The Dialogue of the Savior - Part 6

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The Creation of the World (127,19-128,23)

 

(p.304) Judas said, " Tell [us], master, what [existed] before [heaven and] earth

came into being? " [22]

 

The master said, " There was darkness and water, and spirit upon [water]. [23]

And I tell you [the truth], look, what you seek and inquire about [is] within

you, and it [has] the power and mystery [of the] spirit, for [it is] from [the

spirit]. [24] Wickedness entered [in order to destroy] the mind, [forever].

Look.... " [25]

 

[Matthew] said, [26] " Master, tell us, where is [the soul] established and where

does the true [mind] dwell? "

 

The master [said], " The fire of the spirit came into existence [between] the

two, and so there came to be [spirit] [27] and the true mind within them. [if]

someone establishes the soul on high, then [the person will] be exalted. "

 

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures (The International Edition)

Edited by Marvin Meyer; Advisory Board: Wolf-Peter Funk, Paul-Hubert Poirier,

James M. Robinson; Introduction by Elaine H. Pagels

The Wisdom of Jesus Christ, p.304

HarperCollins Publishers - New York

ISBN:978-0-06-052378-7

ISBN-10: 0-06-052378-6

 

Notes:

 

[22] Cf. 'Genesis' 1:1.

 

[23] Cf. 'Genesis' 1:2.

 

[24] Lit., " from [it]. "

 

[25] Here Petersen and Bethge, in 'Nag Hammadi Deutsch', 1.390, restore to read

" [wickedness thus has no existence]. "

 

[26] Or " [Judas] said [to him]. "

 

[27] Or " [movement], " " [mind]. "