Let us address the central question immediately: There is no widely recognized, ancient "Apocryphal Gospel of John" that scholars accept as a separate, lost gospel.
The canonical Gospel of John (the one in the New Testament) is unique. It is very different from Matthew, Mark, and Luke (the Synoptics). Some early Christian groups, such as the Gnostic sects, admired the Gospel of John deeply because of its high Christology and mystical language (e.g., "In the beginning was the Word"). However, they did not write a "second" Gospel of John.
The confusion stems from several sources:
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If you want a "verified" PDF, you must rely on translations from these specific codices:
These are currently housed at the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Photographs of the original Coptic text are available to scholars. Therefore, verification means comparing a PDF's translation against the critical editions published by Brill Academic Publishers or the Claremont Graduate University.
