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 | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϫⲛⲟⲩϥ | ask | ἐπηρώτησαν | they questioned | interrogaverunt | they questioned | επηρωτησαν | | | interrogauerunt | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | they questioned | ἐπηρώτησαν | they questioned | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | αὐτὸν | Him | eum | Him | αυτον | | | eum | ܠܗ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | λέγοντες· | saying; | dicentes | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | ܡܠܦܢܐ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | Magister | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | ܝܕܥܝܢܢ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲡⲥⲁϩ | awl | οἴδαμεν | we know | scimus | we know | οιδαμεν | | | scimus | — | — | οἴδαμεν | we know | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ | know | ὅτι | that | quia | that | οτι | | | quoniam | ܕܬܪܝܨܐܝܬ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | ὀρθῶς | rightly | recte | rightly | — | | | recte | ܡܡܠܠ | rightly | ὀρθῶς | rightly | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ | be straight | λέγεις | You speak | dicis | You speak | λεγεις | | | dices | ܐܢܬ | You speak | λέγεις | You speak | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܡܠܦ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | διδάσκεις | You teach | doces | You teach | διδασκεις | | | doces | ܘܠܐ | You teach | διδάσκεις | You teach | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܢܤܒ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | οὐ | not | non | not | — | | | — | ܐܢܬ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲉⲕϫⲓ | receive | λαμβάνεις | You receive | accipis | You receive | λαμβανεις | | | accipis | ܒܐܦܐ | You receive | λαμβάνεις | You receive | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲟ | face | πρόσωπον | any person | personam | any person | προσωπον | | | personam | ܐܠܐ | any person | πρόσωπον | any person | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲗⲗⲁ | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | sed | but | — | | | sed | — | — | ἀλλ’ | but | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲕϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | ἐπ᾽ | on the basis of | viam | on the basis of | επ | | | uiam | ܒܩܘܫܬܐ | on the basis of | ἐπ’ | on the basis of | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ | road | ἀληθείας | truth | Dei | truth | αληθειας | | | dei | ܐܘܪܚܐ | truth | ἀληθείας | truth | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ὁδὸν | way | in | way | οδον | | | in | ܕܐܠܗܐ | way | ὁδὸν | way | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | nullius | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲉ | love | θεοῦ | of God | veritate | of God | θυ | | | ueritate | ܡܠܦ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||
| lost | — | διδάσκεις. | teach. | doces | teach. | διδασκεις | | | doces | ܐܢܬ | teach. | διδάσκεις | teach. | ||||||||
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