Bohairic Coptic
Early translation · cop bo · translation 3rd–4th century
The Coptic of northern (Lower) Egypt and the Nile Delta, which became the language of the Coptic church’s services. The translation was made in the 3rd or 4th century; most of its manuscripts are medieval.
Contents
The whole New Testament.
Cited For
- Mark 16:9–20 “Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils …”
- John 5:3–4 “waiting for the moving of the water …”
Early translations show the Greek their translators had, sometimes older than any Greek manuscript of the passage that survives. Their abbreviations name the language: it (Old Latin), vg (Vulgate), syr (Syriac), cop (Coptic), arm (Armenian), goth (Gothic), slav (Slavonic).
