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 | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲓ | this | αὕτη | This | Hæc | This | αυτη | | | haec | ܗܠܝܢ | This | Αὕτη | This | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δέ | now | est | now | δε | | | est | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστιν | is | autem | is | εστιν | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | — | — | η | | | aeterna | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲱⲛϩ | live | αἰώνιος | eternal | vita | eternal | αιωνιος | | | uita | ܚܝܐ | eternal | αἰώνιος | eternal | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲉⲛⲉϩ | eternity | ζωὴ | life | æterna | life | ζωη | | | te | ܕܠܥܠܡ | life | ζωή | life | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | that | ἵνα | that | ut | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ܕܢܕܥܘܢܟ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
γινωσκωσινP60 · P66 · P84 | they may know | ⲉⲩⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱⲛⲅ | know | γινώσκωσιν | they may know | cognoscant | they may know | — | | | cognoscant | ܕܐܢܬ | they may know | γινώσκωσίν | they may know | ||||||
σεP60 · P66 · P84 | You | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | σὲ | You | te | You | σε | | | dm | — | — | σε | You | ||||||
τονP60 · P66 · P84 | the | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | hunc | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
μονονP60 · P66 · P84 | only | ⲙⲙⲉ | love | μόνον | only | solum | only | μονον | | | solum | ܐܢܬ | only | μόνον | only | ||||||
αληθινονP60 · P66 | true | ⲙⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ | our | ἀληθινὸν | true | Deum | true | αληθινον | | | — | ܐܠܗܐ | true | ἀληθινὸν | true | ||||||
θνP60 · P66 | God | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | θεὸν | God | verum | God | θν | | | uerum | ܕܫܪܪܐ | God | θεόν | God | ||||||
καιP60 · P66 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܒܠܚܘܕܝܟ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
ονP60 · P66 | whom | ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲕⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ | send | ὃν | whom | quem | whom | ον | | | quem | ܘܡܢ | whom | ὃν | whom | ||||||
απεπεμψασP60 · P66 | You have sent | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | messiah | ἀπέστειλας | You have sent | misisti | You have sent | απεστειλας | | | misisti | ܕܫܕܪܬ | You have sent | ἀπέστειλας | You have sent | ||||||
ινP60 · P66 | Jesus | ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | Jesum | Jesus | ιην | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
χνP60 · P66 | Christ. | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | Christ. | Χριστόν. | Christ. | Christum | Christ. | — | | | xpm | ܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ. | χριστόν | Christ. | ||||||
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