Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912) PT

Orthodox
New Testament source: Byzantine text
New Testament only
Original language
1912
Public domain

At a glance

Language: Greek
Tradition: Orthodox — The Greek New Testament 'approved by the Great Church of Christ', published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
Church approval: Yes — Official edition of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (1904); widely used by Greek-speaking Orthodox Churches. Note: no single Greek NT text is accepted by every Orthodox Church.
Old Testament source: NT only.
New Testament source: Byzantine text — Byzantine text-type, built mainly from Constantinopolitan lectionaries. 1 John 5:7-8 'heavenly witnesses' is printed in small type, 'retained upon the opinion of the Holy Synod' although the editors judged it unattested in the Church's texts.
Canon: New Testament only
Style: Original language
Year: Published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate 22 Feb 1904; revised 1907 and 1912. Digital text: Robinson/Ala-Konni, 1912 base with 1904 differences noted.
Translators: Patriarchal committee incl. Prof. Vasileios Antoniades (Halki); digitised by Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni
Reading level: Koine Greek.
Verse numbering: English (KJV-style)
Licence: Public domain — Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Text source: byztxt (GitHub) (greektext-antoniades)

Notes

The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).

About

The official Greek New Testament published by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople in 1904 and revised by 1912. It follows the Byzantine text read in Orthodox churches. A carefully checked public-domain digital text is maintained by Maurice Robinson.

Strengths

Official Orthodox text
Clean PD digital source

Things to know

Not a critical reconstruction
PT1904 on this site is eBible's accented 1904 text with 20 corrections from later printings; this PT text is Robinson's 1912-based edition.
Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.

Not yet verified

Committee start: Wikipedia says 1899; the EOB introduction says 1902 — unresolved

Profile checked 2026-10-17.

Books in this edition (27 books)

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).

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