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 | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | εἶπεν | said | dixit | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ܠܗܘܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | αὐτοῖς | to them | illis | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | ܡܠܐܟܐ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | quae | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲉⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | angel; | ἄγγελος· | angel; | angelus | angel; | αγγελος | | | angelus | ܠܐ | angel; | ἄγγελος | angel; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉ | spathe | μὴ | Not | Nolite | Not | μη | | | nolite | ܬܕܚܠܘܢ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | φοβεῖσθε· | do fear; | timere | do fear; | φοβεισθε | | | timere | ܗܐ | do fear; | φοβεῖσθε | do fear; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ecce | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲧⲉ | heart | εὐαγγελίζομαι | I bring good news | evangelizo | I bring good news | ευαγγελιζομαι | | | euangelizo | ܡܤܒܪ | I bring good news | εὐαγγελίζομαι | I bring good news | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁϣⲉⲟⲉⲓϣ | increase crying | ὑμῖν | to you | vobis | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | ܐܢܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | χαρὰν | of joy | gaudium | of joy | χαραν | | | gaudium | ܠܟܘܢ | of joy | χαρὰν | of joy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | μεγάλην | great | magnum | great | — | | | magnum | ܚܕܘܬܐ | great | μεγάλην | great | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲣⲁϣⲉ | act | ἥτις | which | quod | which | ητις | | | — | ܪܒܬܐ | which | ἥτις | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲓ | this | ἔσται | will be | erit | will be | εσται | | | erit | ܕܬܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | παντὶ | to all | omni | to all | παντι | | | omni | ܠܟܠܗ | to all | παντὶ | to all | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | et | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣϥ | — | λαῷ | people | populo | people | λαω | | | populo | ܥܠܡܐ | people | λαῷ | people | ||||||
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