The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
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και P4 | And | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܦܢܩܝܬܐ | for a tablet, | Καὶ | And | ||||||
αιτησασ P4 | having asked for | ⲁϥⲁⲓⲧⲓ | to ask | αιτησας | having asked for | postulans | demanding | αιτησας | | | cum | ܘܫܐܠ | he asked | αἰτήσας | having asked for | ||||||
damagedπινακειδιον P4 | a writing tablet | ⲇⲉ | and | πεινακειδιον | a writing tablet | pugillarem | a writing | — | | | tabulam | ܘܟܬܒ | and wrote, and | πινακίδιον | a writing tablet | ||||||
εγραψεν P4 | he wrote | ⲛⲟⲩⲡⲓⲛⲁⲕⲓⲥ | writing tablet | εγραψεν | he wrote | scripsit | he wrote | εγραψεν | | | scripsit | ܗܘ | is his | ἔγραψεν | he wrote | ||||||
damagedλεγων P4 | saying; | ⲁϥⲥϩⲁⲓ | write | λεγων | saying; | dicens | saying | — | | | confestim | ܘܐܡܪ | said: | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
ιωαννησ P4 | John | ϫⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John* | ιωαννης | John | Joannes | John | — | | | — | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
εστιν P4 | is | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | εστιν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | est | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | omitted | — | nomen | name | το | | | nomen | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
ονομα P4 | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ονομα | name | ejus | his | ονομα | | | eius | — | — | ὄνομα | name | ||||||
αυτου P4 | — | — | — | αυτου | of him. | Et | And | αυτου | | | et | ܫܡܗ | name. And every | αὐτοῦ | of him. | ||||||
και P4 | And | — | — | και | And | mirati | wondered | και | | | mirati | — | — | καὶ | And | ||||||
εθαυμασαν P4 | — | ⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ | name | εθαυμασαν | they marveled | sunt | — | εθαυμασαν | | | sunt | ܘܐܬܕܡܪܘ | And | ἐθαύμασαν | they marveled | ||||||
damagedπαντεσ P4 | all. | ⲁⲩⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | be amazed | παντες | all. | universi | all | παντες | | | — | ܟܠܢܫ | one was surprised. | πάντες | all. | ||||||
| — | — | ⲇⲉ | and | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | all | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
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