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 | ܘܚܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲛ | mutable preterite converter | ἦν | there was | erat | there was | — | | | fanuel | ܕܝܢ | there was | ἦν | there was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲧⲓⲥ | — | Ἅννα | Anna | Anna | Anna | αννα | | | anna | ܢܒܝܬܐ | Anna | Ἅννα | Anna | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | προφῆτις, | a prophetess, | prophetissa | a prophetess, | προφητις | | | prophetis | ܒܪܬܗ | a prophetess, | προφῆτις | a prophetess, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲛⲛⲁ | spathe | θυγάτηρ | daughter | filia | daughter | θυγατηρ | | | filia | ܕܦܢܘܐܝܠ | daughter | θυγάτηρ | daughter | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲫⲁⲛⲟⲩⲏⲗ | of Phanuel, | Φανουήλ, | of Phanuel, | Phanuel | of Phanuel, | φανουηλ | | | haec | — | — | Φανουήλ | of Phanuel, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧϣⲉⲉⲣⲉ | daughter | ἐκ | of | de | of | εκ | | | de | ܡܢ | of | ἐκ | of | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲫⲩⲗⲏ | the tribe | φυλῆς | the tribe | tribu | the tribe | φυλης | | | tribu | ܫܒܛܐ | the tribe | φυλῆς | the tribe | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | Ἀσήρ· | of Asher; | Aser | of Asher; | ασηρ | | | aser | ܕܐܫܝܪ | of Asher; | Ἀσήρ- | of Asher; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲥⲏⲣ | belonging | αὕτη | she | hæc | she | αυτη | | | quae | ܐܦ | she | αὕτη | she | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲁⲓ | this | προβεβηκυῖα | having advanced | processerat | having advanced | προβεβηκυϊα | | | processerat | ܗܝ | having advanced | προβεβηκυῖα | having advanced | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܩܫܝܫܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥⲁⲓⲁⲓ | increase | ἡμέραις | years | diebus | years | ημεραις | | | diebus | ܒܝܘܡܬܗ | years | ἡμέραις | years | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛϩⲉⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | πολλαῖς, | great, | multis | great, | πολλαις | | | multis | ܗܘܬ | great, | πολλαῖς | great, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱⲟⲩ | if [verbal prefix of the conditional] | ζήσασα | having lived | et | having lived | ζησασα | | | et | ܘܫܒܥ | having lived | ζήσασα | having lived | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲁⲥⲣⲥⲁϣϥⲉ | act | μετὰ | with | vixerat | with | — | | | uixit | ܫܢܝܢ | with | ἔτη | with | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ | year | ἀνδρὸς | a husband | cum | a husband | — | | | cum | — | — | μετὰ | a husband | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲡⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ | write | ἔτη | years | viro | years | ετη | | | uiro | ܥܡ | years | ἀνδρὸς | years | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲓⲛⲧⲉⲥⲙⲛⲧⲣⲟⲟⲩⲛⲉ | virginity | ἑπτὰ | seven | suo | seven | επτα | | | sua | ܒܥܠܗ | seven | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπὸ | from | annis | from | απο | | | annos | ܚܝܬ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | the | — | — | της | | | septem | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | παρθενίας | marriage | a | marriage | παρθενειας | | | a | ܡܢ | marriage | παρθενίας | marriage | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῆς· | of herself; | virginitate | of herself; | αυτης | | | uirginitate | ܒܬܘܠܘܬܗ | of herself; | αὐτῆς | of herself; | ||||||
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