Late antique
Church fathers
Patristic evidence, grouped by source.
Every citation is classified as a Supporting witness, a Competing witness, or, only where the same evidence cannot responsibly be placed on one side, a Mixed witness. Green supports the KJV/TR reading, red carries a competing reading, and tan marks the rare mixed cases.
AD 301–500
Acts of Saturninus
AD 201–233
Acts of Thomas
AD 701–800
Ambrose Ansbert
AD 370–399
Ambrose of Milan
Milan
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 370–399
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Ambrose for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 374–397
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Uses resurrection and commission material from the longer ending
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
De interpellatione Iob et David 1.5.12 and 2.2.6
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in De interpellatione Iob et David 1.5.12 and 2.2.6.
John 5:3b-4 · The Angel at Bethesda
Date: c. AD 381
Supporting witness
De Spiritu Sancto 1.88
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in De Spiritu Sancto 1.88. Latin.
John 5:3b-4 · The Angel at Bethesda
Date: c. AD 390
Supporting witness
De mysteriis 4.22
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in De mysteriis 4.22. Latin.
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Epistle 25.7 and Epistle 26.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Epistle 25.7 and Epistle 26.2.
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 380
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Uses the eunuch's confession tradition
Revelation 22:19 · The Book of Life
Date: AD 339–397
Supporting witness
Latin citation tradition for Revelation 22:19
Citation type: Close quotation
Cited in the apparatus for the “book of life” reading.
Late antiquity
Ammonius of Alexandria
AD 601–700
Anastasius Sinaita
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 601–700
Supporting witness
Quaestiones, embedded Irenaeus material
Citation type: Derivative use
Derivative use in Quaestiones, embedded Irenaeus material.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 601–700
Supporting witness
Quaestiones 93.2
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Quaestiones 93.2.
Mark 11:26 · Forgiveness and Prayer
Date: AD 601–700
Supporting witness
Synopsis 12
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Synopsis 12.
AD 601–700
Antiochus
AD 367–400
Apostolic Constitutions
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 2.53
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Apostolic Constitutions 2.53.
Matthew 5:44 · Bless Them That Curse You
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 1.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Apostolic Constitutions 1.2.
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 7.24
Citation type: Direct quotation
Uses the Lord's Prayer with doxological ending
Matthew 18:11 · The Son of Man Came to Save
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 2
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Apostolic Constitutions 2.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Records at Mark 16:9 and 16:15–19
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Records at Mark 16:9 and 16:15–19.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 2.16 and 5.14
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Apostolic Constitutions 2.16 and 5.14.
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: Later than the Didascalia Apostolorum
Supporting witness
Apostolic Constitutions 2.24.6
Citation type: Derivative use
Derivative use in Apostolic Constitutions 2.24.6. Literary descendant of the Didascalia form; not an independent early stream.
AD 501–600
Apringius of Beja
Harmony tradition
Arabic Diatessaron
AD 300–399
Asterius
Asia Minor
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 300–399
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Asterius for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Record at Mark 16:17
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Record at Mark 16:17.
AD 301–400
Asterius the Sophist
AD 301–400
Athanasius
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Against the Arians 3
Citation type: Allusion
Allusion in Against the Arians 3.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: c. AD 350
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Athanasius for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Sermon 1.6.6
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Sermon 1.6.6.
c. AD 394
Augustine
North Africa
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: c. AD 394
Supporting witness
On the Sermon on the Mount 1.9.25
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On the Sermon on the Mount 1.9.25.
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Augustine for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Matthew 18:11 · The Son of Man Came to Save
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Used Latin manuscripts containing Matthew 18:11
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Harmony of the Gospels 2.63
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Harmony of the Gospels 2.63.
Mark 7:16 · Ears to Hear
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Augustine for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 11:26 · Forgiveness and Prayer
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Augustine for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Receives and discusses the longer ending
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Augustine for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 354–430
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Quotes John 1:18 with 'only-begotten Son' in several places
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: c. AD 419
Supporting witness
De adulterinis coniugiis 2.6.7
Citation type: Manuscript report
Says some removed the passage fearing it encouraged adultery
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Uses the eunuch's confession tradition
AD 360–379
Basil of Caesarea
Cappadocia
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 360–379
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Basil of Caesarea for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 364
Competing witness
Against Eunomius 2.15
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Eunomius 2.15.
Mark 9:29 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: c. AD 370
Supporting witness
Homily on Fasting 1.9
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homily on Fasting 1.9.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Asceticon magnum 2.267
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Asceticon magnum 2.267.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Prologus 8.4
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Prologus 8.4.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Sermones morales 14.3
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Sermones morales 14.3.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 330–379
Competing witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Uses 'only-begotten God' in some places
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Regulae 80.16
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Regulae 80.16.
AD 701–800
Beatus of Liébana
Revelation 16:5 · Which Art, and Wast, and Shalt Be
Date: AD 701–800
Supporting witness
Commentary on the Apocalypse, lemma/comment on Revelation 16:5
Citation type: Close quotation
Latin qui fuisti et futurus es (“who were and will be”)
Revelation 22:19 · The Book of Life
Date: AD 776–786
Competing witness
Commentary on the Apocalypse, Revelation 22:19
Citation type: Close quotation
Cited in the apparatus for the “tree of life” reading.
AD 484
Carthaginian confession under Huneric
AD 501–600
Cassiodorus
c. AD 200
Clement of Alexandria
Matthew 5:44 · Bless Them That Curse You
Date: c. AD 200
Supporting witness
Stromata 4
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Stromata 4.
Matthew 18:11 · The Son of Man Came to Save
Date: c. AD 200
Supporting witness
Stromata 3
Citation type: Allusion
Allusion in Stromata 3.
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: c. AD 200
Supporting witness
Paedagogus 1.8 and Stromata 5.63.8
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Paedagogus 1.8 and Stromata 5.63.8.
Mark 9:29 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: c. AD 200
Competing witness
Eclogae Propheticae 15.1
Citation type: Allusion
Allusion in Eclogae Propheticae 15.1.
Mark 10:24 · Them That Trust in Riches
Date: AD 201–300
Supporting witness
Quis dives salvetur? 9
Citation type: Direct quotation
Clement's extended treatment quotes the qualification about trusting in riches
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: c. AD 200
Mixed witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Shows evidence for both 'only-begotten God' and 'only-begotten Son' forms
c. AD 450
Contra Varimadum
AD 234–266
Cyprian
North Africa
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 234–266
Supporting witness
Testimonies 3.8
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Testimonies 3.8.
Matthew 5:44 · Bless Them That Curse You
Date: AD 248–249
Competing witness
Testimonies 3.49
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Testimonies 3.49.
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: AD 234–266
Competing witness
On the Lord's Prayer 27
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On the Lord's Prayer 27.
Mark 11:26 · Forgiveness and Prayer
Date: AD 248–249
Supporting witness
Testimonia ad Quirinum 3.22
Citation type: Direct quotation
Cites Mark's forgiveness saying: Also according to Mark.
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 250
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Quotes the condition for baptism: If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest.
1 John 5:7 · The Heavenly Witnesses
Date: c. AD 250
Supporting witness
On the Unity of the Church 6
Citation type: Direct quotation
Cyprian introduces the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit wording with ‘it is written’ and concludes, ‘And these three are one.’ It is classified here as a supporting witness.
AD 401–500
Cyril of Alexandria
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 401–500
Supporting witness
Anti-Nestorian material at Mark 16:20
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Anti-Nestorian material at Mark 16:20.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 401–500
Competing witness
Contra Julianum book 12, preserved by Severus
Citation type: Indirect report
Indirect report in Contra Julianum book 12, preserved by Severus. Preserved through Severus.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 401–500
Competing witness
Contra Julianum book 13, preserved by Arethas
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Contra Julianum book 13, preserved by Arethas. Preserved through Arethas.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 376–444
Competing witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Strongly uses 'only-begotten God'
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: AD 401–500
Competing witness
Acts 9:6 record
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Acts 9:6 record.
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: c. AD 425
Competing witness
Thesaurus
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Thesaurus.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 401–500
Supporting witness
Theotokos 3.22
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Theotokos 3.22.
c. AD 350
Cyril of Jerusalem
AD 67–133
Didache
Matthew 5:44 · Bless Them That Curse You
Date: AD 67–133
Supporting witness
Didache 1.3
Citation type: Parallel tradition
combines blessing those who curse with prayer/love for enemies, but it is not a secure verbatim citation of Matthew 5:44
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: AD 67–133
Supporting witness
Didache 8.2
Citation type: Parallel tradition
For thine is the power and the glory for ever.
AD 201–300
Didascalia Apostolorum
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 201–300
Supporting witness
Syriac chapters 6 and 26
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Syriac chapters 6 and 26. Syriac transmission.
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: AD 201–233
Supporting witness
Didascalia Apostolorum 7
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Knows a similar account of Christ's mercy toward a sinful woman
AD 301–400
Didymus the Blind
Alexandria
John 5:3b-4 · The Angel at Bethesda
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
De Trinitate 2.14
Citation type: Parallel tradition
References the angel and the troubled water
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 223.6b–13a
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Refers to a story of a woman accused of sin before Jesus
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Commentary on Zechariah 2.153.259
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Commentary on Zechariah 2.153.259.
c. AD 360
Ephrem Syrus
Syria
c. AD 377
Epiphanius of Salamis
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 377
Competing witness
Panarion 51.6.4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Panarion 51.6.4.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: c. AD 377
Supporting witness
Panarion, on 16:19
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Panarion, on 16:19.
Luke 2:14 · Good Will Toward Men
Date: AD 374–377
Supporting witness
Panarion 30.29.4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Panarion 30.29.4.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: c. AD 374
Supporting witness
Ancoratus 31.5 and 37.1
Citation type: Direct quotation
Knows the passage and discusses its omission in some copies
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: AD 301–400
Competing witness
Acts 9:6 records
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Acts 9:6 records.
before AD 150
Epistula Apostolorum
Early church
AD 301–400
Eusebian Canon X.320
AD 301–333
Eusebius of Caesarea
Matthew 27:35 · That It Might Be Fulfilled
Date: AD 301–333
Supporting witness
Demonstratio Evangelica 10.8
Citation type: Direct quotation
after citing John 19, Eusebius gives Matthew with the fulfillment clause
Mark 15:28 · Numbered With the Transgressors
Date: AD 301–333
Supporting witness
Commentary on Isaiah 42.53.12
Citation type: Direct quotation
Appears to know the verse and includes the cross-reference with Luke 22:37 in his canon tables
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 301–333
Mixed witness
Quaestiones ad Marinum, on 16:9
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Manuscript report in Quaestiones ad Marinum, on 16:9.
Luke 2:14 · Good Will Toward Men
Date: AD 312–318
Supporting witness
Demonstratio Evangelica 7.2.8
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Demonstratio Evangelica 7.2.8.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 300–399
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Eusebius for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
AD 300–399
Eusebius Vercellensis / Latin De Trinitate tradition
AD 367–400
Expositio Fidei
c. AD 527
Fulgentius of Ruspe
1 John 5:7 · The Heavenly Witnesses
Date: c. AD 527
Supporting witness
Contra Arianos
Citation type: Direct quotation
Explicit heavenly-witness citation
1 John 5:7 · The Heavenly Witnesses
Date: c. AD 527
Supporting witness
Contra Fabianum
Citation type: Direct quotation
Explicit three-one form
1 John 5:7 · The Heavenly Witnesses
Date: c. AD 527
Supporting witness
De Trinitate ad Felicem
Citation type: Direct quotation
Explicit heavenly-witness citation
AD 701–800
Germanus of Constantinople
AD 300–399
Gregory of Elvira
AD 367–400
Gregory of Nazianzus
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Theological Oration IV.16
Citation type: Indirect report
Indirect report in Theological Oration IV.16. Preserved through Severus.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 329–390
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Quotes John 1:18 with 'only-begotten Son'
AD 367–400
Gregory of Nyssa
Luke 11:2-4 · The Fuller Lord's Prayer
Date: AD 367–400
Competing witness
Three passages contrasting Luke's petition with Matthew's
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Three passages contrasting Luke's petition with Matthew's.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
De perfectione christiana
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in De perfectione christiana.
1 Timothy 3:16 · God Manifest in the Flesh
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Against Eunomius, Book II
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Against Eunomius, Book II.
AD 801–853
Haymo of Halberstadt
AD 175–189
Hegesippus
Judea
AD 401–500
Hesychius of Jerusalem
AD 350–359
Hilary of Poitiers
Gaul
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 350–359
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Hilary of Poitiers for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Matthew 23:14 · Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Date: AD 310–367
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Hilary of Poitiers for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 356–360
Supporting witness
De Trinitate 10.41
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in De Trinitate 10.41.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 356–360
Supporting witness
De Trinitate 1.32; 10.48; 10.71
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in De Trinitate 1.32; 10.48; 10.71.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 356–360
Supporting witness
De Trinitate 5.33–34 and 6.39
Citation type: Direct quotation
Quotes John 1:18 with 'only-begotten Son'
c. AD 220
Hippolytus
Rome
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: c. AD 220
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Cites the passage in connection with Christ's real suffering
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 201–233
Supporting witness
Against the Jews 3; Benedictions of Jacob
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against the Jews 3; Benedictions of Jacob.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 190–299
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Quotes John 1:18 with 'only-begotten Son'
John 3:13 · Which Is in Heaven
Date: AD 201–233
Supporting witness
Against Noetus 4
Citation type: Direct quotation
quotes and interprets the Son of Man as simultaneously being in heaven
AD 101–133
Ignatius of Antioch
AD 167–200
Irenaeus
Gaul
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 167–200
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 2.32.1
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Heresies 2.32.1. Latin transmission.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.10.6
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Heresies 3.10.6. Latin transmission.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.16.3
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Heresies 3.16.3. Latin transmission.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 180
Competing witness
Against Heresies 3.11.8
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Heresies 3.11.8. Greek fragment.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.10.5
Citation type: Direct quotation
Quotes Mark 16:19 by name near the conclusion of Mark.
Luke 2:14 · Good Will Toward Men
Date: c. AD 180
Competing witness
Against Heresies 3.10.3
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Heresies 3.10.3. Latin transmission.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.22.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
Refers to Christ sweating great drops of blood
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.18.5
Citation type: Direct quotation
Witnesses to the saying's early use in the passion tradition
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: c. AD 180
Mixed witness
Against Heresies 3.11.6
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Evidence is complex, with at least one citation supporting 'only-begotten God' and other material pointing toward Son/conflated forms
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 3.12.8
Citation type: Close quotation
The eunuch confessed, I believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God.
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 180
Supporting witness
Against Heresies 4.23.2
Citation type: Allusion
Allusion in Against Heresies 4.23.2. Latin.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: c. AD 180
Competing witness
Against Heresies 3.14.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
the Latin-preserved text quotes “the Church of the Lord”
1 John 4:3 · Jesus Christ Is Come in the Flesh
Date: c. AD 180
Competing witness
Against Heresies 3.16.8
Citation type: Direct quotation
the Latin-preserved work reads “every spirit which separates Jesus Christ”
AD 601–633
Isidore of Seville
c. AD 383
Jerome
Bethlehem
Matthew 1:25 · Her Firstborn Son
Date: c. AD 383
Supporting witness
Against Helvidius
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Against Helvidius. Latin.
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 401–433
Competing witness
Commentary on Matthew 1, at 5:22
Citation type: Textual comment
Jerome states that “without a cause” is added in some copies and absent from the authentic copies
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 380–420
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Jerome for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 367–400
Competing witness
Commentary on Matthew, preface/discussion of evangelist citations
Citation type: Manuscript report
Jerome discusses the composite citation and the possibility of scribal alteration around the name Isaiah
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 401–433
Supporting witness
Epistle 120.3
Citation type: Derivative use
Derivative use in Epistle 120.3.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: c. AD 415
Mixed witness
Against the Pelagians 2.16
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Manuscript report in Against the Pelagians 2.16.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 401–433
Supporting witness
Epistle 120.8.9
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Epistle 120.8.9.
John 7:53-8:11 · The Woman Taken in Adultery
Date: c. AD 415
Supporting witness
Against the Pelagians 2.17
Citation type: Manuscript report
Says the passage was found in many Greek and Latin manuscripts
AD 367–400
John Chrysostom
Constantinople
Matthew 1:25 · Her Firstborn Son
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 5
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Matthew 5.
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
On the Priesthood 3.14
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On the Priesthood 3.14.
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 19.10
Citation type: Direct quotation
Quotes the doxology as part of Matthew's Lord's Prayer
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 57.4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Matthew 57.4.
Matthew 18:11 · The Son of Man Came to Save
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 59.4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Used Greek manuscripts containing Matthew 18:11
Matthew 23:14 · Woe to the Scribes and Pharisees
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 73
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Matthew 73.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Ephesians 24
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Homilies on Ephesians 24.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on 1 Thessalonians 5
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Homilies on 1 Thessalonians 5.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Romans 12 and 26
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Homilies on Romans 12 and 26.
Luke 9:55-56 · The Rebuke and Saving Mission
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Matthew 29 and 56; Homilies on John 51; Homilies on Romans 22; Homilies on 1 Corinthians 33
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Homilies on Matthew 29 and 56; Homilies on John 51; Homilies on Romans 22; Homilies on 1 Corinthians 33.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homily on “Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me”
Citation type: Indirect report
Indirect report in Homily on “Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me”. Preserved through Severus.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
In Ephesios; De Cruce et Latrone 1; In principium actorum; Homily 78 on Matthew
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in In Ephesios; De Cruce et Latrone 1; In principium actorum; Homily 78 on Matthew.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homily on “Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me”, §4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homily on “Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me”, §4.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 390–407
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Chrysostom for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
John 5:3b-4 · The Angel at Bethesda
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
Homilies on John 36
Citation type: Direct quotation
Expounds the angel troubling the water
Acts 8:37 · The Ethiopian Eunuch's Confession
Date: c. AD 400
Competing witness
Homilies on Acts 19.1
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Homilies on Acts 19.1.
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: c. AD 400
Competing witness
Homilies on Acts 19.3
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Acts 19.3.
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: c. AD 400
Competing witness
Acts 9:6 record
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Acts 9:6 record.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Acts 44.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Acts 44.2.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Purchase-clause quotation
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Purchase-clause quotation.
Acts 28:29 · The Jews Departed
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Homilies on Acts 55.1
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Homilies on Acts 55.1.
Romans 14:10 · The Judgment Seat of Christ
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Homily 25 on Romans
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homily 25 on Romans.
Ephesians 3:9 · Fellowship … by Jesus Christ
Date: c. AD 400
Mixed witness
Homily 7 on Ephesians
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
the opening/running quotation reads “dispensation” and “who created all things” without the phrase, but the later exposition says “who created all things by Jesus Christ” and comments on creation through him
Ephesians 3:9 · Fellowship … by Jesus Christ
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Homily 7 on Ephesians
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Homily 7 on Ephesians. Cited from the received English translation; the Greek edition is not collated here.
1 Timothy 3:16 · God Manifest in the Flesh
Date: c. AD 400
Supporting witness
Homily 11 on 1 Timothy
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Homily 11 on 1 Timothy. The received English translation prints “God [He who] was manifest”; the underlying Greek edition is not collated here.
AD 701–800
John Damascene
c. AD 155
Justin Martyr
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: c. AD 155
Competing witness
First Apology 16.2
Citation type: Close quotation
Justin reproduces the anger saying without “without a cause”
Matthew 5:44 · Bless Them That Curse You
Date: c. AD 155
Supporting witness
First Apology 15
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
preserves a fuller combined form with love, blessing, and prayer language
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: AD 101–200
Supporting witness
First Apology 16
Citation type: Close quotation
has “Good Master” and “None is good but God only”
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: AD 101–200
Supporting witness
Dialogue with Trypho 101
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
addresses Jesus as “Good Master” and gives “Why do you call me good? One is good, my Father in heaven,” a form not identical to either full Greek endpoint
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 101–200
Supporting witness
Record attached to Mark 16:20
Citation type: Allusion
Uses language connected with Mark 16:20
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: AD 150–160
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Early witness to Christ's agony / bloody sweat tradition
AD 501–600
Justinian
AD 367–433
Macarius Magnes
AD 201–300
Origen
Alexandria / Caesarea
Matthew 5:22 · Without a Cause
Date: AD 201–300
Competing witness
Commentary on Ephesians, fragment
Citation type: Textual comment
Textual comment in Commentary on Ephesians, fragment.
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: c. AD 233
Competing witness
On Prayer 19
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On Prayer 19.
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 234–266
Supporting witness
Commentary on Matthew 13.7
Citation type: Direct quotation
Uses the prayer and fasting reading
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: AD 201–233
Mixed witness
multiple citations summarized in the Matthew apparatus
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Origen is attested on both sides and must not be entered as a single-direction witness
Matthew 19:16–17 · Why Callest Thou Me Good?
Date: AD 234–266
Competing witness
Commentary on Matthew 15.14
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Commentary on Matthew 15.14.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 201–233
Competing witness
multiple citations collated in the Mark apparatus
Citation type: Direct quotation
Origen repeatedly gives the Isaiah attribution
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 201–300
Competing witness
Commentary on John 6.24.128f.
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Commentary on John 6.24.128f..
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 201–300
Competing witness
Commentary on John 1.13.81
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Commentary on John 1.13.81.
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: c. AD 248
Competing witness
Against Celsus 2.4
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Celsus 2.4.
Mark 15:28 · Numbered With the Transgressors
Date: c. AD 248
Supporting witness
Against Celsus 8.54 and 2.44
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Against Celsus 8.54 and 2.44.
Luke 2:14 · Good Will Toward Men
Date: AD 201–300
Mixed witness
Additional Luke 2:14 citations reported in the apparatus
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Indirect report in Additional Luke 2:14 citations reported in the apparatus.
Luke 2:14 · Good Will Toward Men
Date: c. AD 248
Supporting witness
Against Celsus 1.60
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Celsus 1.60.
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 201–300
Supporting witness
Homilies on Leviticus 2.1.5
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Homilies on Leviticus 2.1.5.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: c. AD 230
Mixed witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Evidence on both forms
Evidence is complex; some copies support 'Son,' while Origen is often cited for the 'God' reading
c. AD 370
Pacian of Barcelona
Spain
AD 101–200
Papias
Asia Minor
AD 401–500
Philostorgius
c. AD 358
Phoebadius of Agen
AD 801–900
Photius
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 801–900
Supporting witness
Contra Manichaeos 4.9
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Contra Manichaeos 4.9.
Mark 9:44 and Mark 9:46 · Their Worm Dieth Not
Date: AD 801–900
Supporting witness
Amphilochia 34
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Amphilochia 34.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: AD 801–900
Supporting witness
Amphilochia, on 16:9 and 16:19
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Amphilochia, on 16:9 and 16:19.
AD 101–166
Polycarp of Smyrna
Romans 14:10 · The Judgment Seat of Christ
Date: AD 101–166
Supporting witness
Letter to the Philippians 6.2
Citation type: Close quotation
says “we must all stand before the judgment seat of Christ”
1 John 4:3 · Jesus Christ Is Come in the Flesh
Date: AD 101–166
Supporting witness
Letter to the Philippians 7.1
Citation type: Close quotation
“whoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is antichrist”
AD 501–600
Primasius of Hadrumetum
c. AD 380
Priscillian
Late antique or Byzantine
Pseudo-Anastasius material
Late antiquity
Pseudo-Athanasius
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: Late antiquity
Competing witness
Synopsis 98
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Synopsis 98.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: Late antiquity
Supporting witness
De incarnatione contra Apollinarium 1.13
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in De incarnatione contra Apollinarium 1.13.
AD 301–400
Pseudo-Basil
Matthew 1:25 · Her Firstborn Son
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Against Eunomius 4
Citation type: Direct quotation
the work says that Mary's only Son “is called her first born” and quotes “Till she brought forth her first born Son”
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 301–400
Supporting witness
Adversus Eunomium IV
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Adversus Eunomium IV.
Late antique
Pseudo-Caesarius
Late antique
Pseudo-Chrysostom
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: Late antique
Competing witness
Psalm 50 material
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Psalm 50 material.
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: Late antique
Competing witness
Acts 9:6 record
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Acts 9:6 record.
AD 267–333
Pseudo-Clement
Matthew 17:21 · Prayer and Fasting
Date: AD 267–333
Supporting witness
First Epistle Concerning Virginity 12
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Preserves fasting-and-prayer wording that may reflect Matthew 17:21, Mark 9:29, or a harmonized tradition; it is not counted as an exact Matthew-specific quotation.
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: Late antique
Supporting witness
Epitome records at Mark 16:16
Citation type: Derivative use
Derivative use in Epitome records at Mark 16:16.
Late antique
Pseudo-Didymus
Acts 9:5-6 · Kick Against the Pricks
Date: Late antique
Competing witness
Acts 9:6 record
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Acts 9:6 record.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: Late antiquity
Competing witness
De Trinitate 2.8.2
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in De Trinitate 2.8.2.
Late antiquity
Pseudo-Isaiah material
c. AD 405
Rufinus's Latin Origen
AD 301–400
Serapion of Thmuis
AD 367–400
Severian of Gabala
Mark 1:2 · As It Is Written in the Prophets
Date: AD 367–400
Competing witness
In sigillum librorum 5
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in In sigillum librorum 5.
Mark 15:28 · Numbered With the Transgressors
Date: AD 367–400
Supporting witness
In filium? 3
Citation type: Allusion
Allusion in In filium? 3.
AD 501–600
Severus of Antioch
AD 401–500
Socrates Scholasticus
c. AD 170
Tatian / Diatessaron
Syria
Mark 16:9-20 · The Longer Ending of Mark
Date: c. AD 170
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
The controlling apparatus reports Tatian / Diatessaron for this reading, but the exact work and section are not identified in the current dossier.
Luke 22:43-44 · The Angel and Bloody Sweat
Date: c. AD 170
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Includes the agony tradition in early Gospel harmony tradition
Luke 23:34 · Father, Forgive Them
Date: AD 170–179
Supporting witness
Apparatus-level attribution
Citation type: Patristic citation
Includes the saying in harmonized Gospel tradition
AD 201–233
Tertullian
North Africa / Rome
Matthew 6:13 · The Lord's Prayer Doxology
Date: AD 201–233
Competing witness
On Prayer 8
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On Prayer 8.
Luke 11:2-4 · The Fuller Lord's Prayer
Date: AD 201–233
Competing witness
Against Marcion 4
Citation type: Indirect report
Indirect report in Against Marcion 4.
John 1:18 · The Only Begotten Son
Date: AD 201–233
Supporting witness
Against Praxeas 15
Citation type: Direct quotation
Uses John 1:18 with 'only-begotten Son'
John 5:3b-4 · The Angel at Bethesda
Date: AD 201–233
Supporting witness
On Baptism 5
Citation type: Close quotation
Refers to angelic activity and healing water in connection with this passage
1 Corinthians 15:47 · The Second Man Is the Lord from Heaven
Date: c. AD 207
Supporting witness
Against Marcion 5.10
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Against Marcion 5.10.
1 Corinthians 15:47 · The Second Man Is the Lord from Heaven
Date: c. AD 210
Supporting witness
On the Flesh of Christ 8
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On the Flesh of Christ 8.
1 Corinthians 15:47 · The Second Man Is the Lord from Heaven
Date: c. AD 210
Competing witness
On the Resurrection of the Flesh 49
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in On the Resurrection of the Flesh 49.
1 John 5:7 · The Heavenly Witnesses
Date: c. AD 210
Supporting witness
Against Praxeas 25
Citation type: Close quotation
Tertullian joins the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit with the three-one wording in Against Praxeas 25. It is classified here as a supporting witness.
AD 401–500
Theodoret
Mark 15:28 · Numbered With the Transgressors
Date: AD 401–500
Supporting witness
Commentary on Isaiah 17.53.12
Citation type: Parallel tradition
Parallel tradition in Commentary on Isaiah 17.53.12.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 401–500
Supporting witness
Commentary on Philippians 1:1f
Citation type: Close quotation
Close quotation in Commentary on Philippians 1:1f.
Acts 20:28 · The Church of God … His Own Blood
Date: AD 401–500
Competing witness
Theologia Trinitatis 26
Citation type: Direct quotation
Direct quotation in Theologia Trinitatis 26.
AD 447
Theodoret of Cyrus
AD 167–200
Theophilus of Antioch
AD 301–400