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 | — | ⲛⲉⲩϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | ἦσαν | They were | Erant | were | ησαν | | | erant | ܬܪܝܗܘܢ | They were | Ἦσαν | They were | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | but/however | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | δίκαιοι | righteous | justi | ? | δικαιοι | | | iusti | ܙܕܝܩܝܢ | righteous | δίκαιοι | righteous | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲛⲁⲩ | two | ἀμφότεροι | both | ambo | ? | αμφοτεροι | | | ambo | ܗܘܘ | both | ἀμφότεροι | both | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲙⲧⲟ | face | ἐναντίον | in front of | ante | before | — | | | conspectu | ܩܕܡ | in front of | ἐνώπιον | in front of | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | dei | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | θεοῦ | God | Deum | God | θυ | | | — | ܐܠܗܐ | God | θεοῦ | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | πορευόμενοι | walking | incedentes | ? | πορευομενοι | | | in | — | — | πορευόμενοι | walking | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ | in | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܘܡܗܠܟܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ | walk | πάσαις | all | omnibus | ? | πασαις | | | omnibus | ܒܟܠܗܘܢ | all | πάσαις | all | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ταῖς | the | mandatis | ? | ταις | | | ambulantes | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | — | ἐντολαῖς | commandments | et | and | εντολαις | | | mandatis | ܦܘܩܕܢܘܗܝ | commandments | ἐντολαῖς | commandments | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ | and | καὶ | and | justificationibus | ? | και | | | et | ܘܒܟܐܢܘܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲛⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲱⲙⲁ | ordinances | δικαιώμασιν | ordinances | Domini | of the Lord | δικαιωμασιν | | | iustitiis | ܕܡܪܝܐ | ordinances | δικαιώμασιν | ordinances | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | dmi | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | κυρίου | Lord | sine | ? | κυ | | | macula | ܕܠܐ | Lord | κυρίου | Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | be pure | ἄμεμπτοι. | blameless. | querela | ? | — | | | sine | ܥܕܠܝ | blameless. | ἄμεμπτοι | blameless. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||