I absolutely love this one because so many educated people mock Thomas using this verse saying that it is ridiculous nonsense. But compare to Jeremiah:

:[[Jer 30:6]] Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

Using their standard for interpretation we must say that Jeremiah is Gnostic nonsense. One cannot intelligently teach any doctrine on men, women or marriage until they can make sense of this prophecy.

The key is one we have used previously:

:[[1Ti 2:14]] And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Paul tells us that the woman represents those who are 'blind' or do not understand clearly. The old female donkey that led Jesus into Jerusalem represents the old prophets who did not see clearly. The young male donkey represented John the baptist who knew who Jesus was.