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 | ⲛⲉⲣⲉ | mutable preterite converter | ἦν | Was | Erat | Was | lost | | | lost | ܐܦ | Was | Ἦν | Was | ||||||
δεP66 · P75 | now | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | lost | | | lost | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | also | — | — | καὶ | also | et | also | lost | | | lost | ܕܝܢ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
οP66 · P75 | <the> | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | lost | | | lost | — | — | Ἰωάννης | <the> | ||||||
ιωαννησP66 · P75 | John | ⲡⲕⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | — | Ἰωάννης | John | Joannes | John | lost | | | lost | ܡܥܡܕ | John | βαπτίζων | John | ||||||
βαπτιζωνP66 · P75 | baptizing | ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ | to baptize | βαπτίζων | baptizing | baptizans | baptizing | lost | | | lost | ܗܘܐ | baptizing | ἐν | baptizing | ||||||
ενP66 · P75 | in | ϩⲁⲧⲛⲥⲁⲗⲉⲓⲙ | — | ἐν | in | in | in | lost | | | lost | ܒܥܝܢ | in | Αἰνὼν | in | ||||||
αινωνP66 · P75 | Aenon | ϩⲛⲁⲓⲛⲱⲛ | Aenon | Αἰνὼν | Aenon | Ænnon | Aenon | lost | | | lost | ܝܘܢ | Aenon | ἐγγὺς | Aenon | ||||||
εγγυσP66 · P75 | near | ϫⲉⲛⲉⲩⲛϩⲁϩ | many | ἐγγὺς | near | juxta | near | lost | | | lost | ܕܥܠ | near | τοῦ | near | ||||||
τουP66 · P75 | <the> | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | lost | | | lost | — | — | Σαλήμ | <the> | ||||||
σαλειμP66 · P75 | Salim, | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | Σαλείμ, | Salim, | Salim | Salim, | lost | | | lost | ܓܢܒ | Salim, | ὅτι | Salim, | ||||||
οτιP66 · P75 | because | ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place | ὅτι | because | quia | because | lost | | | lost | ܫܠܝܡ | because | ὕδατα | because | ||||||
υδαταP66 · P75 | waters | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ὕδατα | waters | aquæ | waters | lost | | | lost | ܡܛܠ | waters | πολλὰ | waters | ||||||
πολλαP66 · P75 | many | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | πολλὰ | many | multæ | many | lost | | | lost | ܕܡܝܐ | many | ἦν | many | ||||||
ηνP66 · P75 | were | ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲏⲩ | come | ἦν | were | erant | were | lost | | | lost | ܐܝܬ | were | ἐκεῖ | were | ||||||
εκειP66 · P75 | there. | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐκεῖ. | there. | illic | there. | lost | | | lost | ܗܘܘ | there. | καὶ | there. | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | lost | | | lost | ܬܡܢ | and | παρεγίνοντο | and | ||||||
παρεγεινοντοP66 · P75 | they were coming | ⲉⲩϫⲓ | receive | παρεγίνοντο | they were coming | veniebant | they were coming | lost | | | lost | ܤܓܝܐܐ | they were coming | καὶ | they were coming | ||||||
καιP66 · P75 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | lost | | | lost | ܘܐܬܝܢ | and | ἐβαπτίζοντο | and | ||||||
εβαπτιζοντοP66 · P75 | were being baptized; | ⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ | baptism | ἐβαπτίζοντο· | were being baptized; | baptizabantur | were being baptized; | lost | | | lost | ܗܘܘ | were being baptized; | ἐβαπτίζοντο· | were being baptized; | ||||||
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