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 | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| ἠρώτησαν | they asked | ἠρώτησαν | they asked | ἠρώτησαν | they asked | interrogaverunt | — | ܘܐܡܪܘ | had | ἠρώτησαν | they asked | ||||||
| αὐτὸν | him | αὐτὸν | him | αὐτὸν | him | eum | — | ܠܗ | his | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| καὶ | and | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | et | and | ܡܢܐ | hand | καὶ | and | ||||||
| εἶπαν | they said | εἶπαν | they said | εἶπαν | they said | dixerunt | — | ܗܟܝܠ | stars | εἶπον | they said | ||||||
| αὐτῷ· | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | ei | Ah! Woe! | ܡܥܡܕ | from | αὐτῷ· | to him; | ||||||
| τί | Why | τί | Why | τί | Why | Quid | — | ܐܢܬ | mouth | τί | Why | ||||||
| οὖν | then | οὖν | then | οὖν | then | ergo | therefore | ܐܢ | sharp | οὖν | then | ||||||
| βαπτίζεις | baptize you | βαπτίζεις | baptize you | βαπτίζεις | baptize you | baptizas | baptize | ܐܢܬ | of | βαπτίζεις | baptize you | ||||||
| εἰ | if | εἰ | if | εἰ | if | si | if | ܠܐ | edges | εἰ | if | ||||||
| σὺ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | σὺ | you yourself | tu | you (sing.) | ܐܝܬܝܟ | forth | σὺ | you yourself | ||||||
| οὐκ | not | οὐκ | not | οὐκ | not | non | Nones (pl.) | ܡܫܝܚܐ | his | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| εἶ | are | εἶ | are | εἶ | are | es | eating | ܘܠܐ | was | εἶ | are | ||||||
| ὁ | the | ὁ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| ΧΣ | Christ | ΧΣ | Christ | ΧΣ | Christ | Christus | Christ | ܐܠܝܐ | the | ΧΣ | Christ | ||||||
| οὐδὲ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | neque | nor | ܘܠܐ | shining | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| Ἠλίας | Elijah | Ἠλίας | Elijah | Ἠλείας | Elijah | Elias | My God | ܢܒܝܐ | his | Ἠλίας | Elijah | ||||||
| οὐδὲ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | οὐδὲ | nor | neque | nor | — | — | οὐδὲ | nor | ||||||
| ὁ | the | ὁ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| προφήτης; | prophet? | προφήτης; | prophet? | προφήτης; | prophet? | propheta | — | — | — | προφήτης; | prophet? | ||||||