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First published in 1978, The Nag Hammadi Library was widely acclaimed by critics and scholars alike. Containing many of the writings of the Gnostics since the time of Christ, this was the work that launched modern Gnostic studies. Although some of the texts had appeared in other translations, the 1978 edition was the first and only translation of these ancient and fascinating manuscripts to...

(28) Jesus said, “I took my place in the midst of the world,| and I appeared to them in flesh. | I found all of them intoxicated; I found none | of them thirsty. And my soul became afflicted 25 for the sons of men, because they are blind | in their hearts and do not have sight; | for empty they came into the world, | and empty too they seek to leave the world. | But for the moment they are intoxicated. 30 When they shake off their wine, then they will | repent.” (29) Jesus said, “If the flesh| came
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