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 | — | Πάλιν | Again | Iterum | again | παλιν | | | iterum | ܬܘܒ | Again | Πάλιν | Again | ||||||||
| lost | — | οὖν | therefore | ergo | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ܕܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||||
| lost | — | αὐτοῖς | to them | eis | to them | — | | | loquebatur | ܡܠܠ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐλάλησεν | spoke | locutus est | spoke | ελαλησεν | | | — | ܥܡܗܘܢ | spoke | ὁ | spoke | ||||||||
| lost | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | ||||||||
| lost | — | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | ἐλάλησεν | Jesus | ||||||||
| lost | — | λέγων· | saying; | dicens | saying | λεγων | | | dicens | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐγώ | I myself | Ego | I | εγω | | | ego | ܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | ||||||||
| lost | — | εἰμι | am | sum | am | ειμι | | | sum | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | ||||||||
| lost | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | ad | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | φῶς | light | lux | light | φως | | | lux | ܢܘܗܪܗ | light | φῶς | light | ||||||||
| lost | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||||
| lost | — | κόσμου. | world. | mundi | of the world | κοσμου | | | mundi | ܕܥܠܡܐ | world. | κόσμου | world. | ||||||||
| lost | — | ὁ | the one | — | — | ο | | | qui | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀκολουθῶν | following | sequitur | follows | ακολουθων | | | sequitur | ܡܢ | following | ἀκολουθῶν | following | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | me | me | εμοι | | | me | ܕܒܬܪܝ | Me myself | ἐμοὶ | Me myself | ||||||||
| lost | — | οὐ | certainly | non | not | ου | | | non | ܐܬܐ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | ||||||||
| lost | — | μὴ | not | — | — | μη | | | — | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||||
| lost | — | περιπατήσῃ | may walk | ambulat | walks | — | | | ambulauit | ܢܗܠܟ | may walk | περιπατήσῃ | may walk | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܒܚܫܘܟܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | illos | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | tenebris | darkness | σκοτεια | | | tenebris | ܐܠܐ | darkness | σκοτίᾳ | darkness | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀλλ᾽ | but | sed | but | — | | | sed | ܢܫܟܚ | but | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἕξει | will have | habebit | will have | εξει | | | habebit | ܠܗ | will have | ἕξει | will have | ||||||||
| lost | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | φῶς | light | lumen | light | φως | | | — | ܢܘܗܪܐ | light | φῶς | light | ||||||||
| lost | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | lucem | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||||
| lost | — | ζωῆς.¶ | of life. | vitæ | of life | ζωης | | | uitae | ܕܚܝܐ | of life. | ζωῆς | of life. | ||||||||
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