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 | ܓܒܪܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ἰδοὺ | behold | ecce | behold | — | | | hierusalem | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | homo | a man | — | | | homo | ܚܕ | a man | ἦν | a man | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἦν | there was | erat | there was | ην | | | erat | ܐܝܬ | there was | ἄνθρωπος | there was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ἐν | in | in | in | — | | | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | Ἰερουσαλὴμ | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | — | | | symeon | ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲥⲟⲗⲩⲙⲁ | — | ᾧ | whose | cui | whose | — | | | cui | ܫܡܗ | whose | ᾧ | whose | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ | name | ὄνομα | name was | nomen | name was | — | | | nomen | ܗܘܐ | name was | ὄνομα | name was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲩⲙⲉⲱⲛ | Simeon | Συμεὼν | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | — | | | — | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simeon | Συμεών | Simeon | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܘܓܒܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | hic | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἄνθρωπος | man | homo | man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | ܗܢܐ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | οὗτος | this | iste | this | — | | | istrahel | — | — | οὗτος | this | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ | was righteous | δίκαιος | was righteous | justus | was righteous | — | | | iustus | ܟܐܝܢ | was righteous | δίκαιος | was righteous | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܗܘܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | εὐλαβὴς | devout | timoratus | devout | — | | | metuens | ܘܙܕܝܩ | devout | εὐλαβής | devout | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | προσδεχόμενος | waiting for | exspectans | waiting for | — | | | — | ܘܡܤܟܐ | waiting for | προσδεχόμενος | waiting for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲣⲉϥϣⲙϣⲉ | server | παράκλησιν | the consolation | consolationem | the consolation | — | | | consolationem | ܗܘܐ | the consolation | παράκλησιν | the consolation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | — | | | expectans | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ | of Israel; | Ἰσραήλ· | of Israel; | Israël | of Israel; | — | | | sps | ܠܒܘܝܐܗ | of Israel; | Ἰσραήλ | of Israel; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܕܐܝܤܪܝܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | the Spirit | πνεῦμα | the Spirit | Spiritus | the Spirit | πνα | | | — | ܘܪܘܚܐ | the Spirit | πνεῦμα | the Spirit | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἦν | was | Sanctus | was | — | | | sanctus | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϭⲱϣⲧ | look | ἅγιον | Holy | erat | Holy | αγιον | | | erat | ܐܝܬ | Holy | ἅγιον | Holy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἐπ᾽ | upon | in | upon | επ | | | super | ܗܘܬ | upon | ἐπ’ | upon | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲧϥ | heart | αὐτόν. | him. | eo | him. | αυτον | | | eum | ܥܠܘܗܝ | him. | αὐτόν | him. | ||||||
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