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The "Lost Sayings" of Jesus

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Are the words of Christ preserved anywhere other than the four Gospels?​



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The Freer Codex (Codex Washingtonianus): Mark 16:12-17 with the Freer Logion in 16:14 (Wikimedia Commons)


The words of the Lord are recorded in the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) and the beginning of Acts, but are there other texts that contain sayings (logia) of Jesus?

The Greek word “agrapha” literally means “unwritten,” and refers to a class of brief sayings not recorded in the Gospels. These words can be grouped into categories of diminishing credibility, with New Testament sayings at the top, heretical works at the bottom, and various categories in between. Let’s look at some examples.

The New Testament


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Well? The Gnostic "Gospels" are not canonical...so...are there any lost sayings of Jesus? I'll let scholars figure that out ;)
 
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