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 | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | εἶπεν | He said | ait | He said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ܠܗܘܢ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | πρὸς | to | ad | to | προς | | | ad | ܡܢܐ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | αὐτούς· | them; | illos | them; | αυτους | | | eos | — | — | αὐτούς | them; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | τί | Why is it | Quid | Why is it | τι | | | quid | ܒܥܝܢ | Why is it | Τί | Why is it | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ὅτι | for | est | for | οτι | | | quoniam | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | for | ὅτι | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲱⲓ | behind | ἐζητεῖτέ | you were seeking | quod | you were seeking | εζητειτε | | | quod | ܠܝ | you were seeking | ἐζητεῖτέ | you were seeking | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ | know | με; | Me? | me | Me? | με | | | me | ܠܐ | Me? | με | Me? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | οὐκ | Surely | quærebatis | Surely | ουκ | | | quae | — | — | Οὐκ | Surely | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲁⲡⲥ | it is needful | ᾔδειτε | you knew | nesciebatis | you knew | — | | | nescitis | ܝܕܥܝܢ | you knew | ᾔδειτε | you knew | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲁϭⲱ | remain | ὅτι | that | quia | that | οτι | | | esse | ܐܢܬܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ | father | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܕܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | the house | — | — | τοις | | | his | — | — | τοῖς | the house | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | quaerebatis | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | πατρός | Father | Patris | Father | — | | | patris | ܐܒܝ | Father | πατρός | Father | ||||||||
| lost | — | μου | of Mine | mei | of Mine | μου | | | mei | — | — | μου | of Mine | ||||||||
| lost | — | δεῖ | it behooves | sunt | it behooves | δει | | | sunt | ܘܠܐ | it behooves | δεῖ | it behooves | ||||||||
| lost | — | εἶναί | to be | oportet | to be | — | | | oportet | ܠܝ | to be | εἶναί | to be | ||||||||
| lost | — | με; | Me? | me | Me? | με | | | me | ܕܐܗܘܐ | Me? | με | Me? | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 3:8 | |||||||||||||||||||