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 | ܘܡܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ἐξαίφνης | suddenly | subito | suddenly | εξαιφνης | | | continuo | ܫܠܝ | suddenly | ἐξαίφνης | suddenly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἐγένετο | there came | facta | there came | εγενετο | | | facta | ܐܬܚܙܝܘ | there came | ἐγένετο | there came | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲥⲛⲉ | stroke of time | σὺν | with | est | with | συν | | | est | ܥܡ | with | σὺν | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | dicentium | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | messenger | ἀγγέλῳ | angel | cum | angel | αγγελω | | | cum | ܡܠܐܟܐ | angel | ἀγγέλῳ | angel | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲟⲩⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | angelo | a multitude | πληθος | | | angelo | ܚܝܠܘܬܐ | a multitude | πλῆθος | a multitude | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁⲧⲓⲁ | — | στρατιᾶς | of the host | multitudo | of the host | στρατειας | | | multitudo | ܤܓܝܐܐ | of the host | στρατιᾶς | of the host | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐρανίου | heavenly | militiæ | heavenly | — | | | militiae | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavenly | οὐρανίου | heavenly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ | bless | αἰνούντων | praising | cælestis | praising | — | | | — | ܟܕ | praising | αἰνούντων | praising | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | caeli | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θεὸν | God | laudantium | God | θν | | | laudantes | ܡܫܒܚܝܢ | God | θεόν | God | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | Deum | and | και | | | dm | ܠܐܠܗܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | λεγόντων· | saying: | et | saying: | λεγοντων | | | et | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | saying: | λεγόντων | saying: | ||||||
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