The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Earliest Papyrus c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Sinaiticus c. 350 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
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| καὶ | And | καὶ | And | καὶ | And | Et | and | ܘܡܠܬܐ | Rev | καὶ | And | ||||||
| ὁ | the | ὁ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| λόγος | Word | λόγος | Word | λόγος | Word | Verbum | word | ܒܤܪܐ | Rev | λόγος | Word | ||||||
| σὰρξ | flesh | σὰρξ | flesh | σὰρξ | flesh | caro | dearly | ܗܘܐ | Rev | σὰρξ | flesh | ||||||
| ἐγένετο | became | ἐγένετο | became | ἐγένετο | became | factum | fact | ܘܐܓܢ | Rev | ἐγένετο | became | ||||||
| καὶ | and | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | est | — | ܒܢ | Rev | καὶ | and | ||||||
| ἐσκήνωσεν | He dwelt | ἐσκήνωσεν | He dwelt | ἐσκήνωσεν | He dwelt | et | and | ܘܚܙܝܢ | Rev | ἐσκήνωσεν | He dwelt | ||||||
| ἐν | among | ἐν | among | ἐν | among | habitavit | — | ܫܘܒܚܗ | Rev | ἐν | among | ||||||
| ἡμῖν, | us, | ἡμῖν, | us, | ἡμῖν, | us, | in | in | ܫܘܒܚܐ | Rev | ἡμῖν, | us, | ||||||
| καὶ | and | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | nobis | — | ܐܝܟ | Dadagqruhi | καὶ | and | ||||||
| ἐθεασάμεθα | we beheld | ἐθεασάμεθα | we beheld | ἐθεασάμεθα | we beheld | et | and | ܕܝܚܝܕܝܐ | Dadagqruhi | ἐθεασάμεθα | we beheld | ||||||
| τὴν | the | τὴν | the | τὴν | the | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| δόξαν | glory | δόξαν | glory | δόξαν | glory | vidimus | see | ܕܡܢ | Dadagqruhi | δόξαν | glory | ||||||
| αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | gloriam | glory | ܐܒܐ | Dadagqruhi | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | ||||||
| δόξαν | a glory | δόξαν | a glory | δόξαν | a glory | ejus | — | ܕܡܠܐ | Dadagqruhi | δόξαν | a glory | ||||||
| ὡς | as | ὡς | as | ὡς | as | gloriam | glory | ܛܝܒܘܬܐ | Dadagqruhi | ὡς | as | ||||||
| μονογενοῦς | of an only begotten | μονογενοῦς | of an only begotten | μονογενοῦς | of an only begotten | quasi | as if | ܘܩܘܫܬܐ | Dadagqruhi | μονογενοῦς | of an only begotten | ||||||
| παρὰ | from | παρὰ | from | παρὰ | from | unigeniti | only begotten | — | — | παρὰ | from | ||||||
| ΠΡΣ | the Father, | ΠΡΣ | the Father, | ΠΡΣ | the Father, | a | Aulus (Roman praenomen) | — | — | ΠΡΣ | the Father, | ||||||
| πλήρης | full | πλήρης | full | πλήρης | full | Patre | accomplish | — | — | πλήρης | full | ||||||
| χάριτος | of grace | χάριτος | of grace | χάριτος | of grace | plenum | full | — | — | χάριτος | of grace | ||||||
| καὶ | and | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | gratiæ | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| ἀληθείας.¶ | truth. | ἀληθείας.¶ | truth. | ἀληθείας.¶ | truth. | et | and | — | — | ἀληθείας.¶ | truth. | ||||||