Gospels of Thomas and Philip and Truth - Syriac Christian Church

50. Yeshua says: If they say to you: From whence do you come?,
say to them: We have come from the Light, the place where the
Light has originated thru itself— he [stood] and he himself
appeared in their imagery. If they say to you: Who are you?, say:
We are his Sons and we are the chosen of the Living Father. If
they ask you: What is the sign of your Father in you?, say to them:
It is movement with repose. (Isa 28:12 30:15, Lk 16:8, Jn 12:36, Th 27;
Bhagavad-Gita 6.27: ‘When his mind is tranquil, perfect joy comes to the person of
discipline; his passion is calmed, he is without sin, being one with the Infinite Spirit.’)
51. His Disciples say to him: When will the repose of the dead
occur, and when will the New World come? || He says to them:
That which you look for has already come, but you do not
recognize it. (Th 113)
52. His Disciples say to him: Twenty-four prophets° proclaimed in
Israel, and they all spoke within thee. || He says to them: You
have ignored the Living-One who is facing you, and you have
spoken about the dead. (Th 5; quoted by St Augustine, Contra adversarium
legis et prophetarum II.4.14; James Joyce, Ulysses 14.112: ‘You have spoken of the
past and its phantoms.... Why think of them?... I ... am lord and giver of their life.’)
53. His Disciples say to him: Is circumcision beneficial or not? ||
He says to them: If it were beneficial, their father would beget
them circumcised from their mother. But the true spiritual
circumcision has become entirely beneficial. (Dt 10:6!)
54. Yeshua says: Blest are the poor, for the Sovereignty of the
Heavens is yours. (Dt 15:11, Jas 2:5-7, =Lk 6:20; Jack Kerouac, Visions of
Cody: ‘Everything belongs to me because I am poor’; note that the Greek of Mt 5:3,
ΜΑΚΑΡΙΟΙ ΟΙ ΠΤΩΧΟΙ ΤΩ ΠΝΕΥΜΑΤΙ, can be read equally ‘Blest the poor in
spirit’ or ‘Blest in spirit the poor’— of which the latter makes more sense, since the
parallel at Lk 6:20+24 explicitly concerns economic poverty/wealth rather than
spiritual humility/pride)
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