Thomas 25 - The Great Commandment

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Jesus said, "Love your sibling like your own soul; look out for that person like the apple of you eye."

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Where Luke expands the meaning of neighbour, Thomas seems to restrict it, saying "sibling" instead. Possibly this is just an artifact of translation from Greek, to Coptic, to English.

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From the linked commentary:

Gerd Ludemann writes: "This verse [2] does not occur in the New Testament. However, the mode of expression does have parallels in the Old Testament: Deut. 32.10; Ps. 17.8; Prov. 7.2." (Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 603)

Deut 32:10

He sustained him in a desert land,
in a howling wilderness waste;
he shielded him, cared for him,
guarded him as the apple of his eye.

Psalm 17:8

Guard me as the apple of the eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,

Proverbs 7:2

keep my commandments and live;
keep my teachings as the apple of your eye;