The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

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(^100) EARLY WISDOM GOSPELS
Saying this, she turned around and saw Yeshua standing there and didn't
know it was Yeshua.
Yeshua said to her,
"Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?"
Thinking he was the gardener, she said to him,
"Sir, if you took him away,
tell me where you put him and I will take him."
Yeshua said to her,
"Miryam!"
She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
"Rabbouni!"
(which means teacher).
Yeshua said to her,
"Do not hold on to me,
since I have not yet gone up to the father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
I am ascending to my father and your father
and my god and your god."
Miryam of Magdala went and announced to the students,
"I have seen the lord."
And she told them that he had said these things to her.
YESHUA APPEARS TO THE STUDENTS
So when it was early evening of that first day of the week and the doors of the
house where the students met were locked for fear of the Jews, Yeshua came
and stood in their midst and said to them,
"Peace to you."
And saying this, he showed his hands and his side to them.
The students were overjoyed when they saw the lord.
So Yeshua said to them again,
"Peace to you.
As the father sent me
so I send you."
And saying this, he breathed over them and said to them,
"Receive the holy spirit.

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