John 1:18

18	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο. Nestle-Aland 28th
	No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. (KJV)

#	Greek	MAC & POS	Definition
2316	θεός, οῦ, ὁ	N-NSM	God, a god
3762	οὐδείς, οὐδεμία, οὐδέν	A-NSM	no one, none
3708	ὁράω	V-RAI-3S-ATT	to see, perceive, attend to
4455	πώποτε	ADV	ever yet
3439	μονογενής, ές	A-NSM	only begotten
3588	ὁ, ἡ, τό	T-GSM	the
5607	ὤν,	V-PXP-NSM	be, come, have
1519	εἰς	PREP	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered, of place, time, purpose, result)
2859	κόλπος, ου, ὁ	N-ASM	the bosom
3962	πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ	N-GSM	a father
1565	ἐκεῖνος, η, ο	D-NSM	that one (or neut. that thing), often intensified by the article preceding
1834	ἐξηγέομαι	V-ADI-3S	to show the way

version	verse
Berean Greek NT 2016	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς Θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
SBL Greek NT 2010	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Nestle Greek NT 1904	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς Θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Westcott & Hort 1881	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Nestle-Aland 27th	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Nestle-Aland 28th	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
RP Byzantine Majority Text 2005	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Greek Orthodox Church 1904	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Tiechendorf 8th Edition 1872	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Scrivener's Textus Receptus 1894	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.
Sthephanus Textus Receptus 1550	θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο
Beza Greek NT 1598	Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.

John 1:18 [Textus Receptus (Elzevir) (1624)]305
Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρὸς, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.

MSS: M

John 1:18 [Codex Sinaiticus (א or 01) (4th century)]q80f1rc2
Ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε <ο> μονογενης θς <ο ων> εις το κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο˙

John 1:18 [Codex Alexandrinus (A02) (5th century)]42rc2
Θν ουδεις εωραΚεν πωποτε· ο μονογενης ϔϊος ο ων εις τον κολπον του πρς εκεινος εξηγησατο

John 1:18 [Codex Vaticanus Gr. 1209 (B03) (4th century)]1350c1
Θν ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε μονογενης θς ο ων εις τον κολπον του πατρος εκεινος εξηγησατο

* εορακεν?

John 1:18 [Codex Ephraemi Syri Rescriptus (C04) (5th century)]125
Θν ουδεις εωρακεν πωποτε· μονογενης θς ο ων εις τον κολπον του πρς εκεινος εξηγησατο·

John 1:18 [Codex Washingtonianus (W032) (5th century)]114
Θν ουδις εωρακεν πωποτε· ει μη ο μονογενης υς ο ων εις τον κολπον του πρς εκινος εξηγησατο ημιν·

John 1:18 [Minuscule 503 (Add MS 19389) (13th century)]2r
Θν οὐδεὶς Ἑώρακε πώποτε· ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς· ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πρς, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο.

#	Manucript	Date	Location
1	GA_P75	3rd Century	Vatican Library
2	GA_01	4th Century	London, British Library
3	GA_032	4th–5th Century	Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
4	GA_019	8th Century	Paris, France, Bibliotheque Nationale
5	GA_021	9th Century	Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
6	GA_037	9th Century	Abbey Library of St. Gallen, Switzerland
7	GA_038_digital	9th Century	Tbilisi, National Centre of Manuscripts
8	GA_1424	9th–10th Century	Kosinitza Monastery, Drama, Greece (Formerly: Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago)
9	GA_33	9th Century	Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
10	GA_044	9th–10th Century	Athos, Lavra
11	GA_Lect_425	9th-10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
12	GA_017	9th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
13	GA_2414	10th Century	Zagora, Greece, Public Historical Library of Zagora
14	GA_773	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
15	GA_771	10th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
16	GA_2907	10th Century	UK, private collection
17	GA_34	10th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
18	GA_106	11th–12th Century	Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
19	GA_124	11th Century	Austrian National Library, Vienna
20	GA_230	11th Century	The Royal Library of El Escorial, Escorial
21	GA_2370	11th Century	Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
22	GA_2437	11th-12th Century	Rio de Janeiro, Biblioteca Nacional
23	GA_473_Lambeth22	11th Century	London, United Kingdom, Lambeth Palace Library
24	GA_8	11th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
25	GA_804	11th Century	Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens
26	GA_796	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
27	GA_788	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
28	GA_774	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
29	GA_200	11th Century	Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
30	GA_1691	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
31	GA_1413	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
32	GA_Lect_60	11th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
33	noGA_NLG_118	11th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
34	GA_Lect_434	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
35	GA_178	12th Century	The Angelica Library, Rome
36	GA_346_KC	12th Century	Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
37	GA_57	12th Century	Oxford, United Kingdom, Magdalen College Library
38	GA_897	12th Century	University of Edinburgh
39	GA_787	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
40	GA_782	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
41	GA_778	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
42	GA_777	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
43	GA_770	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
44	GA_760	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
45	GA_1	12th Century	Basel, University Library
46	GA_1692	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
47	GA_1418	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
48	GA_1416	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
49	GA_1415	12th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
50	GA_1689_Prague	13th Century	Prague, Czech Republic, Academy of Sciences Library
51	GA_2905	13th Century	Athens, Benaki Museum
52	GA_775	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
53	GA_759	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
54	GA_757	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
55	GA_544	13th Century	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
56	GA_260_BNF	13th Century	Paris, France, Bibliothèque Nationale
57	GA_218	13th Century	Vienna, Austria, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
58	GA_1697	13th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
59	GA_1690	13th-14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
60	GA_13	13th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
61	GA_811	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
62	GA_784	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
63	GA_783	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
64	GA_764	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
65	GA_761	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
66	GA_762	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
67	GA_758	14th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
68	GA_367	14th Century	Florence, Italy, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
69	GA_1354	14th Century	Jerusalem, Orthodox Patriarchate
70	GA_12	14th Century	Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
71	GA_Lect_418	15th Century	National Library of Greece, Athens
72	GA_69	15th Century	Leicester, Leicestershire [England] Record Office

(1) θεον : A, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1, ℓ339, ℓ1086,
(2) OMIT θεον : א

(3) ουδεις : א, A, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1, ℓ339, ℓ1086,
(4) ουδις : W

(5) εωρακε : M, Y, 503, ℓ1086,
(6) εωρακεν : א, A, B, C, L, W, Ψ, Ω
(7) εορακεν : E, G, K, ℓ1

(8) πωποτε : א, A, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, W, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1
(9) ποποτε : ℓ339, ℓ1086,

(10) ο μονογενης υιος : A, E, G, K, M, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1, ℓ339, ℓ1086, Vulgate
(11) ει μη ο μονογενης υιος : W
(12) μονογενης θεος : א*, B, C, L, Peshitta
(13) ο μονογενης θεος : א¹

(14) εκεινος : א, A, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1, ℓ339, ℓ1086,
(15) εκινος : W

(16) εξηγησατο : א, A, B, C, E, G, K, L, M, Y, Ψ, Ω, 503, ℓ1, ℓ339, ℓ1086,
(17) ADD ημιν : W

A (f42rc2), C (125), L (f199rc1), M (f206vc2), 503 (f2r)

E (f250r), Ψ (f66v)

G (f192rc1)

(a) The reading μονογενὴς θεός with or without in direct ὁ, in direct quotations from St John or clear allusions to his text, is attested as follows. Two independent reports of Valentinian doctrine furnished by Clement of Alexandria (Exc. ex Theodoto, p. 968 Pott. : a paraphrastic allusion a little later has υἱός by a natural combination, see p. 32), and Irenæus (p. 40 Mass.: corrupted in the inferior MSS. of both Epiphanius, who supplies the Greek, and the old translation, which in this allusion is faithfully literal). Irenæus himself at least once (256), and I strongly suspect two other times (255, 189) : in all three places the original Greek is lost. Clement himself twice (695, 956 : in the second place, where the language is paraphrastic, Clement has ὁ μ. υἱὸς θεός , as in a still looser paraphrase at p. 102 he has ὁ μ. … λόγος τῆς πίστεως. Origen at least three times (on John i 7 [the commentary on i 18 itself is lost], iv. p. 89 Ru.; [on John i 19, p. 102, the reading of two MSS. only is recorded, and they vary suspiciously between ὁ μ. υἱὸς θεός and ὁ μ. υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ; in an indirect reference shortly afterwards τὸν μ. stands without a substantive;] on John xiii 23, p. 439 ; c. Cels. ii 71, p. 440, certainly in two MSS., apparently in all except two closely allied MSS., from which De la Rue introduced υἱός). Eusebius twice, once as an alternative not preferred by himself (De Eccl. Theol. p. 67, 6 ὁ μονογενὴς υἱός, ἢ μονογενὴς θεός), and in one other exceptional but seemingly unsuspicious place, p. 174. Epiphanius three or four times (Ancor. p. 8 [the clear statement here confessedly leaves no doubt as to the quotation at p. 7, hopelessly mangled in the printed text] ; Panar. 612, 817). Basil at least twice (De Sp. Sanct. 15, 17, pp. 12, 14 Garn., quotation and statement confirming each other, as the Benedictine editor notes, adding that earlier editions, unsupported by any of his six MSS., read υἱός ; the quotation with υἱός at p. 23, which has no note, may therefore be only an unwary reprint). Gregory of Nyssa ten times, always somewhat allusively, as is his usual manner in citing Scripture, (c. Eunom. ii p. 432 [469 Migne] ; 447 [493] ; 478 [540] ; iii 506 [581] ; vi 605 [729] ; viii 633 [772] ; ix 653 [801] ; x 681 [841] ; De vit. Mos. 192 [i 336] ; Hom, xiii in Cant. 663 [i 1045]: on the other hand υἱός is printed twice, c. Eun. ii 466 [521]; Ep. ad Flav. 648 [iii 1004]). The (Homœousian) Synod of Ancyra in 358 (in Epiph. Pan. 851 c: the allusion here is reasonably certain). Didymus three times (De Trin. i 26 p.76; ii 5, p.140 [cf. i 15, p. 27]; on Ps. lxxvi 14, p. 597 Cord, [with absolute certainty by the context, though υἱός is printed] : an allusion on Ps. cix 3, p. 249 Cord, or 284, Mai, drops the substantive). Cyril of Alexandria (ad l. p. 103 [without ὁ] by Mr Pusey’s best MS. and repeated references in the following comment), and in at least three other places (Thes. 137, [without ὁ] 237; Dial. quod Unus, 768: twice {Thes. 365 ; Adv. Nest. 90) Aubert’s text has υἱός, which will probably have to give way, as it has had to do in the commentary. To these might perhaps be added the emperor Julian (p. 333 Spanh.), for though the full quotation and one subsequent reference have υἱός, another has θεός, which the argument seems on the whole to require.

The patristic evidence for [ὁ] μονογενὴς υἱός has next to be given. Irenæus twice, but only in the Latin translation (see above), and exactly in the Old Latin form, with nisi inserted before unigenitus, and once with Dei added to Filius, so that we seem to have the reading of the translator, as often, not of Irenæus. Hippolytus (c. Noetum 5) without ὁ: all depends on Fabricius’s editing of a modern copy of a single Vatican MS., and the context is neutral. An Epistle from certain bishops at Antioch (260—270 A.D.) to Paul of Samosata (Routh, R. S. iii 297), again dependent on a single MS., unexamined for some generations, and with the detached phrase τὸν μονογενῆ υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ θεόν occurring not long before. The Latin version of the “Acts” of the disputation between Archelaus and Mani, c. 32, where again the inserted nisi shews the impossibility of deciding whether author or translator is responsible. Eusebius of Cæsarea six times, De Eccl. Theol. p. 67 (with θεός as an alternative, see above), 86, 92, 142; in Ps. lxxiv. p. 440 Mont.; in Es. vi. p. 374. Eustathius, De Engastr. p. 387 All. Alexander of Alexandria, Ep. ad Alex, in Theodoret, H. E. i 3; but with the detached phrase τοῦ μονογενοῦς θεοῦ on the next page. Athanasius seven times (Ep. de Decr. Nic. 13, 21 ; Or. c. Ar. ii 62; iv 16, 19, 20, 26). Gregory of Nazianzus, Orat. xxix 17. Basil of Cassarea, Ep. 234, p. 358, besides one of the three places in the De Spiritu Sancto already mentioned, where at least one Moscow MS. has θεός : but the evidence adduced above casts doubt on both places. Gregory of Nyssa twice (see p. 3); but the reading is most suspicious. Titus of Bostra (adv. Man. p. 85 Lag. : but p. 93 ὁ μ. υἱὸς θεός). Theodore of Mopsuestia (ad l. bis in Mai, N. P. B. vii 397 f.). Chrysostom ad l., and later writers generally. On Julian see p. 4.

It is unsatisfactory that so much of the patristic testimony remains uncertain in the present state of knowledge ; but such is the fact. Much of the uncertainty, though not all, will doubtless disappear when the Fathers have been carefully edited. In familiar passages scribes, editors, and translators vie with each other in assimilating biblical quotations to the texts current among themselves ; and from the nature of the case the process is always unfavourable to ancient readings, whether true or false, which went out of use comparatively early. It would therefore be absurd to treat the uncertainty as equally favourable to both readings. Where we have a Greek original, without various reading noted, and without contradictory context, υἱός has a right to claim the authority provisionally, in spite of private suspicions : but it would be unreasonable to concede to υἱός any appreciable part in Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, Didymus, or Cyril—I ought to add, in Irenæus or Basil—notwithstanding the variations already mentioned. Serious doubt must also rest on an isolated vies in a neutral context, when, as in the case of the Epistles of the Antioch bishops and of Alexander, μονογενὴς θεός is found at no great distance, though without any obvious reference to John i 18: the doubt it not removed by the fact that one or two Latin Fathers have unigenitus Filius in their quotation, and unigenitus Deus often elsewhere.
(F. J. A. Hort, Two Dissertations, pp. 2-6)