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 | ||||||||||||||
καιP4 | And | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܝܠܕܬ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
ετεκενP4 | she brought forth | ⲁⲥϫⲡⲟ | beget | ἔτεκεν | she brought forth | peperit | she brought forth | ετεκεν | | | peperit | ܒܪܗ | she brought forth | ἔτεκεν | she brought forth | ||||||
τονP4 | the | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | praesepio | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
υιονP4 | son | ⲙⲡⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υἱὸν | son | filium | son | ϋιον | | | filium | — | — | υἱὸν | son | ||||||
αυτησP4 | of her | — | — | αὐτῆς | of her | suum | of her | αυτης | | | suum | ܒܘܟܪܐ | of her | αὐτῆς | of her | ||||||
τονP4 | the | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
πρωτοτοκονP4 | firstborn | ⲡⲉⲥϣⲣⲡⲙⲙⲓⲥⲉ | — | πρωτότοκον | firstborn | primogenitum | firstborn | πρωτοτοκον | | | primogenitum | ܘܟܪܟܬܗ | firstborn | πρωτότοκον | firstborn | ||||||
καιP4 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܒܥܙܪܘܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
εσπαργανωσενP4 | wrapped in swaddling cloths | ⲁⲥϭⲟⲟⲗⲉϥ | swathe | ἐσπαργάνωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths | pannis involvit | wrapped in cloths | εσπαργανωσεν | | | pannis | — | — | ἐσπαργάνωσεν | wrapped in swaddling cloths | ||||||
αυτονP4 | him | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲧⲟⲉⲓⲥ | — | αὐτὸν | him | eum | him | αυτον | | | eum | ܘܐܪܡܝܬܗ | him | αὐτόν | him | ||||||
καιP4 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܒܐܘܪܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
ανεκλινενP4 | she laid | ⲁⲥϫⲧⲟϥ | lay down | ἀνέκλινεν | she laid | reclinavit | laid | ανεκλινεν | | | reclinauit | — | — | ἀνέκλινεν | she laid | ||||||
αυτονP4 | Him | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲟⲙϥ | manger | αὐτὸν | Him | eum | him | αυτον | | | eum | ܡܛܠ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
ενP4 | in | ϫⲉⲛⲉⲙⲙⲛⲙⲁ | place | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | inuoluit | ܕܠܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
φατνηP4 | <the> | — | — | τῇ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
διοτιP4 | a manger, | ϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | φάτνῃ, | a manger, | præsepio | manger | φατνη | | | illis | ܗܘܐ | a manger, | φάτνῃ | a manger, | ||||||
ουκP4 | because | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | διότι | because | quia | because | διοτι | | | quia | — | — | διότι | because | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܠܗܘܢ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
ηνP4 | there was | ⲛϭⲟⲓⲗⲉ | — | ἦν | there was | erat | was | ην | | | erat | ܕܘܟܬܐ | there was | ἦν | there was | ||||||
αυτοιςP4 | for them | αὐτοῖς | for them | eis | for them | αυτοις | | | — | ܐܝܟܐ | for them | αὐτοῖς | for them | ||||||||
| lost | — | τόπος | a place | locus | room | τοπος | | | locus | — | — | τόπος | a place | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܕܫܪܝܢ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | in | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | καταλύματι.¶ | inn. | diversorio | the inn | καταλυματι | | | diuersorio | ܗܘܘ | inn. | καταλύματι | inn. | ||||||||
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