English

Noun

logion ‎(plural logia)

1. (Christianity) A saying that is attributed to Jesus but which is not in the Bible.
   • 1904, Journal of Biblical Literature, volume 23, page 195:

     The Gospels are evidently independent in their use of their source in the Logia of Matthew; but they all give the logion the same place in their Gospels.

   • 2011, Samuel Zinner, The Gospel of Thomas:

     The central key to unraveling the perplexities of the Thomas gospel is contained basically in the first three logia. According to logion 1, which is actually a statement by the apostle Thomas, not by Jesus, the one who finds the interpretation or meaning of Jesus' secret sayings will not taste of death.

   • 2002, Rudolf Schnackenburg, The Gospel of Matthew, page 70:

     It is in this context that the difficult logion in Matthew concerning the eye (w. 22-23) is to be understood.

Synonyms

• agraphon

Translations

Anagrams

• olingo

Norwegian

Noun

logion n

1. logion

Inflection

Synonyms

• agrafon
• Jesus-ord

References

• “logion” in The Ordnett Dictionary of foreign words