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 | ܘܡܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | factum | it came to pass | εγενετο | | | factum | ܒܬܪ | it came to pass | ἐγένετο | it came to pass | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | μετὰ | after | est | after | — | | | est | — | — | μεθ’ | after | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ | three | ἡμέρας | days | post | days | ημερας | | | post | ܬܠܬܐ | days | ἡμέρας | days | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | τρεῖς | three | triduum | three | τρεις | | | dies | ܝܘܡܝܢ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϩⲉ | fall | εὗρον | they found | invenerunt | they found | ευρον | | | inuenerunt | — | — | εὗρον | they found | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | αὐτὸν | Him | illum | Him | αυτον | | | — | ܐܫܟܚܘܗܝ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉⲣⲡⲉ | temple | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | tres | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ | sit | ἱερῷ | temple | templo | temple | ϊερω | | | templo | ܟܕ | temple | ἱερῷ | temple | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ | ten | καθεζόμενον | sitting | — | — | — | | | eum | — | — | καθεζόμενον | sitting | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲥⲁϩ | awl | ἐν | in | sedentem | in | εν | | | sedentem | ܝܬܒ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | μέσῳ | the midst | in | the midst | μεσω | | | in | ܡܨܥܬ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | διδασκάλων | teachers | medio | teachers | διδασκαλων | | | medio | ܡܠܦܢܐ | teachers | διδασκάλων | teachers | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | both | doctorum | both | — | | | magistrorum | — | — | καὶ | both | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲛⲟⲩ | ask | ἀκούοντα | hearing | audientem | hearing | ακουοντα | | | audientem | ܘܫܡܥ | hearing | ἀκούοντα | hearing | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | them | illos | them | αυτων | | | eos | ܡܢܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | ἐπερωτῶντα | questioning | interrogantem | questioning | επερωτωντα | | | interrogantem | ܘܡܫܐܠ | questioning | ἐπερωτῶντα | questioning | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτούς. | them. | eos | them. | αυτους | | | eos | ܠܗܘܢ | them. | αὐτούς | them. | ||||||||
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