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 | ||||||||||||||
εστινP109 | There are | ⲟⲩⲛ | be | Ἔστιν | There are | Sunt | There are | εστιν | | | sunt | ܐܝܬ | There are | Ἔστιν | There are | ||||||
δεP109 | now | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
καιP109 | also | — | — | καὶ | also | et | also | και | | | et | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
αλλαP109 | other things | — | — | ἄλλα | other things | alia | other things | αλλα | | | alia | ܐܠܐ | but | ἄλλα | other things | ||||||
πολλαP109 | many | ϩⲉⲛⲕⲉϩⲃⲏⲩⲉ | send | πολλὰ | many | multa | many | πολλα | | | plura | ܤܓܝܐܬܐ | many | πολλὰ | many | ||||||
αP109 | that | ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ | if [verbal prefix of the conditional] | ἃ | that | quæ | that | — | | | quae | ܕܥܒܕ | that | ὅσα | that | ||||||
εποιησενP109 | did | ⲉⲁϥⲁⲁⲩ | act | ἐποίησεν | did | fecit | did | εποιησεν | | | fecit | ܝܫܘܥ | did | ἐποίησεν | did | ||||||
οP109 | <the> | ϫⲉⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | ihs | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
ιησP109 | Jesus | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | quæ | Jesus | — | | | quae | ܕܐܠܘ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
ατιναP109 | which | ⲛⲁⲓ | this | ἅτινα | which | si | which | ατινα | | | si | ܚܕܐ | which | ἅτινα | which | ||||||
εανP109 | if | ⲉⲩϣⲁⲛⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ | — | ἐὰν | if | scribantur | if | εαν | | | scribantur | ܚܕܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
γραφηταιP109 | they shall be written | ⲟⲩⲁ | blasphemy | γράφηται | they shall be written | per | they shall be written | γραφηται | | | — | ܡܬܟܬܒܢ | they shall be written | γράφηται | they shall be written | ||||||
καθP109 | every | ⲟⲩⲁ | blasphemy | καθ᾽ | every | singula | every | καθ | | | singulariter | ܗܘܝ | every | καθ’ | every | ||||||
ενP109 | one, | ϯϫⲱ | say | ἕν, | one, | nec | one, | εν | | | nec | ܐܦ | one, | ἕν | one, | ||||||
ουδP109 | not even | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | οὐδ᾽ | not even | ipsum | not even | ουδ | | | ipsum | ܠܐ | not even | οὐδὲ | not even | ||||||
αυτονP109 | itself | ⲛⲁϣⲡ | group of four | αὐτὸν | itself | arbitror | itself | αυτον | | | xps | ܗܘ | itself | αὐτὸν | itself | ||||||
οιμαιP109 | I suppose | ⲛϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ | sheet or roll of papyrus | οἶμαι | I suppose | mundum | I suppose | οιμαι | | | mundum | ܥܠܡܐ | I suppose | οἶμαι | I suppose | ||||||
τονP109 | the | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | capere | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
κοσμονP109 | world | ⲁⲛ | great one | κόσμον | world | posse | world | κοσμον | | | facile | ܕܤܒܪ | world | κόσμον | world | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲥⲁϩⲟⲩ | — | χωρῆσαι | to have space | eos | to have space | — | | | — | ܐܢܐ | to have space | χωρῆσαι | to have space | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | for the | — | — | τα | | | qui | — | — | τὰ | for the | ||||||
| lost | — | γραφόμενα | to be written | scribendi | to be written | γραφομενα | | | scribuntur | ܗܘܐ | to be written | γραφόμενα | to be written | ||||||||
| lost | — | βιβλία. | books. | sunt | books. | βιβλεια | | | puto | ܠܟܬܒܐ | books. | βιβλία | books. | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀμήν¶ | Amen | libros | Amen | — | | | libri | ܕܡܬܟܬܒܝܢ | Amen | Ἀμήν | Amen | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | ||||||||||||||||||||