The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | Sahidic c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Horner | Vaticanus c. 175–325 AD · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 150–383 AD · Latin Whitaker | Bezae c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | Peshitta c. 170–400 AD · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 300–500 AD · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||||
βιβλοσP1 | book | ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ | sheet or roll of papyrus | Βίβλος | book | Liber | book | lost | | | lost | ܟܬܒܐ | book | Βίβλος | book | ||||||
γενεσεωσP1 | origin | ⲙⲡⲉϫⲡⲟ | beget | γενέσεως | origin | generationis | of the generation | lost | | | lost | ܕܝܠܝܕܘܬܗ | of the generation | γενέσεως | origin | ||||||
ΙΥP1 | Jesus | ⲛⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | — | ΙΥ | Jesus | Iesu | Jesus | lost | | | lost | ܕܝܫܘܥ | of Jesus | ΙΥ | Jesus | ||||||
ΧΥP1 | Christ | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | messiah | ΧΥ | Christ | Christi | Christ | lost | | | lost | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ | ΧΥ | Christ | ||||||
ΥΥP1 | son | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υἱοῦ | son | filii | son | lost | | | lost | ܒܪܗ | son of | υἱοῦ | son | ||||||
δαυιδP1 | David | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | David | Δαυὶδ | David | David | David | lost | | | lost | ܕܕܘܝܕ | of David | Δαβὶδ | David | ||||||
υιουP1 | son | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υἱοῦ | son | filii | son | lost | | | lost | ܒܪܗ | son of | υἱοῦ | son | ||||||
αβρααμP1 | Abraham | ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ | Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | Abraham | Abraham | Abraham | lost | | | lost | ܕܐܒܪܗܡ | of Abraham | Ἀβραάμ | Abraham | ||||||
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