Revelation 1

Revelation 1:16

"In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength."
Manuscripts (4)
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Papyrus 98 showing Revelation 1:16 from Late 2nd / Early 3rd Century, currently housed at Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo
Papyrus

Papyrus 98

1 of 4P98
Earliest Date~AD 150 (Late 2nd / Early 3rd Century)
Current LocationInstitut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Cairo
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details

It is written on the verso of a scroll, with a documentary text on the recto. The first publisher in 1971 did not realize it was a biblical text until it was later identified. In Revelation 1:18, it is the only Greek manuscript that lacks the phrase 'και ο ζων'.

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Codex Sinaiticus showing Revelation 1:16 from Mid-4th Century found in Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, currently housed at British Library, London
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Codex Sinaiticus

2 of 401
Earliest Date~AD 330 (Mid-4th Century)
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationSaint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
Scribal Context & Details

It is one of the four great uncial codices and contains the oldest complete copy of the New Testament. Discovered by Constantin von Tischendorf in 1844, it remains one of the most important Greek texts for biblical scholarship.

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Codex Alexandrinus showing Revelation 1:16 from 5th Century found in Alexandria, Egypt (traditional), currently housed at British Library, London
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Codex Alexandrinus

3 of 402
Earliest Date~AD 400 (5th Century)
Current LocationBritish Library, London
Found LocationAlexandria, Egypt (traditional)
Scribal Context & Details

Codex Alexandrinus is one of the four Great uncial codices and among the earliest and most complete manuscripts of the Bible. It is the oldest manuscript to use larger letters to indicate new sections, and it was the first manuscript of great importance and antiquity to be extensively used by textual critics.

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Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus showing Revelation 1:16 from Mid 5th Century, currently housed at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus

4 of 404
Earliest Date~AD 425 (Mid 5th Century)
Current LocationBibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Found LocationUnknown
Scribal Context & Details

It is a palimpsest where the original 5th-century biblical text was washed off and overwritten in the 12th century with treatises by Ephrem the Syrian. It is one of the four great uncials, and its underlying text was famously deciphered by Constantin von Tischendorf in the 1840s.

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