Frasi di Tommaso apostolo

“Signore, non sappiamo dove vai e come possiamo conoscere la via?”

da Vangelo di Giovanni
Vangelo secondo Giovanni

“Andiamo anche noi a morire con lui!”

da Vangelo di Giovanni
Vangelo secondo Giovanni

da Vangelo di Giovanni
Vangelo secondo Giovanni

“Mio Signore e mio Dio!”

“Unless ye fast from the world, ye shall not find the Sovereignty; unless ye keep the entire week as Sabbath, ye shall not behold the Father.”

da Vangelo di Giovanni
Vangelo secondo Giovanni

Tommaso apostolo: Frasi in inglese

“Rather, the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)
Contesto: If those who lead you say, 'See, the Kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the Kingdom is inside of you, and it is outside of you. When you come to know yourselves, then you will become known, and you will realize that it is you who are the sons of the living Father. But if you will not know yourselves, you dwell in poverty and it is you who are that poverty.

“It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Why do you wash the outside of the chalice? Do you not comprehend that He who creates the inside, is also He who creates the outside?”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)
Contesto: His disciples said to Him, "When will the Kingdom come?"
Jesus said, "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'Here it is' or 'There it is.' Rather, the Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it."

“Within a person of light there is light, and he illumines the entire world. When he does not shine, there is darkness.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Whoever has recognized the world has found the body; yet whoever has found the body, of him the world is not worthy.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“The Disciples say to Yeshua: Tell us how our end shall be. Yeshua says: Have you then discovered the origin, so that you inquire about the end? For at the place where the origin is, there shall be the end. Blest is he who shall stand at the origin”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Woe to the flesh which depends upon the soul, woe to the soul which depends upon the flesh!”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Whoever has found the world and become enriched, let him renounce the world.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Thou art like a philosopher of the heart.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Behold the Living-One while you are alive, lest you die and seek to perceive him and be unable to see.”

13, Matthew’s words to Yeshua
Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“The person old in days will not hesitate to ask a little child of seven days concerning the place of life.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“He who knows the All but fails to know himself lacks everything.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“I have cast fire upon the world — and behold, I guard it until it is ablaze.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“The Sovereignty of the Father is like a woman who is carrying a jar full of grain. While she was walking on a distant road, the handle of the jar broke, the grain streamed out behind her onto the road. She did not observe it, she had noticed no accident. When she arrived in her house, she set the jar down—she found it empty.”

10; as quoted in Studies in the Gospel of Thomas (1960) by Robert McLachlan Wilson http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas/gospelthomas10.html <br class="br">Variant translations: <br class="br">I have cast fire upon the world, and see, I am watching over it until it blazes. <br class="br">As translated by Bentley Layton <br class="br">Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“You read the face of the sky and of the earth, but you have not recognized the one who is before you, and you do not know how to read this moment.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

“Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered.”

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Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)