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1 I | collection of traditional Sayings (logoi) of Jesus. It is
2 I | canonical Gospels. Many Sayings in Thomas have parallels
3 I | parallels with the New Testament Sayings, especially those found
4 I | narrative connecting the various Sayings. In form, it is simply a
5 I | is simply a list of 114 Sayings, in no particular order.
6 I | primitive versions of the Sayings, or developments of more
7 I | indicates, these are "secret sayings", and are intended to be
8 I | esoteric in nature. The Sayings are not intended to be interpreted
9 I | the deeper meanings of the Sayings can one truly understand
10 I | Gospel of Thomas. Of the 114 Sayings in the complete work, and
11 I | version, which comes between Sayings 32 and 33 of the Coptic
12 I | Testament parallels for all 114 sayings for easier comparison. Note
13 II | P) These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke
14 II, 1 | interpretation of these sayings will not experience death." ~
15 III | consist of the preamble, and sayings 1-6, 26-28, 30-32, ~
16 III, 115| and 655. Generally, the sayings are essentially the same
17 III, 115| P) These are the secret sayings which were spoken by Jesus
18 IV | Canonical Comparisons of Thomas Sayings ~ I have grouped the sayings
19 IV | Sayings ~ I have grouped the sayings in the Gospel of Thomas
20 IV | Thomas into 5 categories. Sayings that are variants of or
21 IV | passages (22 of these), sayings that appear more remotely
22 IV | similar in some way (28), sayings which contain parts parallel
23 IV | unconnected passages (13), sayings parallel to non-canonical
24 IV | Parallels~All the following sayings have no parallels in the
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