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 | — | ϫⲉⲁⲩϫⲡⲟ | beget | ὅτι | For | quia | For | οτι | | | quia | ܐܬܝܠܕ | For | ὅτι | For | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | ἐτέχθη | has been born | natus | has been born | ετεχθη | | | natus | ܠܟܘܢ | has been born | ἐτέχθη | has been born | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ | day | ὑμῖν | to you | est | to you | ϋμειν | | | est | ܓܝܪ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲡⲁⲓ | — | σήμερον | today | vobis | today | σημερον | | | uobis | — | — | σήμερον | today | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣ | a Savior | σωτὴρ | a Savior | hodie | a Savior | σωτηρ | | | hodie | ܝܘܡܢܐ | a Savior | σωτήρ | a Savior | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ὅς | who | Salvator | who | ος | | | saluator | ܦܪܘܩܐ | who | ὅς | who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | ἐστιν | is | qui | is | εστιν | | | qui | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | est | Christ | — | | | est | ܡܪܝܐ | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ | city | κύριος | the Lord | Christus | the Lord | — | | | xps | — | — | κύριος | the Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | Dominus | in | εν | | | ihs | ܡܫܝܚܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | πόλει | the City | in | the City | πολει | | | in | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܗ | the City | πόλει | the City | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | of David. | Δαυίδ. | of David. | civitate | of David. | δαυειδ | | | ciuitate | ܕܕܘܝܕ | of David. | Δαυίδ | of David. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||||