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 | — | | | et | ܪܥܘܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲛϩⲉⲛϣⲟⲟⲥ | — | ποιμένες | shepherds | pastores | shepherds | ποιμενες | | | pastores | ܕܝܢ | shepherds | ποιμένες | shepherds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἦσαν | were | erant | were | ησαν | | | erant | ܐܝܬ | were | ἦσαν | were | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܗܘܘ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | autem | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲭⲱⲣⲁ | region | χώρᾳ | region | regione | region | — | | | regione | ܒܗ | region | χώρᾳ | region | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | αὐτῇ | same | eadem | same | — | | | illa | ܒܐܬܪܐ | same | αὐτῇ | same | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ | drag | ἀγραυλοῦντες | lodging in the fields | vigilantes | lodging in the fields | αγραυλουντες | | | — | ܕܫܪܝܢ | lodging in the fields | ἀγραυλοῦντες | lodging in the fields | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | cantantes | ܗܘܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲁⲣⲉϩ | — | φυλάσσοντες | keeping | custodientes | keeping | φυλασσοντες | | | custodientes | ܬܡܢ | keeping | φυλάσσοντες | keeping | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣϣⲉ | — | φυλακὰς | watch | vigilias | watch | φυλακας | | | custodias | ܘܢܛܪܝܢ | watch | φυλακὰς | watch | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ | night | νυκτὸς | by night | noctis | by night | νυκτος | | | noctis | ܡܛܪܬܐ | by night | νυκτὸς | by night | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲩⲟϩⲉ | yard | ἐπὶ | over | super | over | επι | | | super | ܕܠܠܝܐ | over | ἐπὶ | over | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | pascua | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ | sheep | ποίμνην | flock | gregem | flock | ποιμνην | | | — | ܥܠ | flock | ποίμνην | flock | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν. | of them. | suum | of them. | αυτων | | | sua | ܡܪܥܝܬܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν | of them. | ||||||
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