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Saying 7: The Lion and the Human

Saying 7: The Lion and the Human Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion that's eaten by a human and then becomes human, but how awful for the human who's eaten by a lion, and the lion becomes human."

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Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English
Available body coverage · eng
115 chapter/reading unit(s) · 115 nonempty passage record(s).
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Gospel of Thomas — Mark M. Mattison, author-dedicated English

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

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.

Available body coverage · eng

115 chapter/reading unit(s) · 115 nonempty passage record(s).

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SAYING-1 · 1 passage record(s)
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Body coverage is separate from textual verification. Counts do not establish complete chapters or textual completeness.

Classification: Early Christian literature
Edition type: Translation
Original language (catalog): Ancient source language(s)
Reading language: eng
Recorded publication basis: Public domain (recorded basis)
Governed review state: Unreviewed

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

Provenance: 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.

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