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Gospel of Thomas

Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English

Unverified edition · SAYING-16

Reading language: eng · Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)

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Saying 16: Not Peace, but War

Saying 16: Not Peace, but War Jesus said, "Maybe people think that I've come to cast peace on the world, and they don't know that I've come to cast divisions on the earth: fire, sword, and war. Where there are five in a house, there'll be three against two and two against three, father against and son and son against father. They'll stand up and be one."

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Recorded completeness: Nag Hammadi CodexII,2; complete supplied114sayings and prologue. Modern MarkM.Mattison English translation, not historical printing or original Coptic witness. Source translation text, modern section/saying headings, prologue/colophon, manuscript gaps, author editorial corrections and insertion sigla preserved unchanged. Author advertising, unrelated site material and separate Notes on Translation are excluded. No missing manuscript text is invented.. Available reading sections are listed below.

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