Barnabas XVII
Source: Epistle of Barnabas (trans. Roberts-Donaldson, 1885) (Epistle of Barnabas XVII) · father
As far as was possible, and could be done with perspicuity, I cherish the hope that, according to my desire, I have omitted none of those things at present [demanding consideration], which bear upon your salvation. For if I should write to you about things future, ye would not understand, because such knowledge is hid in parables. These things then are so.
Witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15)
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Alexandrinus (5th cent) — earliest Greek witness
- manuscript_tradition: Codex Hierosolymitanus (1056) — complete Greek text
- translation: Lightfoot translation (1889-90) — public domain English
- translation: Roberts-Donaldson Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 1
- republication: Internet Archive — Apostolic Fathers multiple editions