{"slug":"amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","title":"Fragments John Kolobos","author":"Anonymous","genre":"hagiography","date":"","tradition":"coptic","coverage":"unknown","publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-14T04:23:17Z","cost_usd":0.010071},"source":{"registry_id":"coptic:coptic-ocr:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","work_id":"amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","edition":"coptic-ocr","license":"GNU GPL-3.0","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"},"stats":{"passages":12,"english_words":2549,"coptic_letters":7704,"commentary_units":70,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":34,"ambiguities":22,"work_notes":4,"external_links":1,"timeline":4},"summary":{"work":"amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","abstract":"The Fragments of John Kolobos are a collection of brief Coptic monastic sayings and anecdotes attributed to the fourth-century Egyptian desert father John Kolobos. Preserved only in Coptic, they survive in a single edition by Amélineau, likely drawn from a larger apophthegmata tradition. The fragments employ a simple, narrative register with direct speech and moral instruction, typical of desert literature. They lack continuous narrative and their context within John Kolobos's life is uncertain. The English draft is a modern translation from the Coptic, with no earlier English version known. The work remains little studied outside Coptic scholarship.","historical_context":"The fragments are attributed to John Kolobos, a fourth-century Egyptian desert father active in the monastic communities of Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). The Coptic text likely dates to the fifth or sixth century, when such sayings were compiled and transmitted orally before being written in Coptic. The genre is apophthegmata (sayings of the desert fathers), a key form of early monastic literature. The fragments survive only in Coptic, edited by Amélineau from manuscript sources, with no extant parallel versions. The community was Coptic-speaking, and the text reflects the ascetic and spiritual concerns of Egyptian monasticism. Transmission was limited, and the fragments are brief, lacking a continuous narrative, making their original context uncertain.","significance":"These fragments provide rare direct access to the sayings of John Kolobos in Coptic, supplementing the Greek and Latin apophthegmata traditions. They illuminate the oral and written transmission of desert spirituality and the role of humility and obedience in early Egyptian monasticism. The work is significant for scholars of Coptic literature and monastic history, as it preserves a voice otherwise known mainly through later collections.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Life of John Kolobos in Egyptian desert communities."},{"date":"5th–6th c.","event":"Probable compilation of sayings in Coptic."},{"date":"19th–20th c.","event":"Edition by Amélineau from Coptic manuscripts."},{"date":"Modern","event":"English translation from Amélineau's edition."}],"relations":[{"work":"Apophthegmata Patrum","relation":"Part of the same genre of desert sayings","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Life of John Kolobos (Greek/Syriac traditions)","relation":"Parallel hagiographic tradition","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Coptic monastic literature","relation":"Related corpus of Coptic desert texts","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"Amélineau edition of John Kolobos fragments","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt","reason":"Primary edition of the Coptic text"}],"cautions":["Date of composition is uncertain; only a broad 5th–6th century range can be inferred.","Attribution to John Kolobos is traditional and not independently verified.","The fragments survive only in a single edition, with no extant parallel versions.","The original context and arrangement of the fragments are unknown."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.00039,"generated":"2026-11-14T03:30:10Z"},"checks":{"work":"amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":12,"translated":12,"commentary_passages":12,"commentary_units":70,"english_words":2549,"coptic_letters":7704,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The fragments survive only in Coptic, preserved in a single manuscript tradition; no complete version is known. The source edition (Amélineau) relies on a single witness.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The work is attributed to John Kolobos (John the Dwarf, ca. 339–405), but the manuscript dates to the 10th–11th century. The attribution is traditional and cannot be verified.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"These fragments are not known to have been used in Coptic liturgy or translated into other languages. Their reception is limited to scholarly editions of Coptic monastic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":["hollis:alma990006018390203941"]},{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The OCR-based source edition may contain transcription errors. No critical apparatus or collation with other manuscripts is available for this edition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"derived_work_notes":[{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in Sahidic Coptic; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 6 narrative, 4 address to the congregation, 1 dialogue, 1 colophon."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","text":"19 glossary term(s) recorded at first occurrence from a curated list of 53; the term index below gives the rendering and the count."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: coptic-ocr — GNU GPL-3.0"}],"derived_structure":{"dialogue":1,"address":4,"narrative":6,"colophon":1},"term_index":[{"coptic":"ⲁⲡⲁ","english":"Apa","count":23,"first_passage":1,"note":"A title of a monastic father. Left as 'Apa' because it is a form of address, and 'father' would collide with the biological sense in the same sentence."},{"coptic":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","english":"God","count":8,"first_passage":3,"note":"Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ is the ordinary word for 'god'. With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","english":"bless","count":6,"first_passage":2,"note":"The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"coptic":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","english":"Lord","count":6,"first_passage":3,"note":"Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"coptic":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","english":"pray","count":5,"first_passage":4,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","english":"deacon","count":4,"first_passage":1,"note":"The office in liturgical texts; 'servant' only in citations of the New Testament."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","english":"peace","count":4,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","english":"love","count":2,"first_passage":1,"note":"Greek ἀγάπη. The liturgical meal sense ('agape') is technical and should not be flattened to 'love'."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","english":"prophet","count":2,"first_passage":6,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲧⲡⲉ","english":"heaven","count":2,"first_passage":6,"note":"The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","english":"apostle","count":2,"first_passage":7,"note":""},{"coptic":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","english":"people","count":2,"first_passage":9,"note":"Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","english":"church","count":1,"first_passage":2,"note":"The building, the congregation, and the institution all take this word; the context decides, and 'assembly' is rare outside citations of Acts."},{"coptic":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ","english":"faith","count":1,"first_passage":3,"note":"Greek πίστις; 'faithfulness' where the sense is reliability rather than assent."},{"coptic":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","english":"devil","count":1,"first_passage":5,"note":"Greek διάβολος; the personified adversary in hagiography. 'Slanderer' is the etymological sense and is not used in this corpus."},{"coptic":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","english":"angel","count":1,"first_passage":6,"note":"Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"coptic":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","english":"grace","count":1,"first_passage":7,"note":"The unearned favour of God; 'favour' where a human patron is meant."},{"coptic":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","english":"body","count":1,"first_passage":10,"note":"In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"coptic":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","english":"bishop","count":1,"first_passage":11,"note":""}],"citations":{"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos":{"label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"},"dossier:coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend":{"label":"gap dossier: Coptic Life (legend) of John Chrysostom","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend"}},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"(-ⲣ︦ⲍ︦-) ⲥⲁⲧⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲗⲟ ⲉϥⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲛⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ\nⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲁⲩϫⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲁⲩⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ϣⲁϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ. ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲥⲩⲛⲁⲝⲓⲥ ⲁⲩϯ ⲡⲉⲩⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲟϥ\nⲛϭⲓ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ\nⲛⲅⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲛϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲛⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲉϥⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ. ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛϭⲓ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉϣϫⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲣ ⲡⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ⲉⲓⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲱϥ. ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ\nⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁⲩϥⲟϭⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲡⲁϩⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲟⲓ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲟⲩ ⲁⲕϩⲟⲡⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲧⲁⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲉⲕⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲉ- (-ⲣ︦ⲏ︦-) ⲣⲟⲛ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲛⲓϩⲙϩⲁⲗ. ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛϭⲓ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲑⲃⲃⲓⲟ","english":"(-rz-) It happened that Apa John was serving the deacons. He went to a solitary place with the brothers. They took their small provisions and slept until morning. In the morning, when it was time, they performed the synaxis. The deacons gave their testimony to him, saying to him, \"O our holy father, do the agape and inform John, so that we may give him the letters of the archbishop, that he is not grieved because of him, for perhaps evil has befallen us.\" Apa John answered, \"If my father the archbishop remembers my humility, then I am the one you seek.\" When they heard these things from Apa John, they fell down at his feet and worshiped him, saying, \"Woe to us, our holy father, why have you hidden yourself from us? You did not inform us that you were serving as a deacon for us in the manner of slaves.\" Apa John answered, saying to them with great humility.","structure":"dialogue","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ (deacon) is a liturgical office. Here the deacons serve as intermediaries between Apa John and the archbishop, consistent with the pinned glossary rendering.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ (agape) is a technical term for the liturgical meal. The deacons ask Apa John to 'do the agape', likely referring to this communal meal, not simply 'love'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲡⲁ (Apa) is a monastic title. It is left untranslated to avoid confusion with the biological father (ⲉⲓⲱⲧ) used in the same passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The narrative of Apa John (John Kolobos) serving as a deacon in secret echoes monastic humility topoi. The archbishop figure may reflect late antique ecclesiastical hierarchy in Egypt.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage is a dialogue framed by a narrative introduction. The deacons' speech and Apa John's responses alternate, with a climactic prostration scene.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text has a marginal note (-ⲣ︦ⲍ︦-) and (-ⲣ︦ⲏ︦-), likely page or section numbers. Their exact significance is uncertain; they may indicate a break or a scribal annotation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ could be read as 'do the agape' (liturgical meal) or 'perform the love' (abstract). The context of deacons and synaxis supports the technical sense.","The identity of 'John' in the deacons' request ('inform John') is ambiguous: it may refer to Apa John himself or another person. The narrative suggests it is Apa John, as he responds directly."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"dialogue","text":"Classified as dialogue from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","text":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ → “deacon”. The office in liturgical texts; 'servant' only in citations of the New Testament."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ → “love”. Greek ἀγάπη. The liturgical meal sense ('agape') is technical and should not be flattened to 'love'."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ carries more than one sense (charity, agape (the meal)); this passage takes it as “love”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲡⲁ","text":"ⲁⲡⲁ → “Apa”. A title of a monastic father. Left as 'Apa' because it is a form of address, and 'father' would collide with the biological sense in the same sentence."}]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ϫⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲣⲱ ⲁⲓⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲱ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲛϩⲩⲡⲉⲣⲉⲧⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛϣⲱⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ\nⲟⲛ ⲡϫⲁⲩ ⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁⲧ ⲁⲛ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ\nⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲧⲟⲭⲟⲥ ⲉⲧϩⲁⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁ ⲡⲉϥⲥϯ ⲛⲟⲩϥⲉ ⲡⲱϩ ϣⲁ ⲛⲉⲕⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲓⲕⲟⲩⲙⲉⲛⲏ\nⲡⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϩⲉⲛ ϭⲱⲗⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲛ ϩⲉⲛ ⲁⲡⲟⲕⲁⲗⲩⲙⲯⲓⲥ ⲛⲑⲁⲩⲙⲁ\nϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ. ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲛϭⲓ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ\nⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲡⲉⲡ︦︦︦︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦\nⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲕ ⲁⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ\nϫⲉ (-ⲣ︦ⲑ︦-) ⲁⲛⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲁ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϯ\nⲛⲁϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲓⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲑⲉⲟⲫⲓⲗⲟⲥ ⲁϥϫⲓⲧⲥ ⲁϥⲁⲥⲡⲁⲍⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲅ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲁⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲁⲧ. ⲡⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲟϣⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲥⲟⲟⲩϩ ⲁⲩⲁⲣⲭⲓ\nⲛⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥⲓ\nⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧⲛ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲣⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣ ϩⲏⲃⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ\nⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲛⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ.","english":"It happened that Apa John was serving the deacons. He went to a solitary place with the brothers. They took their small provisions and slept until morning. In the morning, when it was time, they performed the synaxis. He said, \"May it be that I am worthy, O my beloved, of the diaconate for you, for I am the wretched one, and you are the servant and deacon of the great shepherd, and also the guide of our souls. I am not alone, but the whole inhabited world is a partaker at the feet of Christ, my father Apa Theophilus the archbishop, whose fragrance has reached the ends of the inhabited world. He saw some revelations and some wonderful apocalypses in the church of the holy baptism.\" The deacons answered, saying, \"You are our holy father. We have known today that the grace of God is with you. We are worthy of great honor and a blessing, for we have met your holiness.\" When they had said these things, they gave him the epistle of the archbishop Apa Theophilus. He took it, greeted it, and rejoiced greatly. He said, \"Who am I, that my lord should send to me?\" When he opened it, the brothers were gathered, and they began to grieve, saying, \"Our father the archbishop will take us away from our father, and we will become orphans.\" And they were greatly troubled, each one before his brother.","structure":"address","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ (deacon) is used both for the office and, in the speaker's self-deprecation, as 'servant' (ⲛϩⲩⲡⲉⲣⲉⲧⲏⲥ). The glossary specifies that 'servant' is reserved for NT citations; here the term is liturgical.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ appears in the phrase 'church of the holy baptism' (ⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ). The context indicates the building (a baptistery church), not the congregation or institution.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ (bless) occurs when the deacons say they are worthy of 'a blessing' (ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ). The glossary rule applies: the object is a person (the deacons), so the rendering 'blessing' is correct, not 'praise'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The figure Apa Theophilus the archbishop is likely Theophilus of Alexandria (385–412 CE), a prominent patriarch. His 'fragrance' reaching the ends of the earth is a hagiographic topos for his reputation. The 'revelations and apocalypses' in the baptistery church echo traditions of visionary experiences in liturgical spaces.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":["Amélineau 1888"],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is an address (as classified from the Coptic cues). The deacons' response and the subsequent delivery of the epistle shift the narrative from direct speech to action, marking a structural transition from dialogue to plot advancement.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic phrase ⲁⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ is ambiguous: it could mean 'we are worthy of great honor and a blessing' (as rendered) or 'we are worthy of a great honor and a blessing'. The sense is not materially affected, but the syntax is loose.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'Apa John' is uncertain: he may be John Kolobos (the Little) or another John; the text does not specify. The phrase 'ⲡⲓⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ' (the wretched one) is a conventional self-abasement, not a biographical claim. The reading 'ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ' (the grace) is partially restored in the Coptic (ⲡⲉⲡ︦︦︦︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦); the lacuna is short and the restoration is standard."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"address to the congregation","text":"Classified as address to the congregation from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ","text":"ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ → “church”. The building, the congregation, and the institution all take this word; the context decides, and 'assembly' is rare outside citations of Acts."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ → “bless”. The Coptic verb covers both 'bless' and 'praise'; the object decides — God is praised, a person is blessed."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","text":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ carries more than one sense (praise); this passage takes it as “bless”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲣ ϩⲏⲃⲉ ⲁϥⲥⲗⲥⲱⲗⲟⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ\nⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲁϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲁⲩⲱ ϥⲛⲁϩⲁⲣⲉϩ\nⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϣⲁⲛϯⲕⲧⲟⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϯϭⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲏⲙⲏⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nϩⲛ ⲧⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ (-ⲣⲓ-) ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲡⲣⲟⲥⲉⲭⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲉⲛⲉⲡⲓⲃⲟⲩⲗⲏ ⲙⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ\nⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛϯⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ\nⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲁϥⲥⲟⲟⲩϩⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲥⲩⲛⲁⲝⲓⲥ\nⲁϥⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ\nϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ. ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲁ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧⲃ (sic) ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ ϩⲙ\nⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲉⲛ ⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϩⲉⲛ ⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲛⲧⲉⲗⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲉ ⲁϥϯ\nⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲥⲉϥⲓ ⲡⲣⲟⲟⲩϣ ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲓⲁ ⲛⲛϩⲏⲕⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲩⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ϥⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ\n(-ⲣ︦︦ⲓ︦ⲁ︦-) ⲛϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲥⲟⲃⲧⲉ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙ\nⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲁⲛϩⲁⲗⲱⲙⲁ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲓ\nⲛⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲛⲉⲉϥ ⲉⲧϩⲙ ⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲁⲉⲓⲟ ⲙⲡⲓⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ϩⲉⲛ ⲥⲧⲟⲗⲏ ⲙⲛ ϩⲉⲛ ϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ⲉⲩⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ ⲉⲩⲡⲣⲉⲡⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲁⲗⲉ ⲉⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲑⲡⲟ ⲙⲙⲟϥ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲁⲛ\nⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ.","english":"The holy Apa John, when he saw them being idle, he consoled them, saying, \"Do not grieve, Lord.\" He gave orders for the work to be completed according to his wish, and he said, \"I will keep you until I return to you in peace. I know that you are steadfast in faith and love toward one another. Pay attention to one another, that you may keep yourselves from the counsels of the adversary. Make peace with one another, and the peace of God will be with you.\" After he sent the brothers away, he gathered them together and performed the synaxis with them. He assembled them all at once, and each one went to his dwelling place in peace. In the morning, when it happened, the brothers gathered and came to the monastery of Apa John. He prepared to set out on the journey according to the will of God. Behold, two venerable brothers were with him, namely Apa Zacharias and Apa John, who were chosen perfect ones. He entrusted to the brothers the care of the monastery and the diakonia for the poor, and they grieved greatly that he was going away and would not remain. And in this way he made all the preparations. He came out of the monastery and took with him a great offering for the ship of the deacons and the sheep that were on the ship. He brought honors for the archbishop, and vestments, and garments that were honorable and fitting for the archbishop. And in this way also they went up onto the ship, while the brothers wept over him, saying, \"We seek you, our father, until the Lord makes us worthy to see you again.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (εἰρήνη) appears twice in this passage, first in the phrase ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ('in peace') and later in ⲁⲣⲓ ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ('make peace'). The glossary notes that in colophons ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ is a liturgical formula; here it likely carries both a social and a spiritual sense, as the context involves communal harmony and divine blessing.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ (πίστις) is rendered 'faith' but the glossary notes that 'faithfulness' is appropriate where reliability is meant. In the phrase 'steadfast in faith and love', the pairing with ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ suggests a standard Christian virtue, but the context of communal exhortation may also imply mutual trust.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ","severity":"info","text":"ⲁⲅⲁⲡⲏ (ἀγάπη) is glossed as 'love' but the glossary warns against flattening the technical sense of the liturgical meal ('agape'). Here it appears in a moral exhortation ('faith and love toward one another'), so the general sense is likely intended, though the monastic setting could evoke the communal meal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲓⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲟⲥ (ἀντικείμενος) is a Greek loanword meaning 'adversary' or 'opponent', often used in Coptic monastic literature for the devil or a demonic force. Here it appears in the phrase 'counsels of the adversary', a standard warning against temptation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from direct speech (Apa John's exhortation) to narrative (departure preparations). The phrase ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ('after these things') marks a transition, and the repetition of ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ at the end of the first section and the beginning of the second creates a thematic inclusio.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧⲃ","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic ⲁϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧⲃ (sic) appears to be a scribal error or variant for ⲁϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧϥ ('he prepared himself'). The English draft reads 'he prepared to set out', which is the likely intended sense, but the form is irregular and may reflect a copying mistake.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲙⲡⲣⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ('Do not grieve, Lord') is ambiguous: ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ could be a direct address to God or a title for a superior; the English draft treats it as an address to God, but the context of Apa John speaking to the brothers might suggest it is a respectful address to a monastic leader.","The identity of the 'two venerable brothers' (Apa Zacharias and Apa John) is unclear; they may be historical figures or literary types, but no further identification is provided in the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ","text":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ → “faith”. Greek πίστις; 'faithfulness' where the sense is reliability rather than assent."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ","text":"ⲡⲓⲥⲧⲓⲥ carries more than one sense (belief, faithfulness); this passage takes it as “faith”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","text":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ → “peace”. Greek εἰρήνη. ⲛ̄ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ in a colophon is the liturgical formula 'in peace', not a comment on civil order."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ → “God”. Sahidic ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ is the ordinary word for 'god'. With the definite article (ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ) in Christian texts it names God; without it, a god or the divine."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ","text":"ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ carries more than one sense (god, deity); this passage takes it as “God”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ → “Lord”. Renders Yahweh in the Sahidic Bible and names Christ in homilies; 'master' is the everyday social sense and the right one in a parable about slaves."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ","text":"ϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ carries more than one sense (master, owner); this passage takes it as “Lord”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲉϥϯ\nⲧⲱⲕ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛϯⲛⲁⲱⲥⲕ ⲁⲛ\nⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϥⲛⲁϯ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ\nⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲟⲛ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲱ ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲁϩⲣⲙ\nⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛϥϫⲓ ⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲏⲧ ϣⲁⲛϯ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲛ (-ⲣ︦ⲓ︦ⲃ︦-) ⲟⲩⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥϣⲗⲏⲗ\nⲁϥⲕⲁ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲕⲁ ⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲙ\nⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ϩⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲉⲩⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲇⲉ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ\nⲙⲡⲉⲙⲛⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϯ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϩⲣⲁϥ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϩⲱⲥⲧⲉ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϥⲓⲧϥ\nⲧⲏⲣϥ ϣⲁⲡⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲣⲟⲩϩⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲁ ⲛⲛⲉⲉϥ ⲕⲁ\nⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲛⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉ ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ","english":"The holy Apa John encouraged them, saying, \"I trust in God that I will not be separated from you, but he will give me his hand with me wherever I go, and I will also come to you in peace. Pray for me, O my beloved, before the Lord, until I go and come to you in (-212-) health.\" While the holy Apa John was saying these things, he prayed, he dismissed the brothers, and immediately they launched the boat, they sailed downstream on the river by the will of God. As they were sailing downstream on the river, at the bank of the river, the water was entering into it a little, so that the water carried it entirely except for a little. And when evening came while he was sailing, the fish released the boat, and they moored it until morning came. Behold, a man","structure":"address","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ (εἰρήνη) is rendered 'peace' per the glossary; in the phrase ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲉⲓⲣⲏⲛⲏ it likely carries the liturgical sense 'in peace', not a reference to civil order.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ϣⲗⲏⲗ means 'pray'; here it appears twice: first in John's exhortation to the brothers, then in the narrative of his action before dismissing them.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The title ⲁⲡⲁ (Apa) is a monastic honorific; it is left untranslated to avoid confusion with the biological sense of 'father'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is classified as an address: John speaks to the brothers, then the narrative shifts to action (prayer, dismissal, boat launch). The transition is marked by ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ('while he was saying these things').","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The detail of water entering the boat 'a little' (ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ) and the boat being carried 'except for a little' (ϣⲁⲡⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ) suggests a miraculous preservation, typical of hagiographic travel narratives.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic includes a numeral (-ⲣ︦ⲓ︦ⲃ︦-) in the phrase ϩⲛ (-ⲣ︦ⲓ︦ⲃ︦-) ⲟⲩⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ, likely a scribal insertion of a page or section number (212). The English draft renders it as 'in (-212-) health', but the Coptic text is corrupt at this point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲛϥϫⲓ ⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲏⲧ is obscure; the English draft interprets it as 'until I go', but the Coptic may imply a temporal or concessive sense. The reading taken follows the draft's flow.","The numeral (-ⲣ︦ⲓ︦ⲃ︦-) is an insertion; its exact significance (page number, section marker, or scribal error) is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"address to the congregation","text":"Classified as address to the congregation from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ","text":"ϣⲗⲏⲗ → “pray”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"ⲇⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ϫⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲙⲉϩ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲙⲉϩ ⲡⲗⲁⲕⲟⲛ\nⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲛⲧϥ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁϩ ⲕⲁϩⲏⲩ ⲁϥϫⲱⲕⲙ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ\nⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲣⲕⲁⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲧϥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲉϥⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲓ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲙ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲧⲣⲉ ϯϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙ- (-ⲣⲓⲅ-)ⲡⲉϥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲁⲛ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲓ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ\nⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲉϥϫⲱⲕⲙ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲉⲩⲉ ⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲧⲣⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲙⲥⲁϩ ⲧⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ. ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲩϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲉⲩⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ\nⲁⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲁⲩⲃⲟϭⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ\nⲙⲡⲉⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲉϣϭⲙϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲡⲓⲇⲏ ⲁϥⲱⲙⲥ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ\nϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ. ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲩⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲇⲉ\nⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ\nⲉⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲗⲩⲡⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲟⲩⲛ ϭⲟⲙ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ\nⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ ϩⲛ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲛⲧϥⲧⲟⲩϫⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲕⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲛ ⲧⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ\nⲙⲡⲓⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ.","english":"Then he came to the river, wanting to fill water. And when he had filled the flask with water, he brought it again to the bank, set it down, and went down into the river because of the labor of the vessel that was within it. But God, wishing that his holy ones be honored in every place, desired that a miracle occur through his servant John, for the name of God to be honored. The man who was in the river, as he was going down—behold, the wicked devil had acted wickedly against the wretched man, causing a great fish to seize the man. The men who were on the bank, standing, when they saw what had happened, they ran and threw themselves down into the river, wanting to save the man from the beast, but they were unable, for it had swallowed him down into the river. The men were weeping and grieving greatly. But the holy Apa John, when he saw what had happened, said to the crowd that was standing, \"Do not grieve, brothers; there is power in God that saved Jonah from within the whale, and it can save this other soul from the mouth of the beast.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ (diabolos) is rendered 'devil' per the pinned glossary, as the personified adversary in hagiography.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to Jonah (ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ) saved from the whale (ⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ) alludes to the biblical book of Jonah (Jonah 2:1–10 LXX).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ","severity":"info","text":"The river (ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ) setting is typical of Coptic monastic narratives, often the Nile, where ascetics perform miracles.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the wicked devil' (ⲡⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ) uses a Semitic genitive construction (noun + ⲛ + noun), common in Coptic, to intensify the adversary's malice.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"Apa John Kolobos is a known figure in Coptic hagiography; this miracle story echoes themes of divine power over beasts, paralleling other monastic tales.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲗⲁⲕⲟⲛ","severity":"caution","text":"The word ⲡⲗⲁⲕⲟⲛ (flask) is a Greek loanword (λάκκος) but here likely means a water vessel; the Coptic text is partially corrupt (lacuna after ⲙ-), but the sense is clear from context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲣⲕⲁⲥⲓⲁ (because of the labor of the vessel) is ambiguous: it may refer to a physical vessel (the flask) or a metaphorical 'vessel' (the man's body). The reading taken follows the English draft as a physical vessel.","The lacuna after ⲙ- (line 3) is uncertain; the supplied ⲣⲓⲅ (213?) may be a page number or a scribal mark, not part of the text."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ → “devil”. Greek διάβολος; the personified adversary in hagiography. 'Slanderer' is the etymological sense and is not used in this corpus."}]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲕⲁϩⲏⲩ (-ⲣ︦︦︦ⲓ︦ⲇ︦-)\nⲛⲧⲗⲉⲃⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲧⲟ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲫⲩⲙⲉⲛⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲣϥ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲉⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉϥⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲡⲱⲣϣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲁϥϣⲗⲏⲗ\nⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲇⲱⲛⲁⲓ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ ⲛⲕⲁ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛϥϣⲟⲟⲡ ⲁⲛ ⲁϥⲧⲣⲉⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ\nⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲓⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ\nⲙⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲓⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲁϥⲱⲙⲕ ⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲧ\nⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏ ⲉϥⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲉϥⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲟⲛ ϩⲓⲧⲙ\nⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲁⲕⲧⲣⲉϥⲛⲟϫϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲕⲉⲗⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲛ\nⲧⲉⲕϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲗⲁⲓⲡⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲛϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲛⲧⲉϥϩⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲛϥⲕⲁⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲱⲣⲡ ⲙⲙⲟϥ\nⲉϫⲛ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲁ(-ⲣⲓⲉ-)ϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ\nⲙⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ. ϩⲟⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲟⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲛ ⲧⲡⲉ ⲁϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲁϥⲥⲱⲛϩ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲗⲟ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲁϥϩⲗⲉⲉⲓⲗⲉ\nⲙⲙⲟϥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ϣⲁⲛⲧϥⲛⲧϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ\nⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ\nⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲕⲁ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁϥⲕⲁ ⲡⲧⲏⲩ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛϭⲓ ⲡⲉⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ.","english":"The holy Apa John left it behind, and the leather bag that was upon him, he took a vessel, tied it to himself, and went down to the river up to his waist. He spread out his hands and prayed to God, saying, \"Adonai, Lord God, the Pantocrator, who created everything from nothing, who caused all the heavens and the earth, the sea and the rivers to come into being, who commanded the great whale of the time to swallow Jonah the prophet for three days and three nights, and he was within it, watching over him, and afterwards, by your command, you caused him to be cast upon the shore. Now also, my Lord, command in your holy power that the beast release the man, that the wretched one may be brought to your shore, and that he be placed where it seized him, without any evil, so that the whole multitude may glorify your name.\" While the holy Apa John stood praying, behold, an angel of God came from heaven, seized the beast, bound it, and lifted the man up onto it, and it swam in the river until it brought him to the shore. And immediately the holy Apa John took hold of him and brought him to the shore. But when the beast released the man, it let go of the breath and died, namely the beast.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲇⲱⲛⲁⲓ","severity":"info","text":"The Greek loanword ⲁⲇⲱⲛⲁⲓ (Adonai) is a divine title meaning 'my Lord', used in Jewish and Christian prayer. Here it precedes ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ, reinforcing the invocation of God's sovereignty.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲱⲣ (Pantocrator) is a Greek loanword meaning 'all-ruler', a common epithet for God in Coptic liturgy, emphasizing omnipotence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The prayer explicitly references the story of Jonah (Jonah 1:17, 2:1–10), where a great fish swallows the prophet for three days. This typology frames John's miracle as a parallel to divine intervention in the Old Testament.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from narrative (John's actions) to a lengthy prayer, then back to narrative with the angel's intervention. The prayer's direct address to God and its scriptural allusion serve to elevate John's role as a holy intercessor.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲡⲓⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ (the beast) likely refers to a crocodile or hippopotamus, common threats in the Nile. The miracle of taming such a creature aligns with hagiographic topoi of saints subduing wild animals.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text contains a lacuna marked (-ⲣ︦︦︦ⲓ︦ⲇ︦-) and a partial word (-ⲣⲓⲉ-) in the prayer, likely a scribal error or damage. The English draft reconstructs the sense, but the exact wording is uncertain.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the man' seized by the beast is not specified; he may be a generic victim or a figure from a lost preceding passage.","The phrase 'it let go of the breath' (ⲁϥⲕⲁ ⲡⲧⲏⲩ) is ambiguous: it could mean the beast died or simply released its grip; the English draft interprets it as death."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ","text":"ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ → “prophet”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ → “angel”. Greek ἄγγελος; 'messenger' only where a human envoy is meant (rare in this corpus)."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (messenger); this passage takes it as “angel”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ → “heaven”. The abode of God in these texts; 'sky' only in strictly cosmological passages, which are rare here."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲧⲡⲉ","text":"ⲧⲡⲉ carries more than one sense (sky); this passage takes it as “heaven”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩϥⲓ ϩⲣⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲥⲙⲏ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲗⲏⲩ ⲉⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲛ\nⲁⲗⲏⲑⲱⲥ ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲙⲟⲧ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ\nϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲉⲧⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲧⲉⲗⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϭⲟⲉⲓⲗⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲛⲧⲓⲙⲉ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩϯ\nⲡⲉⲩⲟⲩⲟⲓ ϩⲓ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲡ ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ (-ⲣ︦︦ⲓ︦︦-) ϩⲙ ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ\nⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲓⲧϥ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲩϯⲙⲉ ⲛⲥⲉⲁⲡⲟⲗⲁⲩⲉ\nⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲉϥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲁⲩⲣ ϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ\nⲁⲩϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲩ\nϫⲉ ⲁⲗⲱⲧⲛ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ ⲱ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲧⲁϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲛϥⲛⲟⲩϩⲙ ⲛⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙ ⲡⲙⲟⲩ ⲡⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁ ⲧⲉⲡⲣⲟⲛⲟⲓⲁ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ\nⲕⲓⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁϥϯⲥⲟ ⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲕⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲙⲧⲣⲉ ⲡⲓⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ. ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϥⲡⲱⲣϣ ⲛⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ\nⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲓ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲭ︦ⲥ︦ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁⲙⲓⲉ ⲛⲕⲁ\nⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛϫⲁⲧⲃⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛϩⲁⲗⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲡⲉ\nⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲕⲓⲙ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛⲥⲉⲕⲓⲙ ⲁⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲓⲉⲍⲉⲕⲓⲏⲗ ϫⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉϫⲛ ⲛⲓⲕⲉ(-ⲣ︦ⲍ︦ sic pro -ⲣ︦︦ⲓ︦ⲍ︦-)ⲉⲥ ⲛⲥⲉⲱⲛϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲉⲩⲉ ⲁⲩⲡⲛⲁ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱⲛϩ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲓϩⲉ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ\nⲉⲕⲁⲧⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲓⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲱⲛϩ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲧⲉⲕϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲅϯ ⲛⲁϥ\nⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧϩⲏⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲕϩⲓⲕⲱⲛ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲉⲕⲣⲁⲛ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲓ\nⲉⲟⲟⲩ.","english":"The men who were standing there cried out with a loud voice, saying, \"One is God, the holy one who is exalted, the ship with us. Truly, he is an apostle of God. A great grace has come upon us today, for we are worthy that the perfect one of God should visit our village.\" Then they all together brought the holy one up from the water, lifted him up onto themselves, wishing to take him up to their village to enjoy his blessing. Then the monks and the deacons marveled at what had happened and gave glory to God. Then the holy Apa John said to them, \"Wait for me, my children, while I pray to Christ that he might save the soul of the wild beast from death, this one which the providence of God has moved, and he gave it a share of his image so that the wild beast might not perish.\" Then the holy Apa John again spread out his hands to God, saying, \"I bless you, my Lord Jesus Christ, who created all things in his wisdom: men, beasts, reptiles, birds of the sky, all that move and all that do not move; who spoke with the holy prophet Ezekiel: 'Prophesy, son of man, over these bones that they might live.' And when he prophesied, a spirit came from the Lord and entered into them, and they all lived. In the same way, my Lord, make this wild beast live again through your holy power, and give it a share of your image so that your holy name might be glorified.","structure":"address","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The crowd acclaims John as 'an apostle of God' (ⲟⲩⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ), a title that elevates him beyond the monastic office to a divinely commissioned messenger.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲓⲉⲍⲉⲕⲓⲏⲗ","severity":"info","text":"John invokes Ezekiel's prophecy over dry bones (Ezekiel 37:1–10) as a type for his own prayer to revive the wild beast, linking the miracle to biblical precedent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The 'wild beast' (ⲑⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ) is a recurring motif in the John Kolobos cycle, where the saint tames or resurrects dangerous animals, reflecting the desert ascetic's power over creation.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲧⲟⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The passage is structured by three sequential 'then' (ⲧⲟⲧⲉ) clauses: the crowd's acclamation, the monks' response, and John's prayer, marking a liturgical progression from wonder to blessing.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of deacons (ⲛⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲟⲥ) alongside monks suggests the text was used in a liturgical setting, where clerical hierarchy reinforced the miracle's authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲣ︦ⲍ︦","severity":"caution","text":"The numeral ⲣ︦ⲍ︦ (117) in the Coptic is likely a scribal error for ⲣ︦ⲓ︦ⲍ︦ (117), as the context requires a count of bones; the text is corrupt at this point.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲗⲏⲩ ⲉⲡⲓϫⲟⲓ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲛ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'the holy one who is exalted, the ship with us' (as in the draft) or 'the holy one who is exalted on the ship with us'; the latter would connect to a ship metaphor for the church.","The phrase 'ⲁϥϯⲥⲟ ⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲕⲱⲛ' could mean 'he gave a share of his image' or 'he gave a portion of his likeness'; the exact theological nuance (participation in divine image) is left open."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"address to the congregation","text":"Classified as address to the congregation from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ","text":"ⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ → “apostle”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ","text":"ϩⲙⲟⲧ → “grace”. The unearned favour of God; 'favour' where a human patron is meant."}]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"ⲛϩⲟⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ ⲉϥϣⲗⲏⲗ\nⲉϥϫⲱ ⲛⲛⲁⲓ ⲁϥⲁⲙⲁϩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ\nⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲉⲥ ⲗⲁⲍⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ\nⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉϥϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲛϥϯ ⲛⲁⲕ\nⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧϩⲏⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲕⲱⲛ. ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϥⲟⲛϩ ⲛϭⲓ\nⲡⲉⲙⲥⲁϩ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲁϥⲡⲣⲟⲥⲕⲩⲛⲓ ϩⲁ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥⲛⲕⲟⲧⲕ ϩⲁ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲛⲧ\nⲡⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲙ (-ⲣ︦ⲓ︦︦︦ⲏ︦-) ⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁϩⲧⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲓ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲉ ⲛⲁϥ\nⲙⲙⲏⲛⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛⲥⲱϥ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ ⲁ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁ ⲧⲉϥϩⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲫⲓⲗⲟⲡⲟⲛⲟⲥ ⲥⲭⲉⲇⲟⲛ ⲧⲟⲛ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ ⲉⲩⲯⲁⲗⲗⲉⲓ ϩⲁ\nⲧⲉϥϩⲏ ⲉⲧϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲣⲏⲛⲏ ⲛⲧⲉⲕϭⲓ ⲛⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲧⲉⲕϩⲓⲏ ⲛⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲡⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲏⲏⲃ ϣⲁ ⲉⲛⲉϩ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲁ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲁⲥⲡⲍⲉ\nⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁ ⲡⲁⲥⲡⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲁⲩϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ϩⲙ ⲡⲕⲁⲑⲓⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ\nⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲛⲣⲙⲙⲁⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲛϩⲏⲕⲉ ⲉⲩⲥⲟⲟⲩϩ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲉϫⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲧⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲁⲑⲟ...(sic exit.)\nII. ⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲣϫⲉⲣⲱⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲁ ⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛϩⲏⲃⲥ ⲉϥⲙⲟⲩϩ\nⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲟⲩⲇⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲕ\nⲕⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲛϭⲟⲙ ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ.","english":"As for the rest, while the holy Apa John stood praying, saying these things, he took hold of the head of the scribe, saying, \"God who raised Lazarus from the dead, it is he also who commands you by his holy power to rise from the dead.\" He gave him a half-day into his image. Immediately the scribe rose up alive, came, and prostrated himself at the feet of the holy Apa John, and he rolled at his feet like a sheep, and he did not cease.\n\nThe holy one walked in the water near the ship until he entered Rakote, and Apa John would throw him three loaves of bread each day while he followed him. When they entered Rakote, the archbishop came out to meet him with all his clergy and the philosophers, nearly the whole city, singing before him, saying, \"Peace, may you receive us,\" and also, \"May your way bring us in the Lord,\" and also, \"You are the priest forever.\" When they entered the church, the archbishop greeted Apa John, and after the greeting they sat in the sanctuary.\n\nThe rulers of the city, the rich and the poor, gathered in the church, wishing to receive a blessing from him. Then the archbishop performed a cath...(text breaks off).\n\nII. Do not open your mouths, nor leave any garment filled, on that night, nor around the church, and we will come to you. You will see the glory of God and the powers that will be in our martyrion.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The title 'Apa' is used for the monastic father John Kolobos, distinguishing him from the biological sense of 'father'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲟⲩⲛⲉⲥ ⲗⲁⲍⲁⲣⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The reference to God raising Lazarus from the dead echoes John 11:43-44, where Jesus commands Lazarus to rise.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"Rakote is the Coptic name for Alexandria, a major urban center in late antique Egypt.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from a miracle narrative (raising the scribe) to a processional entry into Rakote, then to a gathering in the church, marking a transition from private wonder to public recognition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲕⲁⲑⲟ...","severity":"caution","text":"The text breaks off mid-word at 'ⲕⲁⲑⲟ...', likely 'ⲕⲁⲑⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ' (catholic/episcopal act), indicating a lacuna in the manuscript.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲙⲁⲣⲧⲩⲣⲓⲟⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The mention of a 'martyrion' (shrine of a martyr) in the second part suggests a liturgical or hagiographic context, possibly linking the narrative to a local cult site.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ⲛϥϯ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧϩⲏⲙⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲉϥϩⲓⲕⲱⲛ' is ambiguous: it may mean 'he gave you a half-day into his image' (i.e., a temporary transformation) or 'he gave you a half-day within his image' (i.e., a period of grace). The reading taken is the former, as a miracle of temporary resurrection.","The lacuna at 'ⲕⲁⲑⲟ...' leaves the archbishop's action unspecified; it is likely 'ⲕⲁⲑⲟⲗⲓⲕⲟⲛ' (a catholic/episcopal act) but could be another word."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲉ ϯⲡⲁⲣⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉⲓ ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ\nⲉⲡⲉϩ(ⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩ ϣ(ⲁ)ⲣⲟⲓ ⲧⲁⲥⲩⲙⲁⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲡⲁⲣⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ\nⲙⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲛϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲉⲧⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ϩⲁϫⲱϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ. (ⲁⲩ)ⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ ⲇⲉ ⲛϭⲓ (ⲛⲉ)ⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ\nϫⲉ ⲧⲛⲛⲁⲧⲁⲙⲟⲕ ⲉⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ\nⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ. ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ϭⲉ\nⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲕ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲡⲉ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ ⲉⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲓ\nⲡⲉ ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ ⲛⲣ(ⲟⲩ)ϩⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ (ⲛ)ϩⲧⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ⲙⲏⲧ. ⲡⲁⲓ ⲡⲉ ⲡϩⲟⲟⲩ","english":"I then said to the holy ones, \"I entreat you to tell me the day on which you will come to me, that I may prepare the honored freedom of my archbishop, that he may be ready with all the people who are within the church, for your holiness.\" The holy ones answered, \"We will tell you the day that is coming, together with the day of our completion. Write down all the things that you have seen and that we have told you. Now then, the day that is coming to you is the sixth of the month of Pachon, that is, the twenty-sixth of the month of Pashons, the tenth day of the month. This is the day.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic ⲗⲁⲟⲥ (Greek λαός) here denotes the laity, the congregation distinct from the clergy, as the archbishop and the holy ones are the clerical figures.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ","severity":"info","text":"ⲡⲁⲣⲣⲏⲥⲓⲁ (Greek παρρησία) means 'freedom of speech' or 'confidence'; here it is used in a liturgical sense of the honored freedom or privilege of the archbishop to act with authority.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲥⲟⲩ ⲯⲓⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲃⲟⲧ ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ","severity":"info","text":"The date given is the sixth of Pachon (ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲛ), which corresponds to the twenty-sixth of Pashons (ⲡⲁϣⲟⲛⲥ) in the Coptic calendar, i.e., the tenth day of the month. This is likely a specific feast or commemoration day.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The term ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (archbishop) indicates a high ecclesiastical rank, consistent with the setting of a monastic leader (Apa John) interacting with clergy and laity in a church context.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is a narrative dialogue: the speaker (likely the narrator or a disciple) asks the holy ones for the date of their coming, and they respond with a specific day, linking the narrative to a liturgical calendar.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the holy ones' (ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ) is ambiguous; they may be angels or saintly figures, not necessarily the same as the 'holy Apa John' from the previous passage.","The phrase 'the day of our completion' (ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ) could refer to the day of their death or fulfillment of their mission."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ → “people”. Greek λαός. In liturgical description it is the congregation as distinct from the clergy, i.e. the laity."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ","text":"ⲗⲁⲟⲥ carries more than one sense (laity); this passage takes it as “people”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ⲙⲡⲉⲛϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧⲕ ⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ\nϫⲉ ϩⲛ ⲧⲙⲉϩ ⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣϣⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲕ \n(ⲕⲁⲧ)ⲁ ⲑⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁ ⲡⲁⲡⲟⲥⲧⲟⲗⲟⲥ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ\nϯⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ. ⲛⲁⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϭⲓ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲁⲓϭⲉⲡⲏ\nⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲛϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ\nⲉⲩⲑⲡⲟ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ. ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϩⲉⲛ ⲧⲣⲟ(ⲫⲏ) ⲛϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲙ(ⲙⲟ)ⲟⲩ ⲁⲛ\nⲁⲩⲱ (ⲛ)ⲉⲩⲣⲱϣⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲁⲁⲩ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϣⲁⲛϯⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲙ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲧⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ\nⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲑⲓ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦︦︦ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϩⲏ ⲑⲟⲣⲙⲏ (ⲙⲡⲉ)ⲡ︦ⲛ︦ⲁ︦\nⲉⲩⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧ. ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ\nⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲛⲧⲕⲏⲙⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ ϫⲟⲩⲧⲏ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲓⲣ ϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲩⲉ\nⲉⲛⲧⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ϣⲁ(ⲛ)ϯϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲟⲩϫⲟⲓ ⲉϥⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ(ⲧⲡ)ⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ\n(ⲉⲧⲣ)ⲁⲁⲗⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ. ϩⲟⲥⲟⲛ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲓⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧ ⲉϫⲙ ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲟ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲟⲩϫⲟⲓ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ\nⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲁϥⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲉϥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡ ⲡⲣⲁⲕⲙⲁⲧⲓⲁ ⲛϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ\nⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ. ⲛⲛⲉⲉϥ ⲇⲉ ⲉⲧϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲁⲩⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲧ","english":"...not have completed preparing yourself and all the people and the archbishop, saying, \"On the second day of that week, at that night, we will come to you, according to the way the apostle said, 'I am not with you in the body, but I am with you in the spirit.'\" When the holy ones said these things to me, I rejoiced. I wrote down all the words they said to me. They blessed me. I departed from them, they seeing me off. They brought to me some provisions which I did not know, and they revealed to me all the days I had spent on the roads while the holy ones walked with me until I came out of the land of Babylon. I came to the land of Thiel. And the holy ones blessed me at the beginning of the spiritual journey, as they were about to withdraw from me. After these things, by the will of God, I came to the region of Egypt. I came to Babylon of Egypt on the twentieth of Parmoute. I spent three days in that city because of the hardship of the roads from which I had come, until I found a ship that was going to the city of Rakote to board it. While I was standing on the river, behold, a ship of the city of Rakote came and moored, it being about to take the cargo and go to the city of Rakote. The sailors who were on the ship, when they saw me, they recognized me.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ϯⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ ⲁⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲥⲱⲙⲁ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϯⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The holy ones quote the apostle: 'I am not with you in the body, but I am with you in the spirit.' This echoes 1 Cor 5:3 (Paul's words on spiritual presence), a common motif in Coptic ascetic literature.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","severity":"info","text":"Here ⲥⲱⲙⲁ (body) contrasts with ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ (spirit), following the Pauline dichotomy. In ascetic contexts, the body is the site of struggle; here it denotes physical presence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ appears twice: the holy ones bless the narrator (ⲁⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ). Per glossary, when the object is a person, it means 'bless' (not 'praise').","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"Rakote (ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ) is the Coptic name for Alexandria, a major port and ecclesiastical center. The narrator's journey from Babylon of Egypt to Alexandria reflects a common pilgrimage route.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"dating","kind":"chronology","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ","severity":"info","text":"The date 'twentieth of Parmoute' corresponds to April 15 in the Julian calendar. This places the narrative in the spring, consistent with travel by ship on the Nile.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ⲑⲓ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦","severity":"caution","text":"The toponym ⲑⲓ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦ (Thiel) is uncertain; it may be a scribal error or a variant of a known location. The reading follows the English draft, but the Coptic is ambiguous.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The toponym ⲑⲓ︦ⲗ︦ⲏ︦ (Thiel) is unclear; possibly a corruption of a known place name.","The phrase ⲉⲩⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧ is syntactically difficult; the translation 'as they were about to withdraw from me' is interpretive."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ → “body”. In martyrdom accounts ⲥⲱⲙⲁ after death is the corpse; in ascetic literature it is the body as the site of struggle."},{"kind":"homonym","severity":"caution","term":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ","text":"ⲥⲱⲙⲁ carries more than one sense (corpse); this passage takes it as “body”. The choice is the translator's, not a lexical given."}]},{"i":11,"ref":"p11","source":"ⲁⲩϥⲟϭⲟⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲕⲣⲟ ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲙ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩϯⲡⲉ ⲉϫⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ ⲙⲛ\nⲛⲉϥϭⲓϫ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲟⲩⲉⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲉⲩϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲟϫ ⲱ (ⲡ)ⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ\nⲧⲛⲉⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲉⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ. ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ\nⲛⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲛⲁϣⲏⲣⲉ (ⲉⲣ)ⲉ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲁ(ⲣⲭⲓ)ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (ⲣ ⲟⲩ) ⲁⲣⲁ ϥⲟⲩⲟϫ.\nⲡ(ⲉϫⲁⲩ) ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲥⲉ ⲧⲟ(ⲛ)ⲱ ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ϥⲙⲟⲕϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧⲕ ϫⲉ\nⲁⲕⲱⲥⲕ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲙⲉϣⲁⲕ ⲁⲩⲡⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉⲕϩⲓⲏ.\nⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲧⲛⲉⲩⲭⲁⲣⲓⲥⲧⲓ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲛⲧⲕ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉ(ⲕⲟⲩⲟϫ). ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩ(ϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ) ⲁⲩⲉⲓ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲉⲛⲓϭⲁ(ⲗ)ⲱⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲧⲁⲗⲟ ⲛⲛⲁⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲥⲕⲉⲩⲉ\nⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲓⲧⲟⲩ ϩⲛ ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲭⲣⲓⲁ. ⲁⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲁⲛⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲛⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ. ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲁ ϩⲉⲛ ⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲛⲕⲗⲏⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲩ\nⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲓⲉⲙⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲓ ⲁ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲁⲭⲏ ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲙ(ⲟ\nⲉⲡⲁⲣ)ⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ. ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲉⲓ ⲁϥⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲛ\nⲡⲉⲕⲗⲏⲣⲟⲥ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲩⲱⲗⲙ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉⲩϫⲱ\nⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ ⲁⲕⲉⲓ ϣⲁⲣⲟⲛ ⲱ ⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲛϩⲟⲧ","english":"They cast them upon the shore and embraced him, and they placed their hands upon his head and his hands and his feet, saying, \"You have come safely, our father. We give thanks to God that we have been deemed worthy to see you again.\" I answered them, \"My children, is our father the archbishop well?\" They said to me, \"He is well, our father, but he is grieved in heart because of you, for he has been saying, 'May no misfortune befall you on your journey.' But we give thanks to God that He has brought you to us safely.\" And when they had said this to me, they came to the place where I was staying, and they brought the small vessels I had brought from the city for the need. We went to the ship and sailed south until we came to the city of Rakote. When we had moored, however, some clerical brothers saw me as I descended from the ship. One of them quickly went and informed the archbishop. And when he heard that I had come, he came out with his entire clergy in great joy, and they embraced me, saying, \"You have come well to us, O righteous one and deacon of great worth.","structure":"address","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic term ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (from Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος) is rendered 'archbishop' in the English draft. The pinned glossary entry for ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ gives 'bishop'; the prefix ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓ- marks a senior metropolitan or patriarch.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The city of Rakote (ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ) is the Coptic name for Alexandria. The journey by ship southward (ⲁⲛⲥϭⲏⲣ ⲉϩⲏⲧ) indicates travel up the Nile from the coast to the city.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is classified as an address, marked by the direct speech of the clerical brothers and the narrator's response. The repeated greeting formula (ⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲉⲕⲟⲩⲟϫ, 'you have come safely') and the embrace ritual structure the scene as a formal welcome.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text has several lacunae and uncertain restorations, e.g., ⲡ(ⲉϫⲁⲩ) and ⲉ(ⲕⲟⲩⲟϫ). The English draft fills these with 'they said' and 'safely' respectively, but the exact wording is not fully preserved in the manuscript.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"background","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The motif of a saint being greeted with prostration and blessing (placing hands on head, hands, feet) echoes similar scenes in Coptic hagiography, such as the reception of John Chrysostom in the dossier:coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend","label":"gap dossier: Coptic Life (legend) of John Chrysostom","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the 'archbishop' (ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ) is not specified; it may refer to a historical figure such as Theophilus of Alexandria or another patriarch. The narrator's title 'deacon of great worth' (ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲕⲟⲛⲓⲧⲏⲥ ⲉⲧⲛϩⲟⲧ) suggests a clerical role, but the exact identity is uncertain."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"address to the congregation","text":"Classified as address to the congregation from the Coptic cues."},{"kind":"terminology","severity":"info","term":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ","text":"ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ → “bishop”. Standard rendering; first occurrence is noted here, the term recurs below."}]},{"i":12,"ref":"p12","source":"( ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥ)ϫⲱⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ (ⲙⲡ)ⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ. ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲃⲱⲕ\nⲇⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩⲧ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲙⲉ ⲁⲩϫⲓ ⲥⲙⲟⲩ\nⲉⲃⲟⲗϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲃⲱⲕ ⲇⲉ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲁⲛϣⲗ ⲁⲛϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ ⲁ\nⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯ(ⲥⲟ)ⲡⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲧⲁⲙⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁ ⲟⲩ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲕⲁⲓ ⲅⲁⲣ ⲁⲓⲣ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ\nⲛϩⲏⲧ ϫⲉ ⲙⲏⲡⲟⲧⲉ ⲁⲩⲁⲡⲁⲛⲧⲏⲙⲁ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉϩⲓⲟⲟⲩⲉ. ⲁⲡⲁ\nⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲡⲉ ⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲓ ⲁⲗⲗⲁ ⲡⲉⲭⲥ ⲡⲉⲧⲕⲟ ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϩⲙϩⲁⲗ ⲁϥϫⲓⲙⲟⲉⲓⲧ ϩⲏⲧ ϣⲁⲛⲧϥϫⲓⲧ ⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ.\nⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲓϯ ⲛⲁϥ ⲙⲡⲭⲁⲣⲧⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲥⲉϩ ϩⲱⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁ\nⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ. ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥϫⲓⲧϥ ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲓ ⲛⲱϣ\nϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲁϥⲣ ϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁϥϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ. ⲛⲧⲉ(ⲣⲉϥ)ⲉⲓ ⲇⲉ ⲉϫⲙ\n(ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲧ)ⲁ ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲁⲙⲟϥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲛⲛⲏⲩⲛⲁⲕ ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ ⲁϥⲣⲁϣⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ\nⲁϥϯ ⲉⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁϭⲱ ⲉⲓϭⲱϣⲧ ϩⲏⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ\nⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ. ⲁϥⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲡⲥⲟⲃⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲕⲁⲗⲱⲥ. ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ...(Sic\nexit.)","english":"...he who fulfilled the command of the Lord. When he entered the city, the men and women gathered around us and received a blessing from his hand. When we entered the episcopal residence, we sat down. The archbishop spoke with me, saying, \"I beseech you, my holy father, to tell me what happened to you, for I was somewhat anxious lest some misfortune befell you on the roads.\" Apa John said, \"My father, evil did not overtake me, but Christ, who serves him, guided me until he brought me to the feet of the saints.\" Immediately I gave him the letter in which I had written everything concerning him and what the saints had sent to me. When the archbishop received it, he began to read it himself, marveled, and glorified God. When the day came that the saints had informed him they would come to him, he rejoiced greatly and glorified God, saying, \"I will spend that day watching.\" He prepared the place well. And it came to pass on that day...","structure":"colophon","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲥⲙⲟⲩ","severity":"info","text":"The Coptic verb ⲥⲙⲟⲩ is rendered 'bless' here, as the object is the men and women; when the object is God, it would be 'praise'.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"ⲁⲡⲁ","severity":"info","text":"The title ⲁⲡⲁ is left untranslated as 'Apa' to distinguish it from the biological sense of 'father' (ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ) used in the same passage.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"This passage is the colophon of the work, concluding the narrative with the archbishop's reading of the letter and preparation for the saints' arrival.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"caution","text":"The Coptic text ends abruptly with ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩ... (Sic exit), indicating the manuscript is fragmentary; the English draft supplies a conjectural ending.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The figure of Apa John Kolobos is a known desert father; this narrative may be part of a larger cycle of stories about him, though the specific source is uncertain.","cites":[{"key":"ed:amelineau-monks.fragments-john-kolobos","label":"source edition: Fragments John Kolobos","url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopticScriptorium/OCR/main/Amelineau%20Monks%20of%20Egypt%20OCR%20Results/Fragments%20John%20Kolobos%20Results/complete.txt"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The text survives only in Coptic fragments, suggesting limited circulation; it was likely preserved in monastic libraries for edification rather than liturgical use.","cites":[{"key":"dossier:coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend","label":"gap dossier: Coptic Life (legend) of John Chrysostom","url":"https://naxiai.com/christian/gaps/coptic-anon-life-john-chrysostom-legend"}],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of the archbishop is not specified in the surviving text; the English draft assumes a single archbishop, but the Coptic uses ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ without a name.","The phrase ⲛⲥⲟⲩ... is cut off; the English draft supplies 'on that day', but the original may have continued with a specific date or event."],"confidence":"medium","notes":[{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","label":"colophon","text":"Classified as colophon from the Coptic cues."}]}]}