Sahidic Coptic
Early translation · cop sa · translation 3rd century
The Coptic of southern (Upper) Egypt, the language of the Egyptian church before Arabic. It is the oldest Coptic translation, made in the 3rd century, and survives in manuscripts from the 4th century on.
Contents
The whole New Testament, in many manuscripts, some only fragments.
Cited For
- John 7:8 “not up yet”
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).
