beo sibb betwux eow

Old English

Phrase

bēo sibb betwux ēow

1. peace be among you
   • c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday after Easter"

     Se Hǣlend cwæð to him, "Bēo sibb betwux ēow." For sibbe cōm Crist tō mannum, and sibbe hē bead and tǣhte, and nis nān ðing him ġecwēme þe bið būtan sibbe ġedōn.

     Jesus said to them, "Peace be among you." For peace Christ came to men, and peace he enjoined and taught, and nothing is to him acceptable which is done without peace.