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 | — | — | — | Καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܗܘܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | factum | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | ܕܟܕ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ὡς | as | est | as | ως | | | est | — | — | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ | when | ἤκουσεν | heard | ut | heard | ηκουσεν | | | ut | ܫܡܥܬ | heard | ἤκουσεν | heard | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | sancto | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲁⲥⲡⲁⲥⲙⲟⲥ | greeting | ἀσπασμὸν | greeting | audivit | greeting | ασπασμον | | | audiuit | ܐܠܝܫܒܥ | greeting | Ἐλισάβετ | greeting | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | elisabet | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | of Mary | Μαρίας | of Mary | salutationem | of Mary | μαριας | | | salutationem | ܫܠܡܗ | of Mary | ἀσπασμὸν | of Mary | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | — | — | η | | | exultauit | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲃⲉⲧ | Elizabeth, | Ἐλισάβετ, | Elizabeth, | Mariæ | Elizabeth, | — | | | mariae | — | — | Μαρίας | Elizabeth, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἐσκίρτησεν | leaped | Elisabeth | leaped | εσκιρτησεν | | | elisabet | ܕܡܪܝܡ | leaped | ἐσκίρτησεν | leaped | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | βρέφος | baby | exsultavit | baby | — | | | — | ܕܨ | baby | βρέφος | baby | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | ἐν | in | infans | in | εν | | | in | ܥܘܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | inpleta | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕⲓⲙ | move | κοιλίᾳ | womb | in | womb | κοιλεια | | | infans | — | — | κοιλίᾳ | womb | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῆς, | of her, | utero | of her, | αυτης | | | utero | ܒܟܪܤܗ | of her, | αὐτῆς | of her, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ejus | and | και | | | eius | ܘܐܬܡܠܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | ἐπλήσθη | was filled | et | was filled | επλησθη | | | et | ܐܠܝܫܒܥ | was filled | ἐπλήσθη | was filled | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | with the Spirit | πνεύματος | with the Spirit | repleta | with the Spirit | — | | | — | — | — | πνεύματος | with the Spirit | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲧⲥ | in | ἁγίου | Holy | est | Holy | αγιου | | | est | ܪܘܚܐ | Holy | ἁγίου | Holy | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | <the> | — | — | η | | | elisabet | — | — | ἡ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth | Spiritu | Elizabeth | — | | | spiritu | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | Elizabeth | Ἐλισάβετ | Elizabeth | ||||||
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