The Unforgivable Sin Logion, Pt. 2

In our last post, we ended by wondering if there is direct textual evidence that the author of Mk 3:28-29 relied on Did 11:7 as his source for the saying about the unforgivable sin, rather than GTh 44.  This post will present that evidence.

The Unforgivable Sin Logion, Pt. 1

This post inaugurates a short series on GTh 44.  It will prove crucial to the next phase of my HSH project.  Logion 44 seems to have parallels in both GMk and in the Q-gospel.  We'll be investigating it to see how it could have ended up in both.  Our conclusions will be somewhat surprising.

At first I included logion 44 in my list of triple-traditions sayings, i.e. the Thomasine sayings used by Secret Mark, and from thence copied into the synoptic gospels, via Q, canonical Mark, or both.  Other GTh scholars, like De Conick, also note parallels to logion 44 in all three synoptic gospels.

However, I now think that only the Q author used logion 44.  The Markan author didn't.  The Markan version is independent of the Q version.  Matthew used both the Markan and the Q version, and Luke blended the two together.

The reason why I changed my mind is because there's another, extra-canonical version of logion 44.  It's in the Didache.  Didache 11:7--

"And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven."

What if the Markan author took it from Didache instead?