Visitor Comments
Jesus is saying that anyone who listens to and truly understands his words can accomplish all that he has done and more. Far from being a sacrificial lamb who takes away the sins of the world, Jesus is a pointer of the way to truth!
- Wynford
This statement is direcly related to his statement about the lion and the man. If a person truly ingest Jesus, Jesus will love through that person because Jesus has "become" the person.
- justlooking
The "drink from his mouth" refers to the Gnostic Holy kiss where the master would ingest the sacred qaneh incense and pass it to the initiate who if properly prepared would achieve enlightenment.
- Ishgog
Jesus is saying more than just listen. To make his words an intergral part of your being. In doing so you will find the real truth or meaning in his word.
- King
This is a beautiful metaphor that says let Jesus into your heart of hearts. Breathe him in and imbibe him into yourself so there is no more you but only him
- Unknown
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Scholarly Quotes
Marvin Meyer writes: "Compare saying 13; John 4:13-14; 7:37-39; 1 Corinthians 10:1-4; Sirach 24:21, on drinking of Wisdom. In Odes of Solomon 30:1, 5, it is said that living water flows from the lips of the Lord." (The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, p. 107)
Gerd Ludemann writes of 108:1, "This is a commentary on 13.5." (Jesus After 2000 Years, p. 642) For the other two verses, Ludemann connects them to the prologue.
Robert M. Grant and David Noel Freedman write: "Jesus is the source of the water of life, as in Saying 12 (cf., John 4:14 and 7:37; Revelation 22:17); the person who drinks from his mouth becomes one with him, as in various Gnostic writings (Irenaeus, Adv. haer., 1, 13, 3; Pistis Sophia, chpter 96; Gospel of Eve in Epiphanius, Pan., 26, 3, 1: 'I am you and you are I')." (The Secret Sayings of Jesus, p. 193)
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