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 | ||||||||||||||
ηνP66 · P75 | was | ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲓⲛ | light | Ἦν | was | Erat | was | ην | | | — | ܗܘ | he/it | Ἦν | was | ||||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
φωσP66 · P75 | light | ⲙⲙⲉⲉ | — | φῶς | light | lux | light | φως | | | — | — | — | φῶς | light | ||||||
τοP66 · P75 | the | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
αληθινονP66 · P75 | true/genuine | ⲉⲧⲣⲟⲩⲟⲓⲛ | — | ἀληθινόν | true/genuine | vera | true | αληθινον | | | — | — | — | ἀληθινόν | true/genuine | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | which | ⲉⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ | which | ὃ | which | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὃ | which | ||||||
φωτιζειP66 · P75 | enlightens/illuminates | ⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | φωτίζει | enlightens | illuminat | illuminates | φωτιζει | | | — | ܕܡܢܗܪ | who enlightens | φωτίζει | enlightens | ||||||
πανταP66 · P75 | every/all | ⲛⲓⲙ | who? | πάντα | every/all | omnem | every | παντα | | | — | ܠܟܠ | every | πάντα | every/all | ||||||
ανθρωπονP66 · P75 | man/person | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἄνθρωπον | man/person | hominem | man | ανθρωπον | | | — | ܐܢܫ | person | ἄνθρωπον | man/person | ||||||
ερχομενοP66 · P75 | coming | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | ἐρχόμενον | coming | venientem | coming | ερχομενον | | | — | ܕܐܬܐ | who comes | ἐρχόμενον | coming | ||||||
εισP66 · P75 | into | εἰς | into | in | into | εις | | | — | ܠܗ | to it | εἰς | into | ||||||||
τονP66 · P75 | the | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
κοσμονP66 · P75 | world | κόσμον | world | mundum | world | κοσμον | | | — | ܠܥܠܡܐ | the world | κόσμον | world | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ | was [copula] | — | — | ||||||
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