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The Secret Book of John
Samuel Zinner, edited by Mark M. Mattison; Other Gospels · Translated text
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Chapter 1 — Berlin Codex
2. ⟦page 19⟧ It, however, came to pass one day, when John, the brother of James — they being the sons of Zebedee — had gone up to the temple, that a Pharisee named Arimanias came to him and said to him: “Where is your teacher, whom you were following?”
3. He said to him: “He has returned to the place he came from.”
4. The Pharisee said to him:
“With deceit this Nazarene fooled all of you, and he filled your ears [with lies], ⟦page 20⟧ and sealed off [your hearts], turning you away [from] the traditions of your [fathers].”
5. When I heard these sayings, I turned away from the temple toward the mountain, a desert place, and I lamented much in myself, asking:
6. “How then was the savior appointed, and why was he dispatched to the world by his Father, who dispatched him, and who is his Father, and to what kind of aeon is it to which we will go?
7. He said to us: ‘This aeon is of the kind that is an indestructible aeon.’
8. He, however, did not inform us about what kind the latter is.”