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 | ||||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 · P106 | and | — | — | Καὶ | and | Et | and | lost | | | lost | ܘܐܣܗܕ | and testified | Καὶ | and | ||||||
εμαρτυρησενP66 · P75 · P106 | testified | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐμαρτύρησεν | testified | testimonium perhibuit | bore witness | lost | | | lost | — | — | ἐμαρτύρησεν | testified | ||||||
ιωαννησP66 · P75 · P106 | John | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | Ioannes | John | lost | | | lost | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
λεγωνP66 · P75 · P106 | saying | ⲁϥⲣ | act | λέγων | saying | dicens | saying | lost | | | lost | ܘܐܡܪ | and said | λέγων | saying | ||||||
οτιP66 · P75 · P106 | that | ⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ | witness | ὅτι | that | Quia | that | lost | | | lost | ܕܚܙܝܬ | that I saw | ὅτι | that | ||||||
τεθεαμαιP66 · P75 · P106 | I have seen | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | τεθέαμαι | I have seen | vidi | I have seen | lost | | | lost | — | — | τεθέαμαι | I have seen | ||||||
τοP66 · P75 · P106 | the | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | lost | | | lost | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
ΠΝΑP66 · P75 · P106 | Spirit | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ΠΝΑ | Spirit | Spiritum | Spirit | lost | | | lost | ܪܘܚܐ | the Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | ||||||
καταβαινονP66 · P75 · P106 | descending | ϫⲉⲁⲉⲓⲛⲁⲩ | look | καταβαῖνον | descending | descendentem | descending | lost | | | lost | ܕܢܚܬ | descending | καταβαῖνον | descending | ||||||
ωσειP66 · P75 · P106 | like/as | ⲉⲡⲉⲡⲛⲁ | spirit | ὡς | like | quasi | like | lost | | | lost | ܐܝܟ | like | ὡσεί | like | ||||||
περιστερανP66 · P75 · P106 | dove | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | περιστερὰν | dove | columbam | dove | lost | | | lost | ܝܘܢܐ | dove | περιστερὰν | dove | ||||||
εξP66 · P75 · P106 | from | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | ἐξ | from | de | from | lost | | | lost | ܡܢ | from | ἐξ | from | ||||||
ουρανουP66 · P75 · P106 | heaven | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | caelo | heaven | lost | | | lost | ܫܡܝܐ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 · P106 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | lost | | | lost | ܘܩܘܝܬ | and it remained | καὶ | and | ||||||
εμεινενP66 · P75 · P106 | it remained | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἔμεινεν | it remained | mansit | it remained | lost | | | lost | — | — | ἔμεινεν | it remained | ||||||
επP66 · P75 · P106 | upon | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ἐπ᾽ | upon | super | upon | lost | | | lost | ܥܠܘܗܝ | upon him | ἐπ᾽ | upon | ||||||
αυτονP66 · P75 · P106 | him | ⲛⲟⲩϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ | dove | αὐτόν | him | eum | him | lost | | | lost | — | — | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
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