This 5th century apocryphal text gives insight into the early Christian tradition regarding the life of John the Baptist and the subsequent fate of his earthly remains. The surviving manuscripts are composed in Syriac, but claim to be from the pen of the Coptic priest, Serapion.

"The Vision of Theophilus is an apocryphal work that enjoyed great popularity in Late Antiquity and in the Middle Ages [wrongly attributed to the Patriarch Theophilus (385-412 CE)]. The original text, now lost, was composed in Coptic, but versions have survived in Syriac, Arabic and Ethiopic.