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 | — | — | — | τὸ | The | — | — | το | | | iohanis | — | — | Τὸ | The | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | baptismus | baptism | βαπτισμα | | | baptismus | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | — | Ἰωάννου | of John | Joannis | of John | — | | | caelo | ܡܢ | of John | Ἰωάννου | of John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | a | ἐξ | from | de | from | εξ | | | de | ܫܡܝܐ | from | ἐξ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲱⲛ | where? | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | cælo | heaven | ουρανου | | | — | ܗܘܬ | heaven | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἦν | was it | erat | was it | ην | | | erat | ܐܘ | was it | ἦν | was it | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | aut | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | they | ἐξ | from | ex | from | εξ | | | ab | ܒܢܝ | from | ἐξ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲉⲉ | — | ἀνθρώπων; | men? | hominibus | men? | ανθρωπων | | | hominibus | ܐܢܫܐ | men? | ἀνθρώπων | men? | ||||||
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