3 When the chief archon became aware that they were loftier than him in the height, and that they surpass him in intellect, he then desired to grasp their objective, unaware that they surpassed him in intellect, and that he would be unable to grasp them. (APJ)
Apocryphon of John 19:3
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Apocryphon of John 12:3–5
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