The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
και P4 | And | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܝܠܕܬ | she brought | Καὶ | And | ||||||
ετεκεν P4 | she brought forth | ⲁⲥϫⲡⲟ | beget | ετεκεν | she brought forth | peperit | she brought forth | ετεκεν | | | peperit | — | — | ἔτεκεν | she brought forth | ||||||
damagedτον P4 | the | — | — | τον | the | — | — | τον | | | praesepio | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
υιον P4 | son | ⲙⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υιον | son | filium | son | ϋιον | | | filium | ܒܪܗ | forth her | υἱὸν | son | ||||||
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αυτησ P4 | of her | — | — | αυτης | of her | suum | her | αυτης | | | suum | ܒܘܟܪܐ | firstborn | αὐτῆς | of her | ||||||
τον P4 | the | — | — | τον | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
πρωτοτοκον P4 | firstborn | ⲡⲉⲥϣⲣⲡⲙⲙⲓⲥⲉ | — | πρωτοτοκον | firstborn | primogenitum | — | πρωτοτοκον | | | primogenitum | ܘܟܪܟܬܗ | and wrapped | πρωτότοκον | firstborn | ||||||
και P4 | and | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܒܥܙܪܘܪܐ | bandages, and | καὶ | and | ||||||
damagedεσπαργανωσεν P4 | wrapped in swaddling cloths | ⲁⲥϭⲟⲟⲗⲉϥ | swathe | εσπαργανωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths | pannis | — | εσπαργανωσεν | | | pannis | — | — | ἐσπαργάνωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths | ||||||
damagedαυτον P4 | him | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲉⲓⲥ | — | αυτον | him | eum | him | αυτον | | | eum | ܘܐܪܡܝܬܗ | him | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | involvit | wrapped | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
και P4 | and | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
ανεκλινεν P4 | she laid | ⲁⲥϫⲧⲟϥ | lay down | ανεκλεινεν | she laid | reclinavit | — | ανεκλινεν | | | reclinauit | — | — | ἀνέκλινεν | she laid | ||||||
damagedαυτον P4 | Him | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲟⲙϥ | manger | αυτον | Him | eum | him | αυτον | | | eum | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
εν P4 | in | ϫⲉⲛⲉⲙⲙⲛⲙⲁ | place | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | inuoluit | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | omitted | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
φατνη P4 | a manger, | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | φατνη | a manger, | præsepio | a manger | φατνη | | | illis | ܒܐܘܪܝܐ | in the stall; | φάτνῃ | a manger, | ||||||
διοτι P4 | — | ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place | διοτι | because | quia | because | διοτι | | | quia | ܡܛܠ | And | διότι | because | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܕܠܝܬ | son, | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܗܘܐ | laid him | — | — | ||||||
damagedουκ P4 | — | ⲛϭⲟⲓⲗⲉ | — | ουκ | not | non | no | ουκ | | | non | ܠܗܘܢ | for they had | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ην | there was | erat | was | ην | | | erat | ܕܘܟܬܐ | no place | ἦν | there was | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτοις | for them | eis | for them | αυτοις | | | — | ܐܝܟܐ | where | αὐτοῖς | for them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοπος | a place | locus | — | τοπος | | | locus | — | — | τόπος | a place | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܕܫܪܝܢ | they could lodge. | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | the | — | — | τω | | | in | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καταλυματι | inn. | diversorio | the inn | καταλυματι | | | diuersorio | ܗܘܘ | in | καταλύματι | inn. | ||||||
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