Saying 18: Tell Us How Our End Will Be
Asked about the end, Jesus asks whether they have found the beginning: whoever stands at the beginning will know the end and will not taste death.
Commentary
Eschatology is turned inside out. The question “when does it end?” is answered with “where did you begin?” — origin and destiny are the same place, a move repeated in saying 49.
Parallels
Revelation 22:13
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