 'God wishes mercy, and not sacrifices' —the knowledge of Himself, and not holocausts.
But to those who are persuaded that He is evil, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Call not me good, for One only is good.' And again, 'Be ye good and merciful, as your Father in the heavens, who makes the sun rise on good and evil men, and brings rain upon just and unjust.' But to those who were misled to imagine many gods, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord your God is one Lord.'
Jesus was keeping company with tax collectors. After he had eaten with them in the inn, a leper approached him and said, "Master Jesus, I was eating with lepers and keeping company with them, thus I became a leper. If you desire it, I am clean." Immediately the Lord said, "I AM, be clean." Then the leprosy left him.
The scribes and lawyers came to test him, thus tempt him to break the law. "Master Jesus," they said, "we know that you came from Yahweh, for you have outdone all the prophets. Tell us, according to your teaching, are we allowed to bankroll kings by paying their taxes? Should we pay or not?" But Jesus discerned their evil intention and became angry, saying to them, "Why do you call me 'Master' with your mouth, but do nothing I say? Isaiah has spoken truly concerning you: 'This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me; their worship is vanity. They teach man-made rules.'"
"Evil doers plan their evil works through crafty designs. Guard that you do not deserve the same fate as they! Evil doers not only receive their just recompense in this life, but they must also suffer punishment and great torment after."
Don't call to any father on the earth; rather, call upon your Father in heaven, for he is one. Those who do his will are my family and friends.
You are the light of the world. But what good is it to gain the world when you lose your very soul? Now the world does not belong to you, nor you to it. Don't esteem worldly possessions as advantageous! On the contrary, the world is disadvantageous, even punishment....
The one who is far from you today will be near tomorrow.
Seek first the Reign of the Deity and his righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Ask for great things and the Deity will add unto you small things.
Jesus, on whom be peace, said, "The world is like a bridge. Go over it, but do not install yourself upon it."
Hear me, my chosen lambs! Do not fear the wolves!
The cypress tree is a mystery of pious conduct.
I am close to you, like clothing.
He that dies will live; the humble will be lifted up.
Blessed is the one who knows her own soul.
Whoever works to come to that world of peace must collect his soul in the sign of the gods in paradise from now on.
Know what is in front of your face and what is hidden will be revealed.
Blessed are the persecuted, for they will rest in light. Blessed are the hungry and thirsty, for they will be satisfied.
Say to them, 'Rise up! Let's go! Your brother calls for you!' If they scorn brotherhood with me, tell them, 'Your master calls.' If they disagree with that, tell them, 'It is your Lord.' Use all your skill to bring the sheep in to the shepherd. If you see that they have lost their wits for grief, draw Simon Peter away and say to him, 'Remember what I spoke to you about privately on the Mount of Olives: I have something to say but no one to say it to.'
Jesus stands among us; he winks at us secretly and says, "Repent, so that I may forgive you your sins".
The one who sees himself on the outside only becomes small and makes others small.
The one who has compassion on his soul will weep and lament, pray and implore, and beg remission of sins.
Where love is little, all deeds are imperfect.
What good is it for a man to say, "I have power in my members," when he creates corruption by eye, ear, and senses?
Every time you gather for begging for remission of sins, forgive - seek pardon from one another. The one who doesn't forgive is not forgiven.
Jesus said to Andrew, "Come close to me, Andrew. Your name is 'the fire.' Blessed are you among men!" Andrew answered, "Let me speak." Jesus replied, "Speak, then, Andrew. You are a steadfast pillar." Andrew said, "As God lives, who is your father? I came to you from the house of my father and mother, and as my soul lives, I have not returned to it. I haven't even looked at the faces of my father and mother, my children, or even my wife. But I have borne my cross every day, following you from morning until night, without once laying it down. A lesser disciple could not so bear your name, Lord. I have not even desired two tunics for myself. I despise even this coat that I wear."
He gave the disciples a small bag of medicine and told them, "Heal all who live in the city that believe in my name."
Peter doubted the words of the Lord, but was afraid to speak up again. He motioned to John and said to him, "You speak to him about it this time." So John said, "Lord, we are afraid to say much to your face. We have not been taught to be doctors, but this is what you have asked us to be. How then will we heal bodies, as you bid us to?"
The Lord answered them, "You are correct in what you have said, John. I know that the world's doctors are able to heal those that belong to this world. However, the doctors of souls heal hearts. It is less difficult to heal bodies than hearts! Knowing this, heal the bodies first with true healing power, not medicines. Then, the ones who you have cured will have enough faith in your method that their hearts might be likewise healed!"
The Lord answered them, "You are correct in what you have said, John. I know that the world's doctors are able to heal those that belong to this world. However, the doctors of souls heal hearts. It is less difficult to heal bodies than hearts! Knowing this, heal the bodies first with true healing power, not medicines. Then, the ones who you have cured will have enough faith in your method that their hearts might be likewise healed!"
"But I caution you to stay out of the houses of the rich of the city who have not even taken notice of what I have accomplished; do not eat with them or befriend them. You may think that you will influence them, but they will influence you! Many disciples have given undue respect to the rich, because they desire the riches of the world above heavenly wealth, and thus sin. These so-called disciples then influence others to sin. You have the discernment to judge these ones, but I exhort you to judge with honesty, so that your ministry may become well-known. In this way my name will be glorified." The disciples answered, "Yes, these are the right things to do."
Many there had lamps, attempting to dispel the darkness, for they supposed that it was night; it was very dark. They stumbled and fell. Soon the Lord cried out loud, saying, "My Power, my Power, you have left me!" When he said this, he ascended. In that same hour the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.
A disciple asked Jesus to give him something belonging to the world. Jesus told him, "Ask your mother and she will see that you have someone else's things."
Jesus went into Levi's dye works. He took seventy-two different colors and mixed them in a vat. Afterward, the cloth in the vat came out all white. "Even so, the Son of Man has come as one who dyes," he said.
The disciples asked Jesus, "Why do you love Mary [Magdalene] more than any of us?" The Savior answered them, "Why don't I love you as much as I love her? Who said that I loved her? When a sighted person goes into a dark place with a blind person, they are both blind. When the light comes, the one who sees perceives it, but the blind man remains in darkness. The truth is that you are blind."
"I came to make all things new, as things above are new, and to make the outside things like the inside. I came to bring these things together in one place.
"Some say that there is a heavenly man and one even above him. They call the former 'the lower one' and the latter, who knows all hidden things, 'the upper one.' This type of thinking is wrong. It would be more accurate for them to say, 'There is the inner and there is the outer. Then there is the one outside the outer.' For example, the mouthpieces of the Lord called the place of destruction 'the outer darkness' because there is no other greater darkness. Likewise, we pray to the 'outer one,' (known as the Father, 'the one who is in secret'), from inside our own secret places. Yet, the Father, being the outer, is among us all at the same time and is the fullness of deity. So the Father is the one who they mean when they say, 'The man above.'"
"Some have entered the kingdom of heaven laughing, and have left laughing, as well."
You have heard it said, Everyone who seeks truth from the true Wisdom of God will grant himself wings to fly away from the lust that scorches men's spirits, as well as every spirit that the eye can see.
Blessed is the wise one who has searched for the truth. When that one finds truth, he rests on it unafraid forever, undaunted by skeptics.
It is useful and good to know the end. All things visible to men will dissolve, including men themselves. The vessel they call flesh will dissolve. Flesh will be dissolved to nothing. Those that have given up or otherwise denied the faith will count the flame as punishment for what they have renounced. The ordeal will make them finally realize that they are visible indeed and outside the invisible kingdom they once inhabited. Even those with a measure of spiritual insight will be scorched and perish, because their worldly concerns had overshadowed their first love.
The dissolving of all things will happen unexpectedly. What will be left of men will appear to be shapeless ghosts unable to abandon their pain-filled corpses, dwelling forever in the dimness of the graveyard, their souls corrupted and ruined.
Woe to you, godless ones, who have no hope, yet rely on a future that you have created for your own safety and security. Your future will never become reality! Woe to you, whose hope is set on your prison of flesh - you will surely die! How long will you be oblivious to the truth? How long will you suppose yourselves to be imperishable? Your hope is set on the world; your god is this life! Your blindness is ruining your chances by corrupting your souls. Woe to you. The fire is already burning you up from within, and it is insatiable! Woe to you, for you are in the grip of an inward fire, which devours you openly, but secretly destroys your souls! Be prepared to meet your companions! Woe to you because of the wheels that grind in your minds. Woe to you captives bound in dark caves! You laugh! In mad laughter you rejoice! You do not reflect on your dire circumstances nor understand that you are already in perdition: living in darkness and death! On the contrary, you are drunk on fire, and consumed by bitterness! Your minds are deranged from your inner burning; the poison is sweet, as are the blows of your adversaries! Darkness rises as sunlight to you, for you have traded your freedom for bondage! You have surrendered your minds to the folly of your ways - you meditate on smoke, thus your hearts are blackened from it!
Light only exists within light. Any light you might have shone has been hidden in the haze - it enshadows you like a shroud! Consider whom you have believed! Don't you know that your confidence cannot be placed in those who share your desperate situation? That the baptism of the world is in dirty waters? That you are the victims of your own untimely whims?
Woe to you who dwell in this error. Why can't you heed the light of the sun which observes all from the sky as it circles. Only light can free you from your enemies! Even the moon, with its lesser light, can judge you by observing the bodies left from your slaughtering!
Woe to you sex perverts, who thrive on immoral and wanton acts with with women! Woe to you, in the grips of the powers of your bodies! You are so afflicted! Woe to you, servants of the powers of demons! Woe to you who destroy your limbs in fire! Who is it that can quench the burning with refreshing dew? Who is it that can chase away the darkness that enshrouds you, enlighten your inner man, and cleanse the polluted baptismal waters with holy sunlight?
Who is it that can hide the confusion that torments you? It is not too late! The light of the sun and the moon together with fresh air, holy spirit, clean earth and unpolluted water will give you a new fragrance if you allow it to be so! For if the light does not shine on your bodies, they will dry up and die like weeds or grass. If the light shines on these, they become so strong that they grow to choke out the grapevine! But if the grapevine prevails, and shades the weeds and grasses, it alone inherits the land on which it is planted. Every place a grapevine shades it dominates! We know grape arbors dominate all the land, bringing profit to the farmer, which pleases him greatly. He would have suffered great hardship on account of the worthless plants, until he would finally have to put forth the effort to uproot them! But the grapevine, because it was so nourished by the light, was able to remove them by choking them out. Thus the grapevine strengthens its dominion even more, as the remains of the weeds become as the soil, and provide mulch.
Jesus said, “A share is allotted to all by the Father, according as each person is or shall be worthy.”
Here is a copy of the the letter from King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus, delivered by Ananias to Jerusalem: From Abgar Uchama the King to Jesus the good Savior in Jerusalem, greetings! I have heard about you, and your ability to heal without the benefit of drugs or herbs. It is said hereabouts that you make the blind see and the lame walk; You cleanse lepers, cast out demons and spirits, cure long-term diseases, and raise the dead. When I heard about these wonders, I concluded that either you are God or the Son of God. So now I am writing to ask you to visit with me, and hear me describe my affliction. Moreover, I have heard that the Jews are speaking against you and wish to harm you. I have a city here for your safety. It is small but noble, and sufficient for both of us.
Jesus' reply: You are blessed, for you believe in me having not yet seen me. For it is written of me that those who see me won't believe in me, but those who haven't will, and those who believe will live! But concerning your letter that I should come to you: It is necessary that I fulfill all the purposes for which I was sent here. Afterwards, I must be taken back to Him who sent me. When that time comes, and I am taken up, I will send one of my disciples to you, so that you may be healed of your affliction, and that you and yours might have life. After the fulfillment of this prophesy, he appeared to Thaddeus, his disciple, and sent him to Edessa, where King Abgar was healed of his affliction, and many came to know of the power of the risen Lord through the disciple.
Jesus' reply: You are blessed, for you believe in me having not yet seen me. For it is written of me that those who see me won't believe in me, but those who haven't will, and those who believe will live! But concerning your letter that I should come to you: It is necessary that I fulfill all the purposes for which I was sent here. Afterwards, I must be taken back to Him who sent me. When that time comes, and I am taken up, I will send one of my disciples to you, so that you may be healed of your affliction, and that you and yours might have life. After the fulfillment of this prophesy, he appeared to Thaddeus, his disciple, and sent him to Edessa, where King Abgar was healed of his affliction, and many came to know of the power of the risen Lord through the disciple.
Mary, Mary - know me but do not touch me. Stop the tears from flowing and know that I am your master. Only do not touch me, for I haven't seen my Father's face yet. Your God wasn't stolen from you, as your small thoughts lead you to believe. Your God did not die, but mastered death! I am not the gardener! I have given life and received life eternal. But I now appear to you because I have seen the tears in your eyes. Throw your sadness away from me to wandering orphans. Start rejoicing now and tell the eleven. You will find them gathered on Jordan's bank. The traitor persuaded them to once again become fishermen as once they were and to lay down their nets that caught people to life!
You say that your bitter tears, mourning, and anguish are behind you now, but I still remember them. You must continue to weep, but now for those outside Father's inheritance. So preach what is good - for the son is about to ascend as it is fit for him to do. Verily I say unto you, I would never have descended to earth if my mission was to those who had ears to hear my message. It is to your shame that I say this.
In your heart of hearts you really do not wish me to stay with you any longer. And I do not wish to stay. Behold then, I shall soon depart from you. Therefore, follow me quickly! After all, I told you that "for your sakes I came down," and for this reason! Until you ascend to my place, you will still be "the Beloved," the ones who will cause many to live for eternity!
Invoke your Father, fervently ask him often, and he will grant your desires. You are blessed, for you were seen with the Son when he was proclaimed before the angels and glorified among the saints. Yours is life! Rejoice and be glad as sons of the Deity! You will be saved if you keep in his will; you will save yourself if you accept my reproof. Father will forgive much i know, for I am interceding on your behalf.
The body without the soul cannot sin. Neither can the soul be saved without the spirit. For it is the spirit that saves the soul, but the body that kills it. In other words, since soul and body are the same (scripture says, the man became a living soul), the soul thus kills itself. But if the spirit saves the soul by freeing it from evil, then the body becomes free from sin.
Verily I say to you, the Deity will not forgive the sin of the soul nor the guilt of the flesh by any means other than by spirit - no one who wears flesh will be saved. Do you think that many will find themselves to be the fourth one in heaven?
I have endued you with many measures of faith and have even revealed my glory to you, James. Still, neither of you have known me for who I AM. Now and again I have seen you elated and rejoicing at the promise of eternal life, yet you are very sad and full of grief when you learn of the kingdom. Why? After all, you, through faith-knowledge, have received eternal life!
So do not grieve at the hardship of the kingdom or the rejection of mankind, but rejoice the more in hearing the promise! Verily I say to you, the ones who receive life and believe in the kingdom will never leave it, even if the Father should wish to throw them out!
In your heart of hearts you really do not wish me to stay with you any longer. And I do not wish to stay. Behold then, I shall soon depart from you. Therefore, follow me quickly! After all, I told you that "for your sakes I came down," and for this reason! Until you ascend to my place, you will still be "the Beloved," the ones who will cause many to live for eternity!
Invoke your Father, fervently ask him often, and he will grant your desires. You are blessed, for you were seen with the Son when he was proclaimed before the angels and glorified among the saints. Yours is life! Rejoice and be glad as sons of the Deity! You will be saved if you keep in his will; you will save yourself if you accept my reproof. Father will forgive much i know, for I am interceding on your behalf.
The body without the soul cannot sin. Neither can the soul be saved without the spirit. For it is the spirit that saves the soul, but the body that kills it. In other words, since soul and body are the same (scripture says, the man became a living soul), the soul thus kills itself. But if the spirit saves the soul by freeing it from evil, then the body becomes free from sin.
Verily I say to you, the Deity will not forgive the sin of the soul nor the guilt of the flesh by any means other than by spirit - no one who wears flesh will be saved. Do you think that many will find themselves to be the fourth one in heaven?
I have endued you with many measures of faith and have even revealed my glory to you, James. Still, neither of you have known me for who I AM. Now and again I have seen you elated and rejoicing at the promise of eternal life, yet you are very sad and full of grief when you learn of the kingdom. Why? After all, you, through faith-knowledge, have received eternal life!
So do not grieve at the hardship of the kingdom or the rejection of mankind, but rejoice the more in hearing the promise! Verily I say to you, the ones who receive life and believe in the kingdom will never leave it, even if the Father should wish to throw them out!
The Father of Light is not merely god or a god, or similar to a god. It is incorrect to think of him so: he is The Invisible Spirit. Since there is none more powerful, no one is able to give him orders. He does not live in inferior beings; rather, everything exists in him. He even brought himself into being, and he lives forever because he does not require sustenance. Since he does not lack for anything, he needs nothing for completion. He is a completely perfect being in light. His ability is unlimited, since there is no one more powerful to set limits. He is not able to be closely examined as a specimen, for no one lived before him to examine him. For the same reason, he cannot be measured. He is invisible since no one has seen him. He is eternal for he had no beginning. He is indescribable since no one is able to comprehend him to speak of him. He cannot be named since there was no one with the authority to name him. He is blinding light - pure, holy, immaculate. Since all but him are corrupt, and he is incorruptible, no one is able to describe his blessedness, divinity, or perfection. He is even superior to such eloquent words in their fullness of meaning! He is not corporal or incorporeal. He is neither large nor small. One cannot say, "Of what quantity is he, or what quality?" No one can know him. He is more than superior - he is beyond the confines of time and reality since he created these and did not receive them from another. He does not look to anyone for anything out of need. All look expectantly to him in his light. His perfection is majestic. He is pure, limitless mind. He is time-giving time, life-giving life, blessings-giving blessed, knowledge-giving knowledge, goodness-giving goodness, mercy- and redemption-giving mercy, grace-giving grace - not because these are his possession; rather, they are the benefits of his gift of immeasurable and incomprehensible light. How can I describe him so that you can understand? His existence is indestructible; his repose is in the confident knowledge of being before all. He is the head of all creation, and he imparts strength through his goodness. We are unable to describe him accurately or understand him; all, that is, but the one who came forth from the Father. This one who came forth is able to describe him because he looks at the Father through the very light that surrounds him. This light is also called the "spring water of life." So he is the mediator who imparts this light to all creations in every way, for he is able to gaze upon the Father's image in the spring water of the spirit. He is able to accomplish his desires through this water-light that surrounds him. Now you know, for I have told only you.
Jesus said, “To his chosen, he saith: Go ye out of the house of my Father.”
Jesus said, “Let us resist all iniquity and hold it in hatred.”
“The Saviour himself testified that Solomon was wiser than all who came before.”
Jesus said, “Few things are needful, or just one.”
Jesus said, “Blessed is he who also fasts for this, that he might feed the poor.”
Jesus said, “Honour the demons, not that ye may be assisted by them, but that they may not injure you.”
"The married should not repudiate the spouse; the unmarried should remain so."
"Let your alm sweat in your hands until you know to whom to give it."
"Thus, he says, those who wish to see me and take hold of my kingdom must receive me in tribulation and suffering."
"Likewise again he narrates concerning the cross in another prophet, who says: And when will these things be consummated? The Lord says: When the tree shall lean over and stand up, and when blood shall flow from the tree. You have again a note concerning the cross and the who was to be crucified."
"There shall be schisms and heresies."
"In what things I take you [by surprise], in those things I also will judge."
"The blessing thus predicted pertains, without [fear of] contradiction, to the times of the kingdom, when the just, rising from the dead, will reign, when even the creation, renewed and liberated, will produce a multitude of foods of all kinds from the dew of heaven and the fertility of the earth, just as the elders who saw John the disciple of the Lord remembered that they had heard from him how the Lord would teach about those times and would say:"
"And again the Lord says: Let the one who has married not be cast out, and let the one who has not married not marry. He who has confessed that he will not marry according to his decision of eunuchhood, let him remain unmarried."
"Yes, indeed, concerning love also he says: Love covers a multitude of sins."
"My mystery is for me and for the sons of my house."
"And the Lord said: Go out, those who wish to do so, from your bonds."
"No man can obtain the heavenly kingdom that has not passed through temptation."
"Our Lord Jesus Christ, the son of God, said: The good things must come, and blessed is the one, he says, through whom they come."
"And Peter [said]: We remember our Lord and teacher, how he commanded and said to us: Keep the mysteries for me and for the sons of my house."
"Martha said about Mary that she had seen her smiling. Mary said: I never laughed, for he said to you when he taught that the sick would be saved through the strong."
"I choose for myself those who please me; they please me whom my father in heaven gives me."
On this account he says: "The one speaking in the prophets, behold, I am here."
For the scripture says: "An unproven man is one who is untempted."
"Finally, the Lord said to them: Why do you wonder at signs? I am giving you a great inheritance which the whole world does not have."
"In anyone partakes of the body of the Lord and [also] bathes, he will be accursed, just as the Lord said."
"[He who today i]s far away tomorrow [close at hand to you will] be."
"...the evangelical word that says: The scheme of this world is passing."
"Be strong in the battle and fight with the ancient serpent, and you will receive the eternal kingdom, says the Lord."
“Marvel at what is present,” laying this down as the first step toward the knowledge of things beyond.
“To fight with the flesh and misuse it, without yielding to it through undisciplined pleasure, so to increase the soul through faith and knowledge.”
So Zaccheus whom they call Matthias, the chief tax collector, when he had heard that the Lord had esteemed him highly enough to be with him, said, “Behold, half of my present possessions I give as alms, and Lord, if I ever extorted money from anyone in any way, I return it fourfold.” At this the savior said, “When the son of man came today, he found that which was lost.”
"Jesus was keeping company with tax collectors. After he had eaten with them in the inn, a leper approached him and said, "Master Jesus, I was eating with lepers and keeping company with them, thus I became a leper. If you desire it, I am clean."
Immediately the Lord said, "I AM, be clean." Then the leprosy left him.
The scribes and lawyers came to test him, thus tempt him to break the law. "Master Jesus," they said, "we know that you came from Yahweh, for you have outdone all the prophets. Tell us, according to your teaching, are we allowed to bankroll kings by paying their taxes? Should we pay or not?" But Jesus discerned their evil intention and became angry, saying to them, "Why do you call me 'Master' with your mouth, but do nothing I say? Isaiah has spoken truly concerning you: 'This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me; their worship is vanity. They teach man-made rules.'"
Jesus and his disciples were walking along the bank of the Jordan river. Jesus quizzed his disciples, "Behold, a grain of wheat. When it is planted by nature, lying invisible beneath the earth, do we consider that time is well spent pondering its wealth?"
And as they were pondering, perplexed by this strange question, Jesus knelt and sowed a handful of wheat on the bank, watering it. Immediately before their eyes, the wheat sprouted and grew to seed, to their amazement and great joy."
Immediately the Lord said, "I AM, be clean." Then the leprosy left him.
The scribes and lawyers came to test him, thus tempt him to break the law. "Master Jesus," they said, "we know that you came from Yahweh, for you have outdone all the prophets. Tell us, according to your teaching, are we allowed to bankroll kings by paying their taxes? Should we pay or not?" But Jesus discerned their evil intention and became angry, saying to them, "Why do you call me 'Master' with your mouth, but do nothing I say? Isaiah has spoken truly concerning you: 'This people honors me with their lips but their heart is far from me; their worship is vanity. They teach man-made rules.'"
Jesus and his disciples were walking along the bank of the Jordan river. Jesus quizzed his disciples, "Behold, a grain of wheat. When it is planted by nature, lying invisible beneath the earth, do we consider that time is well spent pondering its wealth?"
And as they were pondering, perplexed by this strange question, Jesus knelt and sowed a handful of wheat on the bank, watering it. Immediately before their eyes, the wheat sprouted and grew to seed, to their amazement and great joy."
[...] and taking up stones together to stone him. And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over to the crowd. And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet come. But the Lord himself, escaping from their hands, withdrew from them.
And behold, a leper coming to him, says: "Teacher Jesus, while traveling with lepers and eating together with them in the inn, I myself also became a leper.* If therefore you will, I am clean." And the Lord said to him: "I will, be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: "Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the cleansing as Moses commanded and sin no more [...]"
* (Schmidt:) You look for the lepers and were eating with publicans. Have mercy, I am like them.
The original reconstruction is factually impossible (traveling with lepers), therefore this new one.
The original reconstruction is factually impossible (traveling with lepers), therefore this new one.
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: "Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
The Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote, ..."
(Dodd:) "When a husbandman has enclosed a small seed in a secret place, so that it is invisibly buried, how does its abundance become immeasurable?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore. And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist, and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit...
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore. And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist, and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit...
(Schmidt:) "Why is the seed enclosed in the ground, the abundance buried? Hidden for a short time, it will be immeasurable."
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with seed and sowed it upon the ground. And thereupon he poured sufficient water over it. And looking at the ground before them, the fruit appeared...
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with seed and sowed it upon the ground. And thereupon he poured sufficient water over it. And looking at the ground before them, the fruit appeared...
(Cerfaux:) "(...) enclosed like me, buried, uncertain, and making possible immeasurable abundance?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river. And on the water, the roots spread out and fruit appeared...
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river. And on the water, the roots spread out and fruit appeared...
(Lietzmann:) And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sowed on the ground. And the sprinkled waterpurified(?) the ground. (...) and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
(Lagrange:) And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus walked at the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with sand and sowed seed on the sand. And then he poured running water over it. And it run to seed and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
"And having turned to the rulers of the people he spoke the following saying, "Search the scriptures in which you think that you have life; these are the ones which bear witness to me. Do not think that I came to accuse you to my father. There is one that accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope." And when they said, "We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for you, we do not know where you come from." Jesus answered and said to them, "Now accusation is raised against your unbelief with respect to those to whom he bore witness. Because if you had believed Moses, you would believe me since it is about me that he wrote to your fathers."
And the rulers laid their hands on him to [deliver] him to the crowd. But they were not able to arrest him since the hour of his being handed over had not yet come. But the Lord himself escaped from their hands and turned away from them. And behold, a leper coming to him, says: "Teacher Jesus, while traveling with lepers and eating together with them in the inn, I myself also became a leper. If therefore you will, I will be clean." And the Lord said to him: "I will, be clean." And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: "Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the purification as Moses commanded and sin no more [...]"
" . . . and pray for your enemies. For the one who is not against you is for you. The one who is far away today, tomorrow will be near you
"Here is a copy of the the letter from King Abgar of Edessa to Jesus, delivered by Ananias to Jerusalem:
From Abgar Uchama the King to Jesus the good Savior in Jerusalem, greetings! I have heard about you, and your ability to heal without the benefit of drugs or herbs. It is said hereabouts that you make the blind see and the lame walk; You cleanse lepers, cast out demons and spirits, cure long-term diseases, and raise the dead. When I heard about these wonders, I concluded that either you are God or the Son of God. So now I am writing to ask you to visit with me, and hear me describe my affliction.
Moreover, I have heard that the Jews are speaking against you and wish to harm you. I have a city here for your safety. It is small but noble, and sufficient for both of us.
Jesus' reply:
You are blessed, for you believe in me having not yet seen me. For it is written of me that those who see me won't believe in me, but those who haven't will, and those who believe will live!
But concerning your letter that I should come to you: It is necessary that I fulfill all the purposes for which I was sent here. Afterwards, I must be taken back to Him who sent me. When that time comes, and I am taken up, I will send one of my disciples to you, so that you may be healed of your affliction, and that you and yours might have life.
After the fulfillment of this prophesy, he appeared to Thaddeus, his disciple, and sent him to Edessa, where King Abgar was healed of his affliction, and many came to know of the power of the risen Lord through the disciple."
From Abgar Uchama the King to Jesus the good Savior in Jerusalem, greetings! I have heard about you, and your ability to heal without the benefit of drugs or herbs. It is said hereabouts that you make the blind see and the lame walk; You cleanse lepers, cast out demons and spirits, cure long-term diseases, and raise the dead. When I heard about these wonders, I concluded that either you are God or the Son of God. So now I am writing to ask you to visit with me, and hear me describe my affliction.
Moreover, I have heard that the Jews are speaking against you and wish to harm you. I have a city here for your safety. It is small but noble, and sufficient for both of us.
Jesus' reply:
You are blessed, for you believe in me having not yet seen me. For it is written of me that those who see me won't believe in me, but those who haven't will, and those who believe will live!
But concerning your letter that I should come to you: It is necessary that I fulfill all the purposes for which I was sent here. Afterwards, I must be taken back to Him who sent me. When that time comes, and I am taken up, I will send one of my disciples to you, so that you may be healed of your affliction, and that you and yours might have life.
After the fulfillment of this prophesy, he appeared to Thaddeus, his disciple, and sent him to Edessa, where King Abgar was healed of his affliction, and many came to know of the power of the risen Lord through the disciple."
"Jesus, on whom be peace, said, "The world is like a bridge. Go over it, but do not install yourself upon it."
"I have chosen you before the world was."
"As he led them out, he said, "All of you will be offended tonight, as it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'" When Peter said, "Even if all, not I," Jesus said, "Before the cock crows twice, three times you will today deny me."
"Show mercy so that you may receive it. Forgive others so that you may be forgiven. As you do, it will be so done to you. As you give, so will it be given to you. As you judge, so will you also be judged. As you show kindness, so will you be shown kindness. With the same rule you use to measure these things, so will you be measured."
"Let the lambs not fear the wolves after their death. As for you, do not fear those who kill you, for they can do no more. Fear him who has the power to throw soul and body into hell after you are dead."
"If you do not guard something small, who will give you something great? Whoever is faithful with very little is faithful with very much."
“Marvel at what is present,”
“To fight with the flesh and misuse it, without yielding to it through undisciplined pleasure, so to increase the soul through faith and knowledge.”
“If the neighbor of an elect person sins, the elect person sins. For if he had led himself as the word dictates, the neighbor would have been in awe of his life so that he did not sin.”
"For he said to us before, when he was teaching: That which is weak shall be saved through that which is strong."
"Wherefore also our Lord Jesus Christ said, In whatsoever things I apprehend you, in those I shall judge you."
"For ask, he says for the great things, and the small shall be added to you."
"For the Lord said to me: Except ye make the lower into the upper and the left into the right, ye shall not enter into my kingdom."
"Wrath destroyeth even wise men".
"For I heard the Good Teacher in the divine gospels saying to his disciples, Get you nothing on earth."
"Whence he saith, Let their temple, Father, be desolate."
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: "Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped."
And they said: "We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from."
Jesus answered and said to them: "Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]"
And they said: "We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from."
Jesus answered and said to them: "Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]"
"Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does."
"Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does."
"Because it's unexplained, how he does, what he does."
"And see, how he does, what he does."
"Who is condemning, how he does, what he does."
"Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does."
"Because it's unexplained, how he does, what he does."
"And see, how he does, what he does."
"Who is condemning, how he does, what he does."
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: "Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: "Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: 'This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men...'"
The Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote, ..."
A
"When a husbandman has enclosed a small seed in a secret place, so that it is invisibly buried, how does its abundance become immeasurable?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore. And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist, and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit...
"When a husbandman has enclosed a small seed in a secret place, so that it is invisibly buried, how does its abundance become immeasurable?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood still upon the verge of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sprinkled it upon the shore. And thereupon the sprinkled water made the ground moist, and it was watered before them and brought forth fruit...
B
"Why is the seed enclosed in the ground, the abundance buried? Hidden for a short time, it will be immeasurable."
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with seed and sowed it upon the ground. And thereupon he poured sufficient water over it. And looking at the ground before them, the fruit appeared...
"Why is the seed enclosed in the ground, the abundance buried? Hidden for a short time, it will be immeasurable."
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with seed and sowed it upon the ground. And thereupon he poured sufficient water over it. And looking at the ground before them, the fruit appeared...
C
"(...) enclosed like me, buried, uncertain, and making possible immeasurable abundance?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river. And on the water, the roots spread out and fruit appeared...
"(...) enclosed like me, buried, uncertain, and making possible immeasurable abundance?"
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he took a fig-tree and planted it in the river. And on the water, the roots spread out and fruit appeared...
D
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sowed on the ground. And the sprinkled waterpurified(?) the ground. (...) and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus, as he walked, stood on the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with water and sowed on the ground. And the sprinkled waterpurified(?) the ground. (...) and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
E
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus walked at the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with sand and sowed seed on the sand. And then he poured running water over it. And it run to seed and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
And when they where perplexed at the strange question, Jesus walked at the banks of the River Jordan, and stretching out his right hand, he filled it with sand and sowed seed on the sand. And then he poured running water over it. And it run to seed and coming out before them, the fruit appeared.
Since, then, while the heaven and the earth still stand, sacrifices have passed away, and kingdoms, and prophecies among those who are born of woman, and such like, as not being ordinances of God;
Whence it is impossible without His teaching to attain to saving truth, though one seek it for ever where the thing that is sought is not. But it was, and is, in the word of our Jesus. Accordingly, He, knowing the true things of the law, said to the Sadducees, asking on what account Moses permitted to marry seven,
'Moses gave you commandments according to your hard-heartedness; for from the beginning it was not so: for He who created man at first, made him male and female.'
And to those who suppose that God tempts, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'The tempter is the wicked one,' who also tempted Himself.
And to those who think that He is not good, as the Scriptures say, He said,
'From which of you shall his son ask bread, and he will give him a stone; or shall ask a fish, and he will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him, and to those who do His will!'
'From which of you shall his son ask bread, and he will give him a stone; or shall ask a fish, and he will give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him, and to those who do His will!'
But to those who affirmed that He was in the temple, He said, 'Swear not by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet.'
And to those who supposed that God is pleased with sacrifices, He said, 'God wishes mercy, and not sacrifices' —the knowledge of Himself, and not holocausts.
But to those who are persuaded that He is evil, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Call not me good, for One only is good.' And again, 'Be ye good and merciful, as your Father in the heavens, who makes the sun rise on good and evil men, and brings rain upon just and unjust.'
But to those who were misled to imagine many gods, as the Scriptures say, He said, 'Hear, O Israel; the Lord your God is one Lord.'
Jesus said to Andrew, "Come close to me, Andrew. Your name is 'the fire.' Blessed are you among men!" Andrew answered, "Let me speak." Jesus replied, "Speak, then, Andrew. You are a steadfast pillar." Andrew said, "As God lives, who is your father? I came to you from the house of my father and mother, and as my soul lives, I have not returned to it. I haven't even looked at the faces of my father and mother, my children, or even my wife. But I have borne my cross every day, following you from morning until night, without once laying it down. A lesser disciple could not so bear your name, Lord. I have not even desired two tunics for myself. I despise even this coat that I wear."
[...] And Jesus said to the lawyers: “Punish every wrongdoer and transgressor, and not me. [...]* he does, how does he do it?”
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: “Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped.”
And they said: “We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from.”
Jesus answered and said to them: “Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]”
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* Possible reconstructions:
“Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does.”
“Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does.”
“Because it’s unexplained, how he does, what he does.”
“And see, how he does, what he does.”
“Who is condemning, how he does, what he does.”
Fragment 1 Recto
[...] and taking up stones together to stone him. And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over to the crowd. And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet come. But the Lord himself, escaping from their hands, withdrew from them.
And behold, a leper coming to him, says: “Teacher Jesus, while traveling with lepers and eating together with them in the inn, I myself also became a leper.* If therefore you will, I am clean.”
And the Lord said to him: “I will, be clean.”
And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: “Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the cleansing as Moses commanded and sin no more [...]”
————
* (Schmidt:) You look for the lepers and were eating with publicans. Have mercy, I am like them.
The original reconstruction is factually impossible (traveling with lepers), therefore this new one.
Fragment 2 Recto
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: “Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?”
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: “Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men…’”
—-
* Jes 29:13 (NRS): The Lord said:
“Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote, …”
And turning to the rulers of the people he said this word: “Search the scriptures, in which you think you have life. These are they, which testify about me. Do not suppose that I have come to accuse you to my father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, in whom you have hoped.”
And they said: “We know that God spoke to Moses,but as for you, we do not know, where you are from.”
Jesus answered and said to them: “Now is accused your disbelief in those who have been commended by him. For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me. For about me he wrote to your fathers [...]”
——
* Possible reconstructions:
“Judge the deeds, how he does, what he does.”
“Because an outlaw does not know, how he does, what he does.”
“Because it’s unexplained, how he does, what he does.”
“And see, how he does, what he does.”
“Who is condemning, how he does, what he does.”
Fragment 1 Recto
[...] and taking up stones together to stone him. And the rulers laid their hands upon him to seize him and hand him over to the crowd. And they could not take him because the hour of his arrest had not yet come. But the Lord himself, escaping from their hands, withdrew from them.
And behold, a leper coming to him, says: “Teacher Jesus, while traveling with lepers and eating together with them in the inn, I myself also became a leper.* If therefore you will, I am clean.”
And the Lord said to him: “I will, be clean.”
And immediately the leprosy left him. And Jesus said to him: “Go show yourself to the priests and offer concerning the cleansing as Moses commanded and sin no more [...]”
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* (Schmidt:) You look for the lepers and were eating with publicans. Have mercy, I am like them.
The original reconstruction is factually impossible (traveling with lepers), therefore this new one.
Fragment 2 Recto
Coming to him, they tested him in an exacting way, saying: “Teacher Jesus, we know that you have come from God, for what you do testifies beyond all the prophets. Therefore tell us, is it lawful to pay to kings the things which benefit their rule? Shall we pay them or not?”
But Jesus, perceiving their purpose and becoming indignant said to them: “Why do you call me teacher with your mouth, not doing what I say? Well did Isaiah* prophesy concerning you, saying: ‘This people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. And in vain they worship me, teaching as their doctrines the precepts of men…’”
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* Jes 29:13 (NRS): The Lord said:
“Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their worship of me is a human commandment learned by rote, …”
Apocrypha: Gospel of Mary
[The Coptic papyrus, from which the first six pages have been lost, begins in the middle of this gospel.]
“…will, then, matter be saved or not?”
The Savior said, “All natures, all formed things, all creatures exist in and with one another and will again be resolved into their own roots, because the nature of matter is dissolved into the roots of its nature alone. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” [cf. Matt. 11:15, etc.].
Peter said to him, “Since you have now explained all things to us, tell us this: what is the sin of the world?” [cf. John 1:29]. The Savior said, “Sin as such does not exist, but you make sin when you do what is of the nature of fornication, which is called ‘sin.’ For this reason the Good came into your midst, to the essence of each nature, to restore it to its root.” He went on to say, “For this reason you come into existence and die [...] whoever knows may know [...] a suffering which has nothing like itself, which has arisen out of what is contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in the whole body. For this reason I said to you, Be of good courage [cf. Matt. 28:9], and if you are discouraged, still take courage over against the various forms of nature. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” When the Blessed One said this, he greeted all of them, saying “Peace be with you [cf. John 14:27]. Receive my peace for yourselves. Take heed lest anyone lead you astray with the words, ‘Lo, here!’ or ‘Lo, there!’ [cf. Matt. 24:5, 23; Luke 17:21] for the Son of Man is within you [cf. Luke 17:21]. Follow him; those who seek him will find him [cf. Matt. 7:7]. Go, therefore, and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom [cf. Matt. 4:23; 9:15; Mark 16:15]. I have left no commandment but what I have commanded you, and I have given you no law, as the lawgiver did, lest you be bound by it.”
They grieved and mourned greatly, saying, “How shall we go to the Gentiles and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of the Son of Man? If even he was not spared, how shall we be spared?”
Then Mary stood up and greeted all of them and said to her brethren, “Do not mourn or grieve or be irresolute, for his grace will be with you all and will defend you. Let us rather praise his greatness, for he prepared us and made us into men.” When Mary said this, their hearts changed for the better, and they began to discuss the words of the [Savior].
Peter said to Mary, “Sister, we know that the Savior loved you more than other women [cf. John 11:5, Luke 10:38-42]. Tell us the words of the Savior which you have in mind since you know them; and we do not, nor have we heard of them.”
Mary answered and said, “What is hidden from you I will impart to you.” And she began to say the following words to them. “I,” she said, “I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him, ‘Lord, I saw you today in a vision.’ He answered and said to me, ‘Blessed are you, since you did not waver at the sight of me. For where the mind is, there is your countenance’ [cf. Matt. 6:21]. I said to him, ‘Lord, the mind which sees the vision, does it see it through the soul or through the spirit?’ The Savior answered and said, ‘It sees neither through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind, which is between the two, which sees the vision, and it is…’”
“…and Desire said, ‘I did not see you descend; but now I see you rising. Why do you speak falsely, when you belong to me?’ The soul answered and said, ‘I saw you, but you did not see me or recognize me; I served you as a garment and you did not recognize me.’ After it had said this, it went joyfully and gladly away. Again it came to the third power, Ignorance. This power questioned the soul: ‘Whither are you going? You were bound in wickedness, you were bound indeed. Judge not’ [cf. Matt. 7:1]. And the soul said, ‘Why do you judge me, when I judged not? I was bound, though I did not bind. I was not recognized, but I recognized that all will go free, things both earthly and heavenly.’ After the soul had left the third power behind, it rose upward, and saw the fourth power, which had seven forms. The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth the arousing of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the wisdom of the folly of the flesh, the seventh is wrathful wisdom. These are the seven participants in wrath. They ask the soul, ‘Whence do you come, killer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?’ The soul answered and said, ‘What seizes me is killed; what turns me about is overcome; my desire has come to an end and ignorance is dead. In a world I was saved from a world, and in a “type,” from a higher “type” and from the fetter of the impotence of knowledge, the existence of which is temporal. From this time I will reach rest in the time of the moment of the Aeon in silence.’”
When Mary had said this, she was silent, since the Savior had spoken thus far with her. But Andrew answered and said to the brethren, ‘Say what you think concerning what she said. For I do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas.”
Peter also opposed her in regard to these matters and asked them about the Savior. “Did he then speak secretly with a woman [cf. John 4:27], in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did he prefer her to us?” Then Mary grieved and said to Peter, “My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I thought this up myself in my heart or that I am lying concerning the Savior?”
Levi answered and said to Peter, “Peter, you are always irate. Now I see that you are contending against the woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her worthy, who are you to reject her? Surely the Savior knew her very well [cf. Luke 10:38- 42]. For this reason he loved her more than us [cf. John 11:5]. And we should rather be ashamed and put on the Perfect Man, to form us [?] as he commanded us, and proclaim the gospel, without publishing a further commandment or a further law than the one which the Savior spoke.” When Levi had said this, they began to go out in order to proclaim him and preach him.
[The Coptic papyrus, from which the first six pages have been lost, begins in the middle of this gospel.]
“…will, then, matter be saved or not?”
The Savior said, “All natures, all formed things, all creatures exist in and with one another and will again be resolved into their own roots, because the nature of matter is dissolved into the roots of its nature alone. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” [cf. Matt. 11:15, etc.].
Peter said to him, “Since you have now explained all things to us, tell us this: what is the sin of the world?” [cf. John 1:29]. The Savior said, “Sin as such does not exist, but you make sin when you do what is of the nature of fornication, which is called ‘sin.’ For this reason the Good came into your midst, to the essence of each nature, to restore it to its root.” He went on to say, “For this reason you come into existence and die [...] whoever knows may know [...] a suffering which has nothing like itself, which has arisen out of what is contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in the whole body. For this reason I said to you, Be of good courage [cf. Matt. 28:9], and if you are discouraged, still take courage over against the various forms of nature. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” When the Blessed One said this, he greeted all of them, saying “Peace be with you [cf. John 14:27]. Receive my peace for yourselves. Take heed lest anyone lead you astray with the words, ‘Lo, here!’ or ‘Lo, there!’ [cf. Matt. 24:5, 23; Luke 17:21] for the Son of Man is within you [cf. Luke 17:21]. Follow him; those who seek him will find him [cf. Matt. 7:7]. Go, therefore, and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom [cf. Matt. 4:23; 9:15; Mark 16:15]. I have left no commandment but what I have commanded you, and I have given you no law, as the lawgiver did, lest you be bound by it.”
They grieved and mourned greatly, saying, “How shall we go to the Gentiles and preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of the Son of Man? If even he was not spared, how shall we be spared?”
Then Mary stood up and greeted all of them and said to her brethren, “Do not mourn or grieve or be irresolute, for his grace will be with you all and will defend you. Let us rather praise his greatness, for he prepared us and made us into men.” When Mary said this, their hearts changed for the better, and they began to discuss the words of the [Savior].
Peter said to Mary, “Sister, we know that the Savior loved you more than other women [cf. John 11:5, Luke 10:38-42]. Tell us the words of the Savior which you have in mind since you know them; and we do not, nor have we heard of them.”
Mary answered and said, “What is hidden from you I will impart to you.” And she began to say the following words to them. “I,” she said, “I saw the Lord in a vision and I said to him, ‘Lord, I saw you today in a vision.’ He answered and said to me, ‘Blessed are you, since you did not waver at the sight of me. For where the mind is, there is your countenance’ [cf. Matt. 6:21]. I said to him, ‘Lord, the mind which sees the vision, does it see it through the soul or through the spirit?’ The Savior answered and said, ‘It sees neither through the soul nor through the spirit, but the mind, which is between the two, which sees the vision, and it is…’”
“…and Desire said, ‘I did not see you descend; but now I see you rising. Why do you speak falsely, when you belong to me?’ The soul answered and said, ‘I saw you, but you did not see me or recognize me; I served you as a garment and you did not recognize me.’ After it had said this, it went joyfully and gladly away. Again it came to the third power, Ignorance. This power questioned the soul: ‘Whither are you going? You were bound in wickedness, you were bound indeed. Judge not’ [cf. Matt. 7:1]. And the soul said, ‘Why do you judge me, when I judged not? I was bound, though I did not bind. I was not recognized, but I recognized that all will go free, things both earthly and heavenly.’ After the soul had left the third power behind, it rose upward, and saw the fourth power, which had seven forms. The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth the arousing of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the wisdom of the folly of the flesh, the seventh is wrathful wisdom. These are the seven participants in wrath. They ask the soul, ‘Whence do you come, killer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?’ The soul answered and said, ‘What seizes me is killed; what turns me about is overcome; my desire has come to an end and ignorance is dead. In a world I was saved from a world, and in a “type,” from a higher “type” and from the fetter of the impotence of knowledge, the existence of which is temporal. From this time I will reach rest in the time of the moment of the Aeon in silence.’”
When Mary had said this, she was silent, since the Savior had spoken thus far with her. But Andrew answered and said to the brethren, ‘Say what you think concerning what she said. For I do not believe that the Savior said this. For certainly these teachings are of other ideas.”
Peter also opposed her in regard to these matters and asked them about the Savior. “Did he then speak secretly with a woman [cf. John 4:27], in preference to us, and not openly? Are we to turn back and all listen to her? Did he prefer her to us?” Then Mary grieved and said to Peter, “My brother Peter, what do you think? Do you think that I thought this up myself in my heart or that I am lying concerning the Savior?”
Levi answered and said to Peter, “Peter, you are always irate. Now I see that you are contending against the woman like the adversaries. But if the Savior made her worthy, who are you to reject her? Surely the Savior knew her very well [cf. Luke 10:38- 42]. For this reason he loved her more than us [cf. John 11:5]. And we should rather be ashamed and put on the Perfect Man, to form us [?] as he commanded us, and proclaim the gospel, without publishing a further commandment or a further law than the one which the Savior spoke.” When Levi had said this, they began to go out in order to proclaim him and preach him.
“Marvel at what is present,” laying this down as the first step toward the knowledge of things beyond.
“To fight with the flesh and misuse it, without yielding to it through undisciplined pleasure, so to increase the soul through faith and knowledge.”
“If the neighbor of an elect person sins, the elect person sins. For if he had led himself as the word dictates, the neighbor would have been in awe of his life so that he did not sin.”
And the multitude that went before him, and behind him, cried, saying, "Hoshianna to the Son of David, Blessed is he that comes in the name of YHWH, Hoshianna barrama
Jesus entered the temple of Yahweh and drove out all those who bought or sold. He overturned the moneychanger's tables and the seats of the pigeon-sellers. Rays of light came out from his eyes and the majesty of the Godhead gleamed in his face, by which many were terrified and ran away.
"And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves... From his eyes went forth rays which terrified them and put them to flight."
"Jesus entered the temple of Yahweh and drove out all those who bought or sold. He overturned the moneychanger's tables and the seats of the pigeon-sellers. Rays of light came out from his eyes, by which many were terrified and ran away."
Apostles asked him: "Where wilt Thou that we prepare for Thee to eat the Passover? " He replied: " I have no desire to eat the flesh of this Paschal Lamb with you."
The disciples said, "Where do you want us to prepare the Passover?" Jesus answered, "Do you think I desire with desire to eat flesh with you at this Passover?"
Lord spoke thus when He took the bread: ‘Of all glory and confession and praise is the nature of Thy Godhead worthy, O Lord of all; for in all generations Thou hast accomplished and performed Thy dispensation, as though for the salvation and redemption of men. And though they were ungrateful in their works, Thou in Thy mercy didst not cease from helping them. And that Thou mightest accomplish the redemption of all and the renewal of all, Thou didst take Me (who am) of the nature of Adam, and didst join Me to Thee. And in Me shall be fulfilled all the compacts and all the promises; and in Me shall be realized the mysteries and types (shewn) unto the just men (of old). And because I have been without blemish, and have fully performed all righteousness, by Me Thou dost uproot all sin from human kind. And because I die without fault and without offence, in Me Thou appointest a resurrection of the body for the whole nature’.
As often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye show forth my death, until I come.
"For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye show forth my death, and confess my resurrection and ascension until I come."
And he wiped their feet. He kissed the feet of each one of them.
As he led them out, he said, "All of you will be offended tonight, as it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered.'" When Peter said, "Even if all, not I," Jesus said, "Before the cock crows twice, three times you will today deny me."
They will deliver me up and crucify me; on the third day will I rise from the dead. Go to Galilee this afternoon, and tell the news to Simon and the others.
One time Jesus took James, Peter, and I (John) to the mountain where he prayed, and we saw him in an indescribable light.
Another time he bid us come up the mountain saying, "Come with me." When we arrived, he went a distance and began to pray.
Since I knew he loved me, I quietly approached him from behind and stood looking at his back. Then I perceived in the spirit that he was not dressed in clothing, but stripped of his usual garments. As such, he did not look at all like a regular man. For his feet were very white, snow white, and the ground was lit up by them. And his head seemed to stretch upward to heaven. It so frightened me that I cried aloud.
As he turned to answer my cry, I saw him once again as a small man. He grabbed my beard and pulled it saying, "John, do not be without your faith, but believe. Do not question the vision that you have seen." I said to him, "Lord, what have I done?" But I'm telling you, friends, that, for a month, I suffered nearly unbearable pain where he pulled at my beard. I even told him, "Lord, if your playful tug has caused me such pain, how much pain would I have had to bear if you had struck me?" He said to me, "Be concerned from now on not to tempt the untemptable one."
One time all the disciples were sleeping in a house in Gennesaret. I unwrapped my covers to see what Jesus was doing. Jesus said to me, "John, go back to sleep." I pretended to sleep, and after a while I saw another man like him descending and I heard him say to the Lord, "Jesus, these men you have chosen still do not believe you." My Lord replied, "You are right; for they are men."
Before Jesus was arrested by the lawless Jews, whose lawgiver is the lawless serpent, he brought us together and said, "Before I am delivered to them, let us sing a hymn to the Father, and then go on to meet our destiny." We held hands at his bidding, and he stood in the middle of our circle. "Answer Amen to me." He sang this hymn.
Glory be to thee, Father.
Glory be to thee, Logos:
Glory be to thee, Grace. --Amen.
Glory be to thee, Spirit:
Glory be to thee, Holy One:
Glory be to thy Glory. --Amen.
We praise thee, Father:
We thank thee, Light:
In whom darkness stays not.
--Amen.
And why we give thanks,
I tell you: I will be saved,
And I will save.
--Amen.
I will be loosed,
And I will loose.
--Amen.
I will be wounded,
And I will wound.
--Amen.
I will be born,
And I will bear.
--Amen.
I will eat,
And I will be eaten.
--Amen.
I will hear,
And I will be heard.
--Amen.
I will be thought,
Being wholly thought.
--Amen.
I will be washed,
And I will wash.
--Amen.
Grace dances.
I will pipe,
Dance, all of you.
--Amen.
I will mourn,
Beat you all your breasts.
--Amen.
The one Ogdoad
sings praises with us.
--Amen.
The twelfth number
dances on high.
--Amen.
To the Universe
belongs the dancer.
--Amen.
He who does not dance
does not know what happens.
--Amen.
I will flee,
and I will be fled.
--Amen.
I will adorn,
and I will be adorned.
--Amen.
I will be united,
and I will unite.
--Amen.
I have no house,
and I have houses.
--Amen.
I have no place,
and I have places.
--Amen.
I have no temple
and I have temples.
--Amen.
I am a lamp to you
who see me.
--Amen.
I am a mirror to you
who know me.
--Amen.
I am a door to you
who knock on me.
--Amen.
I am a way to you
the traveler.
--Amen.
Now if you follow my dance,
see yourself in Me who am speaking, And when you have seen what I do, keep silent about my mysteries. You who dance, consider what I do, for yours is This Passion of Man which I am to suffer. For you could by no means have understood what you suffer unless I was to you as the Logos, sent by the Father.
You who have seen what I suffer saw me as suffering yourself, and seeing it you did not stay, but were wholly moved. Being moved towards wisdom, you have me as a support; rest in me.
Who I am, you shall know when I go forth. What I now am seen to be, that I am not; What I am you shall see when you come yourself.
If you knew how to suffer you would be able not to suffer. Learn how to suffer and you shall be able not to suffer.
What you do not know I myself will teach you.
I am your Deity, not the Deity of the traitor. I will that there be prepared holy souls for me.
Understand the word of wisdom!
As for me,
If you would understand what I am: By the word Word I was mocked at all things and I was not mocked at all. I leaped but do you understand the whole. And when you have understood it, then say, Glory be to thee, Father.
Say again with me,
Glory be to thee, Father,
Glory be to thee, Word.
Glory be to thee, Holy Spirit.
--Amen.
After the Lord had danced with us he left. We were like men amazed or fast asleep, and we ran away to and fro.
Another time he bid us come up the mountain saying, "Come with me." When we arrived, he went a distance and began to pray.
Since I knew he loved me, I quietly approached him from behind and stood looking at his back. Then I perceived in the spirit that he was not dressed in clothing, but stripped of his usual garments. As such, he did not look at all like a regular man. For his feet were very white, snow white, and the ground was lit up by them. And his head seemed to stretch upward to heaven. It so frightened me that I cried aloud.
As he turned to answer my cry, I saw him once again as a small man. He grabbed my beard and pulled it saying, "John, do not be without your faith, but believe. Do not question the vision that you have seen." I said to him, "Lord, what have I done?" But I'm telling you, friends, that, for a month, I suffered nearly unbearable pain where he pulled at my beard. I even told him, "Lord, if your playful tug has caused me such pain, how much pain would I have had to bear if you had struck me?" He said to me, "Be concerned from now on not to tempt the untemptable one."
One time all the disciples were sleeping in a house in Gennesaret. I unwrapped my covers to see what Jesus was doing. Jesus said to me, "John, go back to sleep." I pretended to sleep, and after a while I saw another man like him descending and I heard him say to the Lord, "Jesus, these men you have chosen still do not believe you." My Lord replied, "You are right; for they are men."
Before Jesus was arrested by the lawless Jews, whose lawgiver is the lawless serpent, he brought us together and said, "Before I am delivered to them, let us sing a hymn to the Father, and then go on to meet our destiny." We held hands at his bidding, and he stood in the middle of our circle. "Answer Amen to me." He sang this hymn.
Glory be to thee, Father.
Glory be to thee, Logos:
Glory be to thee, Grace. --Amen.
Glory be to thee, Spirit:
Glory be to thee, Holy One:
Glory be to thy Glory. --Amen.
We praise thee, Father:
We thank thee, Light:
In whom darkness stays not.
--Amen.
And why we give thanks,
I tell you: I will be saved,
And I will save.
--Amen.
I will be loosed,
And I will loose.
--Amen.
I will be wounded,
And I will wound.
--Amen.
I will be born,
And I will bear.
--Amen.
I will eat,
And I will be eaten.
--Amen.
I will hear,
And I will be heard.
--Amen.
I will be thought,
Being wholly thought.
--Amen.
I will be washed,
And I will wash.
--Amen.
Grace dances.
I will pipe,
Dance, all of you.
--Amen.
I will mourn,
Beat you all your breasts.
--Amen.
The one Ogdoad
sings praises with us.
--Amen.
The twelfth number
dances on high.
--Amen.
To the Universe
belongs the dancer.
--Amen.
He who does not dance
does not know what happens.
--Amen.
I will flee,
and I will be fled.
--Amen.
I will adorn,
and I will be adorned.
--Amen.
I will be united,
and I will unite.
--Amen.
I have no house,
and I have houses.
--Amen.
I have no place,
and I have places.
--Amen.
I have no temple
and I have temples.
--Amen.
I am a lamp to you
who see me.
--Amen.
I am a mirror to you
who know me.
--Amen.
I am a door to you
who knock on me.
--Amen.
I am a way to you
the traveler.
--Amen.
Now if you follow my dance,
see yourself in Me who am speaking, And when you have seen what I do, keep silent about my mysteries. You who dance, consider what I do, for yours is This Passion of Man which I am to suffer. For you could by no means have understood what you suffer unless I was to you as the Logos, sent by the Father.
You who have seen what I suffer saw me as suffering yourself, and seeing it you did not stay, but were wholly moved. Being moved towards wisdom, you have me as a support; rest in me.
Who I am, you shall know when I go forth. What I now am seen to be, that I am not; What I am you shall see when you come yourself.
If you knew how to suffer you would be able not to suffer. Learn how to suffer and you shall be able not to suffer.
What you do not know I myself will teach you.
I am your Deity, not the Deity of the traitor. I will that there be prepared holy souls for me.
Understand the word of wisdom!
As for me,
If you would understand what I am: By the word Word I was mocked at all things and I was not mocked at all. I leaped but do you understand the whole. And when you have understood it, then say, Glory be to thee, Father.
Say again with me,
Glory be to thee, Father,
Glory be to thee, Word.
Glory be to thee, Holy Spirit.
--Amen.
After the Lord had danced with us he left. We were like men amazed or fast asleep, and we ran away to and fro.
Jesus revealed the mystery of the cross. "One ready man must hear what I have to say, John.... For your sakes I sometimes call this mysterious 'cross of light' by various names, among them, the Logos, the Son, the Father, the Spirit, Jesus, the Christ, the Mind, the Door, the Way, the Bread, the Seed, the Resurrection, the Faith, and Grace. All these are part of the mystery, but given names for the sake of mankind.
"But the true identity of the 'cross of light,' as it is known to itself and spoken to us, is the discernment of the nature of all things, the strengthening bulwark of stability from instability, and the harmonious application of wisdom, being wisdom in harmony. For unstable and transient things proceed from other convenient entities, such as principalities, powers, authorities, and demons with the accompanying demonic activities, the like of threats, inflamed passions, and devilish intentions.
All these sprout from the inferior root of Satan and his nature.
"This cross has united all things through the Logos, then dispatched that which is unstable and inferior. But I do not speak of the cross made of wood that you will see when you descend from here; nor am I that man you on the cross, I who you can hear but not see. I was recognized for what I am not. That which I was recognized for was the subject of mean insults, the likes of them I did not deserve. I am the Lord of this place, and as my place of rest is not seen nor rightly spoken of, all the more will I not be seen or rightly spoken of.
"Since the crowd around the cross is not united, then we perceive its inferior nature. Those who you saw on the cross are not united in him, for they had not yet been gathered together.
When human nature is humbled and the masses come to me and obey me, the one who hears me will be united with me. That one will be changed, and become superior to the rest even as I am now superior.
"For as long as you do not say that you belong to me, I am not what I am. If you listen to me, you will be like me, and I will be what I was, and we will be united - from me you become what I am!
So ignore what the rest say, and despise the talk of those outside the mystery. Know only that I am with the Father entirely, and he is with me.
"They will say I have suffered grievously, but I have not suffered at all. What you and the others perceived as suffering is to be called a mystery that has been revealed to you in my dance. For I have shown you that which you are; but what I am is known only to me. Allow me to be what I am and let me have that which is mine. What is yours you must see through me. Now you must see me not as I appear to your natural mind, but rather through your knowledge as my brother.
"You have heard that I did suffer, but I did not. You heard that I did not suffer, yet I did. You have heard that I was pierced, yet I was not wounded; that I was hanged, yet I wasn't; that my blood flowed, yet it didn't. Those things that they say that I endured, I did not. But those things that they did not say I endured. I did!
Now I will show you the mystery of what I really suffered, for I know that you will understand. Know me, then, as the torment of the Logos, the piercing of the Logos, the blood of the Logos, the wounding of the Logos, the nailing of the Logos, and the death of the Logos. I have thus discarded my manhood. In order to fully know the Deity, you must first know the Logos. Finally, know the man, and what he has suffered."
"But the true identity of the 'cross of light,' as it is known to itself and spoken to us, is the discernment of the nature of all things, the strengthening bulwark of stability from instability, and the harmonious application of wisdom, being wisdom in harmony. For unstable and transient things proceed from other convenient entities, such as principalities, powers, authorities, and demons with the accompanying demonic activities, the like of threats, inflamed passions, and devilish intentions.
All these sprout from the inferior root of Satan and his nature.
"This cross has united all things through the Logos, then dispatched that which is unstable and inferior. But I do not speak of the cross made of wood that you will see when you descend from here; nor am I that man you on the cross, I who you can hear but not see. I was recognized for what I am not. That which I was recognized for was the subject of mean insults, the likes of them I did not deserve. I am the Lord of this place, and as my place of rest is not seen nor rightly spoken of, all the more will I not be seen or rightly spoken of.
"Since the crowd around the cross is not united, then we perceive its inferior nature. Those who you saw on the cross are not united in him, for they had not yet been gathered together.
When human nature is humbled and the masses come to me and obey me, the one who hears me will be united with me. That one will be changed, and become superior to the rest even as I am now superior.
"For as long as you do not say that you belong to me, I am not what I am. If you listen to me, you will be like me, and I will be what I was, and we will be united - from me you become what I am!
So ignore what the rest say, and despise the talk of those outside the mystery. Know only that I am with the Father entirely, and he is with me.
"They will say I have suffered grievously, but I have not suffered at all. What you and the others perceived as suffering is to be called a mystery that has been revealed to you in my dance. For I have shown you that which you are; but what I am is known only to me. Allow me to be what I am and let me have that which is mine. What is yours you must see through me. Now you must see me not as I appear to your natural mind, but rather through your knowledge as my brother.
"You have heard that I did suffer, but I did not. You heard that I did not suffer, yet I did. You have heard that I was pierced, yet I was not wounded; that I was hanged, yet I wasn't; that my blood flowed, yet it didn't. Those things that they say that I endured, I did not. But those things that they did not say I endured. I did!
Now I will show you the mystery of what I really suffered, for I know that you will understand. Know me, then, as the torment of the Logos, the piercing of the Logos, the blood of the Logos, the wounding of the Logos, the nailing of the Logos, and the death of the Logos. I have thus discarded my manhood. In order to fully know the Deity, you must first know the Logos. Finally, know the man, and what he has suffered."
The story of the origin of the thirty silver pieces which Iscariot received as the price of the Messiah. These pieces which Judas received from the Jewish priests, where are they from and what is their story?
These pieces were made by Terah, the father of Abraham. Abraham gave them to his son Isaac. And Isaac bought a village with them. The master of it brought them to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh sent them to Solomon, the son of David, for the temple he was building. And Solomon took the pieces and placed them round the door of the altar.
When Nebuchadnezzar came and took captive the children of Israel, he entered the temple of Solomon and saw that these pieces were beautiful, and he took and brought them to Babylon with the captive children of Israel.
And there were some Persians there as hostages. When Nebuchadnezzar came from Jerusalem, they sent him everything fit for kings. And when king Nebuchadnezzar saw that all they had sent him was beautiful, he released their sons and gave them many presents. He gave them also those pieces. And the Persians brought them to their fathers.
When Christ was born and they saw the star, they rose and took those pieces and gold and myrrh and frankincense. They took those pieces and set forth on a journey until they reached the vicinity of Edessa. The day grew dark and they fell asleep on the side of the road. And in the morning they arose to continue their journey. They left those pieces where they slept and did not know it. Some merchants came and found the pieces.
And they came to the vicinity of Edessa by a well of water. And on that very day an angel came to the shepherds of that land and he gave them a garment without a seam on the upper end. And he said to them, “Take the garment in which is life to humanity.” The shepherds took the garment and came to a well of water. And they found the merchants who had found the pieces near the well of water. They said to the merchants, “Will you buy this beautiful garment without seam at the upper end?” The merchants said to them, “Bring it here.” And when the merchants saw this garment, they marveled at it very much. The merchants said to the shepherds, “We have beautiful pieces worthy of a kings. Take them and give us this garment.”
When the merchants had taken the garment, they arrived in the city and stopped at an inn. Abgar the king sent for the merchants and said to them, “Have you anything worthy of a king that I could buy from you?” The merchants said to him, “Yes, we have a garment without a seam at the upper end.” When king Abgar saw that garment of which there was no equal, he said to them, “Where did you get this garment?” They said to him, “We came to a certain well by the gate of your city. And some shepherds said to us, ‘We have a garment without a seam at the upper end. Will you buy it?’ And we looked at the garment and saw that there was no other like it in the world. We had with us thirty pieces with images of kings which we gave to the shepherds and received the garment. And these pieces are worthy of kings such as yourself.”
When Abgar heard this, he sent for the shepherds and took the pieces from them. And Abgar sent the pieces and the garment to Christ for the good that he had done him with regard to Abgar’s disease from which he had cured him. When Christ saw the garment and the pieces, he took the garment and sent the pieces to the Jewish treasury. Our Lord knew their secrets. That is why he sent these pieces with which he would be bought.
And when the Jews came to Judas Iscariot they said to him, “Deliver to us Jesus, son of Joseph!” He said to them: “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they rose and got those thirty pieces and gave them to Judas Iscariot. And Iscariot returned them to the Jews. They bought with them a burial-place for strangers. And then they brought the pieces to Solomon’s temple and threw them into a fountain inside the temple—the pieces and the staff of Moses the prophet—and thus hid them.
These pieces were made by Terah, the father of Abraham. Abraham gave them to his son Isaac. And Isaac bought a village with them. The master of it brought them to Pharaoh. And Pharaoh sent them to Solomon, the son of David, for the temple he was building. And Solomon took the pieces and placed them round the door of the altar.
When Nebuchadnezzar came and took captive the children of Israel, he entered the temple of Solomon and saw that these pieces were beautiful, and he took and brought them to Babylon with the captive children of Israel.
And there were some Persians there as hostages. When Nebuchadnezzar came from Jerusalem, they sent him everything fit for kings. And when king Nebuchadnezzar saw that all they had sent him was beautiful, he released their sons and gave them many presents. He gave them also those pieces. And the Persians brought them to their fathers.
When Christ was born and they saw the star, they rose and took those pieces and gold and myrrh and frankincense. They took those pieces and set forth on a journey until they reached the vicinity of Edessa. The day grew dark and they fell asleep on the side of the road. And in the morning they arose to continue their journey. They left those pieces where they slept and did not know it. Some merchants came and found the pieces.
And they came to the vicinity of Edessa by a well of water. And on that very day an angel came to the shepherds of that land and he gave them a garment without a seam on the upper end. And he said to them, “Take the garment in which is life to humanity.” The shepherds took the garment and came to a well of water. And they found the merchants who had found the pieces near the well of water. They said to the merchants, “Will you buy this beautiful garment without seam at the upper end?” The merchants said to them, “Bring it here.” And when the merchants saw this garment, they marveled at it very much. The merchants said to the shepherds, “We have beautiful pieces worthy of a kings. Take them and give us this garment.”
When the merchants had taken the garment, they arrived in the city and stopped at an inn. Abgar the king sent for the merchants and said to them, “Have you anything worthy of a king that I could buy from you?” The merchants said to him, “Yes, we have a garment without a seam at the upper end.” When king Abgar saw that garment of which there was no equal, he said to them, “Where did you get this garment?” They said to him, “We came to a certain well by the gate of your city. And some shepherds said to us, ‘We have a garment without a seam at the upper end. Will you buy it?’ And we looked at the garment and saw that there was no other like it in the world. We had with us thirty pieces with images of kings which we gave to the shepherds and received the garment. And these pieces are worthy of kings such as yourself.”
When Abgar heard this, he sent for the shepherds and took the pieces from them. And Abgar sent the pieces and the garment to Christ for the good that he had done him with regard to Abgar’s disease from which he had cured him. When Christ saw the garment and the pieces, he took the garment and sent the pieces to the Jewish treasury. Our Lord knew their secrets. That is why he sent these pieces with which he would be bought.
And when the Jews came to Judas Iscariot they said to him, “Deliver to us Jesus, son of Joseph!” He said to them: “What will you give me if I deliver him to you?” And they rose and got those thirty pieces and gave them to Judas Iscariot. And Iscariot returned them to the Jews. They bought with them a burial-place for strangers. And then they brought the pieces to Solomon’s temple and threw them into a fountain inside the temple—the pieces and the staff of Moses the prophet—and thus hid them.
As he was the son of the poor fisherman Zebedee, (he had often brought fish to the palace of the high priests Annas and Caiaphas. And John went out to the damsel that kept the door and secured from her per- mission for his companion Peter, who stood weeping loudly before the door, to come in.
And Shim'on Kefa and one of the other talmidim were following Yeshua. And the Chief Cohen knew that talmid as he was the son of the poor fisherman Zavdai, he had often brought fish to the palace of the high cohenim Hananyah and Kayafah. And Yochanan went out to the damsel that kept the door and secured from her permission for his companion Kefa, who stood weeping loudly before the door, to come in.
They will deliver me up and crucify me; on the third day will I rise from the dead. Go to Galilee this afternoon, and tell the news to Simon and the others.
And there appeared to him an angel from heaven strengthening him saying "Be constant, Adon, for now comes the time in which through your passion mankind sold in Adam will be ransomed."
And how the angel strengthened Christ in his struggle in prayer, Be constant, Lord, for now comes the time in which through thy passion mankind sold in Adam will be ransomed.
“In the seventeenth year of the government of the invincible monarch, the Caesar and Roman Emperor Tiberius, 201 years after the Olympiads; in the beginning of the five thousandth year after the creation, in the 4147th year according to the Hebrew calendar, and 4037th year, according to the English reckoning, and 784 years since the foundation of Rome, 580 years since the liberation from Egyptian slavery: At the time of the great men of the Roman nation : Lucius, Suetonius, and Marcellinus, and the administrator Hilaretes Palister, at the time of the Governor-General over Judea, Comus Flavius, and at the time of the Governor of Jerusalem, the mighty and great prince Pontius Pilatus, and at the time of the procurator over Galilee, Herodes Anitpater, and at the time of the great Archpriests Ananias and Caiaphas, Aliasus and Mailus, the elder of the Temple Raban, and Amabelus, at the times of great judges in the town town of Jesruslem: Simbinakasas, Pompilius, Rufus, and the municipal commander Joctenus:
“I, Pontius Pilatus, procurator of the Roman Emperor, in the hall of the great princes, do pronounce and confirm the sentence of death on the cross to be inflicted on the man called by the people Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, a rebel against Moses Laws and against His Majesty the Roman Emperor Tiberius. I decide and order his death by crucifixion, together with others, in the manner applied to those people who are sentenced to death on the cross to be influenced on the man called by the people Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, a rebel against Moses Laws and against His Majesty to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. I decide and order his death by crucifixion, together with others, in the manner applied to those people who are sentenced to death, be they of rich or poor standing, because he continuously caused uproar by his detrimental behavior in Judas ; further, he called himself the Son of God, and King of Jerusalem, and threatened the Holy Temple and Jerusalem with destruction ; he refused to pay taxes to the Emperor and ventured to enter Jerusalem with leaves of date-palms and a retinue of people, like a king who enters Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.
“I order my first centurion, Conutus Cornelius, to keep him bound in public in the Jerusalem district and to seize what is his : to coat him with a purple cloak and put a crown of thorns upon his head, and to force him to carry the cross of his own shoulders, so that he be an example to others and especially conspirators.
Accordingly I order that Jesus Christ, together with two other brigands from the region of Imborel, now called Andronymos, shall be taken to be crucified before the people on the place chosen for criminals, and called Calvary. He who will be crucified and brought to death, shall remain on the cross as a warning and example for the people and all criminals and robbers. And to head there shall be fixed a table on which his to be written in three languages:
ISUS ALUN OMLIS IODAM – In Hebrew.
IESOUS O NAZARENOS BASILEUS IOUDAION – in Greek
JESUS NAZARENUS REX JUDAEORUM – in Latin.
“I order that none of my officials, of whatever rank and standing, shall delay the performance of his duty to the last, and interfere with the execution of Him who has deliberately deserted the Jewish faith, but that every one shall accurately carry out my orders, infallibly given in accordance with the laws and regulations of Rome.
“Witnesses of this sentence were : On the part of the Israelites : Ruan, Daniel, Rambinal, Ioakin, Banikan, Rotin, Itovel, and Perikolan. On the part of the Roman Rulers in the country : Lucius, Sicelius, and Maxiklius. From the High Priests : Ruan, Jodus, and Bukasalis. Chief of the prosecutor’s office for the Hebrews: Butan.
“Jerusalem, 27th March, 4l47th year, according to Hebrew reckoning, 4037th year, according to English reckoning, after the creation.”
From the Holy Scriptures report we find the statement, uttered with utmost discretion, that “Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.” But from the reports made by Pilate it is possible to perceive his hypocritical cruelty and intolerance. He tried to reconcile lawlessness with righteousness, and evil with truth. He, perhaps, had not wanted to expose himself before Christ’s disciples, and, perhaps, before his wife, who highly sympathized with Christ, and whose dream was not only an actual prophetic prediction of what would happen to those who took part in the trial, but also to those in our days, who act as the Hebrews who feigned to defend and to protect the Roman rulers, but in reality were only great traitors.
The report of the Bible also tells us of the inscription, and of the inquest made by Ananias and Caiaphas at Herod’s place, and by Pilate in the courts. But we see from the existing document that this justice did not decide the case on its merits. Pilate declared “I find no fault in this man”; with what justification then did he order Jesus to be beaten? What Roman laws had provided that an innocent man should be scourged?
Now, of all accusations brought against Jesus, not a single one could have been proved and documented, for Pilate himself, by using the words: “He is innocent,” and confirming this statement by the washing of his hands, substantiated Jesus innocence. So, by virtue of which Roman law did he order the innocent prisoner to be scourged and crucified? However, truth will break through always and triumph.
We may profit greatly by a study of the proceedings, trial and death-sentence of Jesus Christ, in which the Roman courts themselves committed the greatest wrong. Herein the judges of our days might find a warning not to do the same injustice, nor to be partial, but to judge according to divine right. It is only natural and absolutely advisable that the judges of to-day should read the Holy Books, i.e., the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. The secular tribunals should not be competent to resolve purely religious matters, nor to sentence whosoever does not believe what the majority believes, or what the official religion prescribes. According to what history shows us, the ruling religion has not always had pure truth as a foundation, and in all times it was subject to errors. The Hebrews, for instance, maintained that they had every right of religious liberty. This spiritual blindness led them to their terrible crime, exacting the sentence and murder of Christ, who was the incarnation of right and truth. So great was their blindness that it has obscured their minds to the present day. These catastrophes serve as a terrible warning for all people, but especially for religious leaders and judges.
“I, Pontius Pilatus, procurator of the Roman Emperor, in the hall of the great princes, do pronounce and confirm the sentence of death on the cross to be inflicted on the man called by the people Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, a rebel against Moses Laws and against His Majesty the Roman Emperor Tiberius. I decide and order his death by crucifixion, together with others, in the manner applied to those people who are sentenced to death on the cross to be influenced on the man called by the people Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, a rebel against Moses Laws and against His Majesty to the Roman Emperor Tiberius. I decide and order his death by crucifixion, together with others, in the manner applied to those people who are sentenced to death, be they of rich or poor standing, because he continuously caused uproar by his detrimental behavior in Judas ; further, he called himself the Son of God, and King of Jerusalem, and threatened the Holy Temple and Jerusalem with destruction ; he refused to pay taxes to the Emperor and ventured to enter Jerusalem with leaves of date-palms and a retinue of people, like a king who enters Jerusalem and the Holy Temple.
“I order my first centurion, Conutus Cornelius, to keep him bound in public in the Jerusalem district and to seize what is his : to coat him with a purple cloak and put a crown of thorns upon his head, and to force him to carry the cross of his own shoulders, so that he be an example to others and especially conspirators.
Accordingly I order that Jesus Christ, together with two other brigands from the region of Imborel, now called Andronymos, shall be taken to be crucified before the people on the place chosen for criminals, and called Calvary. He who will be crucified and brought to death, shall remain on the cross as a warning and example for the people and all criminals and robbers. And to head there shall be fixed a table on which his to be written in three languages:
ISUS ALUN OMLIS IODAM – In Hebrew.
IESOUS O NAZARENOS BASILEUS IOUDAION – in Greek
JESUS NAZARENUS REX JUDAEORUM – in Latin.
“I order that none of my officials, of whatever rank and standing, shall delay the performance of his duty to the last, and interfere with the execution of Him who has deliberately deserted the Jewish faith, but that every one shall accurately carry out my orders, infallibly given in accordance with the laws and regulations of Rome.
“Witnesses of this sentence were : On the part of the Israelites : Ruan, Daniel, Rambinal, Ioakin, Banikan, Rotin, Itovel, and Perikolan. On the part of the Roman Rulers in the country : Lucius, Sicelius, and Maxiklius. From the High Priests : Ruan, Jodus, and Bukasalis. Chief of the prosecutor’s office for the Hebrews: Butan.
“Jerusalem, 27th March, 4l47th year, according to Hebrew reckoning, 4037th year, according to English reckoning, after the creation.”
From the Holy Scriptures report we find the statement, uttered with utmost discretion, that “Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.” But from the reports made by Pilate it is possible to perceive his hypocritical cruelty and intolerance. He tried to reconcile lawlessness with righteousness, and evil with truth. He, perhaps, had not wanted to expose himself before Christ’s disciples, and, perhaps, before his wife, who highly sympathized with Christ, and whose dream was not only an actual prophetic prediction of what would happen to those who took part in the trial, but also to those in our days, who act as the Hebrews who feigned to defend and to protect the Roman rulers, but in reality were only great traitors.
The report of the Bible also tells us of the inscription, and of the inquest made by Ananias and Caiaphas at Herod’s place, and by Pilate in the courts. But we see from the existing document that this justice did not decide the case on its merits. Pilate declared “I find no fault in this man”; with what justification then did he order Jesus to be beaten? What Roman laws had provided that an innocent man should be scourged?
Now, of all accusations brought against Jesus, not a single one could have been proved and documented, for Pilate himself, by using the words: “He is innocent,” and confirming this statement by the washing of his hands, substantiated Jesus innocence. So, by virtue of which Roman law did he order the innocent prisoner to be scourged and crucified? However, truth will break through always and triumph.
We may profit greatly by a study of the proceedings, trial and death-sentence of Jesus Christ, in which the Roman courts themselves committed the greatest wrong. Herein the judges of our days might find a warning not to do the same injustice, nor to be partial, but to judge according to divine right. It is only natural and absolutely advisable that the judges of to-day should read the Holy Books, i.e., the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments. The secular tribunals should not be competent to resolve purely religious matters, nor to sentence whosoever does not believe what the majority believes, or what the official religion prescribes. According to what history shows us, the ruling religion has not always had pure truth as a foundation, and in all times it was subject to errors. The Hebrews, for instance, maintained that they had every right of religious liberty. This spiritual blindness led them to their terrible crime, exacting the sentence and murder of Christ, who was the incarnation of right and truth. So great was their blindness that it has obscured their minds to the present day. These catastrophes serve as a terrible warning for all people, but especially for religious leaders and judges.
Jews bribed four soldiers to scourge the Lord so severely that the blood might flow from every part of his body.
As the Lord spoke the words of Isaiah from the cross, thousands of the Jews standing around became believers.
Now on the feast day it was the custom for the governor to bring out to the people one prisoner, whom they would. And they had then in custody one prisoner, a bandit, whose name was called Bar Rabbah. Therefore when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, "Who wish you that I release to you? Bar Rabbah, or Yeshua which is called Messiah?" For he knew that for hatred they had delivered him up. And when he had set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have you nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day because of him." But the Chief Cohenim and elders persuaded the people to ask Bar Rabbah, and destroy Yeshua. And the governor answered and said to them, "Which of the two wish you that I release to you?" And they said, "Bar Rabbah." And Pilate said to them, "What will I do then with Yeshua who is called Messiah?" And they all answered and said, "Let him be crucified." Then the governor said to them, "But what evil has he done?" And they repeated and cried, "Let him be crucified." Then Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, for a great commotion arose. Therefore he took water, and washed his hands before the people, saying, "I am innocent of the blood <of this righteous man, this see you. "Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and our children." Then Pilate released Bar Rabbah to them, but delivered Yeshua to them to be scourged with whips, and crucified. For certain Judeans had bribed four of the soldiers to scourge him so severely that the blood might flow from every part of his body.
But of the Jews none washed his hands, neither Herod nor one of his judges. And since they did not desire to wash, Pilate stood up. And then Herod the king orders the Lord to be taken away, having said to them, 'What I ordered you to do, do.'
But Joseph, the friend of Pilate and of the Lord, had been standing there; and knowing they were about to crucify him, he came before Pilate and requested the body of the Lord for burial. And Pilate, having sent to Herod, requested his body. And Herod said: 'Brother Pilate, even if no one had requested him, we would have buried him, since indeed Sabbath is dawning. For in the Law it has been written: The sun is not to set on one put to death.'
And he gave him over to the people before the first day of their feast of the Unleavened Bread. But having taken the Lord, running, they were pushing him and saying, 'Let us drag along the Son of God now that we have power over him.' And they clothed him with purple and sat him on a chair of judgment, saying: 'Judge justly, King of Israel.' And a certain one of them, having brought a thorny crown, put it on the head of the Lord. And others who were standing there were spitting in his face, and others slapped his cheeks. Others were jabbing him with a reed; and some scourged him, saying, 'With such honor let us honor the Son of God.' And they brought two wrongdoers and crucified the Lord in the middle of them. But he was silent as having no pain. And when they had set the cross upright, they inscribed that THIS IS THE KING OF ISRAEL. And having put his garments before him, they divided them up and threw as a gamble for them. But a certain one of those wrongdoers reviled them, saying: 'We have been made suffer thus because of the wrong that we have done; but this one, having become Savior of men, what injustice had he done to you?' And having become irritated at him, they ordered that there be no leg-breaking, so that he might die tormented.
It was noon, yet darkness descended over Judea. Those who were in charge of the crucifixion were troubled, because they had a law that the sun should not set on anyone who has been put to death. One of them said, "Mix up some gall and vinegar for him to drink." They did so and administered it to him, thus fulfilling that which was to happen and completing their sins against themselves. Many there had lamps, attempting to dispel the darkness, for they supposed that it was night; it was very dark. They stumbled and fell. Soon the Lord cried out loud, saying, "My Power, my Power, you have left me!" When he said this, he ascended. In that same hour the veil of the temple in Jerusalem was torn in two.
Then said Yeshua, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do." At this word many thousands of the Jews who were standing around the gallows became believers.
"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. At this word of the Lord, many thousands of Jews standing around the cross, believed."
As the Lord spoke the words of Isaiah from the cross, thousands of the Jews standing around became believers. And they drew out the nails from the hands of the Lord and placed him on the earth; and all the earth was shaken, and a great fear came about. Then the sun shone, and it was found to be the ninth hour. And the Jews rejoiced and gave his body to Joseph that he might bury it, since he was one who had seen the many good things he did. And having taken the Lord, he washed and tied him with a linen cloth and brought him into his own sepulcher, called the Garden of Joseph. Then the Jews and the elders and the priests, having come to know how much wrong they had done themselves, began to beat themselves and say: 'Woe to our sins. The judgment has approached and the end of Jerusalem.' But I with the companions was sorrowful; and having been wounded in spirit, we were in hiding, for we were sought after by them as wrongdoers and as wishing to set fire to the sanctuary. In addition to all these things we were fasting; and we were sitting mourning and weeping night and day until the Sabbath. But the scribes and Pharisees and elders, having gathered together with one another, having heard that all the people were murmuring and beating their breasts, saying that 'If at his death these very great signs happened, behold how just he was,' feared (especially the elders) and came before Pilate, begging him and saying, 'Give over soldiers to us in order that we may safeguard his burial place for three days, lest, having come, his disciples steal him, and the people accept that he is risen from the death, and they do us wrong.' But Pilate gave over to them Petronius the centurion with soldiers to safeguard the sepulcher. And he delivered to them armed men, that they might sit over against the cave and keep it day and night; And with these the elders and scribes came to the burial place. And having rolled a large stone, all who were there, together with the centurion and the soldiers, placed it against the door of the burial place. And they marked it with seven wax seals; and having pitched a tent there, they safeguarded it. But early when the Sabbath was dawning, a crowd came from Jerusalem and the surrounding area in order that they might see the sealed tomb. But in the night in which the Lord's day dawned, when the soldiers were safeguarding it two by two in every watch, there was a loud voice in heaven; and they saw that the heavens were opened and that two males who had much radiance had come down from there and come near the sepulcher. But that stone which had been thrust against the door, having rolled by itself, went a distance off the side; and the sepulcher opened, and both the young men entered. And so those soldiers, having seen, awakened the centurion and the elders (for they too were present, safeguarding). And while they were relating what they had seen, again they see three males who have come out from they sepulcher, with the two supporting the other one, and a cross following them, and the head of the two reaching unto heaven, but that of the one being led out by a hand by them going beyond the heavens. And they were hearing a voice from the heavens saying, 'Have you made proclamation to the fallen-asleep?' And an obeisance was heard from the cross, 'Yes.' And so those people were seeking a common perspective to go off and make these things clear to Pilate; and while they were still considering it through, there appear again the opened heavens and a certain man having come down and entered into the burial place. [Having seen these things, those around the centurion hastened at night before Pilate (having left the sepulcher which they were safeguarding) and described all the things that they indeed had seen, agonizing greatly and saying: 'Truly he was God's Son.' In answer Pilate said: 'I am clean of the blood of the Son of God, but it was to you that this seemed [the thing to do].' Then all, having come forward, were begging and exhorting him to command the centurion and the soldiers to say to no one what they had seen. 'For,' they said, 'it is better for us to owe the debt of the greatest sin in the sight of God than to fall into the hands of the Jewish people and be stoned.' And so Pilate ordered the centurion and the soldiers to say nothing. Now at the dawn of the Lord's Day Mary Magdalene, a female disciple of the Lord (who, afraid because of the Jews since they were inflamed with anger, had not done at the tomb of the Lord what women were accustomed to do for the dead beloved by them), having taken with her women friends, came to the tomb where he had been placed. And they were afraid lest the Jews should see them and were saying, 'If indeed on that day on which he was crucified we could not weep and beat ourselves, yet now at his tomb we may do these things. But who will roll away for us even the stone placed against the door of the tomb in order that, having entered, we may sit beside him and do the expected things? For the stone was large, and we were afraid lest anyone see us. And if we are unable, let is throw against the door what we bring in memory of him; let us weep and beat ourselves until we come to our homes.' And having gone off, they found the sepulcher opened. And having come forward, they bent down there and saw there a certain young man seated in the middle of the sepulcher, comely and clothed with a splendid robe, who said to them: 'Why have you come? Whom do you seek? Not that one who was crucified? He is risen and gone away. But if you do not believe, bend down and see the place where he lay, because he is not here. For he is risen and gone away to there whence he was sent.' Then the women fled frightened. Now it was the final day of the Unleavened Bread; and many went out returning to their home since the feast was over. But we twelve disciples of the Lord were weeping and sorrowful; and each one, sorrowful because of what had come to pass, departed to his home. But I, Simon Peter, and my brother Andrew, having taken our nets, went off to the sea.
And, behold, the earth did quake, the lintel of the Temple of wondrous size was broken and even forced asunder, and overhead awful voices were heard which said: ‘Let us depart from this abode', the veil of the Temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom, and, and the rocks were torn;
"And behold, the astonishingly large lintel of the temple collapsed; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent..."
‘After they had raised him up on the cross, the Father took him up into heaven unto himself.’
Hear, O heavens, hear, earth, the Lord says, "I gave birth to and brought up children, and they turned away from me. My people do not know me, but I learned an ox lying, and donkey - his master's crib. But his kindness to another I do not give, but I will send my word to the ground, saving people from the lies of Satan. "
Then said the great king, the prophet David, sitting in the nether hell, applying many-fingers for gold and live strings. And said, "Sing us, brothers, funny songs are quiet and comforted with Christ, King of Glory." For there he heard that time have heard the tramp of horses, the Persian Magi, who bear him gifts, heavenly King, who was born in the land, whose mother, immaculate virgin, drops to him with love, a midwife to his shroud, said to him: "O Allah, terrible king of heaven, why do you want to go to us, the poor, to the ground? Do you want this cave, or want in a manger for animals to lie down? And you yourself, O Lord, heaven midwife clouds. You, Lord, the sky - the throne, and the earth - the foot. " Herod mad at him grind his teeth, O Lord, wanting to kill you. But come, prophets, come the righteous ... Isaiah, Jeremiah, mocking the hell told him: "Oh feeble Devil" ...
And the Devil said to Hell: "The devil, listen, and you, David, and said." And David said, "It is impossible to talk to David - the tightly David concluded: iron gate, the pillars of brass, stone pillar, in which David concluded."
70 And they say the prophets: "David, tell us which one of us will carry the message to the living world to the Lord?" David said a clear voice: "Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Aaron, Ezekiel, Solomon, Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Samuel, Daniel, and all the 70 prophets, listen to my voice in this hell! Here wants to get away from us in the light of the living to the Lord Lazarus, a friend of God. "
And then Adam, the first man, jumped up as if from a dream, and struck his hands over his face. And Adam said: "Lazarus, the friend of God, take me to the message of the living world to the Lord and say to him:" For if you love me, Lord, created? To you, O Lord, I brood people on earth? Do not act to me, Lord, pity and regret that I once before you sinned, but that one to me, O Lord, I wish above your creation Hell outrage. But if, God, before you I, Adam, sinned, what are your favorites, and my grandchildren, Abraham, the patriarch and his son Isaac and grandson Jacob - te-to you, Lord, that created? For their sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If you, O Lord, and those in front of you and what have, here, Lord, Moses, the prophet, the son of Ambria, who spent the Israelites across the Red Sea, to talk to you face to face on Mount Sinai in the bush - and he is Lord, to the us, in the underworld hell. For his sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If before you, O Lord, what have Moses the prophet, then that's you, Lord, Jesus the son of Nun, Moses' nephew, went to the city of Jericho, which was 7 kings of kings. The city was also the stone, its walls - iron, covered with silver and gilded with boards. The kings also laid hands on the wall and said, "Is this not our city, if not our hands to create it?" But God did not call. Jesus prayed to the Most High, and the Lord commanded the archangel Michael blow the trumpet. Iron walls collapsed to the ground the earth, Jesus rode into the city and killed 300 and 7,000 troops. One God, the world is sitting in hell hell. For his sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If you, O Lord, and this before you sin, that's you, Lord, Gideon the prophet, the son of Joash. He experienced fleece God put fleece on the threshing floor, "Here you will conjecture puzzle!" And he said: "If it is dry on the fleece, and dew on all the ground, then God will be with us on earth." And it was so. And the second time he put fleece on the threshing floor, "Here you will conjecture puzzle: if the dew be on the fleece, and upon all the ground is dry, it will be with us and in us, God on earth." And it was so. Fleece and wrung, and poured 12 pounds of water. The one God is with us, in the underworld hell. In order for us, O Lord, bring them out of hell.
If before you, Lord, Gideon what sin, that's you, O Lord, King Solomon, son of the great King David, who in praise thee Temple Holy of Holies of the crystal, in the city of Jerusalem, and you forge two golden eagles, like cherubim and seraphim. And put forth a riddle, and said, "If God will be with us on earth, he will go to them the Holy Spirit." And they began to eagles fly through the temple and ascended to heaven. The one God is with us, in the underworld hell. In order for us, and bring them out of hell. "
At the time, one Saturday, the Lord heard murmuring prophetic cry seventy prophets: "Bring, O Lord, we of the lowest hell." Jesus came to Bethany, the sisters of Lazarus Martha and Mary. And they heard the Martha and Mary, and hurried quickly, and fell at the feet of Jesus and said, "If you were here, you would not have died is our brother." And Jesus said, "Your brother will rise Lazarus" And then resurrected Lazarus, and Lazarus said: "I cried unto thee, O Lord, Adam, the first man, Bring forth, O Lord, from hell. I cried unto thee, O Lord, the patriarch Abraham and his son Isaac and grandson Jacob, bring forth, O Lord, from hell. I cried unto thee, O Lord, King David for his son Solomon, Bring Lord of Hell. "
And the Lord said Lazarus, "If it was not my favorite servant, David's sake, I destroyed Solomon's in hell for his excessive wisdom and iniquity."
And then began the spirit of Christ to Hell, and with it all the heavenly powers Samsun, Maiamil, fame, Michael, Gabriel went before the Lord and said, "Here comes the King of glory, Christ, and the prisoners said:" utter darkness, enlighten '" .
And he said to hell inside the bonds of hell, "Who is this King of glory?" And forces responded, "The Lord is strong and terrible in his armor, he is the King of Glory." So Hell said: "He is strong and terrible, but why leave seven heavens and come to us, the poor, under the ground?" And forces responded: "There is, driving the enemy Satan, and wants, linking him to tell you, and accommodating himself to bring from hell. " Hell also looked around and said to Satan, "O wretched Beelzebub, prohibitive good, lord of evil, Did I not tell you, if the Lord is strong, extortion with him there, when you said to me:" Strengthen me where I would Jesus, bound, plant ", I answer you:" requisitions it, go with their children, with the Jews and with Judas in the afterlife, then with tsarstvuesh. And if he comes here, then tie you up, I will give, and accommodating himself - would lead. '" Satan said to him: "O craven, you made it one evil, Lazarus brought, and you scared him. And to me, he made a lot of evil, and I will constantly fought with him. " Hell said: "I do rot the body of Lazarus, so that the joints of his veins and broke." Jesus told him the words: "Lazarus, come forth!" And Lazarus rose, no damage, like a lion on the hunt, soaring through the air, and the voice of Jesus with the ears of my flew, and all my belly from his voice trembled. Then you said, "my heart is sad to let go of Lazarus terrible and glorious thy name."
Then the great King David said, when he was alive, "Let the dissolved copper iron gates and pillars will break." And then the LORD overthrew the gates of brass and iron poles broke. The Lord said to Adam, "Here is the right hand has created you from the beginning of the century, she brought you out of corruption." And then resurrected Lord said to the apostles: "Disperse, preach in all the earth, baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching the people to keep themselves." And he ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the Father, and to the whole earth (sold out) His fame, as befits him be glory both now and forever. "
Then said the great king, the prophet David, sitting in the nether hell, applying many-fingers for gold and live strings. And said, "Sing us, brothers, funny songs are quiet and comforted with Christ, King of Glory." For there he heard that time have heard the tramp of horses, the Persian Magi, who bear him gifts, heavenly King, who was born in the land, whose mother, immaculate virgin, drops to him with love, a midwife to his shroud, said to him: "O Allah, terrible king of heaven, why do you want to go to us, the poor, to the ground? Do you want this cave, or want in a manger for animals to lie down? And you yourself, O Lord, heaven midwife clouds. You, Lord, the sky - the throne, and the earth - the foot. " Herod mad at him grind his teeth, O Lord, wanting to kill you. But come, prophets, come the righteous ... Isaiah, Jeremiah, mocking the hell told him: "Oh feeble Devil" ...
And the Devil said to Hell: "The devil, listen, and you, David, and said." And David said, "It is impossible to talk to David - the tightly David concluded: iron gate, the pillars of brass, stone pillar, in which David concluded."
70 And they say the prophets: "David, tell us which one of us will carry the message to the living world to the Lord?" David said a clear voice: "Isaiah, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Aaron, Ezekiel, Solomon, Adam, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Samuel, Daniel, and all the 70 prophets, listen to my voice in this hell! Here wants to get away from us in the light of the living to the Lord Lazarus, a friend of God. "
And then Adam, the first man, jumped up as if from a dream, and struck his hands over his face. And Adam said: "Lazarus, the friend of God, take me to the message of the living world to the Lord and say to him:" For if you love me, Lord, created? To you, O Lord, I brood people on earth? Do not act to me, Lord, pity and regret that I once before you sinned, but that one to me, O Lord, I wish above your creation Hell outrage. But if, God, before you I, Adam, sinned, what are your favorites, and my grandchildren, Abraham, the patriarch and his son Isaac and grandson Jacob - te-to you, Lord, that created? For their sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If you, O Lord, and those in front of you and what have, here, Lord, Moses, the prophet, the son of Ambria, who spent the Israelites across the Red Sea, to talk to you face to face on Mount Sinai in the bush - and he is Lord, to the us, in the underworld hell. For his sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If before you, O Lord, what have Moses the prophet, then that's you, Lord, Jesus the son of Nun, Moses' nephew, went to the city of Jericho, which was 7 kings of kings. The city was also the stone, its walls - iron, covered with silver and gilded with boards. The kings also laid hands on the wall and said, "Is this not our city, if not our hands to create it?" But God did not call. Jesus prayed to the Most High, and the Lord commanded the archangel Michael blow the trumpet. Iron walls collapsed to the ground the earth, Jesus rode into the city and killed 300 and 7,000 troops. One God, the world is sitting in hell hell. For his sake, O Lord, and we bring them out of hell.
If you, O Lord, and this before you sin, that's you, Lord, Gideon the prophet, the son of Joash. He experienced fleece God put fleece on the threshing floor, "Here you will conjecture puzzle!" And he said: "If it is dry on the fleece, and dew on all the ground, then God will be with us on earth." And it was so. And the second time he put fleece on the threshing floor, "Here you will conjecture puzzle: if the dew be on the fleece, and upon all the ground is dry, it will be with us and in us, God on earth." And it was so. Fleece and wrung, and poured 12 pounds of water. The one God is with us, in the underworld hell. In order for us, O Lord, bring them out of hell.
If before you, Lord, Gideon what sin, that's you, O Lord, King Solomon, son of the great King David, who in praise thee Temple Holy of Holies of the crystal, in the city of Jerusalem, and you forge two golden eagles, like cherubim and seraphim. And put forth a riddle, and said, "If God will be with us on earth, he will go to them the Holy Spirit." And they began to eagles fly through the temple and ascended to heaven. The one God is with us, in the underworld hell. In order for us, and bring them out of hell. "
At the time, one Saturday, the Lord heard murmuring prophetic cry seventy prophets: "Bring, O Lord, we of the lowest hell." Jesus came to Bethany, the sisters of Lazarus Martha and Mary. And they heard the Martha and Mary, and hurried quickly, and fell at the feet of Jesus and said, "If you were here, you would not have died is our brother." And Jesus said, "Your brother will rise Lazarus" And then resurrected Lazarus, and Lazarus said: "I cried unto thee, O Lord, Adam, the first man, Bring forth, O Lord, from hell. I cried unto thee, O Lord, the patriarch Abraham and his son Isaac and grandson Jacob, bring forth, O Lord, from hell. I cried unto thee, O Lord, King David for his son Solomon, Bring Lord of Hell. "
And the Lord said Lazarus, "If it was not my favorite servant, David's sake, I destroyed Solomon's in hell for his excessive wisdom and iniquity."
And then began the spirit of Christ to Hell, and with it all the heavenly powers Samsun, Maiamil, fame, Michael, Gabriel went before the Lord and said, "Here comes the King of glory, Christ, and the prisoners said:" utter darkness, enlighten '" .
And he said to hell inside the bonds of hell, "Who is this King of glory?" And forces responded, "The Lord is strong and terrible in his armor, he is the King of Glory." So Hell said: "He is strong and terrible, but why leave seven heavens and come to us, the poor, under the ground?" And forces responded: "There is, driving the enemy Satan, and wants, linking him to tell you, and accommodating himself to bring from hell. " Hell also looked around and said to Satan, "O wretched Beelzebub, prohibitive good, lord of evil, Did I not tell you, if the Lord is strong, extortion with him there, when you said to me:" Strengthen me where I would Jesus, bound, plant ", I answer you:" requisitions it, go with their children, with the Jews and with Judas in the afterlife, then with tsarstvuesh. And if he comes here, then tie you up, I will give, and accommodating himself - would lead. '" Satan said to him: "O craven, you made it one evil, Lazarus brought, and you scared him. And to me, he made a lot of evil, and I will constantly fought with him. " Hell said: "I do rot the body of Lazarus, so that the joints of his veins and broke." Jesus told him the words: "Lazarus, come forth!" And Lazarus rose, no damage, like a lion on the hunt, soaring through the air, and the voice of Jesus with the ears of my flew, and all my belly from his voice trembled. Then you said, "my heart is sad to let go of Lazarus terrible and glorious thy name."
Then the great King David said, when he was alive, "Let the dissolved copper iron gates and pillars will break." And then the LORD overthrew the gates of brass and iron poles broke. The Lord said to Adam, "Here is the right hand has created you from the beginning of the century, she brought you out of corruption." And then resurrected Lord said to the apostles: "Disperse, preach in all the earth, baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching the people to keep themselves." And he ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the Father, and to the whole earth (sold out) His fame, as befits him be glory both now and forever. "
Lord, bless, Father! Beloved, you must tell you, what was the annunciation Baptist in hell and inquired how it is in hell, because he had sent to the Lord his disciples, saying, "Is that you come or that we expect?" Not without knowing it, sent as would not know about it, but pointed the finger at him, and proclaimed, "Behold the lamb of God who takes to himself the sins of the world", and: "I baptize you with water, but among you stands, which you know not, he will be baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. " And do not be so that only you will know about it. So hear the same terrible secret, because there was a forerunner of the Lord. Why should he was in hell before Christ come, as it is in hell want him to inquire of the LORD: he will get us out of here or not. And not knowing what would have to respond to them, he sent his disciples to the Lord to know: "Is it you come?" And, having gone, they brought him the answer.
Then Herod, sent to prison, beheaded John. He graduated from the Baptist of the Lord his way and went to hell. And they knew being in hell. There were Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, David and Isaiah and many other holy prophets. And John asked the Lord, as saying: "There will come a free us from our suffering, or not? And I will bring a prophesy about him? "Others said," What if you do not want to die for us? "The prophets also were attached spirit, saying" he was destined to die, and we also are aware that it would be with him, and prophesied of the world. " In reply, John said, "Come, I beg you, tell me about that, as prophesied, and we heard it, awake the spirit." In reply, the First and the great Prophet David: "I anticipated that, no one to tell her he quietly descend from heaven, and said," come down like rain, watering fleece. '" Isaiah said, "I foresee that a virgin he will be born, and said," That will take a virgin's womb and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. '" And another answered and said: "I expected that, instead of the twelve patriarchs of 12 students will serve him, and proclaimed:" In place of your fathers are your sons. '" And another said, "I foresaw the acts and miracles that will do it, and told:" the eyes of the blind and deaf ears to hear. '" And the other, in turn, said: "I expected that the student will want to betray him, and declared:" He who eats my bread, lifted me libel. '" And another said: "I foresee that for thirty pieces of silver to betray his wants, and proclaimed:" Rate me 30 pieces of silver. '" And Isaiah said, "I foresee that it will be brought to the tribunal, and declared:" The Lord himself will appear before the court on the elders of the land. '" Responding, Jeremiah said, "I foresaw that they want him crucified on a tree, and told:" Come, we embed the tree in the bread and deprive him of his life. '" And another answered and said: "I foresee that it will put in the coffin, and announced:" They put me in a deep grave in darkness and in the abode of death. '"
So the prophets and were happy getting the good news from the Baptist. Hell heard the same speech and turned them to the Devil: "Whom so they say, of vysokomyslenny? Who is he that brought them joy? Whom they have brought good tidings, I do not know, but I see them in no small joy. " Responding, the devil said to him: "Do not be afraid and do not be afraid of their words, do not bother them to have fun: this - now come and the joy they brought - John the Baptist mnogoglagolivy. When he was still on earth, many proclaimed that the man and said to the world that he will save the universe. So I went to Herodias, edinomyslennitsu and my followers, and with it angered Caesar, and the John was executed during the feast, and gave it unto the damsel's head, and she with her as the apple to play. And the one about whom it is said that it will come to save the universe, he did not save himself. " Hell devil answered: "Watch out, my brother go, looking back, as if you and I were not disappointed. Find out how he and whose son he is. These prophets are very much happy when hearing about it. Beware and pry, and not until the one going to catch the world will lose, and that I will not only be a loss, but we will be laughed at and outraged. " Hearing this, the devil went to the Jews and set them against the Lord was in the midst of them, and not forsake them, incited to crucify the Lord. And knew damned devil, that death will be the resurrection of the Lord of the world. And soon the paths chosen by greedy, met Judas and Satan started cooking with it a betrayal and nurture it srebrolyubtsa. That is why he, and said to the Jews: "What can I give, and I will give it to you?"
And who would not weep, hearing these words, O beloved! Shaking my hands and feet, the mind itself turbid from the words of those! Again: "What do you want to give me, and I will give it to you." How not ossified his tongue, but his lips were swollen? as not closed his mouth? How not dried up his jaw and not scattered? How not softened his whole body? How not stuck his tongue to the roof when he said these words: "What do you want me to give?" What do you want to take? They're nothing worthwhile can not give. But come and ask you, Judas: "What a devotee? Or he cheated you than other students? Or anything more than another grant? Does not it make you a sense of ownership of his grace? So why betray the creator of heaven and earth? And I repeat: when he was surrounded Leontius and washed the feet of his disciples, then your legs as well as others. You did not pass a single grace. And you decided to betray! He did not want to deny you from among students, and with knowledge of your deception and betrayal, invited to supper with him. Oh do not you think that he did not know that seduced you? That is why it is at the feast, and said, "Obmaknuvshy fingers with me in the dish, and will betray me." And do not tell you: "Get out of my table, a traitor, because you do not deserve to eat with me." Sit at table, and your hand touches the bread, and eat, and the price of your soul ponders.
Woe to you, O Judah, who made a silver took, and the Lord gave, for the silver collusion. Because your apostolic dignity and get another, and your house will be abandoned: silver coins because of the many benefits you lost and incurred the many ills. Because of these pieces of silver will not be forgiven the sin of thy fathers, and shall not be forgiven the iniquity of thy mother. Because of the myriad pieces of silver angels and archangels are thousands and thousands of your enemies, and you are nice to only one devil. Because of those pieces of silver pluck you out of the host of the apostles and landed on the demons, from the throne of the king retreated and glory hath stripped off the noose and put udavlennika themselves. "What do you want to give me, and I will give it to you?" And put him 30 pieces of silver. Woe to you, O Judah! What have you done? For 30 pieces of silver selling creator of heaven and earth, a slave to sell his lord. Think: Who are you selling? If I had a cunning servant, you and him, appreciating the skill it would not sell for 30 pieces of silver. And you're selling, accursed, who created everything that you see around. And you say, "What do I want to give, and I will give it to you?" And put him 30 pieces of silver. "
After the departure of Judas and Histalkut him from among the apostles of Jesus began to mourn and grieve, "grieves my soul to death." Oh lord of mercy! Of Traitors, grieving, death is not feared immortal. But when he heard the devil, the Lord said: "My soul mourns of death", he decided that he is afraid of death, and began to be zealous, and hurried to hell and said, "Ready to be safe and find a place, and we are there shutter Jesus, here I am rigged, he would die, and prepared nails, sharpened spear, and poured vinegar. Jews sharpened it like a weapon, and two days later introduce him to you, my brother, Hell! I repaired a lot of obstacles on the ground and many times angered me. Many vessels emptied my unnoticed: that I worked on his jealousy, he corrected the word, if I someone destroyed joints, it must be attached: a bed, commanded to carry on their shoulders. I blinded another and closed his eyes and was glad when he came across a wall or in the water fell, it just came out of nowhere, despite I worked gave him his word to see. And another when he was still in his mother's womb, I was blinded eyes to not recognize it and the very form of the world, who also found him, kneaded clay, and anointed her eyes, and made him bathe in the font Siluamskoy, and he received his sight. I, not knowing where to go, he took with him six demons, and all the employees of my spirits and went away from him, and met a handsome young man, and entered into it, and dwelt therein. And I do not know how he is about to visit, and went there, I took an oath and ordered me out of the boy. And I went out and did not find a place where to go, and I asked him to at least over the pigs I have the power. And at another time by the will of my woman zaneduzhila twelve years: the blood flowed from her body. And I do not know where he came to the place and saw him, and she rushed to him and touched his sex tunic, and immediately her bleeding stopped. And I was angry at him, not daring to fight with him, and then left there and went to the edge of the edge of the Syrian and Canaanite, and then met a beautiful maiden, and entered it, and dwelt therein, and evil has caused her, then fire her pushed, then dropped to the rapids and had fun this. The mother began to beat her in grief because of her. And I do not know where he came from there too, and settled there. And when I heard about this young woman's mother, rushed to him and told about her daughter, saying, "Have mercy on me, Jesus, Son of God, because my daughter is quite possessed woman." He then, having called the woman and told her, "O woman, great is your faith. So it will be just like you want! "At this time he came to drive me, but gave the woman by sending me away.
Another time, when he sailed across the sea and went to sleep, I suddenly picked up and moved by the strong winds of the sea, and the waves began to beat, and I picked up a violent storm, about to sink the ship, where he was with his disciples. And when the ship was about to fall apart, the disciples woke him up, he just stood up and took an oath of the sea, and to hear him, the sea and all the winds, and it is completely silent. I saw that here he is, he went to Bethany, and, believing that grieve him, stole his friend Lazarus and brought that to you, my brother, Hell. And bespechalen was thinking that even now can not steal it from you. But four days later, he came, I do not know how, when you - I know not - either sleeping, or other guarded and brought Lazarus from you. "
And blood pressure response to the devil said, "So this is the same man who then brought Lazarus? If you are the one, then, forgive me, and do not bring it here. One only his voice brought me horrified and broke my strength: I can not stand his voice. Is that what you're calling me to conclude? Yes it if it comes here, and those whom I hold here displays. I then firmly rot body of Lazarus, so that it is beginning to stink, and began to break up his joints, but when he called out, "Lazarus, come forth!", He immediately jumped out of the coffin, like a lion coming out of the den to hunt, like a flying eagle, all overcame weakness in the twinkling of an eye. I'm here to not be able to grind. " The devil said, responding to him, "The strength of yours and mine, insatiable maw yours - will be able to accept it, not too much Jabberwocky!". Hell answered and said: "I conjure forces, but by what means? If you had the power, then fought with him, but obviously I want to be justified and the Jews? "The devil said to Him," You coward and unmanly slabodushny! I like it so much harm, and I, still, fought with him. And once you had them, and having overcome this fear came from. But I, when I saw that he was healed bodily ailments outside, began to torment the souls of men invisible. When I learned that he stays here, I found a decent young man named Matthew, and instilled in him the thirst of wealth and put it to collect taxes. And listen to me young man so much that even began to beat the other, and I was happy (looking at him). But he does not know where he went and said, passing the young man, "Follow me!" Immediately, in the words of Matthew left his tax collection, and followed him, and became his student, and me - the enemy. I, many sad, thinking that he was attracted to young boys, and he took it from me. Then I went to the Jericho area and found there a man of small stature, named Zacchaeus, and went down into it, and set it to collect taxes. And he comforted me from the sorrow of St. Matthew, and I hoped that this undersized, he will not be able to love. And he came, I know not whence he passed to the people. Zacchaeus could not see who it is past, and climbed a sycamore tree, and, lifting his eyes, he saw him and said to him, "Zacchaeus! Quickly get off: you need to visit me today in your house. " And received him with joy in his home and then went out and returned in sevenfold size everything will be charged according to the law, and their wealth has given the poor. And followed him and became his student, and my enemy. When I found no where to go, I went to his brothers - Jews and unleash them on him. "
Hell, in response said the devil: "Leave him alone, can not do anything with it." And the devil said to him: "I know a man is afraid of death. On this visit, I saw how he indulges in grief and said: "My soul grieves before his death. '" Hell he said, "Go and do as you like, for you are already experienced in dealing with it. And if you win and we made it here, then you will reign with the Jews. If you overcome it, and came here, izvedet those who have imprisoned here, and will connect you and your servants and Jews and deliver them to me, then woe to you will be damned! "Heard the devil and went to the Jews, and raised them against the Lord. And collected, they consulted as to destroy him.
And so when they were gathered together, Judas came to them, saying, "Whom I shall kiss, that grab." And he came to Jesus, kissed him and said, "Hail, Master," the Lord said to him: "Young man! Dare has finally happened that the thought of! "Oh kiss, full of iniquity! About the kiss, disastrous for the soul! On assignment blazing inferno! Whore, kiss the feet of the Lord, his soul cleansed of evil. The same with a kiss, his life will lose. She kissed a list of their sins severed, the same, kissing, struck himself out of the book of life. On the wisdom of a woman! About unreason disciple! When she kissed the feet of the Lord, the angels rejoiced and the crown she was prepared when the kiss - demons rejoice and weave the rope for hanging. "Hail, Master!" He is happy, and you - weep, for joy lost. "Hail, Rabbi," and kissed him. And rushed wicked Jews, grabbed him, holding his hand is in the earth, and brought him to Pilate. Pilate sat to do justice, and the one who will judge the living and the dead, was coming to him, and he endured; dust of the earth sat on the throne, and the creator of heaven and earth was coming to him. Was judged by Pilate for the salvation of the Lord of the world. And when it was tried, the wife Pilátová sent to her husband: "Do not do anything that you are righteous, much that night I suffered because of it." About Jewish iniquity: the woman, not knowing the law and the prophets, Jesus called his righteous and said, "Do not do anything that you are holy," and Jews who honor the law and the prophets, called him a villain, saying: "If it was not the villain, the would not have delivered him. " Then Pilate commanded to beat him and put him on the cross.
Cursed the devil, seeing the signs that were at the crucifixion: pomerkshee sun, the earth shudders apron church rent, which fell apart and the stones of the temple itself is mocked - ran to hell and told him, "Oh, woe is me, wretched, disgraced me! Help my okayanstvu, shutter gate to not enter it here, constipation and strengthen nails, and all the power of your will oppose his coming. " Hurried and shut the gates of Hell, and strengthened them with iron bars. And the Lord came to Hell, chasing the devil, and it was preceded by the Force. The gates of hell as were fortified. And shouts of the Force, called out: "Lift up the gates, your arches and gates shall be broken forever, and will enter the King of glory." As if not knowing hell inside asked, "Who is this - the King of glory? Tell me. " The forces of the saints said, "The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle." In return, Hell said: "If it is, what he is looking for here? Why leave heaven and come here? "Holy Force said," If he is the king of glory, is pursuing his enemy, went to link it and give it to you, and to withdraw its soldiers from here. " And he said to the devil in Hell answer: "Three-headed Beelzebub, hath the angels, saints ridicule, disease accomplice! Did I not tell you not to fight with him? And, as I said, are all in front of you, and what to do now, accursed? Why am I disobeyed? Come out if you are strong, and we meet him, but I can not help you. " Cursed the devil, crying, said in reply, "Have pity on me, do not open until it goes back, try me, for even though I disgraced. Who would not misled like that? It was he, as if fearing death, said, "grieves my soul to death." Another time, he offered up a prayer to the Father, saying, "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me." And those words have deceived me. "
And as they say so, Force, here abides, he cried, "Lift up the gates, arches of your." And the prophets cried out: "Open the gates, let the King of glory will go." And Hell trembled with fear.
Answered the prophet David as saying: "Do not touch him, and let my prophecy come true. When I was still on the ground, then foresaw and proclaimed: "The gates of brass and bars of iron smashed broke. '" And come to pass written, "Where deadly sting? Where is thy victory, Hell? "And met Jesus as a prophet, rejoicing and proclaiming:" Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. " And then the Lord grabbed devil, and bound him indissoluble bond, the prophets also brought out of hell, saying, "Go to heaven!" And so they got out of hell.
The first one is a prophet - the great David cried, rattling the harp, "Come, let us rejoice Lord, shout to God and our Savior, that our king, for us right away, defeated." And said, "Hallelujah." And again, all the same David exclaimed: "All people applaud together, shout to the LORD with the voice of joy, that our king, defeated, defeated." And he echoed another prophet: "rejoice, O daughter of Zion!" And then, "uprising, Jerusalem, revive their glory, for thy king, pleading for us beat." So all in fun hastened to heaven, praising our savior Jesus Christ, to whom every kind befitting glory, honor and worship to the Father without beginning and holy and life-giving Spirit yours, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
"Pilate said unto them, Ye [i.e. the Sanhedrin of the Temple have their own police force or "watch"] have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can." And he delivered armed men to them, that they might sit opposite the cave and guard it day and night."
Then Herod, sent to prison, beheaded John. He graduated from the Baptist of the Lord his way and went to hell. And they knew being in hell. There were Abraham and Isaac, and Jacob, David and Isaiah and many other holy prophets. And John asked the Lord, as saying: "There will come a free us from our suffering, or not? And I will bring a prophesy about him? "Others said," What if you do not want to die for us? "The prophets also were attached spirit, saying" he was destined to die, and we also are aware that it would be with him, and prophesied of the world. " In reply, John said, "Come, I beg you, tell me about that, as prophesied, and we heard it, awake the spirit." In reply, the First and the great Prophet David: "I anticipated that, no one to tell her he quietly descend from heaven, and said," come down like rain, watering fleece. '" Isaiah said, "I foresee that a virgin he will be born, and said," That will take a virgin's womb and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. '" And another answered and said: "I expected that, instead of the twelve patriarchs of 12 students will serve him, and proclaimed:" In place of your fathers are your sons. '" And another said, "I foresaw the acts and miracles that will do it, and told:" the eyes of the blind and deaf ears to hear. '" And the other, in turn, said: "I expected that the student will want to betray him, and declared:" He who eats my bread, lifted me libel. '" And another said: "I foresee that for thirty pieces of silver to betray his wants, and proclaimed:" Rate me 30 pieces of silver. '" And Isaiah said, "I foresee that it will be brought to the tribunal, and declared:" The Lord himself will appear before the court on the elders of the land. '" Responding, Jeremiah said, "I foresaw that they want him crucified on a tree, and told:" Come, we embed the tree in the bread and deprive him of his life. '" And another answered and said: "I foresee that it will put in the coffin, and announced:" They put me in a deep grave in darkness and in the abode of death. '"
So the prophets and were happy getting the good news from the Baptist. Hell heard the same speech and turned them to the Devil: "Whom so they say, of vysokomyslenny? Who is he that brought them joy? Whom they have brought good tidings, I do not know, but I see them in no small joy. " Responding, the devil said to him: "Do not be afraid and do not be afraid of their words, do not bother them to have fun: this - now come and the joy they brought - John the Baptist mnogoglagolivy. When he was still on earth, many proclaimed that the man and said to the world that he will save the universe. So I went to Herodias, edinomyslennitsu and my followers, and with it angered Caesar, and the John was executed during the feast, and gave it unto the damsel's head, and she with her as the apple to play. And the one about whom it is said that it will come to save the universe, he did not save himself. " Hell devil answered: "Watch out, my brother go, looking back, as if you and I were not disappointed. Find out how he and whose son he is. These prophets are very much happy when hearing about it. Beware and pry, and not until the one going to catch the world will lose, and that I will not only be a loss, but we will be laughed at and outraged. " Hearing this, the devil went to the Jews and set them against the Lord was in the midst of them, and not forsake them, incited to crucify the Lord. And knew damned devil, that death will be the resurrection of the Lord of the world. And soon the paths chosen by greedy, met Judas and Satan started cooking with it a betrayal and nurture it srebrolyubtsa. That is why he, and said to the Jews: "What can I give, and I will give it to you?"
And who would not weep, hearing these words, O beloved! Shaking my hands and feet, the mind itself turbid from the words of those! Again: "What do you want to give me, and I will give it to you." How not ossified his tongue, but his lips were swollen? as not closed his mouth? How not dried up his jaw and not scattered? How not softened his whole body? How not stuck his tongue to the roof when he said these words: "What do you want me to give?" What do you want to take? They're nothing worthwhile can not give. But come and ask you, Judas: "What a devotee? Or he cheated you than other students? Or anything more than another grant? Does not it make you a sense of ownership of his grace? So why betray the creator of heaven and earth? And I repeat: when he was surrounded Leontius and washed the feet of his disciples, then your legs as well as others. You did not pass a single grace. And you decided to betray! He did not want to deny you from among students, and with knowledge of your deception and betrayal, invited to supper with him. Oh do not you think that he did not know that seduced you? That is why it is at the feast, and said, "Obmaknuvshy fingers with me in the dish, and will betray me." And do not tell you: "Get out of my table, a traitor, because you do not deserve to eat with me." Sit at table, and your hand touches the bread, and eat, and the price of your soul ponders.
Woe to you, O Judah, who made a silver took, and the Lord gave, for the silver collusion. Because your apostolic dignity and get another, and your house will be abandoned: silver coins because of the many benefits you lost and incurred the many ills. Because of these pieces of silver will not be forgiven the sin of thy fathers, and shall not be forgiven the iniquity of thy mother. Because of the myriad pieces of silver angels and archangels are thousands and thousands of your enemies, and you are nice to only one devil. Because of those pieces of silver pluck you out of the host of the apostles and landed on the demons, from the throne of the king retreated and glory hath stripped off the noose and put udavlennika themselves. "What do you want to give me, and I will give it to you?" And put him 30 pieces of silver. Woe to you, O Judah! What have you done? For 30 pieces of silver selling creator of heaven and earth, a slave to sell his lord. Think: Who are you selling? If I had a cunning servant, you and him, appreciating the skill it would not sell for 30 pieces of silver. And you're selling, accursed, who created everything that you see around. And you say, "What do I want to give, and I will give it to you?" And put him 30 pieces of silver. "
After the departure of Judas and Histalkut him from among the apostles of Jesus began to mourn and grieve, "grieves my soul to death." Oh lord of mercy! Of Traitors, grieving, death is not feared immortal. But when he heard the devil, the Lord said: "My soul mourns of death", he decided that he is afraid of death, and began to be zealous, and hurried to hell and said, "Ready to be safe and find a place, and we are there shutter Jesus, here I am rigged, he would die, and prepared nails, sharpened spear, and poured vinegar. Jews sharpened it like a weapon, and two days later introduce him to you, my brother, Hell! I repaired a lot of obstacles on the ground and many times angered me. Many vessels emptied my unnoticed: that I worked on his jealousy, he corrected the word, if I someone destroyed joints, it must be attached: a bed, commanded to carry on their shoulders. I blinded another and closed his eyes and was glad when he came across a wall or in the water fell, it just came out of nowhere, despite I worked gave him his word to see. And another when he was still in his mother's womb, I was blinded eyes to not recognize it and the very form of the world, who also found him, kneaded clay, and anointed her eyes, and made him bathe in the font Siluamskoy, and he received his sight. I, not knowing where to go, he took with him six demons, and all the employees of my spirits and went away from him, and met a handsome young man, and entered into it, and dwelt therein. And I do not know how he is about to visit, and went there, I took an oath and ordered me out of the boy. And I went out and did not find a place where to go, and I asked him to at least over the pigs I have the power. And at another time by the will of my woman zaneduzhila twelve years: the blood flowed from her body. And I do not know where he came to the place and saw him, and she rushed to him and touched his sex tunic, and immediately her bleeding stopped. And I was angry at him, not daring to fight with him, and then left there and went to the edge of the edge of the Syrian and Canaanite, and then met a beautiful maiden, and entered it, and dwelt therein, and evil has caused her, then fire her pushed, then dropped to the rapids and had fun this. The mother began to beat her in grief because of her. And I do not know where he came from there too, and settled there. And when I heard about this young woman's mother, rushed to him and told about her daughter, saying, "Have mercy on me, Jesus, Son of God, because my daughter is quite possessed woman." He then, having called the woman and told her, "O woman, great is your faith. So it will be just like you want! "At this time he came to drive me, but gave the woman by sending me away.
Another time, when he sailed across the sea and went to sleep, I suddenly picked up and moved by the strong winds of the sea, and the waves began to beat, and I picked up a violent storm, about to sink the ship, where he was with his disciples. And when the ship was about to fall apart, the disciples woke him up, he just stood up and took an oath of the sea, and to hear him, the sea and all the winds, and it is completely silent. I saw that here he is, he went to Bethany, and, believing that grieve him, stole his friend Lazarus and brought that to you, my brother, Hell. And bespechalen was thinking that even now can not steal it from you. But four days later, he came, I do not know how, when you - I know not - either sleeping, or other guarded and brought Lazarus from you. "
And blood pressure response to the devil said, "So this is the same man who then brought Lazarus? If you are the one, then, forgive me, and do not bring it here. One only his voice brought me horrified and broke my strength: I can not stand his voice. Is that what you're calling me to conclude? Yes it if it comes here, and those whom I hold here displays. I then firmly rot body of Lazarus, so that it is beginning to stink, and began to break up his joints, but when he called out, "Lazarus, come forth!", He immediately jumped out of the coffin, like a lion coming out of the den to hunt, like a flying eagle, all overcame weakness in the twinkling of an eye. I'm here to not be able to grind. " The devil said, responding to him, "The strength of yours and mine, insatiable maw yours - will be able to accept it, not too much Jabberwocky!". Hell answered and said: "I conjure forces, but by what means? If you had the power, then fought with him, but obviously I want to be justified and the Jews? "The devil said to Him," You coward and unmanly slabodushny! I like it so much harm, and I, still, fought with him. And once you had them, and having overcome this fear came from. But I, when I saw that he was healed bodily ailments outside, began to torment the souls of men invisible. When I learned that he stays here, I found a decent young man named Matthew, and instilled in him the thirst of wealth and put it to collect taxes. And listen to me young man so much that even began to beat the other, and I was happy (looking at him). But he does not know where he went and said, passing the young man, "Follow me!" Immediately, in the words of Matthew left his tax collection, and followed him, and became his student, and me - the enemy. I, many sad, thinking that he was attracted to young boys, and he took it from me. Then I went to the Jericho area and found there a man of small stature, named Zacchaeus, and went down into it, and set it to collect taxes. And he comforted me from the sorrow of St. Matthew, and I hoped that this undersized, he will not be able to love. And he came, I know not whence he passed to the people. Zacchaeus could not see who it is past, and climbed a sycamore tree, and, lifting his eyes, he saw him and said to him, "Zacchaeus! Quickly get off: you need to visit me today in your house. " And received him with joy in his home and then went out and returned in sevenfold size everything will be charged according to the law, and their wealth has given the poor. And followed him and became his student, and my enemy. When I found no where to go, I went to his brothers - Jews and unleash them on him. "
Hell, in response said the devil: "Leave him alone, can not do anything with it." And the devil said to him: "I know a man is afraid of death. On this visit, I saw how he indulges in grief and said: "My soul grieves before his death. '" Hell he said, "Go and do as you like, for you are already experienced in dealing with it. And if you win and we made it here, then you will reign with the Jews. If you overcome it, and came here, izvedet those who have imprisoned here, and will connect you and your servants and Jews and deliver them to me, then woe to you will be damned! "Heard the devil and went to the Jews, and raised them against the Lord. And collected, they consulted as to destroy him.
And so when they were gathered together, Judas came to them, saying, "Whom I shall kiss, that grab." And he came to Jesus, kissed him and said, "Hail, Master," the Lord said to him: "Young man! Dare has finally happened that the thought of! "Oh kiss, full of iniquity! About the kiss, disastrous for the soul! On assignment blazing inferno! Whore, kiss the feet of the Lord, his soul cleansed of evil. The same with a kiss, his life will lose. She kissed a list of their sins severed, the same, kissing, struck himself out of the book of life. On the wisdom of a woman! About unreason disciple! When she kissed the feet of the Lord, the angels rejoiced and the crown she was prepared when the kiss - demons rejoice and weave the rope for hanging. "Hail, Master!" He is happy, and you - weep, for joy lost. "Hail, Rabbi," and kissed him. And rushed wicked Jews, grabbed him, holding his hand is in the earth, and brought him to Pilate. Pilate sat to do justice, and the one who will judge the living and the dead, was coming to him, and he endured; dust of the earth sat on the throne, and the creator of heaven and earth was coming to him. Was judged by Pilate for the salvation of the Lord of the world. And when it was tried, the wife Pilátová sent to her husband: "Do not do anything that you are righteous, much that night I suffered because of it." About Jewish iniquity: the woman, not knowing the law and the prophets, Jesus called his righteous and said, "Do not do anything that you are holy," and Jews who honor the law and the prophets, called him a villain, saying: "If it was not the villain, the would not have delivered him. " Then Pilate commanded to beat him and put him on the cross.
Cursed the devil, seeing the signs that were at the crucifixion: pomerkshee sun, the earth shudders apron church rent, which fell apart and the stones of the temple itself is mocked - ran to hell and told him, "Oh, woe is me, wretched, disgraced me! Help my okayanstvu, shutter gate to not enter it here, constipation and strengthen nails, and all the power of your will oppose his coming. " Hurried and shut the gates of Hell, and strengthened them with iron bars. And the Lord came to Hell, chasing the devil, and it was preceded by the Force. The gates of hell as were fortified. And shouts of the Force, called out: "Lift up the gates, your arches and gates shall be broken forever, and will enter the King of glory." As if not knowing hell inside asked, "Who is this - the King of glory? Tell me. " The forces of the saints said, "The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle." In return, Hell said: "If it is, what he is looking for here? Why leave heaven and come here? "Holy Force said," If he is the king of glory, is pursuing his enemy, went to link it and give it to you, and to withdraw its soldiers from here. " And he said to the devil in Hell answer: "Three-headed Beelzebub, hath the angels, saints ridicule, disease accomplice! Did I not tell you not to fight with him? And, as I said, are all in front of you, and what to do now, accursed? Why am I disobeyed? Come out if you are strong, and we meet him, but I can not help you. " Cursed the devil, crying, said in reply, "Have pity on me, do not open until it goes back, try me, for even though I disgraced. Who would not misled like that? It was he, as if fearing death, said, "grieves my soul to death." Another time, he offered up a prayer to the Father, saying, "Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass me." And those words have deceived me. "
And as they say so, Force, here abides, he cried, "Lift up the gates, arches of your." And the prophets cried out: "Open the gates, let the King of glory will go." And Hell trembled with fear.
Answered the prophet David as saying: "Do not touch him, and let my prophecy come true. When I was still on the ground, then foresaw and proclaimed: "The gates of brass and bars of iron smashed broke. '" And come to pass written, "Where deadly sting? Where is thy victory, Hell? "And met Jesus as a prophet, rejoicing and proclaiming:" Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord. " And then the Lord grabbed devil, and bound him indissoluble bond, the prophets also brought out of hell, saying, "Go to heaven!" And so they got out of hell.
The first one is a prophet - the great David cried, rattling the harp, "Come, let us rejoice Lord, shout to God and our Savior, that our king, for us right away, defeated." And said, "Hallelujah." And again, all the same David exclaimed: "All people applaud together, shout to the LORD with the voice of joy, that our king, defeated, defeated." And he echoed another prophet: "rejoice, O daughter of Zion!" And then, "uprising, Jerusalem, revive their glory, for thy king, pleading for us beat." So all in fun hastened to heaven, praising our savior Jesus Christ, to whom every kind befitting glory, honor and worship to the Father without beginning and holy and life-giving Spirit yours, now and forever and to the ages of ages. Amen.
"Pilate said unto them, Ye [i.e. the Sanhedrin of the Temple have their own police force or "watch"] have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can." And he delivered armed men to them, that they might sit opposite the cave and guard it day and night."
Zebedee and Salome and the wives of those who had followed him from Galilee to see the crucified. And the day was Preparation: the Sabbath was dawning. And when it was evening, on the Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, there came up a man, being a member of the council, from Arimathea, a city of Judea, by name Joseph, good and righteous, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews. And he was looking for the kingdom of God. This man had not consented to their purpose.
He said to them : " Lay hold, handle Me, and see that I am not an incorporeal spirit." And imme-diately they touched Him, and believed, being both convinced by His flesh and spirit.
But I both saw him (this is wrongly quoted) in the flesh after the resurrection, and believe that he is in the flesh: and when he came to Peter and those who were with Peter, he said to them: Lo, feel me and see that I am not a bodiless spirit (demon). And forthwith they touched him and believed.
"When he came to Peter and the others with him, he said to them, "Behold! Touch me and see that I am not a bodiless demon!" Right away, they touched him and believed, being in close contact with his flesh and his spirit."
"Afterward Jesus appeared to the eleven as they reclined at table and reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen him after he arose. The eleven made an excuse: "This age of lawlessness and unbelief is controlled by Satan, who, by means of unclean spirits, doesn't allow the truth to be known. So," they said to Christ, "reveal your righteousness now!"
Christ replied to them, "The measure of Satan's years of power is filled up, although other fearful things draw nigh to those for whom I, because of their sin, was delivered to death, that they might turn back and not sin anymore so that they might inherit the imperishable, spiritual glory of righteousness in heaven."
Christ replied to them, "The measure of Satan's years of power is filled up, although other fearful things draw nigh to those for whom I, because of their sin, was delivered to death, that they might turn back and not sin anymore so that they might inherit the imperishable, spiritual glory of righteousness in heaven."
"And they excused themselves, saying, This age of lawlessness and unbelief is under Satan, who does not allow the truth and power of God to prevail over the unclean things dominated by the spirits. Therefore reveal your righteousness now. — thus they spoke to Christ. And Christ responded to them, The limit of the years of Satan's power is completed, but other terrible things draw near. And for those who sinned I was handed over to death, that they might return to the truth and no longer sin, in order that they might inherit the spiritual and incorruptible heavenly glory of righteousness."
"Therefore reveal thy righteousness even now," Jesus is reported to have said: "The limit of the years of the authority of Satan is fulfilled, but other dreadful things are approaching, and in behalf of those who had sinned was I delivered unto death in order that they might return to the truth and might sin no longer, that they might inherit the spiritual and incorruptible glory of righteousness in heaven."
Saviour says, ‘but the Lord, after he had given his grave clothes to the servant of the priest, appeared to James (for James had sworn that he would not eat bread from that hour in which he drank the cup of the Lord until he should see him rising again from among those that sleep)’ and again, a little later, it says ‘Bring a table and bread,’ said the Lord.’ And immediately it is added, ‘He brought bread and blessed and brake and gave to James the Just and said to him, ‘my brother eat thy bread, for the son of man is risen from among those that sleep.’”
These eight days of the Passover at which Christ, the Son of God, rose again (8) signify eight days after the recurrence [?] of the Passover (9) at which all the seed of Adam will be judged, (10) as is proclaimed in the Gos- pel of the Hebrews; and for this reason the learned believe that the day of judgment will be at Easter time, because on that day Christ rose again, that on that day also the saints should rise again.
Mary, Mary - know me but do not touch me. Stop the tears from flowing and know that I am your master. Only do not touch me, for I haven't seen my Father's face yet. Your God wasn't stolen from you, as your small thoughts lead you to believe. Your God did not die, but mastered death! I am not the gardener! I have given life and received life eternal. But I now appear to you because I have seen the tears in your eyes. Throw your sadness away from me to wandering orphans. Start rejoicing now and tell the eleven. You will find them gathered on Jordan's bank. The traitor persuaded them to once again become fishermen as once they were and to lay down their nets that caught people to life!
“The Lord said unto the apostles: Should, then, any one of Israel be willing to repent, so as to believe upon God through my name, his sins shall be forgiven him. After twelve years, go out into the world, lest anyone say, “We did not hear."
I have chosen the twelve because I have found them worthy to be my disciples. I sent these, whom I was sure would be true Apostles, into the world to proclaim to all the joyous message that all may know that there is only one qeos, and to reveal the future through those who believe in me. The end of which is that those who hear and believe might be saved; and those who do not believe may yet testify that they too have heard the message. That they might not be able to excuse themselves by saying, "We haven't heard."
Jesus to the disciples: If anyone of Israel desires to repent and through my name believes in Yahweh, his sins will be forgiven him. For 12 years go into the world and preach this message so that no one may say, "We haven't heard."
The Living One answered, "This is the life of my Father, that you receive your soul back from reason; that it cease to be of this world and become wise according to the words that I say to you so that it may be completed. For your soul needs be delivered from the Watcher of this Age and his endless traps. Since you are my disciples, be quick to carefully listen to what I say so that you may come to perfect understanding. May the Watcher of this Age find my commands within you, and thus no longer strive with you. May you yourselves, my Apostles, fulfill my Word in my way. I will thus make you free, and through freedom you may become whole and unblemished. As the spirit of the Comforter is whole, you will become whole through its freedom."
The Apostles, Matthew, John, Philip, Bartholomew, and James, answered him together, "Lord Jesus, you are the Living One whose goodness is spread out on those who have found his wisdom and know him; O light who shines and illuminates our hearts; true Word, which through knowledge teaches us the hidden wisdom of the Lord Jesus, the living."
Jesus answered, "Blessed is he who knows these things and has brought Heaven down to earth, then sent it back again. He became The Midst within nothingness."
The resurrected Lord said to his disciples, "Go to the city called Habitation. Stay there and endure with patience those who have believed in my name because of the hardships I have endured. They should be taught the things I have imparted to you. I will provide for your needs if you are obedient in this work. Give the poor what they need from what you have until I give them something better - those things that you received from me for nothing." Peter answered the Lord, "Lord you have instructed us to give up the world and all that is therein. We have done so for your sake. But we are concerned about what we will eat, for we have sustenance only from day to day, and no more than for a single day. How will we be able to provide for these poor when we can barely provide for ourselves?" The Lord answered, "Peter, understand me. Don't you yet know that my name, which you teach, is greater than all riches, and the Wisdom of the Deity is better than gold, silver, and precious stones?"
Lord Jesus the Christ our Saviour commanded us: "that before ye are ready to divide anything by lot, for eparchies, ye shall count the places of the numbers, the authorities of the Bishops, the seats of the Elders, the continual offerings of the Deacons, the admonitions of the Readers, the blamelessnesses of the Widows, and all the things that are fitting to the foundation and confirmation of the Church, according as they already know the type of heavenly things. Let them take care and keep themselves from all error, knowing that they have an account to give in the great day of judgment concerning the things that having heard they have not kept They commanded us Ho confirm’ His words in all places."
"Go and teach them to carry out all the things which I have commanded you forever."
"Go and teach them to carry out all the things which I have commanded you forever."
Jesus said, "As for the mysteries I will impart to you: keep them; repeat them to no one except the worthy. Don't confide them to your mother, brother, sister, or any relative neither for food, drink, women, gold or silver or for anything else of this world. Keep them and give them to no one for the sake of the world's good!"
Jesus, the living, said to his apostles, "Blessed is he who has crucified the world, and has not allowed the world to crucify him!" The Apostles answered with a voice, "Lord, teach us how to crucify the world so that it may not crucify us, so that we may not perish by losing our lives!" Jesus answered, "The one who has crucified the world is the one who has found my Word and has fulfilled it in the will of the One who sent me."
James writes to you. Peace be with you from Peace, love from Love, grace from Grace, faith from Faith, life from Holy Life!
Since you asked me to send you a secret book which was revealed to me and Peter by the Lord, I could neither refuse you nor speak directly to you, but I have written it in Hebrew letters and have sent it to you - and to you alone. But inasmuch as you are a minister of the salvation of the saints, endeavor earnestly and take care not to recount this book to many - this which the Savior did not desire to recount to all of us, his twelve disciples. But blessed are those who will be saved through faith in this discourse.
Now I sent you ten months ago another secret book with the Savior revealed to me. But that one you are to regard in this manner, as revealed to me, James.
Now the twelve disciples were sitting all together at the same time, and, remembering what the Savior had said to each one of them, whether secretly or openly, they were setting it down in books. And I was writing what was in my book - lo, the Savior appeared, after he had departed from us while we gazed at him. And five hundred and fifty days after he arose from the dead, we said to him: "Have you gone and departed from us?"
And Jesus said: "No, but I shall go to the place from which I have come. If you desire to come with me, come."
They all answered and said: "If you bid us, we'll come."
He said: "Truly I say to you, no one ever will enter the Kingdom of Heaven if I bid him, but rather because you yourselves are full. Let me have James and Peter, in order that I may fill them." And when he called these two, he took them aside, and commanded the rest to busy themselves with that with which they had been busy.
The Savior said; "You have received mercy....
(7 lines missing) Do you not desire, then, to be filled? And is your heart drunk? Do you not desire, then, to be sober? Therefore, be ashamed! And now, waking or sleeping, remember that you have seen the Son of Man, and with him you have spoken, and to him you have listened. Woe to those who have seen the Son of Man! Blessed are those who have not seen the Man, and who have not consorted with him, and who have not spoken with him, and who have not listened to anything from him. Yours is life! Know, therefore, that he healed you when you were ill, in order that you might reign. Woe to those who have rested from their illness, because they will relapse again into illness! Blessed are those who have not been ill, and have known rest before they became ill. Yours is the Kingdom of God! Therefore I say to you, become full and leave no place within you empty, since the Coming One is able to mock you."
Then Peter answered: "Lord, three times you have said to us 'Become full', but we are full."
The Lord answered and said: "Therefore I say unto you, become full, in order that you may not be diminished. Those who are diminished, however, will not be saved. For fullness is good and diminution is bad. Therefore, just as it is good for you to be diminished and, on the other hand, bad for you to be filled, so also the one who is full is diminished; and the one who is diminished is not filled as the one who is diminished is filled, and the one who is full, for his part, brings his sufficiency to completion. Therefore, it is fitting to be diminished while you can still be filled, and to be filled while it is still possible to be diminished, in order that you can fill yourselves the more. Therefore become full of the spirit but be diminished of reason. For reason is of the soul; and it is soul."
And I answered, and said to him: "Lord, we can obey you if you wish. For we have forsaken our forefathers and our mothers and our villages and have followed you. Grant us, therefore, not to be tempted by the wicked Devil."
The Lord answered and said: "What is your merit when you do the will of the Father if it is not given to you by him as a gift, while you are tempted by Satan? But if you are oppressed by Satan and are persecuted and you do the Father's will, I say that he will love you and will make you equal with me and will consider that you have become beloved through his providence according to your free choice. Will you not cease, then, being lovers of the flesh and being afraid of sufferings? Or do you not know that you have not yet been mistreated and have not yet been accused unjustly, nor have you yet been shut up in prison, nor have you yet been condemned lawlessly, nor have you yet been crucified without reason, nor have you yet been buried shamefully, as was I myself, by the evil one? Do you dare to spare the flesh, you for whom the spirit is an encircling wall? If you contemplate the world, how long it is before you and also how long it is after you, you will find that your life is one single day and your sufferings, one single hour. For the good will not enter the world. Scorn death, therefore, and take concern for life. Remember my cross and my death and you will live."
And I answered and said to him: "Lord, do not mention to us the cross and the death, for they are far from you."
The Lord answered and said: "Truly I say to you, none will be saved unless they believe in my cross. But those who have believed in my cross, theirs is the Kingdom of God. Therefore, become seekers for death, just as the dead who seek for life, for that which they seek is revealed to them. And what is there to concern them? When you turn yourselves towards death, it will make known to you election. In truth I say to you, none of those who are afraid of death will be saved. For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who have put themselves to death. Become better than I; make yourselves like the son of the Holy Spirit."
Then I questioned him: "Lord how may we prophesy to those who ask us to prophesy to them? For there are many who ask us and who look to us to hear an oracle from us."
The Lord answered and said: "Do you not know that the head of prophecy was cut off with John?"
And I said: "Lord, it is not possible to remove the head of prophecy, is it?"
The Lord said to me: "When you come to know what 'head' is, and that prophecy issues from the head, then understand what is the meaning of 'Its head was removed'. I first spoke with you in parables, and you did not understand. Now, in turn, I speak with you openly, and you do not perceive. But it is you who were to me a parable in parables and what is apparent in what are open.
"Be zealous to be saved without being urged. Rather, be ready on your own and, if possible, go before me. For thus the Father will love you.
"Become haters of hypocrisy and evil thought. For it is thought which gives birth to hypocrisy, but hypocrisy is far from the truth.
"Let not the Kingdom of Heaven wither away. For it is like a date palm shoot whose fruits poured down around it. It put forth leaves and, when they budded, they caused the productivity of the date palm to dry up. Thus it is also with the fruit which came from this single root; when the fruit was picked, fruits were collected by many harvesters. It would indeed be good if it were possible to produce these new plants now; for then you would find the Kingdom.
"Since I have been glorified in this manner before this time, why do you all restrain me when I am eager to go? You have constrained me to remain with you eighteen more days for the sake of the parables. It sufficed for some persons to pay attention to the teaching and understand 'The Shepherds' and 'The Seed' and 'The Building' and 'The Lamps of the Virgins' and 'The Wage of the Workers' and 'The Double Drachma' and 'The Woman'.
"Become zealous about the Word. For the Word's first condition is faith; the second is love; the third is works. Now from these comes life. For the Word is like a grain of wheat. When someone sowed it, he believed in it; and when it sprouted, he loved it, because he looked forward to many grains in the place of one; and when he worked it, he was saved, because he prepared it for food. Again he left some grains to sow. Thus it is also possible for you all to receive the Kingdom of Heaven: unless you receive it through knowledge, you will not be able to find it.
"Therefore I say to you, be sober. Do not go astray. And many times I have said to you all together - and also to you alone, James, I have said - 'Be saved!' And I have commanded you to follow me, and I have taught you the response in the presence of the rulers. Observe that I have descended, and I have spoken, and I have troubled myself, and I have received my crown, when I saved you. For I have descended to dwell with you in order that you also may dwell with me. And when I found that your houses had no ceilings over them, I dwelt in houses which would be able to receive me when I descended.
"Therefore, obey me, my brothers. Understand what the great light is. The Father does not need me. For a father does not need a son, but it is the son who needs the father. To him I am going, for the Father of the Son is not in need of you.
"Pay attention to the Word. Understand Knowledge. Love Life. And no one will persecute you, nor will any one oppress you, other than you yourselves.
"O you wretched! O you unfortunates! O you dissemblers of the truth! O you falsifiers of knowledge! O you sinners against the spirit! Do you even now dare to listen, when it behooved you to speak from the beginning? Do you even now dare to sleep, when it behooved you to be awake from the beginning, in order that the Kingdom of Heaven might receive you? In truth I say to you, it is easier for a holy one to sink into defilement, and for a man of light to sink into darkness, than for you to reign - or even not to reign!
"I have remembered your tears and your grief and your sorrow. They are far from us. Now, then, you who are outside the inheritance of the Father, weep where it behooves you and grieve and proclaim that which is good, since the Son is ascending appropriately. In truth I say to you, had it been to those who would listen to me that I was sent, and had it been with them that I was to speak, I would have never descended upon the earth. And now, then, be ashamed on account of them.
"Behold, I shall depart from you. I am going and I do not desire to remain with you any longer - just as you yourselves have not desired. Now, then, follow me quickly. Therefore I say to you, for your sake I have descended. You are the beloved; you are those who will become a cause of life for many. Beseech the Father. Implore God often, and he will give to you. Blessed is the one who has seen you with him when he is proclaimed among the angels and glorified among the saints. Yours is life! Rejoice and be glad as children of God. Keep his will in order that you may be saved. Take reproof from me and save yourselves. I intercede on your behalf with the Father, and he will forgive you much."
And when we heard these things, we became elated, for we had been depressed on account of what we had said earlier. Now when he saw our rejoicing, he said: "Woe to you who are in want of an advocate! Woe to you who are in need of grace! Blessed are those who have spoken freely and have produced grace for themselves. Make yourselves like strangers; of what sort are they in the estimation of your city? Why are you troubled when you oust yourselves of your own accord and depart from your city? Why do you abandon your dwelling place of your own accord, readying it for those who desire to dwell in it? O you exiles and fugitives! Woe to you, because you will be caught! Or perhaps you imagine that the Father is a lover of humanity? Or that he is persuaded by prayers? Or that he is gracious to one on behalf of another? Or that he bears with one who seeks? For he knows the desire and also that which the flesh needs. Because it is not the flesh which yearns for the soul. For without the soul the body does not sin, just as the soul is not saved without the Spirit. But if the soul is saved when it is without evil, and if the spirit also is saved, then the body becomes sinless. For it is the spirit which animates the soul, but it is the body which kills it - that is, it is the soul which kills itself. Truly I say to you, the Father will not forgive the sin of the soul at all, nor the guilt of the flesh. For none of those who have worn the flesh will be saved. For do you imagine that many have found the Kingdom of Heaven? Blessed is the one who has seen himself as a fourth one in Heaven."
When we heard these things, we became distressed. Now when he saw that we were distressed, he said: "This is why I say this to you, that you may know yourselves. For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an ear of grain which sprouted in a field. And when it ripened, it scattered its fruit and, in turn, filled the field with ears of grain for another year. You also: be zealous to reap for yourselves an ear of life, in order that you may be filled with the Kingdom.
"As long as I am with you, give heed to me and obey me. But when I am to depart from you, remember me. And remember me because I was with you without your knowing me. Blessed are those who have known me. Woe to those who have heard and have not believed! Blessed are those who have not seen but have had faith!
"And once again I persuade you. For I am revealed to you building a house which is very valuable to you, since you take shelter under it; in the same way it will be able to support the house of your neighbors when theirs is in danger of falling. In truth I say to you, woe to those on behalf of whom I was sent down to this place! Blessed are those who are to ascend to the Father. Again I reprove you. You who are, make yourselves like those who are not, in order that you may come to be with those who are not.
"Let not the Kingdom of Heaven become desolate among you. Do not become arrogant on account of the light which illumines. Rather, become to yourselves in this manner, as I am to you. For I have placed myself under the curse, in order that you may be saved"
And Peter answered to this and said: "Sometimes you urge us on to the Kingdom of Heaven, and other times you turn us away, Lord. Sometimes you persuade us and impel us to faith and promise us life, and other times you expel us from the Kingdom of Heaven."
And the Lord answered and said to us: "I have given you faith many times. Moreover, I have revealed myself to you, James, and you have not known me. Again, now I see you rejoicing many times. And when you are elated over the promise of life, are you nevertheless glum? And are you distressed when you are taught about the Kingdom? But you through faith and knowledge have received life. Therefore, scorn rejection when you hear it, but, when you hear the promise, be the more glad. In truth I say to you, the one who will receive life and believe in the Kingdom will never leave it - not even if the Father desires to banish him!
"These things I shall say to you for the present. But now I shall ascend to the place from which I have come. But you, when I was eager to go, have driven me out, and, instead of your accompanying me, you have pursued me. But give heed to the glory which awaits me, and, having opened your hearts, listen to the hymns which await me up in heaven. For today I am obliged to take (my place) at the right hand of my Father. Now I have said my last word to you. I shall part from you. For a chariot of wind has taken me up, and from now on I shall strip myself in order that I may clothe myself. But give heed: blessed are those who have preached the Son before he descended, in order that, when I have come, I may ascend. Thrice-blessed are thos who were proclaimed by the Son before they came into being, in order that you may have a portion with them."
When he said these things, he went away. And we knelt down, I and Peter, and gave thanks, and sent our hearts up to heaven. We heard with our ears and saw with our eyes the sound of wars and a trumpet call and a great commotion.
And when we passed beyond that place, we sent out minds up further. And we saw with our eyes and heard with our ears hymns and angelic praises and angelic jubilation. And heavenly majesties were hymning, and we ourselves were jubilant.
After this, we also desired to send our spirits above to the Majesty. And when we ascended, we were permitted neither to see nor to hear anything. For the rest of the disciples called to us and questioned us: "What is it that you have heard from the Master?" And, "What has he said to you?" And, "Where has he gone?"
And we answered them: "He has ascended." And, "He has given us a pledge and has promised us all life and disclosed to us children who are to come after us, since he has bid us to love them, inasmuch as we will be saved for their sake."
And when they heard, they believed the revelation, but were angry about those who would be born. Then I, not desiring to entice them to scandal, sent each one to another place. But I myself went up to Jerusalem, praying that I may obtain a portion with the beloved who are to be revealed.
And I pray that the beginning may come from you, for thus I can be saved. Because they will be enlightened through me, through my faith and through another's which is better than mine, for I desire that mine become the lesser. Endeavor earnestly, therefore, to make yourself like them, and pray that you may obtain a portion with them. For apart from what I have recounted, the Savior did not disclose revelation to us. For their sake we proclaim, indeed, a portion with those for whom it was proclaimed, those whom the Lord has made his children.
Since you asked me to send you a secret book which was revealed to me and Peter by the Lord, I could neither refuse you nor speak directly to you, but I have written it in Hebrew letters and have sent it to you - and to you alone. But inasmuch as you are a minister of the salvation of the saints, endeavor earnestly and take care not to recount this book to many - this which the Savior did not desire to recount to all of us, his twelve disciples. But blessed are those who will be saved through faith in this discourse.
Now I sent you ten months ago another secret book with the Savior revealed to me. But that one you are to regard in this manner, as revealed to me, James.
Now the twelve disciples were sitting all together at the same time, and, remembering what the Savior had said to each one of them, whether secretly or openly, they were setting it down in books. And I was writing what was in my book - lo, the Savior appeared, after he had departed from us while we gazed at him. And five hundred and fifty days after he arose from the dead, we said to him: "Have you gone and departed from us?"
And Jesus said: "No, but I shall go to the place from which I have come. If you desire to come with me, come."
They all answered and said: "If you bid us, we'll come."
He said: "Truly I say to you, no one ever will enter the Kingdom of Heaven if I bid him, but rather because you yourselves are full. Let me have James and Peter, in order that I may fill them." And when he called these two, he took them aside, and commanded the rest to busy themselves with that with which they had been busy.
The Savior said; "You have received mercy....
(7 lines missing) Do you not desire, then, to be filled? And is your heart drunk? Do you not desire, then, to be sober? Therefore, be ashamed! And now, waking or sleeping, remember that you have seen the Son of Man, and with him you have spoken, and to him you have listened. Woe to those who have seen the Son of Man! Blessed are those who have not seen the Man, and who have not consorted with him, and who have not spoken with him, and who have not listened to anything from him. Yours is life! Know, therefore, that he healed you when you were ill, in order that you might reign. Woe to those who have rested from their illness, because they will relapse again into illness! Blessed are those who have not been ill, and have known rest before they became ill. Yours is the Kingdom of God! Therefore I say to you, become full and leave no place within you empty, since the Coming One is able to mock you."
Then Peter answered: "Lord, three times you have said to us 'Become full', but we are full."
The Lord answered and said: "Therefore I say unto you, become full, in order that you may not be diminished. Those who are diminished, however, will not be saved. For fullness is good and diminution is bad. Therefore, just as it is good for you to be diminished and, on the other hand, bad for you to be filled, so also the one who is full is diminished; and the one who is diminished is not filled as the one who is diminished is filled, and the one who is full, for his part, brings his sufficiency to completion. Therefore, it is fitting to be diminished while you can still be filled, and to be filled while it is still possible to be diminished, in order that you can fill yourselves the more. Therefore become full of the spirit but be diminished of reason. For reason is of the soul; and it is soul."
And I answered, and said to him: "Lord, we can obey you if you wish. For we have forsaken our forefathers and our mothers and our villages and have followed you. Grant us, therefore, not to be tempted by the wicked Devil."
The Lord answered and said: "What is your merit when you do the will of the Father if it is not given to you by him as a gift, while you are tempted by Satan? But if you are oppressed by Satan and are persecuted and you do the Father's will, I say that he will love you and will make you equal with me and will consider that you have become beloved through his providence according to your free choice. Will you not cease, then, being lovers of the flesh and being afraid of sufferings? Or do you not know that you have not yet been mistreated and have not yet been accused unjustly, nor have you yet been shut up in prison, nor have you yet been condemned lawlessly, nor have you yet been crucified without reason, nor have you yet been buried shamefully, as was I myself, by the evil one? Do you dare to spare the flesh, you for whom the spirit is an encircling wall? If you contemplate the world, how long it is before you and also how long it is after you, you will find that your life is one single day and your sufferings, one single hour. For the good will not enter the world. Scorn death, therefore, and take concern for life. Remember my cross and my death and you will live."
And I answered and said to him: "Lord, do not mention to us the cross and the death, for they are far from you."
The Lord answered and said: "Truly I say to you, none will be saved unless they believe in my cross. But those who have believed in my cross, theirs is the Kingdom of God. Therefore, become seekers for death, just as the dead who seek for life, for that which they seek is revealed to them. And what is there to concern them? When you turn yourselves towards death, it will make known to you election. In truth I say to you, none of those who are afraid of death will be saved. For the Kingdom of God belongs to those who have put themselves to death. Become better than I; make yourselves like the son of the Holy Spirit."
Then I questioned him: "Lord how may we prophesy to those who ask us to prophesy to them? For there are many who ask us and who look to us to hear an oracle from us."
The Lord answered and said: "Do you not know that the head of prophecy was cut off with John?"
And I said: "Lord, it is not possible to remove the head of prophecy, is it?"
The Lord said to me: "When you come to know what 'head' is, and that prophecy issues from the head, then understand what is the meaning of 'Its head was removed'. I first spoke with you in parables, and you did not understand. Now, in turn, I speak with you openly, and you do not perceive. But it is you who were to me a parable in parables and what is apparent in what are open.
"Be zealous to be saved without being urged. Rather, be ready on your own and, if possible, go before me. For thus the Father will love you.
"Become haters of hypocrisy and evil thought. For it is thought which gives birth to hypocrisy, but hypocrisy is far from the truth.
"Let not the Kingdom of Heaven wither away. For it is like a date palm shoot whose fruits poured down around it. It put forth leaves and, when they budded, they caused the productivity of the date palm to dry up. Thus it is also with the fruit which came from this single root; when the fruit was picked, fruits were collected by many harvesters. It would indeed be good if it were possible to produce these new plants now; for then you would find the Kingdom.
"Since I have been glorified in this manner before this time, why do you all restrain me when I am eager to go? You have constrained me to remain with you eighteen more days for the sake of the parables. It sufficed for some persons to pay attention to the teaching and understand 'The Shepherds' and 'The Seed' and 'The Building' and 'The Lamps of the Virgins' and 'The Wage of the Workers' and 'The Double Drachma' and 'The Woman'.
"Become zealous about the Word. For the Word's first condition is faith; the second is love; the third is works. Now from these comes life. For the Word is like a grain of wheat. When someone sowed it, he believed in it; and when it sprouted, he loved it, because he looked forward to many grains in the place of one; and when he worked it, he was saved, because he prepared it for food. Again he left some grains to sow. Thus it is also possible for you all to receive the Kingdom of Heaven: unless you receive it through knowledge, you will not be able to find it.
"Therefore I say to you, be sober. Do not go astray. And many times I have said to you all together - and also to you alone, James, I have said - 'Be saved!' And I have commanded you to follow me, and I have taught you the response in the presence of the rulers. Observe that I have descended, and I have spoken, and I have troubled myself, and I have received my crown, when I saved you. For I have descended to dwell with you in order that you also may dwell with me. And when I found that your houses had no ceilings over them, I dwelt in houses which would be able to receive me when I descended.
"Therefore, obey me, my brothers. Understand what the great light is. The Father does not need me. For a father does not need a son, but it is the son who needs the father. To him I am going, for the Father of the Son is not in need of you.
"Pay attention to the Word. Understand Knowledge. Love Life. And no one will persecute you, nor will any one oppress you, other than you yourselves.
"O you wretched! O you unfortunates! O you dissemblers of the truth! O you falsifiers of knowledge! O you sinners against the spirit! Do you even now dare to listen, when it behooved you to speak from the beginning? Do you even now dare to sleep, when it behooved you to be awake from the beginning, in order that the Kingdom of Heaven might receive you? In truth I say to you, it is easier for a holy one to sink into defilement, and for a man of light to sink into darkness, than for you to reign - or even not to reign!
"I have remembered your tears and your grief and your sorrow. They are far from us. Now, then, you who are outside the inheritance of the Father, weep where it behooves you and grieve and proclaim that which is good, since the Son is ascending appropriately. In truth I say to you, had it been to those who would listen to me that I was sent, and had it been with them that I was to speak, I would have never descended upon the earth. And now, then, be ashamed on account of them.
"Behold, I shall depart from you. I am going and I do not desire to remain with you any longer - just as you yourselves have not desired. Now, then, follow me quickly. Therefore I say to you, for your sake I have descended. You are the beloved; you are those who will become a cause of life for many. Beseech the Father. Implore God often, and he will give to you. Blessed is the one who has seen you with him when he is proclaimed among the angels and glorified among the saints. Yours is life! Rejoice and be glad as children of God. Keep his will in order that you may be saved. Take reproof from me and save yourselves. I intercede on your behalf with the Father, and he will forgive you much."
And when we heard these things, we became elated, for we had been depressed on account of what we had said earlier. Now when he saw our rejoicing, he said: "Woe to you who are in want of an advocate! Woe to you who are in need of grace! Blessed are those who have spoken freely and have produced grace for themselves. Make yourselves like strangers; of what sort are they in the estimation of your city? Why are you troubled when you oust yourselves of your own accord and depart from your city? Why do you abandon your dwelling place of your own accord, readying it for those who desire to dwell in it? O you exiles and fugitives! Woe to you, because you will be caught! Or perhaps you imagine that the Father is a lover of humanity? Or that he is persuaded by prayers? Or that he is gracious to one on behalf of another? Or that he bears with one who seeks? For he knows the desire and also that which the flesh needs. Because it is not the flesh which yearns for the soul. For without the soul the body does not sin, just as the soul is not saved without the Spirit. But if the soul is saved when it is without evil, and if the spirit also is saved, then the body becomes sinless. For it is the spirit which animates the soul, but it is the body which kills it - that is, it is the soul which kills itself. Truly I say to you, the Father will not forgive the sin of the soul at all, nor the guilt of the flesh. For none of those who have worn the flesh will be saved. For do you imagine that many have found the Kingdom of Heaven? Blessed is the one who has seen himself as a fourth one in Heaven."
When we heard these things, we became distressed. Now when he saw that we were distressed, he said: "This is why I say this to you, that you may know yourselves. For the Kingdom of Heaven is like an ear of grain which sprouted in a field. And when it ripened, it scattered its fruit and, in turn, filled the field with ears of grain for another year. You also: be zealous to reap for yourselves an ear of life, in order that you may be filled with the Kingdom.
"As long as I am with you, give heed to me and obey me. But when I am to depart from you, remember me. And remember me because I was with you without your knowing me. Blessed are those who have known me. Woe to those who have heard and have not believed! Blessed are those who have not seen but have had faith!
"And once again I persuade you. For I am revealed to you building a house which is very valuable to you, since you take shelter under it; in the same way it will be able to support the house of your neighbors when theirs is in danger of falling. In truth I say to you, woe to those on behalf of whom I was sent down to this place! Blessed are those who are to ascend to the Father. Again I reprove you. You who are, make yourselves like those who are not, in order that you may come to be with those who are not.
"Let not the Kingdom of Heaven become desolate among you. Do not become arrogant on account of the light which illumines. Rather, become to yourselves in this manner, as I am to you. For I have placed myself under the curse, in order that you may be saved"
And Peter answered to this and said: "Sometimes you urge us on to the Kingdom of Heaven, and other times you turn us away, Lord. Sometimes you persuade us and impel us to faith and promise us life, and other times you expel us from the Kingdom of Heaven."
And the Lord answered and said to us: "I have given you faith many times. Moreover, I have revealed myself to you, James, and you have not known me. Again, now I see you rejoicing many times. And when you are elated over the promise of life, are you nevertheless glum? And are you distressed when you are taught about the Kingdom? But you through faith and knowledge have received life. Therefore, scorn rejection when you hear it, but, when you hear the promise, be the more glad. In truth I say to you, the one who will receive life and believe in the Kingdom will never leave it - not even if the Father desires to banish him!
"These things I shall say to you for the present. But now I shall ascend to the place from which I have come. But you, when I was eager to go, have driven me out, and, instead of your accompanying me, you have pursued me. But give heed to the glory which awaits me, and, having opened your hearts, listen to the hymns which await me up in heaven. For today I am obliged to take (my place) at the right hand of my Father. Now I have said my last word to you. I shall part from you. For a chariot of wind has taken me up, and from now on I shall strip myself in order that I may clothe myself. But give heed: blessed are those who have preached the Son before he descended, in order that, when I have come, I may ascend. Thrice-blessed are thos who were proclaimed by the Son before they came into being, in order that you may have a portion with them."
When he said these things, he went away. And we knelt down, I and Peter, and gave thanks, and sent our hearts up to heaven. We heard with our ears and saw with our eyes the sound of wars and a trumpet call and a great commotion.
And when we passed beyond that place, we sent out minds up further. And we saw with our eyes and heard with our ears hymns and angelic praises and angelic jubilation. And heavenly majesties were hymning, and we ourselves were jubilant.
After this, we also desired to send our spirits above to the Majesty. And when we ascended, we were permitted neither to see nor to hear anything. For the rest of the disciples called to us and questioned us: "What is it that you have heard from the Master?" And, "What has he said to you?" And, "Where has he gone?"
And we answered them: "He has ascended." And, "He has given us a pledge and has promised us all life and disclosed to us children who are to come after us, since he has bid us to love them, inasmuch as we will be saved for their sake."
And when they heard, they believed the revelation, but were angry about those who would be born. Then I, not desiring to entice them to scandal, sent each one to another place. But I myself went up to Jerusalem, praying that I may obtain a portion with the beloved who are to be revealed.
And I pray that the beginning may come from you, for thus I can be saved. Because they will be enlightened through me, through my faith and through another's which is better than mine, for I desire that mine become the lesser. Endeavor earnestly, therefore, to make yourself like them, and pray that you may obtain a portion with them. For apart from what I have recounted, the Savior did not disclose revelation to us. For their sake we proclaim, indeed, a portion with those for whom it was proclaimed, those whom the Lord has made his children.
The Great Commission: But the eleven students went on to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus named, and saw him and bowed before him, though some were hesitant. And Jesus came forward and spoke to them, saying, "All authority [exousia:G1849] in the sky and earth is given to me. So go out and TEACH [matheteuo:G3100] ALL NATIONS [ethnos:G1484], bathing [baptizo:G907] them in the name of the Father, the son, and the holy spirit [pneuma:G4151], and TEACHING them to KEEP EVERYTHING I COMMANDED YOU.
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