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 | — | ⲁϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἀκούσας | Having heard | Et | Having heard | ακουσας | | | autem | ܘܫܡܥ | Having heard | ἀκούσας | Having heard | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | cum | now | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | ὄχλου | a crowd | audiret | a crowd | οχλου | | | audiens | ܟܢܫܐ | a crowd | ὄχλου | a crowd | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | διαπορευομένου | passing along | turbam | passing along | — | | | turbam | ܕܥܒܪ | passing along | διαπορευομένου | passing along | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | ἐπυνθάνετο | he was asking | prætereuntem | he was asking | επυνθανετο | | | praetereuntem | — | — | ἐπυνθάνετο | he was asking | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲧϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | τί | what | interrogabat | what | τι | | | interrogabat | ܘܡܫܐܠ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| lost | — | ἂν | maybe | quid | maybe | αν | | | quidnam | ܗܘܐ | maybe | εἴη | maybe | ||||||||
| lost | — | εἴη | would be | hoc | would be | ειη | | | hoc | ܕܡܢܘ | would be | τοῦτο | would be | ||||||||
| lost | — | τοῦτο. | this. | esset | this. | τουτο | | | esset | ܗܢܐ | this. | τοῦτο. | this. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||||