Sri Shantananda Saraswati
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The Gospel of Thomas (also known as the Coptic Gospel of Thomas) is extra to the canonical gospels in the New Testament of the bible. It was discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945 among a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library. Scholars speculate that the works were buried and hidden after the declaration of a strict canon of Christian scripture, where any works that were not selected for inclusion in the new testament were ordered to be destroyed. Scholars have proposed dates of composition as early as 60 AD and as late as 250 AD as a collection of sayings of Jesus.
Our Commentary on Verse 052 of Thomas Gospel.
These are the secret sayings which the living Jesus spoke and which Didymos Judas Thomas wrote down.
Gospel of Thomas Saying 52 - The twenty-four prophets of Israel.
His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke in you.”
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."
His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke in you.”
The disciples seemed overly impressed that the ancestors had correctly prophesised the coming of Jesus.
He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."
The disciples marvelled at the miracle of the ancient prophets ‘seeing’ the coming of Jesus, while the very embodiment of the miracle itself, Jesus in the living flesh, stood before them.
Jesus, referring to the disciple’s lack of recognition of their own present state of grace as chosen witnesses of such divine events was indicating they had more to learn.
All verses of the Thomas Gospel.
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