SahidicCopticGospelofJohn
Sahidic Coptic Gospel of John--------200-300 C.E.
and the Word was a god.
The Sahidic Coptic text was translated
from NT Greek manuscripts about 200-300 C.E. Some of those Greek manuscripts may have been as
early as p66 (Bodmer II), the earliest extant witness
to the Gospel of John.
The Sahidic Coptic text is a very early
example of how the NT Greek text was understood and translated by early
Christians. It is on a par with the Old Latin and Syriac
translations. However, the Sahidic text was the
first translation in a language with grammar that contained
both definite and indefinite articles.
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Life in Coptic John
1 In the beginning the Word existed. The Word was in the
presence of God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in the beginning with
God. 3 All things came into being through him, and apart from him nothing that
exists came into being.
4 That
which came into being through him was life, and that life was the light of
mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome
it.
6 There came a man sent from God, named John. 7 He came to bear witness,
to bear witness about the light so that people might believe by means of him. 8
[John] was not the light, but he [came] to bear witness about the light. 9 The
genuine light that gives light to everyone was [just] coming into the world.
10 He was
in the world, the world made through him, but the world did not acknowledge
him. 11 He came to those who were his own, but those who were his own did not
welcome him. 12 But to those who did receive him, he
gave authority to become children of God, those believing on his name. 13 These
were born from God, not from the will of flesh and blood, nor from the will of
mankind.
14 So the
Word did become flesh and he lived with us. And we saw his glory, the glory
given an only Son by his Father, full of divine loving-kindness and truth.
15 John
bore witness about him, calling out and declaring, "This was the one
concerning whom I said, ‘‘He who comes behind me has come to be ahead of me,
because he existed prior to me.’’" 16 From his fullness we
all received life and divine loving-kindness upon divine loving-kindness. 17
The Law was given through Moses, but the divine loving-kindness and the truth
came to be through Jesus, the Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God at all. The
god who is the only Son in the bosom of his Father is the one who has explained
him.
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