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 | — | ⲛⲉ | mutable preterite converter | ἦν | It was | Erat | It was | ῆν | | | erat | ܘܥܪܘܒܬܐ | It was | ἦν | It was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲥⲕⲉⲩⲏ | the Day of Preparation | παρασκευὴ | the Day of Preparation | parasceve | the Day of Preparation | παρασκευη | | | parasceue | ܕܦܨܚܐ | the Day of Preparation | Παρασκευὴ | the Day of Preparation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲡⲁⲥⲭⲁ | Passover, | πάσχα, | Passover, | Paschæ | Passover, | πασχα | | | paschae | — | — | Πάσχα | Passover, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲁⲩ | look | ὥρα | the hour | hora | the hour | ωρα | | | hora | ܘܐܝܬ | the hour | ὥρα | the hour | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲡ | hour | ἦν | was | quasi | was | ην | | | quasi | ܗܘܝ | was | δὲ | was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲟⲟ | soaked reed | ὡς | about | — | — | — | | | — | ܐܝܟ | about | ὡσεὶ | about | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἕκτη. | the sixth. | sexta | the sixth. | — | | | sexta | ܫܥܐ | the sixth. | ἕκτη | the sixth. | ||||||
καιP60 · P66 | And | — | — | καὶ | And | et | And | και | | | et | ܫܬ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
λεγειP60 · P66 | he says | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | λέγει | he says | dicit | he says | λεγει | | | dicit | ܘܐܡܪ | he says | λέγει | he says | ||||||
τοισP60 · P66 | to the | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | τοις | | | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
ιουδαιοισP60 · P66 | Jews; | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | Ἰουδαίοις· | Jews; | Judæis | Jews; | ιουδαιοις | | | iudaeis | — | — | Ἰουδαίοις | Jews; | ||||||
ιδεP60 · P66 | Behold | ⲛⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓ | Jew | ἴδε | Behold | Ecce | Behold | ϊδε | | | ecce | ܠܝܗܘܕܝܐ | Behold | Ἴδε | Behold | ||||||
οP60 · P66 | the | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
βασιλευσP60 · P66 | king | ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥⲡⲉⲧⲛⲣⲣⲟ | king | βασιλεὺς | king | rex | king | βασιλευς | | | rex | ܗܐ | king | βασιλεὺς | king | ||||||
υμωνP60 · P66 | of you! | ὑμῶν. | of you! | vester | of you! | ϋμων | | | uester | ܡܠܟܟܘܢ | of you! | ὑμῶν | of you! | ||||||||
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