My LORD’s BibleAgrapha: Sayings of Jesus Not in the Gospels 1
Agrapha ('unwritten things'): sayings and stories of Jesus that are not in the four Gospels, as M. R. James collected them in 1924. Chapter 1 gives those found added to the Gospel text in early manuscripts: Codex Bezae's sayings on seeking the lower place at a feast (after Matthew 20:28) and on the man working on the sabbath (after Luke 6:4), the great light at Jesus' baptism in two Old Latin manuscripts (Matthew 3:17), the darkness and angels at the resurrection in the Old Latin Codex Bobiensis (Mark 16:3), and the 'Freer logion', the disciples' excuse and Christ's answer after Mark 16:14 in the 5th-century Codex W, with Jerome's form of it. Chapter 2 gives sayings quoted by early writers, from Acts 20:35 ('It is more blessed to give than to receive') through 2 Clement, Justin, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Origen ('He that is near me is near the fire'), the Apostolic Church Order (with its Syriac form of Mary's reply as verse 11), the Clementine Homilies, the Acts of Philip and Linus, to Papias's saying on the vines of the coming kingdom as Irenaeus reports it, and Hippolytus's form of its ending. Each verse is one witness, in James's order; James's notes on where each comes from and the parallels he cites are not reproduced. Some of these sayings also appear in other books on this site. Not part of any church's canon.
1But ye seek (or seek ye) to increase from smallness and from the greater to become less. And when ye go in and are invited to dine, do not recline in the prominent place lest haply one more illustrious than thou come in, and he that bade thee to dinner say to thee: Go yet lower down; and thou shalt be put to shame. But if thou recline in the lesser place, and a lesser man come in, he that bade thee to dinner will say to thee: Get thee yet higher up; and this will be profitable to thee.
See also: Matthew 20:28, Luke 14:10
3And when he was being baptized, a very great light shone round about from the water, so that all that had come thither feared.
4And when Jesus was being baptized, a great light shone from the water, so that all that were gathered together feared.
5But suddenly at the third hour of the day (or by day) there came darkness throughout all the globe of the earth; and angels came down from the heavens, and rising in the glory (brightness) of the living God they went up together with him, and immediately there was light. Then the women drew near to the sepulchre and saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.
See also: Mark 16:4
6(Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen) and they made excuse (defended themselves), saying: This age of wickedness and unbelief is under Satan who, by means of unclean spirits, permitteth not men to apprehend the true power of God: therefore do thou now reveal thy righteousness. They, then, said these things unto Christ. And Christ said unto them: The limit of the years of the power of Satan is fulfilled: but other fearful things draw near even upon them for whom, because they had sinned, I was delivered unto death that they may return unto the truth and sin no more: that they may inherit the spiritual and incorruptible glory of righteousness which is in heaven. But go ye into all the world, &c.
See also: Mark 16:14, Mark 16:15
7And they excused themselves (lit. made satisfaction) saying: This age of iniquity and unbelief is under Satan who (which) by unclean spirits suffereth not the true power of God to be perceived: therefore now forthwith reveal thou thy righteousness.