Gospel of Thomas Saying 59
BLATZ
(59) Jesus said: Look upon the Living One so long as you live, that you may not die and seek to see him, and be unable to see him.
LAYTON
(59) Jesus said, “Consider the one who is alive while you (plur.) are alive, lest you die and then seek to behold that one - and you will not be able to behold.”
DORESSE
64 [59]. Jesus says: “Seek to see Him who is living, while you are living; rather than to die and to seek to see Him <only> when you can no longer see Him!”
Scholarly Quotes |
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Funk and Hoover write: “The ‘living one’ in this saying can refer only to Jesus himself (compare Thom 52:2 and the prologue). Here Jesus speaks of himself as the revealer who has the power to save from death those who seek him (Thomas 49-50 reflect this same notion). This language is that of Thomean Christianity, not Jesus.” (The Five Gospels, p. 506) Gerd Ludemann writes: “The key word ‘living’ links the present logion with the previous one (’found life’). Jesus is speaking of himself as the living one (cf. Prologue; 52.2) and emphasizing the either-or between (spiritual) life and (spiritual) death.” (Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 619) |
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