What Is Codex in the Bible?
Object
An ancient book written by hand.
It can mean
- Why it matters: the Bible was copied by hand for many centuries, before the printing press.
- In the Bible: John says that Jesus did many other signs that are not written in his book. He wrote it so that we may believe.
Where it appears in the Bible
John 20:30; John 20:31
What the Bible says
John 20:30
Many other signs also did Jesus in the sight of his disciples, which are not written in this book.
John 20:31
But these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God: and that believing, you may have life in his name.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “codex”