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 | ܘܗܘܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | αὐτὴ | she | hæc | she | αυτη | | | haec | ܐܪܡܠܬܐ | she | αὕτη | she | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥⲣⲭⲏⲣⲁ | — | χήρα | was a widow | vidua | was a widow | χηρα | | | uidua | ܐܝܟ | was a widow | χήρα | was a widow | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲧⲥⲣϩⲙⲉⲛⲉⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ | — | ἕως | until | usque | until | — | | | — | ܫܢܝܢ | until | ὡς | until | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ | year | ἐτῶν | years | ad | years | ετων | | | lxxxiiii | — | — | ἐτῶν | years | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲁⲓ | this | ὀγδοήκοντα | eighty and | annos | eighty and | — | | | annorum | ܬܡܢܐܝܢ | eighty and | ὀγδοήκοντα | eighty and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | τεσσάρων | four | octoginta | four | — | | | — | ܘܐܪܒܥ | four | τεσσάρων- | four | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛϩⲉⲛⲛⲏⲥⲧⲓⲁ | who | ἣ | who | — | — | η | | | quae | — | — | ἣ | who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲉⲥⲥⲛⲡⲉⲣⲡⲉ | — | οὐκ | not | quæ | not | ουκ | | | recedebat | ܦܪܩܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἀφίστατο | was departing | non | was departing | αφιστατο | | | non | ܗܘܬ | was departing | ἀφίστατο | was departing | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥϣⲙϣⲉ | serve | ἀπὸ | from | discedebat | from | — | | | orationibus | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | de | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἱεροῦ | temple | templo | temple | — | | | templo | ܗܝܟܠܐ | temple | ἱεροῦ | temple | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ | night | νηστείαις | with fastings | jejuniis | with fastings | νηστειαις | | | ieiuniis | ܘܒܨܘܡܐ | with fastings | νηστείαις | with fastings | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙϩⲉⲛⲥⲟⲡⲥ | pray | δεήσεσιν | prayers | obsecrationibus | prayers | δεησεσι | | | — | ܘܒܨܠܘܬܐ | prayers | δεήσεσιν | prayers | ||||||
| lost | — | λατρεύουσα | serving | serviens | serving | λατρευουσα | | | seruiens | ܦܠܚܐ | serving | λατρεύουσα | serving | ||||||||
| lost | — | νύκτα | night | nocte | night | νυκτα | | | nocte | ܗܘܬ | night | νύκτα | night | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ac | and | και | | | et | ܒܐܝܡܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ἡμέραν· | day; | die | day; | ημεραν | | | die | ܘܒܠܠܝܐ | day; | ἡμέραν | day; | ||||||||
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