The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Part 4

14 under the earth or upon the earth, and
15 the fishes of the sea, these are they that draw
you, and the kingdom of Heaven is
within you; and whoever shall know
himself shall find it. (Strive therefore) to
know yourselves, and ye shall be aware
that ye are the sons of the Father
20 (who is) known to yourselves...
and ye are...

¹ Since this volume was put into type, Harnack has expressed his views of this "unwritten saying" Agraphon in Sitzungsber. d. Berl. Akad. 1904, pp. 175–9. He there shows in opposition to Zahn that astonishment is to be interpreted here as a sign of joy, not of fear, and strongly repels the unfavourable criticisms of Resch upon the Saying, of which Harnack in fact maintains the substantial genuineness. Incidentally, as he also remarks, the close parallelism between the language of the papyrus and Clement is important, for from whatever source this Saying found its way into the present collection, it cannot have come through Clement. There is, therefore, good reason to think that the Gospel according to the Hebrews (or at least a part of it) was known in Egypt in a Greek version at an early period, a view which has been disputed by Zahn.