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 | — | ϩⲓⲁⲛⲛⲁⲥ | — | ἐπὶ | during | sub | under | επι | | | su | ܒܪܒܘܬ | during | ἐπὶ | during | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | the high priesthood | ἀρχιερέως | the high priesthood | principibus | ? | αρχιερεως | | | principe | ܟܗܢܘܬܐ | the high priesthood | ἀρχιερέως | the high priesthood | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲕⲁⲓⲫⲁⲥ | — | Ἅννα | of Annas | sacerdotum | ? | αννα | | | sacerdotum | ܕܚܢܢ | of Annas | Ἄννα | of Annas | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | Anna | ? | και | | | anna | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲡϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | Καϊάφα, | Caiaphas, | et | and | — | | | et | ܘܕܩܝܦܐ | Caiaphas, | Καϊάφα | Caiaphas, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἐγένετο | came | Caipha | ? | εγενετο | | | caipha | ܗܘܬ | came | ἐγένετο | came | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ῥῆμα | the declaration | factum | ? | ρημα | | | factum | ܡܠܬܐ | the declaration | ῥῆμα | the declaration | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | θεοῦ | of God | est | is | θυ | | | est | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ | barren | ἐπὶ | upon | verbum | word | επι | | | uerbum | ܥܠ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | Domini | of the Lord | — | | | dmi | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | in | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | — | | | deserto | — | — | Ζαχαρίου | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ | of Zechariah | Ζαχαρίου | of Zechariah | Joannem | ? | ζαχαριου | | | — | — | — | υἱὸν | of Zechariah | ||||||
| lost | — | υἱὸν | son | Zachari | ? | ϋιον | | | ad | ܒܪ | son | ἐν | son | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | filium | son | εν | | | zachariae | ܙܟܪܝܐ | in | τῇ | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | in | in | τη | | | iohanen | — | — | ἐρήμῳ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐρήμῳ. | wilderness. | deserto | ? | ερημω | | | filium | ܒܚܘܪܒܐ | wilderness. | ἐρήμῳ. | wilderness. | ||||||||
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