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 | ܘܗܦܟܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲕⲟⲧⲟⲩ | build | ὑπέστρεψαν | returned | reversi | returned | ϋπεστρεψαν | | | reuersi | ܪܥܘܬܐ | returned | ὑπέστρεψαν | returned | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | sunt | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛϣⲟⲟⲥ | — | ποιμένες | shepherds | pastores | shepherds | ποιμενες | | | pastores | ܗܢܘܢ | shepherds | ποιμένες | shepherds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϯⲉⲟⲟⲩ | give glory | δοξάζοντες | glorifying | glorificantes | glorifying | δοξαζοντες | | | honorificantes | — | — | δοξάζοντες | glorifying | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܟܕ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | αἰνοῦντες | praising | laudantes | praising | αινουντες | | | laudantes | ܡܫܒܚܝܢ | praising | αἰνοῦντες | praising | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | dm | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ | bless | θεὸν | God | in | God | θν | | | in | ܘܡܗܠܠܝܢ | God | θεὸν | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἐπὶ | for | omnibus | for | επι | | | omnibus | ܠܐܠܗܐ | for | ἐπὶ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲥⲟⲧⲙⲟⲩ | hear | πᾶσιν | all things | quæ | all things | πασιν | | | quibus | — | — | πᾶσιν | all things | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | — | οἷς | which | audierant | which | οις | | | audierunt | ܥܠ | which | οἷς | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἤκουσαν | they had heard | et | they had heard | ηκουσαν | | | et | ܟܠ | they had heard | ἤκουσαν | they had heard | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | viderant | and | και | | | uiderunt | ܕܚܙܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | εἶδον | seen | sicut | seen | ιδον | | | sicut | ܘܫܡܥܘ | seen | εἶδον | seen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲧϩⲉ | fall | καθὼς | even as | dictum | even as | καθως | | | dictum | — | — | καθὼς | even as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | ἐλαλήθη | it was said | est | it was said | ελαληθη | | | est | ܐܝܟܢܐ | it was said | ἐλαλήθη | it was said | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | πρὸς | to | ad | to | προς | | | ad | ܕܐܬܡܠܠ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτούς.¶ | them. | illos | them. | αυτους | | | illos | ܥܡܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||||