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of James. Jesus said: Leave James and Peter to me, that I may fill them with fullness. And when we had called them both, he drew them aside at the same time commanding the others to attend to their tasks. 5 In the Gospel of Thomas (published in 1959) we read: Again we read in the Gospel of Thomas: The disciples said to Jesus: We know that you are going to leave us. Who shall (then) be chief over us? Jesus said to them: Wherever go to James, the righteous one. you have come, you shall (But) the days shall come not find me. (Logian 38)7 when shall seek me you and you shall It is clear from the above quoted passages that Jesus Christ escaped death on the cross. He lived with his disciples for nearly a year and a half, he 'filled' Peter and James with 'fullness' because they had to look after his sheep in his absence. At last he left his disciples for good, nominating James as their Head. There is also another find, a parchment spread over 30 pages. This was found on the border between Egypt and Sudan. In this we read that Jesus Christ remained alive after the crucifixion and could be seen in the flesh assuring his followers that he was alive and among them. (Kurt Berna, Christ did not Perish on the cross). (vii) In 1947 were found the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Valley of Qumran, in the caves of the neighbourhood. Many Hebrew writings up to the first Century A. D. came to light. At that time Jews were divided into three sects, the Pharisees, the Sadducees and the Essenes. The Qumran find belongs to the Essenes. It was among the Essenes that John the Baptist and Jesus grew up. The Ibid. p. 120-121 567 Bertil Gartner: The Theology of the Gospel of Thomas; p. 56-57 Ibid. p. 115 179