27.[1] If.you.do-not.act.to-fast

e.te(tn).tm.r.nh

P186-P035-P399-C083a-Gk

 

from.the.world/system,

you.shall.find

not

*.the.abstract.Sovereignty;

steue

e.p.kosmos

tet.na.6e

an

e.t.mnt.e

 

P261.5-P080-Gk

P035-P199a-C638b

P396.1

P331-P080-P063-C299b

.

 

if.you.do-not.make

*.the.week

*.Sabbath,[2]

ro

e.tetn.tm.eire

m.p.sambaton

n.sab

 

P186-P035-P399-C083a

P262.2-P080-Heb

P262.7-Heb

.

 

*.you.shall.see

not

*.the.Father.

baton

n.tet.na.nau

an

e.p.eiwt

 

P252-P035-P199a-C233b

P396.1

P331-P080-C086b

27. (Yeshua says:) Unless you fast from the system, you shall not find the Sovereignty {of God}; unless you keep the (entire) week as Sabbath, you shall not behold the Father.

27. (Yeshúa dice:) A menos que ayunéis del sistema, no encontraréis la soberanía {de Dios}; a menos que mantengáis la semana (entera) como sábado, no veréis al Padre.

1Papyrus MS 07, Guillaumont 12 and Grondin 23-27 & 27-29; Gk fragment.

2As also noted by Marvin Meyer (Biblio.9, Textual Notes), the two different spellings here (sambaton and sabbaton) would support reading ‘week’ for the former and ‘Sabbath’ for the latter; see P. Brown, ‘The Sabbath and the Week in Thomas 27’, Novum Testamentum, 1992, and P133. Thus Lev 23:15-16: ‘And from the day after the sabbath, from the day on which you bring the sheaf of the elevation offering, you shall count off seven sabbaths [weeks]; they shall be complete. You shall count until the day after the seventh sabbath [week], fifty days; then you shall present an offering of new grain to the LORD.’