![]() ![]() Unfathomable, since there is nothing before it to fathom it, Illimitable, since there is nothing before it to limit it, Rather, it is always absolutely complete in light. It has never lacked anything in order to be completed by it. It is eternal, since it does not need anything. It does not exist within anything inferior to it, since everything exists within it alone. For it is greater than a god, because it has nothing over it and no lord above it. We should not think of it as a god or like a god. It is god and father of all, the invisible one that is over all, that is incorruptible, that is pure light at which no eye can gaze. I asked if I might understand this, and it said to me, The One is a sovereign that has nothing over it. ![]() So now, lift up your head that you may understand the things I shall tell you today, and that you may relate them to your spiritual friends, who are from the unshakable race of perfect humankind. Now I have come to teach you what is, what was, and what is to come, that you may understand what is invisible and what is visible and to teach you about the unshakable race of perfect humankind. I am the incorruptible and the undefiled one. I am the father, I am the mother, I am the child. The figure said to me, John, John, why are you doubting? Why are you afraid? Are you not familiar with this figure? Then do not be fainthearted. These forms appeared through each other, and the figure had three forms. Rather, there was a figure with several forms within the light. Not that there were several figures before me. Again it changed its appearance to be a youth. As I was staring, it seemed to be an elderly person. I was afraid, and look, I saw within the light a child standing by me. This eternal realm to which you will go is modeledīut he did not teach us what kind of realm that one is?Īt the moment I was thinking about this, look, the heavens opened, all creation under heaven lit up, and the world shook. To what kind of eternal realm shall we go? Why was he sent into the world by his father? When I, John, heard this, I turned away from the temple and went to a mountainous and barren place. The Pharisee said to me, This Nazarene has deceived you badly, filled your ears with lies, closed your minds, and turned you from the traditions of your parents. I said to him, He has returned to the place from which he came. One day when John the brother of James, the sons of Zebedee, went up to the temple, it happened that a Pharisee named Arimanios came up to him and said to him, Where is your teacher, whom you followed? The teaching of the savior, and the revelation of the mysteries and the things hidden in silence, things he taught his student John. Visit the Apocryphon of John Collection for more information. Separate translations of the short and long version,Īlong with extensive additional resources, are available in theĪpocryphon of John Collection of the Gnostic Produce a single text, as explained in the note above. Manuscripts of this text: two shorter version found in theīerlin Codex and Nag Hammadi Codex III, and two longer version, found in Secret Revelation of John, depending upon how the word Referenced by two other names: The Secret Book of John and The Readings have been confirmed whenever possible by consulting the four Coptic texts of The Secret Book of John. A number of minor restorations have been incorporated into the translation, especially at the beginning of the text. The text of Nag Hammadi Codex IV, 1, which also represents the long version, has been consulted, as have the texts representing the short version, Nag Hammadi Codex III, 1, and Berlin Gnostic Codex 8502, 2. Meyer notes that this translation of the The Secret Book of John is based largely on the Coptic text of Nag Hammadi Codex II, 1, Coptic manuscript pages 1,1 to 32,9. Sectional headings in bold type have been added to the text for clarity by the translator.ĭr. ![]() It is reproduced in The Gnostic Bible, © 2003, Willis Barnstone & Marvin Meyer. This original translation by Marvin Meyer of The Secret Book of John is presented in the Gnostic Society Library by permission and under license from the copyright holder. The Nag Hammadi Library The Secret Book of John (The Apocryphon of John - The Secret Revelation of John) Institute for Antiquity and Christianity, Claremont Graduate University)Ī complete selection of translations and books about The Nag Hammadi Library. (Above image of the Gospel of Thomas courtesy of the ![]() The Apocryphon of John - Marvin Meyer - The Nag Hammadi Library ![]()
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