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Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter 17

        
Epistle of Barnabas, Chapter 17

        
Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.) — biblical authors, 

        
Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) · Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription

        
      


      
      
      

      

        
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This entry meets the strict three-criteria standard of the Theosis Library:
  1. Manuscript scan: The actual folio(s) of Codex Sinaiticus containing this chapter, from the Codex Sinaiticus Project (codexsinaiticus.org). Each section links to the specific folio holding its verses.
  2. Original text: The Codex Sinaiticus Project's verbatim transcription of the folio shown (uncial letters, lunate sigma, nomina sacra preserved).
  3. English translation: J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891), public domain, retrieved verbatim from Lightfoot 1891 via earlychristianwritings.com transcription.
Why this is here: Codex Sinaiticus binds this text after Revelation, alongside the canonical books. Reading it on the same parchment as the Gospels is primary evidence for how a 4th-century Christian community treated it.

      


      

        

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Manuscript: Codex Sinaiticus (4th c.) — biblical authors — page scan from Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891).

            
Original text: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription (public domain).

            
English translation: J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) (public domain).

            
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            §17.1-2 · Epistle of Barnabas 17:1-2
            

              
              
              
            

          


          
          

            
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Greek · Codex Sinaiticus transcription

                    
1εφ οϲον ην εν δυνατω και απλοτητι δηλωϲε ϋμιν ελπιζει μου η ψυχη παραλελιπεναι τι 2ε̣αν γαρ περι των ενεϲτωτω η μελλοντων γραφω υμιν ου μη νοηϲηται δια το εν παραβολαιϲ κειϲθε ταυτα μεν ουτωϲ

            
          


          

            
English · J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891)

                    
1So far as it was possible with all simplicity to declare it unto you, my soul hopeth that I have not omitted anything [of the matters pertaining unto salvation and so failed in my desire]. 2For if I should write to you concerning things immediate or future, ye would not understand them, because they are put in parables. So much then for this.

          

        

        
      


    

    

    

      

      

        
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  • Source text: Codex Sinaiticus folio + transcription (codexsinaiticus.org) + J. B. Lightfoot, The Apostolic Fathers (1891) — view original
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  • Critical edition: Tischendorf 8th edition (1869) / Codex Sinaiticus transcription
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