Theodor Schnell
1899
(photograph by Andreas Praefcke)
A list sayings from the Gospel of Thomas that correspond to quotes attributed to Jesus in the canonical Gospels
When commenting on the Gospel according to Thomas writers will say some are the same as found in the canonical gospels, some pretty much word for word, others modified. I used ChatGPT to come up with a list. I eliminated some as too farfetched for my tastes and ended up with 22.
Immediately I found myself confronted with some very interesting things.
One small example, there’s a single saying found in all three of the synoptics, John, and Thomas. It’s the line about a prophet not being recognized as such in their hometown. I suspect whole sermons could be preached out of that.
I save it here for my own future reflections, but I thought it might be of interest to someone else, as well. So, here you go…
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Thomas 2
Matthew 7:7-8
Luke 11:9-10
Thomas 3:
Luke 17:21: “The kingdom of God is within you.” (Also translated at the kingdom of God is among you.”
Thomas 6:
Possible to see the Golden Rule in logia 6. In the canonical Gospels the Golden Rule appears twice.
Luke 6:31
Matthew 7:1-2 & Matthew 7:12
Thomas 9:
Matthew 13:3-9
Mark 4:3-9
Luke 8:5-8
Thomas 16:
Matthew 10:34-36
Luke 12:49-53
Thomas 20:
Matthew 13:31-32
Mark 4:30-32
Luke 13:18-19
Thomas 22:
Matthew 19:14
Mark 10:14
Luke 18:16
Thomas 26:
Matthew 7:3-4
Thomas 31:
Matthew 13:57
Mark 6:4
Luke 4:24
John 4:44
Thomas 32:
Matthew 5:14
Thomas 33:
Matthew 5:14-16
Mark 4:21-23
Luke 8:16 & 11:33
Thomas 36:
Matthew 6:25-34
Luke 12:22-31
Thomas 41:
Matthew 13:12 & 25:29
Mark 4:25
Luke 8:18 (a fascinating turn of the quote inwards) 19:26
Thomas 46:
Matthew 11:11
(Also Luke 7:28 alludes to John to a different point)
Thomas 55:
Luke 14:26
Thomas 63:
Luke 12:16-21
Thomas 64:
Matthew 22:1-14
Luke 14:15-24
Thomas 65:
Matthew 21:33-46
Mark 12:1-12
Luke 20:9-19
Thomas 72:
Matthew 26:61
Thomas 79: Luke 11:27-28
Thomas 96:
Matthew 13:33
Luke 13:20-21
Thomas 101:
Matthew 10:37
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