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 | — | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ | go | ἀνέβη | Went up | Ascendit | Went up | ανεβη | | | ascendit | ܤܠܩ | Went up | Ἀνέβη | Went up | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | also | et | also | και | | | et | ܕܝܢ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ | Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | Joseph | Joseph | Joseph | ϊωσηφ | | | ioseph | ܐܦ | Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | Joseph | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲱⲱϥ | — | ἀπὸ | from | a | from | απο | | | terram | ܝܘܤܦ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | Galilæa | Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaea | ܡܢ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἐκ | out of | de | out of | εκ | | | de | — | — | ἐκ | out of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | πόλεως | the town | civitate | the town | πολεως | | | ciuitate | ܢܨܪܬ | the town | πόλεως | the town | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲁⲍⲁⲣⲉⲑ | of Nazareth | Ναζαρὲθ | of Nazareth | Nazareth | of Nazareth | ναζαρεθ | | | nazared | ܡܕܝܢܬܐ | of Nazareth | Ναζαρέτ | of Nazareth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | εἰς | to | in | to | εις | | | in | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | Judea | Ἰουδαίαν | Judea | Judæam | Judea | ιουδα | | | iuda | ܠܝܗܘܕ | Judea | Ἰουδαίαν | Judea | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲡⲟⲗⲉⲓⲥ | city | εἰς | to | in | to | εις | | | in | ܠܡܕܝܢܬܗ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ | the City | πόλιν | the City | civitatem | the City | πολιν | | | ciuitate | ܕܕܘܝܕ | the City | πόλιν | the City | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | of David | Δαυὶδ | of David | David | of David | δαυειδ | | | dauid | ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ | of David | Δαυίδ | of David | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉϣⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | ἥτις | which | quæ | which | ητις | | | quae | ܒܝܬ | which | ἥτις | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲥ | to | καλεῖται | is called | vocatur | is called | — | | | uocatur | ܠܚܡ | is called | καλεῖται | is called | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem, | Βηθλέεμ, | Bethlehem, | Bethlehem | Bethlehem, | βηθλεεμ | | | — | ܡܛܠ | Bethlehem, | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | spathe | διὰ | because of | eo | because of | — | | | — | ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ | because of | διὰ | because of | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲏⲓ | house | εἶναι | being | quod | being | — | | | — | — | — | εἶναι | being | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτὸν | him | esset | him | — | | | — | ܗܘܐ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐξ | from | de | from | — | | | de | ܡܢ | from | ἐξ | from | ||||||||
| lost | — | οἴκου | the house | domo | the house | — | | | — | ܒܝܬܗ | the house | οἴκου | the house | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | — | ܘܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲧⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁ | family | πατριᾶς | family | familia | family | — | | | — | ܫܪܒܬܗ | family | πατριᾶς | family | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | of David, | Δαυίδ, | of David, | David | of David, | — | | | uethleem | ܕܕܘܝܕ | of David, | Δαυίδ | of David, | ||||||
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