agrapha

agrapha
A Greek word (in the plural) for sayings of Jesus which are not written in the gospels or found sometimes only in inferior MSS and not regarded as authentic parts of the text. The best-known example is the insertion by codex D at Luke 6:5; Jesus said to a man working on the sabbath, ‘Man, if you know what you are doing you are blessed; but if you do not know, you are a transgressor of the law.’ There are agrapha in the Oxyrhynchus papyri and the Gnostic [[➝ Gnosticism]] documents discovered at Nag Hammadi and in some writings of the Church Fathers. Since sayings of Jesus were in the first Christian generation passed on orally, it is thought that about a dozen of the agrapha may be authentic reminiscences which were not used by the four evangelists.

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  • agrapha — [ag′rə fə] pl.n. [Gr, neut. pl. of agraphos, unwritten: see A 2 & GRAPHIC] sayings ascribed to Jesus but not found in the Gospels …   English World dictionary

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  • Agrapha — Ạgrapha   [griechisch »ungeschriebene (Worte)«] Plural, im weiteren Sinn alle außerkanonischen Schriftfragmente neben dem Neuen Testament; im engeren, heute üblichen Sinn Worte Jesu, die nicht in den vier Evangelien, sondern in anderen Büchern… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • agrapha — noun plural Etymology: Greek, neuter plural of agraphos unwritten, from a + graphein to write more at carve Date: 1890 sayings of Jesus not in the canonical gospels but found in other New Testament or early Christian writings …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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