“... On the other hand, the “ghost” of the double conclusion haunts Thomas’ reductive redaction. In a sense, we still find two endings, however much disguised. The first conclusion, the riddling “Let him who has ears hear,” replaces the clarifying conclusion that prophesies the destruction of Jerusalem. The second conclusion remains hidden in clear sight, despite its transformation into a separate saying of Jesus, a transformation that obliterates the opening rhetorical question with its citation formula (“Or have you not read this Scripture?”). As is his tendency here as elsewhere, Thomas follows Luke, who takes over from Mark only v 22 from LXX Ps 117:22–23. Of course, for Thomas there can be no question of the fulfillment of OT prophecy, let alone Jesus citing OT prophecy to show that it is fulfilled in his own life and fate. Such a prophecy-fulfillment pattern is explicitly rejected by the Thomasine Jesus in logion 52. Instead, Thomas creates a separate logion, introduced by the formulaic peje is (“Jesus said”). The prophecy becomes a riddling challenge of Jesus: “Show me the stone that the builders rejected; it is the cornerstone.” All sense that Jesus is citing an OT text is lost, intentionally so. ...”