The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܡܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | εξαιφνης | suddenly | subito | suddenly | εξαιφνης | | | continuo | ܫܠܝ | instantly | ἐξαίφνης | suddenly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | εγενετο | there came | facta | — | εγενετο | | | facta | ܐܬܚܙܝܘ | were seen | ἐγένετο | there came | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲥⲛⲉ | stroke of time | συν | with | est | was | συν | | | est | ܥܡ | with | σὺν | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | the | — | — | τω | | | dicentium | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | messenger | αγγελω | angel | cum | with | αγγελω | | | cum | ܡܠܐܟܐ | angel, the | ἀγγέλῳ | angel | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | πληθος | a multitude | angelo | the angel | πληθος | | | angelo | ܚܝܠܘܬܐ | there | πλῆθος | a multitude | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲓⲁ | — | στρατειας | of [the] host | multitudo | a multitude | στρατειας | | | multitudo | ܤܓܝܐܐ | the | στρατιᾶς | of the host | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ουρανου | heavenly | militiæ | army | — | | | militiae | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heaven, praising | οὐρανίου | heavenly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ | bless | αινουντων | praising | cælestis | of the heavenly | — | | | — | ܟܕ | hosts of | αἰνούντων | praising | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τον | <the> | — | — | τον | | | caeli | ܡܫܒܚܝܢ | many | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θν | God | laudantium | — | θν | | | laudantes | ܠܐܠܗܐ | God, | θεόν | God | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | Deum | God | και | | | dm | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | λεγοντων | saying: | et | and | λεγοντων | | | et | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and saying: | λεγόντων | saying: | ||||||
| — | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | — | — | dicentium | saying | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
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