The Coptic Gospel of John 1:1-14

 

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"In the beginning existed the Word, and the Word existed with God, and the Word was a God."

The Coptic Gospel of John 1:1-14, According to the Coptic text in G. Horner, The Coptic Version of the New Testament in the Southern Dialect, vol. III (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1911-1924) pp.2-4. This is posted at this link.

The Coptic was the first language into which the New Testament was translated that had both a definite and an indefinite article, and they understood the Greek theos/QEOS to be an indefinite noun at John 1:1c, which is contrary to the customary tradition of rendering the verse in English as "and the Word was God".

"True, the Coptic text is a translation of the Koine Greek text of John 1:1c , but that text also can be translated literally to say 'a god was the Word.' The Sahidic Coptic translators were translating the Greek text as they understood it, from the background of 500 years of Koine Greek influence in Egypt." ~The Sahidic Coptic Indefinite Article at John 1:1

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