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