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Wessex Gospels c.1175
Anglo-Saxon
| 8:1 | Se hælend for on oliuetes dune. |
| 8:2 | & com eft on daigred to þam temple. & all þt folc com to hym. & he sæt & lærde hyo. |
| 8:3 | Ða lædden þa farisei & þa bokeres to hym. an wyf syo wæs apared on unriht-hameðe & setten hyo to middes heora. |
| 8:4 | & cwæðen to hym. Lareow þis wyf wæs funden on unrihtan hameðe. |
| 8:5 | Moyses us be-bead on þare ëæ. þæt we scolden þus ge-ræde. mid stanen of-torfian. hwæt cwæðst þu; |
| 8:6 | Ðys hyo cwæðen hys fandiende þæt hyo hyne awrehton. Se hælend abeah nyðer & wrat mid hys fringre (sic) on þare eorðan. |
| 8:7 | Þa hyo þurh-wunedon hyne axiende. ða aras he up & cwæð to heom. Loch hwilc eower syo synne-leas werpe aræst stan on hyre. |
| 8:8 | Ænd he abeah eft & wrat on þare eorðan. |
| 8:9 | Ða hyo þis ge-hyrdon; þa eoden hyo ut an æfter anan. & he ge-bäd þær sylf. & þæt wyf stod þær on middes. |
| 8:10 | Se hælend aras up & cwæð to hyre. wyf. hwær synt þa þe þe for-wreidon. ne for-demde þe naman. |
| 8:11 | & hyo cwæð na drihtan. & se hælend cwæð ne ich þe ne for-deme. dö ga; ænd ne synega þu næfre mä. |
| 8:12 | Æft spræc se hælend þas þing to heom & cwæð. ich eom middaneardes leoht. Se me felgð ne geð he on þeostra. ac he haefð lifes leoht. |
| 8:13 | Ða farisei cwæðen to hym. þu cyðst ge-wytnesse be þe sylfum. nys þin wytnisse soð. |
| 8:14 | se hælend andswerede & cwæð to heom. Gyf ich cyðe wytnisse be me selfe. mine gewytnisse ys soð. for-þan ich wat hwanon ich cöm. & hwider ich ga. ge niten hwanon ich com. ne hwider ich ga. |
| 8:15 | ge demeð æfter flæsce. ich ne deme nane men. |
| 8:16 | & gyf ich deme; min dom ys soð. For-þan þe ich ne eom äne. ac ich & se fader þe me sende. |
| 8:17 | & on eowre lage ys awriten þæt tweire manne witnysse ys soð. |
| 8:18 | Ich eom þe kyðe wytnisse be me sylfe. & se fæder þe me sente kyð ge-witnesse be me. |
| 8:19 | Witoðlice hyo cwæðen to hym hwær ys þin fæder. Se hælend heom andswerede. & cwæð. ne cunne ge me ne minne fæder. Gyf ge me cuðen wen is þæt ge cuðen minne fæder. |
| 8:20 | Ðas word he spræc æt cepsceamole Note: gazofilatio ænd nan man hyne ne nam. for-þam þe hys tid ne com þa gyt. |
| 8:21 | Witodliche æft se hælend cwæð to heom. Ich fære & ge me secheð ænd ge swelteð on eowre senne. ne muge ge cuman þyder ich fare. |
| 8:22 | Ða cwæðen þa iudeas. cwæðe ge of-slehð he hyne sylfne. for-þam he sægð; ge ne mugen cume þider ich fare; |
| 8:23 | Ða cwæð he to heom. ge synt nyðene. ænd ic em ufene. ge synd of þisen midden-earde. ic ne em of þisen midden-earde. |
| 8:24 | Ic eow saide þt ge swelted on eowre senne. gif ge ne lyfeð þt ic hyt by; ge swelted on eowre senne. |
| 8:25 | Þa cweðen hyo to hym. hwæt ært þu; Se hælend cwæð to heom. ich eom fruma. þe to eow spræke. |
| 8:26 | ich hebbe feola be eow to sprekenna. & to demenne. Ac se þe me sende is sodfæst. & ich sprece on middan-earde þa þing þe ich æt hym ge-hyrde. |
| 8:27 | ænd hy ne undergetan þæt he tealde hym göd to fæder. |
| 8:28 | Se hælend cwæð to heom. Ðanne ge mannes sune upp a-hebbeð. þanne ge-cnawe ge þæt ich hyt eom. ænd ich ne do nan þing of me sylfen. ac ich spræce þas þing. swa min fæder me lærde |
| 8:29 | & se þe me sente ys mid me. & he ne for-læt me ane. for-þan þe ich werche symble þa þing þe hym synde to ge-cweme. |
| 8:30 | Ða he þas þing spræc; manega lyfdon on hyne. |
| 8:31 | Wytodlice se hælend cwæð to þan Iudean. þe hym ge-lyfden. Gif ge wuniað on mine spræce; soðlice ge beoð mine leorning-cnihtes. |
| 8:32 | & ge on-cnaweð sodfæstnysse. & sodfæstnysse eow alest. |
| 8:33 | Ða andswereden hyo hym & cwæðen. we synt abrahames kynnes. & ne þeowedon we nanen menn næfre. hu-mete cweðst þu ge beoð freoge. |
| 8:34 | Se hælend heom andswerede ænd cwæð. Soð ich eow segge þæt ælch þe synne wercð. is þare synne þeow. |
| 8:35 | Witodlice se þeow ne wunað on huse on æchnysse. Se sune wunoð on æchnysse. |
| 8:36 | Gif se sunu eow alest; ge byð soðlice frie. |
| 8:37 | Ich wat þæt ge synt abrahames barn. äcc ge sechad me to of-sleanne. for-þan min spræce ne wuneð on eow. |
| 8:38 | Ich spræce þæt þe ich mid fæder ge-seah. ænd ge doð þa þing. þe ge mid eowren fæderen ge-sægen. |
| 8:39 | Ða andswerede hy; & cwæðen to hym. Abraham ys ure fæder. Ða cwæð se hælend to heom. Gif ge abrahames bearn synt. wercheð abrahames werc. |
| 8:40 | Nu ge secheð me to of-sleanne. þanne mann þe eow sægde sodfæstnysse; þa þe ich ge-hyrde of gode. Ne dyde abraham swa. |
| 8:41 | ge werched eower fader werc. hyo cwæðen witodlice to hym. Ne sende we of forleyre akennede. we hæbbeð enne god to fader. |
| 8:42 | Witoðliche se hælend cwæð to heom. Gif god wære eower fæder; witodlice ge lufedon me. Ich com fram gode. ne com ich na fram me selfe. Ac he me sende. |
| 8:43 | Hwi ne cnawe ge mine spræce. for-þan þe ge ne magen ge-heren mine spræce. |
| 8:44 | Ge synd deofles barn. & ge willað wyrchan eowres fader willen. he wæs fram fremdþe man-slage. ænd he ne wunede on sodfæstnysse. for-þam þe soðfæstnysse nis on hym. Ðanne he spræcð leasinge he spræcd of hym sylfum. for-þan he ys leas & hys fader ëac. |
| 8:45 | Witodlice ge ne lefeð me for-þam þe ich segge eow soðfæstnysse. |
| 8:46 | Hwylch eower a-scuneð me for synne. Gif ich soð segge. hwy ne ge-lefe ge me. |
| 8:47 | Se þe is of gode he herð godes word. for-þy ge ne ge-hyrað for-þam þe ge ne synt of gode. |
| 8:48 | Witodlice þa iudeas andsweredon & cwæðon to hym. hwi ne cweðe we wel þæt þu eart samaritanysc & eart wod. |
| 8:49 | Se hælend andswerede & cwæð. ne eom ich wod. ac ich arwurðige minne fæder. & ge un-arwurðoden me. |
| 8:50 | Witoðlice ne sece ich minne wuldor. se is þe secð & demð. |
| 8:51 | Soðlice ich segge eow. gyf hwa mine spræce ge-healt. ne ge-segð he deað næfre. |
| 8:52 | Ða cwæðen þa iudeas. nu we witon; þæt þu ært wod. Abraham wæs dead. & þa wytegan. & þu cwidst gyf hwa mine spræce hyrð & healt; ne byð he næfre dead. |
| 8:53 | Cwydst þu þæt þu syo mare þonne ure fader abraham. se wæs dead. & þa wytegan wære deade. hwæt þincð þe þæt þu syo. |
| 8:54 | Se hælend heom andswerede. gyf ic wuldrie me selfe nys min wuldor naht. min fader ys þe þe me wuldrað. be þam ge cweðeð þt he syo eowre göd. |
| 8:55 | & ge ne cuðan hine. Ic hine can. & gyf ic segge þæt ich hine ne cunne. ic beo leas & eow ge-lich. ac ic hine can. & ic healde hys spræce. |
| 8:56 | Abraham eowre fæder ge-blyssede þt he gesawe minne daig. & he hine ge-seah & ge-blyssode. |
| 8:57 | Ða iudeas cwæðon to hym. gyt þu ne ert fiftig wintre & ge-sawe þu abraham. |
| 8:58 | Se hælend cwæð; to heom. Ic wæs ær þonne þe abraham wære. |
| 8:59 | Hyo naman stanas to þam þæt hyo wolden hyne torfian. Se hælend hyne bedilegode ænd geode ut of þam temple. |
Wessex Gospels c.1175
The Wessex Gospels (also known as the West-Saxon Gospels) are a full translation of the four gospels of the Christian Bible into a West Saxon dialect of Old English. Designated Royal MS 1 A XIV, it is historically important.
- The Wessex Gospels are the oldest translations into English without the Latin.
- The gospels are written in the Old English West Anglo-Saxon dialect of Northumbria.
- Royal MS 1 A XIV is written on parchment and is also known as the Codex Evangeliorum Anglice.
- The title written at the top of the page, ‘Text[us] iv evangelior[um] anglice’, is reproduced in the 14th-century catalogue of the Benedictine Christ Church library, but at the Reformation this book was one of many acquired from religious houses by Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1532 to 1534, whose name is written at the top of the page.
- Seven extant copies exist today. The earliest version dates from 990AD.
- Royal MS 1 A XIV was copied directly from MS 441 in the Bodleian library at Oxford. We know this as the same passages have been omitted from both. It has a transmission jump of 185 years.
- MS 441 (990AD) is extant and still resides in the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, England. It was given to the library by Baron Hatton in 1671. Paleographical evidence suggests a Canterbury origin. The earliest extant evidence of ownership is through Archbishop Matthew Parker (1504-75).
- MS Corp. Ch Coll Camb 140 (1000AD) is in Corpus Christi College Cambridge.
- Royal MS 1 A XIV (1175AD) is in the British Library and was presented to the British Museum by King George II in 1757 from the Old Royal Library.
- Royal MS 1 A XIV once belonged to the Prince of Wales: Henry Frederick, (1594-1612), eldest child of King James the First.
Why is this important?
- Desiderius Erasmus had access to these MSS before starting his translation of the Textus Receptus. In the five years prior to starting his translation work Erasmus was Professor of Divinity at Cambridge at a time when the university's benefactors owned these manuscripts.
- The King James Bible translators had access to these manuscripts. All the six KJV translation companies where housed at Oxford, Cambridge and Westminster and all had access to the Wessex Gospels.
- The codex contains the long ending in Mark chapter 16.
- The codex contains the Pericope Adulterae (John 7:53-8:11)