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

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76 EARLY WISDOM GOSPELS


One of the two who heard Yohanan and followed him was Andreas,
brother of Shimon Kefa.^14 First he found his own brother Shimon and told
him,
"We have found the messiah,"
meaning the anointed.^15
He led Shimon to Yeshua.
Looking at him Yeshua said,
"You are Shimon, the son of Yohanan.
You will be called Kefa, meaning 'rock.' "^16


YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD


The next day Yeshua wished to go out to Galil.^17 He found Philippos^18 and said
to him, "Follow me."
Now, Philippos was from Bethsaida, the city of Andreas and Kefa.^19 Philip-
pos found Nathanael and said to him, "The one whom Moshe wrote about in
Torah^20 and whom the prophets describe, we have found, Yeshua, son of
Yosef,^21 from Nazareth."
And Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?"
"Come and see!" Philippos replied.
Yeshua saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, "Look, a true Jew,
one in whom there is no cunning."
"How do you know me?" Nathanael said.
Yeshua answered,
"Before Philippos called you,
you were under the fig tree and I saw you."
Nathanael answered,
"Rabbi, you are the son of god,
you are the king of Israel."



  1. Andrew and Simon Peter.

  2. In Greek, christos.

  3. Peter.

  4. Galilee.

  5. Philip.

  6. Andrew and Peter.

  7. "The law" in Hebrew is Torah. Torah most commonly means the five books of Moses as well
    as the entire Hebrew Bible.

  8. Joseph.

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