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 | ܘܗܘܐ | it was | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | εγενετο | it came to pass | factum | came | εγενετο | | | factum | ܕܟܕ | that when | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | ||||||
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| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ως | as | est | it | ως | | | est | ܡܢ | from | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲃⲱⲕ | go | απηλθον | they were departing | ut | to | απηλθον | | | ut | ܐܙܠܘ | had gone | ἀπῆλθον | they were departing | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | απ | from | discesserunt | departed | — | | | ab | — | — | ἀπ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτων | them | ab | from | — | | | abierunt | ܠܘܬܗܘܢ | And | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ | — | εις | into | eis | them | — | | | eis | ܡܠܐܟܐ | the angels | εἰς | into | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τον | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ουρανον | heaven | angeli | the angels | — | | | angeli | ܠܫܡܝܐ | heaven, | οὐρανὸν | heaven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲛϣⲟⲟⲥ | — | οι | the | — | — | οι | | | caelum | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | αγγελοι | angels, | in | into | αγγελοι | | | in | ܡܠܠܘ | them into | ἄγγελοι | angels, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ | fellow | omitted | — | cælum | heaven | και | | | homines | ܪܥܘܬܐ | shepherds conferred | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲙⲁⲣⲛⲃⲱⲕ | go | omitted | — | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲛⲛⲁⲩ | look | omitted | — | pastores | the shepherds | ανθρωποι | | | pastores | ܚܕ | so, | ἄνθρωποι | men | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲓϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | οι | <the> | — | — | οι | | | dixerunt | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ποιμενες | shepherds | loquebantur | said | ποιμενες | | | — | ܥܡ | with | ποιμένες | shepherds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | ελαλουν | were speaking | ad | to | — | | | ad | ܚܕ | one another, | εἶπον | they said | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲟⲛϩϥ | reveal | προς | to | invicem | another | προς | | | alterutrum | — | — | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲛ | to | αλληλους | one another; | Transeamus | over | αλληλους | | | pertranseamus | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | said: Let | ἀλλήλους | one another; | ||||||
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| lost | — | — | — | διελθωμεν | Let us go through | usque | — | διελθωμεν | | | usque | ܢܪܕܐ | us | Διέλθωμεν | Let us go through | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δη | indeed | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | δη | | | bethleem | ܥܕܡܐ | go down | δὴ | indeed | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εως | until | et | and | εως | | | et | ܠܒܝܬ | the | ἕως | until | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem* | βηθλεεμ | Bethlehem | videamus | see | βηθλεεμ | | | uideamus | ܠܚܡ | to Bethlehem, | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | hoc | this | και | | | hoc | ܘܢܚܙܐ | and see | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ιδωμεν | let us see | verbum | word | ϊδωμεν | | | uerbum | ܠܡܠܬܐ | thing which | ἴδωμεν | let us see | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | το | <the> | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ρημα | declaration | quod | that | ρημα | | | quod | ܗܕܐ | this | ῥῆμα | declaration | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τουτο | this | factum | — | τουτο | | | factum | — | — | τοῦτο | this | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | το | that | — | — | το | | | et | — | — | τὸ | that | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | γεγονος | having happened | est | is | — | | | est | ܕܗܘܬ | and | γεγονός | having happened | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | messenger | ο | which | — | — | ο | | | quod | — | — | ὃ | which | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the | quod | which | ο | | | dms | ܐܝܟ | hath occurred, as | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | κς | Lord | Dominus | the Lord | — | | | — | ܕܡܪܝܐ | the Lord hath | κύριος | Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εγνωρισεν | has made known | ostendit | shewed | εγνωρισεν | | | demonstrauit | ܐܘܕܥ | made known | ἐγνώρισεν | has made known | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ημιν | to us. | nobis | to us | ημειν | | | nobis | ܠܢ | to us. | ἡμῖν | I/we | ||||||
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