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 | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἰδόντες | Having seen | Videntes | Having seen | ιδοντες | | | uidentes | ܘܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲙⲉ | know | ἐγνώρισαν | they made known | cognoverunt | they made known | εγνωρισαν | | | cognouerunt | ܐܘܕܥܘ | they made known | διεγνώρισαν | they made known | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | περὶ | concerning | de | concerning | περι | | | de | ܠܡܠܬܐ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | factum | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲟϥ | say | ῥήματος | declaration | verbo | declaration | ρηματος | | | uerbo | — | — | ῥήματος | declaration | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | which | — | — | του | | | est | — | — | τοῦ | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | λαληθέντος | having been told | quod | having been told | λαληθεντος | | | quod | ܕܐܬܡܠܠܬ | having been told | λαληθέντος | having been told | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | αὐτοῖς | to them | dictum | to them | αυτοις | | | — | ܥܡܗܘܢ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | περὶ | concerning | erat | concerning | περι | | | ad | ܥܠܘܗܝ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | eos | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | παιδίου | Child | illis | Child | παιδιου | | | infante | ܥܠ | Child | παιδίου | Child | ||||||||
| lost | — | τούτου. | this. | de | this. | — | | | de | ܛܠܝܐ | this. | τούτου | this. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||||