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