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Oxyrhynchus papyrus fragments of the gospel of Thomas.

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 654.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1.
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655.

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 654.

1. ¹ Ο{ὗ}τοι οἱ {οἱ} λόγοι οἱ [ἀπόκρυφοι οὓς ἐλά-]
2. λησεν Ἰη{σοῦ}ς ὁ ζῶν κ[αὶ ἔγραψεν Ἰούδας ὁ]
3. καὶ Θωμᾶ{ς}. καὶ εἶπεν· [Ὃς ἂν τὴν ἑρμηνεί-]
4. αν τῶν λόγων τούτ[ων εὑρίσκῃ θανάτου]
5. οὐ μὴ γεύσηται. ² [Λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς·]
6. Μὴ παυσάσθω ὁ ζη[τῶν τοῦ ζητεῖν ἕως ἂ]
7. εὕρη, καὶ ὅταν εὕρ[ῃ θαμβηθήσεται καὶ θαμ-]
8. βηθεὶς βασιλεύσ{ει} κα[ὶ βασιλεύσας ἀναπα-]
9. ήσεται. ³ Λέγει Ἰ[η{σοῦ}ς· Ἐὰν]
10. οἱ ἕλκοντες {ὑ}μᾶς [εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν· Ἰδοὺ]
11. ἡ βασιλεία ἐν οὐρα[νῷ, ὑμᾶς φθήσεται]
12. τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρ[ανοῦ. ἐὰν δ᾿ εἴπωσιν ὅ-]
13. τι ὑπὸ τὴν γήν ἐστ[ιν, εἰσελεύσονται]
14. οἱ ἰχθύες τῆς θαλά[σσης προφθάσαν-]
15. τες ὑμᾶς· καὶ ἡ βασ[ιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ]
16. ἐντὸς ὑμῶν [ἐ]σ̣τι [κἀκτός· ὃς ἂν ἑαυτὸν]
17. γνῷ, ταύτην εὑρή[σει, καὶ ὅτε ὑμεῖς]
18. ἑαυτοὺς γνώσεσθ{ε} [εἴσεσθε ὅτι υἱοί]
19. ἐστε τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ [ζῶντος· εἰ δὲ μὴ]
20. γνώσ{εσ}θε ἑαυτοὺς, ἐν [τῇ πτωχείᾳ ἐστὲ,]
21. καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐστε ἡ πτω[χεία. ⁴ Λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς·]
22. Οὐκ ἀποκνήσει ἄνθ[ρωπος παλαιὸς ἡμε-]
23. ρῶν ἐπερωτῆσ{αι} πα[ιδίον ἑπτὰ ἡμε-]
24. ρῶν περὶ τοῦ τόπου τῆ[ς ζωῆς, και ζή-]
25. σετ{αι}· πολλοὶ ἔσονται π̣[ρῶτοι ἔσχατοι, καὶ]
26. οἱ ἔσχατοι πρῶτοι, καὶ [εἰς ἓν καταντήσου-]
27. σιν. ⁵ Λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς· [Γνῶθι τὸ ὃν ἔμπροσ-]
28. θεν τῆς ὄψεώς σου, καὶ [τὸ κεκαλυμμένον]
29. ἀπό σου ἀποκαλυφ{θ}ήσετ[αί σοι· οὐ γάρ ἐσ-]
30. τιν κρυπτὸν ὃ οὐ φαν[ερὸν γενήσεται,]
31. καὶ {τ}εθαμμένον ὃ ο[ὐκ ἐγερθήσεται.]
32. [⁶ Ἐξ]ετάζουσιν αὐτὸν οἱ [μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ]
33. [λέ]γουσιν· Πῶς νηστεύ[σομεν, καὶ πῶς προσ-]
34. [ευξόμ]εθα, καὶ πῶς [ἐλεημοσύνην ποιήσο-]
35. [μεν, κα]ὶ τί παρατηρήσ[ομεν περὶ τῶν βρω-]
36. [μάτω]ν̣; λέγει Ἰη{σοῦ}ς· [Μὴ ψεύδεσθε καὶ ὃ-]
37. [τι μισ]εῖτ{ε} μὴ ποιεῖτ̣[ε, ὅτι πάντα ἐνώπ-]
38. [ιον τ]ῆς ἀληθ[ε]ίας ἀν[αφαίνεται· οὐδὲν]
39. [γάρ ἐστι]ν ἀ[π]οκεκρ̣[υμμένον ὃ οὐ φανερὸν]
40. [ἔσται. ⁷ Μα]κ̣άρι[ός] ἐστιν [...]
41. [...]ν̣ ἔστ[...]
42. [...] ὃ̣ν[....]

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1.

Verso.

1. ²⁶ ...καὶ τότε διαβλέψεις
2. ἐκβαλεῖν τὸ κάρφος
3. τὸ ἐν τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ
4. τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου. ²⁷ Λέγει
5. Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Ἐὰν μὴ νηστεύση-
6. τ{ε} τὸν κόσμον οὐ μὴ
7. εὕρητ{ε} τὴν βασιλεί-
8. αν τοῦ θ{εο}ῦ· καὶ ἐὰν μὴ
9. σαββατίσητε τὸ σάβ-
10. βατον οὐκ ὄψεσθε τὸ{ν}
11. π{ατέ}ρα. ²⁸ Λέγει Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Ἔ[σ]την
12. ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ κόσμου
13. καὶ ἐν σαρκ{{ε}}ὶ ὤφθην
14. αὐτοῖς· καὶ εὗρον πάν-
15. τας μεθύοντας καὶ
16. οὐδένα εὗρον δ{ε}ιψῶ[ν-]
17. τα ἐν αὐτοῖς· καὶ πο-
18. νεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου ἐπὶ
19. τοῖς ϋἱοῖς τῶν ἀν{θρώπ}ων
20. ὅτι τυφλοί εἰσιν τῇ καρ-
21. δίᾳ αὐτῶ[ν καὶ οὐ] βλ̣έπ̣-
22. [ουσιν....]

Recto.

23. [²⁹ ...κε]ῖ̣ [ταύτ]η̣ν̣ [τ]ὴν πτωχία{ν}.
24. [³⁰ Λέγ]ει [Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Ὅπ]ου ἐὰν ὦσιν
25. [τρ]ε̣[ῖς] ε[ἰσὶ]ν̣ ἄ̣θεοι, καὶ
26. [ὅ]που ε[ἷς] ἐστιν μόνος,
27. [λέ]γω, ἐγώ εἰμι μετ᾿ αὐ-
28. τ[οῦ]· ^77b Ἔγει[ρ]ον τὸν λίθο{ν}
29. κἀκεῖ εὑρήσεις με·
30. σχίσον τὸ ξύλον κἀγὼ
31. ἐκεῖ εἰμι. ³¹ Λέγει Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Οὐ-
32. κ ἔστιν δεκτὸς προ-
33. φήτης ἐν τῇ π{ατ}ρίδι αὐ-
34. τ[ο]ῦ, οὐδὲ ἰατρὸς ποιεῖ
35. θεραπείας εἰς τοὺς
36. γ{ε}ινώσκοντας αὐτό{ν}.
37. ³² Λέγει Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Πόλις {ᾠ}κοδο-
38. μημένη ἐπ᾿ ἄκρον
39. [ὄ]ρους ὑψηλοῦ{ς} καὶ ἐσ-
40. τηριγμένη οὔτε πε-
41. [σ]εῖν δύναται οὔτε κρυ-
42. [β]ῆναι. ³³ Λέγει Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· {Ὃ} ἀκούεις
43. [ε]ἰς [τὸ ἓν ὠ]τίον σου [....]

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 655.

Column 1.

1. [³⁶ ...ἀπ]ὸ πρωὶ ἕ[ως ὀψὲ,]
2. [μήτ]ε ἀ[φ᾿] ἑσπ[έρας]
3. [ἕως π]ρωὶ, μήτε [τῇ]
4. [τροφῇ ὑμῶ]ν τί φά-
5. [γητε, μήτε] τῇ στ[ο-]
6. [λῇ ὑμῶν τ]ί ἐνδύ-
7. [ση]σ̣θ̣ε̣. [πολ]λῷ κρε̣ί̣[σ-]
8. [σον]έ̣ς̣ ἐ[στε] τῶν [κρί-]
9. νων ἅτι[να ο]ὐ ξα̣[ί-]
10. νει οὐ[δ]ὲ ν̣[ήθ]ει. [μηδ-]
11. ὲν ἔχοντ[ες ἔ]ν̣[δυ-]
12. μα τί ἐν[δύεσθε] καὶ
13. ὑμεῖς; τίς ἂν προσθ{εί}η
14. ἐπὶ τὴν {ἡ}λικίαν
15. ὑμῶν; αὐτὸ[ς δ]ώσει
16. ὑμ{ε}ῖν τὸ ἔνδυμα ὑ-
17. μῶν. ³⁷ Λέγουσιν αὐ-
18. τῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ·
19. Πότε ἡμ{ε}ῖν ἐμφα-
20. νὴς ἔσει, καὶ πότε
21. σε ὀψόμεθα; λέγει·
22. Ὅταν ἐκδύσησθε κα[ὶ]
23. μὴ αἰσχύνθητε.

Column 2.

1. ³⁸ ...θ[...]
2. λέ[γει ...]
3. ο[...]
4. τ[...]
5. γ[...]
6. κα[ὶ ...]
7. ν[...]
8. κα[ὶ ...]
9. ἡμ[έραι ...]
10. σε[...]
11. [... ³⁹ Λέγει]
12. [Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Οἱ Φαρισαῖοι]
13. [καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς]
14. ἔλ[αβον τὰς κλεῖδας]
15. τῆς [γνώσεως· αὐτοὶ ἔ....]
16. [... ^{39 redux} Λέγει]
17. [Ἰ{ησοῦ}ς· Οἱ Φαρισαῖοι]
18. [καὶ οἱ γραμματεῖς]
19. ἔλ[αβον τὰς κλεῖδας]
20. τῆς [γνώσεως· αὐτοὶ ἔ-]
21. μοι ὡ[ς ὄφεις καὶ ἀ-]
22. κέραι[οι ὡς περιστε-]
23. ρ̣α̣[ί.]

Clement of Alexandria on the baptism of the apostles.

From John Moschus, Spiritual Meadow 5.176 (volume 3 of Otto Stählin, 196.21, fragment 6 of the Hypotyposeis):

Ναὶ, ἀληθῶς ἐβαπτίσθησαν, καθὼς Κλήμης ὁ Στρωματεὺς ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τόμῳ τῶν ὑποτυπώσεων μήμνηται. φησὶ γάρ, τὸ ἀποστολικὸν ῥητὸν ἐξηγούμενος τὸ λέγον· Εὐχαριστῶ, ὅτι οὐδένα ὑμῶν ἐβάπτισα· ὁ Χριστὸς λέγεται Πέτρον μόνον βεβαπτικέναι, Πέτρος δὲ ̓Ανδρέαν, ̓Ανδρέας ̓Ιάκωβον καὶ ̓Ιωάννην, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ τοὺς λοιπούς.

Yes, they were truly baptized, just as Clement the stromatist in the fifth volume of the Hypotyposeis mentions. For he says, explaining the apostolic statement that says: I give thanks that I have baptized none of you, that Christ is said to have baptized Peter only, but Peter [in turn] Andrew, Andrew [in turn] James and John, and they the rest.

(Refer to Ernst Kantorowicz, The Baptism of the Apostles, Dumbarton Oaks Papers 9/10 (1955/1956), pages 203-251, and to H. A. Echle, The Baptism of the Apostles: A Fragment of Clement of Alexandria's Lost Work Hypotyposeis in the Pratum Spirituale of John Moschus, TR 3 (1945), pages 365-368.)

Cedrenus and the Testimonium Flavianum.

Georgius Cedrenus, Compendium of History (TLG 344.16-345.13; thanks to S. C. Carlson for the Greek of this passage in an IIDB post):

Φησὶ δὲ Εὐσέβιος ὅτι τῷ ιεʹ ἔτει Τιβερίου βαπτίζεται ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν ᾿Ιησοῦς Χριστός, συνῳδὰ τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, καὶ ἐν τῷ ιηʹ τὸ σωτήριον ὑπέστη πάθος, ἐν ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου ͵εφλθʹ. γράφει δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιώσηπος περὶ μὲν ᾿Ιωάννου τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ ταῦτα· Τισὶ τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων ἐδόκει διολωλέναι τὸν ῾Ηρώδου στρατὸν ὑπὸ θεοῦ καὶ μάλα δικαίαν τιννυμένου δίκην διὰ ποινὴν ᾿Ιωάννου τοῦ καλουμένου βαπτιστοῦ. τοῦτον γὰρ ῾Ηρώδης κτείνει ἀγαθὸν ἄνδρα καὶ τοῖς ᾿Ιουδαίοις κελεύοντα ἀρετὴν ἐπασκεῖν καὶ τὰ πρὸς ἀλλήλους δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ τὰ πρὸς θεὸν εὐσεβείᾳ χρῆσθαι καὶ συνιέναι βαπτισμόν. περὶ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ πάλιν ὁ αὐτός φησιν ὅτι κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ᾿Ιησοῦς ὁ σοφὸς ἀνὴρ ἦν, εἴγε ἄνδρα λέγειν αὐτὸν ἐχρῆν, ἦν γὰρ παραδόξων ἔργων ποιητὴς καὶ διδάσκαλος ἀνθρώπων τῶν ἐν ἡδονῇ τἀληθῆ δεχομένων· πολλοὺς γὰρ καὶ ἀπὸ ῾Ελλήνων ηγάγετο Χριστός. ὃν Πιλάτου σταυρώσαντος οὐκ ἐπαύσαντο κηρύσσοντες περὶ αὐτοῦ οἱ τὸ πρῶτον αὐτὸν ἀγαπήσαντες μαθηταί, ἐφάνη γὰρ αὐτοῖς τρίτην ἡμέραν ἔχων πάλιν ζῶν, τῶν θείων προφητῶν ταῦτά τε καὶ ἄλλα μαρτυρησάντων περὶ αὐτοῦ θαυμάσια καὶ εἰρηκότων. οὗτος ὁ Τιβέριος ἀκούσας τὰ περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ θαύματα ηβουλήθη διὰ βασιλικοῦ τύπου ἀναγορεῦσαι αὐτὸν θεόν, ἀλλ ἀντεπράχθη τούτῳ παρὰ τῆς συγκλήτου, καθὼς οὖν Εὐσέβιος λέγει.

And Eusebius says that in the fifteenth year of Tiberius our Lord Jesus Christ is baptized, in harmony with the gospel, and in the eighteenth year the salvific passion took place, in year 5539 of the world. And Josephus also writes these things concerning John the baptist as follows: It seemed to some of the Jews that the destruction of the army of Herod was from God, and that he was penalized most justly on account of his punishment of John, called the baptist. For Herod killed this good man who also commanded the Jews to exercise virtue and to employ justice toward one another and devotion toward God, and to come to baptism. But concerning Christ, again the same [author] says that at about this time there was Jesus, the wise man, if it be permitted to call him a man, for he was a doer of paradoxical works and a teacher of men who receive the truth with pleasure; for Christ led over many even from the gentiles. When Pilate had crucified him, the disciples who had first loved him did not stop preaching concerning him, for he appeared to them the third day living again, the divine prophets having testified and spoken both these things and other wonders concerning him. This Tiberius heard the wonders concerning Christ and wished through his royal seal to proclaim him god, but he was resisted in this by the senate, just as Eusebius therefore says.

The epistle to the Laodiceans.

According to codex Fuldensis (century VI) in the edition by Ernst Ranke:

Fin.