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(68) Jesus said: Blessed are
you when you are hated and
persecuted, and they will
find no place where you
have been persecuted.
(68) Jesus said, "Blessed are
you (plur.) whenever they
hate you and persecute you.
And wherever they have
persecuted you, they will
find no place."
72 [68]. Jesus says:
"Blessed are you when you
are hated and persecuted;
but they will not find a
position in that place to
which they shall pursue
you!"

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The will of God is so Comparing Thomas to Matthew and Luke, Koester finds that the Thomas form is
opposed to the ways of most more original: "The phrase 'and cast out your name as evil on account of the Son of
men that when a follower of man' is certainly Lukan; it is missing in the parallel passage Matt 5:11. Moreover, the
Jesus' sayings finds himself reference to persecution has disappeared in the Lukan redaction of this saying, but is
persecuted by most men, he preserved in Matt 5:11." (Ancient Christian Gospels, p. 89)
can be sure that he is truly Gerd Ludemann writes: "The meaning [of v. 2] is unclear. Is this talk of the lack of
doing the will of God on success of the ones who are acting? But in what sense? Perhaps it helps to note that
earth. 'place' also appears in other passages of the Gospel of Thomas (4.1; 24.1; 60.6;
- John Landers 64.12) and each time denotes the place of salvation. In that case v. 2 says that the
The Doresse translation persecutors have forfeited salvation." (Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 625)
seems to say that when a
person is persecuted, it
motivates that person to seek
peace in the Kingdom. The
persecutors, on the other
hand, won't find the
Kingdom.
- seeker
Do not seek to persecute, or
seek to cast your aspersions.
The hearts of many men
need to be relieved of this
impulse. The place where
men cast stones from is
perilous itself. Look around
& listen, you will see how
easy it is for dark clouds to
gather. Forgiveness is the
key, compassionate
understanding is the way. Be
like Jesus, not like fellow
men.
- Owl
68

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