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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 — Codex III
2. ⟦page 1⟧ [...] of those days, [...] John, the brother [of James] [...] the sons of [Zebedee] — had [gone up] to the temple, [that] a Pharisee [named] Arimanias came [...].
4. “[...] fooled all of you. [...] your [...] he sealed off [your hearts], turning you away from the traditions of your fathers,”
5. and [when] I heard these sayings, I turned away from the temple toward a mountain [...] place [...]. [I was] lamenting much in my heart, asking:
6. “How [... was] he dispatched into the world by [his Father ...], [to which] we will go [...].