“Twenty-Four Prophets Spoke in Israel”
His [Jesus’—Ed.] 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.”
Translated by Thomas O. Lambdin.
Notes
Words in brackets appear in the original translation unless otherwise noted.
Credits
Gospel of Thomas 52, trans. Thomas O. Lambdin, from The Other Gospels: Non-Canonical Gospel Texts, ed. Ron Cameron (Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox, 1982), p. 31.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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