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 | — | ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲓ | to begin | Ἤρξατο | He began | Cœpit | He began | — | | | tradidit | ܘܫܪܝ | He began | Ἤρξατο | He began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲱ | say | πρὸς | to | dicere | to | — | | | dicebat | — | — | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | — | | | tempora | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people | λαὸν | people | ad | people | — | | | — | ܠܥܡܐ | people | λαὸν | people | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | λέγειν | to speak | plebem | to speak | — | | | agricolis | ܡܬܠܐ | to speak | λέγειν | to speak | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲟⲗⲏ | parable | παραβολὴν | parable | parabolam | parable | παραβολην | | | parabolam | — | — | παραβολὴν | parable | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲱϭⲉ | be fixed | ταύτην· | this: | hanc | this: | ταυτην | | | hanc | ܗܢܐ | this: | ταύτην | this: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲁ | place | ἄνθρωπός | A man | Homo | A man | — | | | homo | ܓܒܪܐ | A man | Ἄνθρωπος | A man | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲗⲟⲟⲗⲉ | grape | τις | certain | plantavit | certain | — | | | plantauit | ܚܕ | certain | ἐφύτευσεν | certain | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲧⲁⲁⲁϥ | give | ἐφύτευσεν | planted | vineam | planted | εφυτευσεν | | | uineam | — | — | ἀμπελῶνα | planted | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲟⲩⲉⲓⲏ | — | ἀμπελῶνα | a vineyard | et | a vineyard | — | | | et | ܢܨܒ | a vineyard | καὶ | a vineyard | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | locavit | and | και | | | — | ܟܪܡܐ | and | ἐξέδοτο | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲁⲡⲟⲇⲏⲙⲉⲓ | to go on a journey | ἐξέδετο | rented | eam | rented | — | | | eam | ܘܐܘܚܕܗ | rented | αὐτὸν | rented | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲛⲟϭ | great | αὐτὸν | it | colonis | it | αυτον | | | autem | — | — | γεωργοῖς | it | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲓϣ | time | γεωργοῖς | to farmers | et | to farmers | γεωργοις | | | — | ܠܦܠܚܐ | to farmers | καὶ | to farmers | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ipse | and | — | | | ipse | ܘܐܒܥܕ | and | ἀπεδήμησεν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπεδήμησεν | went abroad | peregre | went abroad | απεδημησεν | | | peregrinatus | — | — | χρόνους | went abroad | ||||||||
| lost | — | χρόνους | a time | fuit | a time | χρονους | | | est | ܙܒܢܐ | a time | ἱκανούς | a time | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἱκανούς. | long. | multis | long. | ϊκανους | | | multa | ܤܓܝܐܐ | long. | ἱκανούς. | long. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||||