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 | — | | | et | ܘܒܥܝܢ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | qu | ? | — | | | autem | ܗܘܘ | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | rebant | ? | αρχιερις | | | principes | ܪܒܝ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | principes | ? | και | | | sacerdotum | ܟܗܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲧϩⲉ | fall | οἱ | the | — | — | — | | | quaerebant | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | sacerdotum | ? | γραμματεις | | | perderent | ܘܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲟϥ | destroy | πῶς | how | scrib | ? | πως | | | scribae | ܕܐܝܟܢܐ | how | πῶς | how | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | ἀνέλωσιν | they may execute | quomodo | ? | — | | | quomodo | ܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | they may execute | ἀνέλωσιν | they may execute | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲧϥ | heart | αὐτόν· | him; | Jesum | Jesus | αυτον | | | eum | ܕܚܠܝܢ | him; | αὐτόν | him; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people | ἐφοβοῦντο | they were afraid | interficerent | ? | — | | | autem | ܗܘܘ | they were afraid | ἐφοβοῦντο | they were afraid | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | timebant | ? | — | | | timebant | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | of the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people. | λαόν. | people. | plebem | ? | λαον | | | populum | ܡܢ | people. | λαόν | people. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 22:4 | |||||||||||||||||||