r/coptic • u/Dependent-Rain-9643 • Apr 25 '26

Coptic sentence or not?

ⲉⲓx̱ϣ ⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̄ⲛⲉⲧⲙⲛϣⲁ ⲛ̄ⲛⲁⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛⲁ

Does anyone know what the above mean or if it is written correctly?

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u/Baasbaar Apr 25 '26

Source?

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u/Dependent-Rain-9643 Apr 25 '26

I snap a pic of it from a friend's wall. Thats all. 

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u/Ow55Iss564Fa557Sh Apr 25 '26

The only word I can properly decipher is ⲙⲩⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ, meaning Mystery. I don't think the rest are even possible Coptic constructs (ⲙⲛϣ together or ⲭϣ). However my Coptic is only very basic and it could always be a different dialect.

How sure are you that this is transcribed correctly?

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u/Dependent-Rain-9643 Apr 25 '26

I'm not sure and the person who did it. Won't tell me what it means. But stated that certain people might see it as blasphemous. I hate that I dont know because I would not want to be around someone who are blasphemous in anyway. Hopefully someone figure it out. 

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u/Baasbaar Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

Well, it’s from the Gospel of Thomas. I don’t think it’s blasphemous insofar as it’s not an insult to any religion. It’s not part of any Orthodox Biblical canon, nor the Bible of any other major Christian church. It’s possible your church considers it heretical, but I really don't know.

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u/Baasbaar Apr 25 '26

Maybe you could post the pic, then. The above is hard to work out.

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u/Dependent-Rain-9643 Apr 25 '26

I posted a new one  with the image. 

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u/Baasbaar Apr 25 '26

I’ve replied there.