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 | ||||||||||||||
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| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | And | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܚܕ | there | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ιδου | behold | ecce | behold there | — | | | hierusalem | — | — | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | ανθρωπος | a man | homo | a man | — | | | homo | ܓܒܪܐ | certain man | ἦν | there was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ην | there was | erat | was | ην | | | erat | ܐܝܬ | was a | ἄνθρωπος | a human | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | εν | in | in | in | — | | | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ιερουσαλημ | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | — | | | symeon | ܒܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem, whose | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem | ||||||
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| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲥⲟⲗⲩⲙⲁ | Jerusalem* | ω | whose | cui | — | — | | | cui | ܗܘܐ | was | ᾧ | whose | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉϥⲣⲁⲛ | name | ονομα | name [was] | nomen | named | — | | | nomen | ܫܡܗ | name | ὄνομα | name was | ||||||
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| lost | — | ⲥⲩⲙⲉⲱⲛ | Simeon* | συμεων | Simeon | Simeon | Simeon | — | | | — | ܫܡܥܘܢ | Simeon. | Συμεών | Simeon | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | — | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | <the> | — | — | — | | | hic | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ανθρωπος | man | homo | man | ανθρωπος | | | homo | ܘܓܒܪܐ | man | ἄνθρωπος | man | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ουτος | this | iste | this | — | | | istrahel | ܗܢܐ | This | οὗτος | this | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܟܐܝܢ | was upright | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܗܘܐ | was waiting | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ | righteous | δικαιος | [was] righteous | justus | just | — | | | iustus | ܘܙܕܝܩ | and just, | δίκαιος | was righteous | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ευλαβης | devout | timoratus | devout | — | | | metuens | — | — | εὐλαβής | devout | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | προσδεχομενος | waiting for | exspectans | — | — | | | — | ܘܡܤܟܐ | and | προσδεχόμενος | waiting for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲣⲉϥϣⲙϣⲉ | server | παρακλησιν | [the] consolation | consolationem | the consolation | — | | | consolationem | ܗܘܐ | the consolation | παράκλησιν | the consolation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | <the> | — | — | — | | | expectans | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| — | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲟⲗⲥⲗ | be comforted | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ | Israel* | ισραηλ | of Israel; | Israël | of Israel | — | | | sps | ܠܒܘܝܐܗ | of Israel, | Ἰσραήλ | of Israel; | ||||||
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| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܕܐܝܤܪܝܠ | for | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | spirit | πνευμα | [the] Spirit | Spiritus | Ghost | πνα | | | — | ܘܪܘܚܐ | Spirit | πνεῦμα | the Spirit | ||||||
| — | — | ⲉϥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ | be pure | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | ϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ | with | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ην | was | Sanctus | the Holy | — | | | sanctus | ܕܩܘܕܫܐ | the Holy | ἦν | was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϭⲱϣⲧ | look | αγιον | Holy | erat | was | αγιον | | | erat | ܐܝܬ | and | ἅγιον | Holy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | επ | upon | in | in | επ | | | super | ܗܘܬ | was upon | ἐπ | upon | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲧϥ | heart | αυτον | him. | eo | him | αυτον | | | eum | ܥܠܘܗܝ | him. | αὐτόν | him. | ||||||
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