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 | ܘܗܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | ἰδού | behold | ecce | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | an angel | ἄγγελος | an angel | angelus | an angel | αγγελος | | | angelus | — | — | ἄγγελος | an angel | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ | live | κυρίου | of the Lord | Domini | of the Lord | κυ | | | dmi | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of the Lord | κυρίου | of the Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | ἐπέστη | stood by | stetit | stood by | επεστη | | | adstitit | ܐܬܐ | stood by | ἐπέστη | stood by | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | αὐτοῖς, | them, | juxta | them, | αυτοις | | | eis | ܠܘܬܗܘܢ | them, | αὐτοῖς | them, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | illos | and | και | | | — | ܘܬܫܒܘܚܬܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | δόξα | the glory | et | the glory | δοξα | | | et | — | — | δόξα | the glory | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲡⲉⲟⲟⲩ | honour | κυρίου | of the Lord | claritas | of the Lord | — | | | gloria | ܕܡܪܝܐ | of the Lord | κυρίου | of the Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | περιέλαμψεν | shone around | Dei | shone around | περιελαμψεν | | | eis | ܐܢܗܪܬ | shone around | περιέλαμψεν | shone around | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | act | αὐτούς, | them, | circumfulsit | them, | αυτους | | | circumluxit | ܥܠܝܗܘܢ | them, | αὐτούς | them, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | illos | and | και | | | magnum | ܘܕܚܠܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | ἐφοβήθησαν | they feared | et | they feared | εφοβηθησαν | | | et | — | — | ἐφοβήθησαν | they feared | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | φόβον | with fear | timuerunt | with fear | φοβον | | | timuerunt | ܕܚܠܬܐ | with fear | φόβον | with fear | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | μέγαν. | great. | timore | great. | μεγαν | | | timorem | ܪܒܬܐ | great. | μέγαν | great. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 2:29 | |||||||||||||||||||