New Testament, apocryphon, gospel of Thomas 24 (?), 36-39 Digital Corpus of Literary Papyri 62839 62839 4029 62839 p.oxy;4;655

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Cambridge (MA), Harvard University Library (Houghton Library) MS Gr SM4367 papyrus

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Fundort: Oxyrhynchos (Oxyrhynchites, Egypt); Schreibort: Egypt 200 - 299

Oxyrhynchites Egypt Oxyrhynchos

Egypt

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christian literature prose bible apocryphon English Greek Finalized - Ready. Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Fine Submit - updated inv.no. in collection data Commit - updated inv.no. in collection data Finalized - Ready. Finalized - Ready. Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Fine. Will check the necessary points. Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Fine. Will check the necessary points. Submit - Entering text and new Metadata for P.Oxy. IV 655. Please check lines 5 and 7 of the second column, since I have not looked on Bernhard's edition and I am not sure whether the way I edited is correct. Also, in column two the commentary does not show line separation, although I have divided them with pipes, and graves appear strangely on preview. Submit - Entering text and new Metadata for P.Oxy. IV 655. Please check lines 5 and 7 of the second column, since I have not looked on Bernhard's edition and I am not sure whether the way I edited is correct. Also, in column two the commentary does not show line separation, although I have divided them with pipes, and graves appear strangely on preview. Finalized - Ready. Vote - Accept-Straight-to-Finalization - Fine Submit - Added image link Crosswalked to EpiDoc XML P.Oxy. 4 6551904; van Haelst, Catalogue des papyrus littéraires juifs et chrétiens 595 descr.1976; Aland, Repertorium I. Apokryphen 101976; Bernhard, Other early Christian gospels (Library of New Testament studies 315) p. 32 & 42-482006; Wayment, The text of the New Testament apocrypha (100-400 CE) p. 171-177 [logia 36-39]2013; Blumell / Wayment, Christian Oxyrynchus 652015
Column i λέγει Ἰησοῦς· μὴ μεριμνᾶ τε ἀπὸ πρωὶ ἕως ὀψὲ, μήτε ἀφ’ ἑσπέρας ἕως πρωὶ, μήτε τῇ τροφῇ ὑμῶν τί φά γητε, μήτε τῇ στο λῇ ὑμῶν τί ἐνδύ σησθε. πολλῷ κρεισ σονές ἐστε τῶν κρί νων ἅτινα οὐ ξαί νειἀυξά10.-νει οὐδὲ νήθει. μηδ ὲν ἔχονταἔχοντες ἔνδυ μα. τί ἐνδεῖτεἐνδύεσθε καὶ ὑμεῖς; τίς ἂν προσθείη ἐπὶ τὴν ἡλικίανεἰλικίαν ὑμῶν; αὐτὸς δώσει ὑμῖνὑμεῖν τὸ ἔνδυμα ὑ μῶν. λέγουσιν αὐ τῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ· πότε ἡμῖνὑμεῖν ἐμφα νὴς ἔσει, καὶ πότε σε ὀψόμεθα; λέγει· ὅταν ἐκδύσησθε καί μὴ αἰσχυνθῆτε.
Column ii θ λέγει Ἰησοῦς· πολλάκις οὖν ἐπεθυμεῖτε τούτους τοὺς λό γουςλόγυ μου ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ἔχετε οὐδε νὸς7.-νρ ἄλλου ἀκοῦσαι καὶ ἐλεύσονται ἡμέραι ὅτε ζητή σετέ με καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρήσετέ με. λέγει Ἰησοῦς· οἱ Φαρισαῖοι καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς ἔλαβονἀπέλαβον τὰς κλεῖδαςτὴν κλεῖδα τῆς γνώσεως καὶ ἔ κρυψανκαὶ ἀπέκρυψανκαὶ κρύψαντεςαὐτοὶ ἔκρυψαν αὐτάς·ὄυτε εἰσῆλθον ὄυτε τοὺς εἰσερχομένους ἀφῆ καν εἰσελθεῖν. ὑμεῖς δὲ γίνεσθεγείνεσθε φρόνι μοι ὡς ὄφειςοἱ ὄφεις καὶ ἀ κέραιοι ὡς περιστε ραίαἱ περιστεραί
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Lines 2-11 were supplemented by Hofius as follows: [ἐπεθυμήσα τε τούτους τοὺς] λό[γους μου ἀκοῦσαι] ο[ὕς λαλῶ πρὸς ὑμὰς καὶ ἕ]τε[ρον ὅστις ἂν λέ]γῃ [ὑμεῖν ὥστε ἀ]κο[ῦσαι ἀπ'αὐτοῦ οὐδέ]ν[α οὐ μὴ ἔχετε] κα[ὶ ἐλεύσονται] ἡμ[έραι ὅτε ζητή] σε[τέ με καὶ οὐχ] [εὑρήσετε]

Line 2-4 were supplemented by Fitzmyer as follows: π] ο[λλάκις ἐπιθυμήσα] τα[ι ἀκοῦσαι τοὺς λό] γ[ους οὓς ὑμῖν λέγω] κα[ὶ οὐκ ἔχετε τὸ] ν [ἐροῦντα ὑμῖν] κα[ὶ ἐλεύσονται] ἡμ[έραι ὅτε ζητή] σε[τέ με καὶ οὐχ εὑρήσετέ με]

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Thomas Evangelium
P. Oxy. 4 655 C. Wessely, Les plus anciens monuments du christianisme, Patr. Orient. IV.2, no.16 (1946), pl.II.6 A. L.M. Hurtado, The earliest christian artifacts (2006), pl. 9 Bernhard, Other early christian gospels, pl.4-5