Saying 51: The New World Has Already Come
Asked when the rest for the dead will come and when the new world will arrive, Jesus answers that what they are waiting for has already arrived — they simply do not recognise it.
Commentary
Thomas’s realised eschatology in one line, and the strongest argument against reading it as an apocalyptic text. Nothing is coming; something is already here.
Parallels
Luke 17:20–21; John 5:25
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