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 | ܘܗܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | ἦν | He was | erat | He was | ην | | | erat | ܡܠܦ | He was | ἦν | He was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲏⲛⲉ | daily | διδάσκων | teaching | docens | teaching | διδασκων | | | docens | ܗܘܐ | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | — | — | το | | | cottidie | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | καθ᾽ | every | quotidie | every | καθ | | | — | ܟܠ | every | καθ’ | every | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉⲣⲡⲉ | temple | ἡμέραν | day | in | day | ημεραν | | | in | — | — | ἡμέραν | day | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἐν | in | templo | in | εν | | | templo | ܝܘܡ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | tribae | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ἱερῷ· | temple; | Principes | temple; | ϊερω | | | principes | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | temple; | ἱερῷ | temple; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧϥ | kill | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | A | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | autem | however | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | sacerdotum | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotum | ܟܗܢܐ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܕܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲛⲛⲟϭ | great | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | scribæ | scribes | γραμματις | | | populi | ܘܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | et | were seeking | — | | | et | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτὸν | Him | princeps | Him | — | | | primi | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀπολέσαι | to destroy | plebis | to destroy | — | | | quaerebant | ܕܥܡܐ | to destroy | ἀπολέσαι | to destroy | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | quærebant | and | και | | | — | ܒܥܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | quid | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | πρῶτοι | foremost | illum | foremost | πρωτοι | | | facerent | ܗܘܘ | foremost | πρῶτοι | foremost | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people, | λαοῦ, | people, | perdere | people, | λαου | | | eum | ܠܡܘܒܕܘܬܗ | people, | λαοῦ | people, | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||||