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 | ܘܗܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | τοῦτο | this is | hoc | this is | τουτο | | | hoc | ܠܟܘܢ | this is | τοῦτο | this is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ | sign | ὑμῖν | to you | vobis | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | ܐܬܐ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | sit | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | σημεῖον· | sign: | signum | sign: | σημειον | | | signum | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | sign: | σημεῖον | sign: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εὑρήσετε | You will find | invenietis | You will find | ευρησετε | | | inuenietis | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You will find | εὑρήσετε | You will find | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲓ | this | βρέφος | a baby | infantem | a baby | βρεφος | | | infantem | — | — | βρέφος | a baby | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁϩⲉ | fall | ἐσπαργανωμένον | swaddled | pannis | swaddled | εσπαργανωμενον | | | pannis | ܥܘܠܐ | swaddled | ἐσπαργανωμένον | swaddled | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | involutum | and | — | | | inuolutum | ܕܟܪܝܟ | and | κείμενον | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | κείμενον | lying | et | lying | — | | | — | ܒܥܙܪܘܪܐ | lying | ἐν | lying | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | ἐν | in | positum | in | εν | | | — | ܘܤܝܡ | in | φάτνῃ | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | — | — | — | | | praesepio | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϭⲟⲟⲗⲉ | swathe | φάτνῃ. | a manger. | in | a manger. | φατνη | | | in | ܒܐܘܪܝܐ | a manger. | φάτνῃ. | a manger. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||||