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 | ܘܫܪܝܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἤρξαντο | began | cœperunt | began | ηρξαντο | | | coeperunt | ܤܦܪܐ | began | ἤρξαντο | began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲫⲁⲣⲓⲥⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ | — | διαλογίζεσθαι | to reason | cogitare | to reason | διαλογιζεσθαι | | | cogitare | — | — | διαλογίζεσθαι | to reason | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲕⲙⲉⲕ | think | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | scribæ | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܡܬܚܫܒܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | in | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | pharisæi | Pharisees | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | Pharisees | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉ | spathe | λέγοντες· | saying; | dicentes | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | ܡܢܘ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲙ | who? | τίς | Who | Quis | Who | — | | | quid | — | — | Τίς | Who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστιν | is | est | is | — | | | — | ܗܢܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲓ | this | οὗτος | this | hic | this | ουτος | | | hic | ܕܡܡܠܠ | this | οὗτος | this | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϫⲓⲟⲩⲁ | speak blasphemy | ὃς | who | — | — | — | | | cordibus | ܓܘܕܦܐ | who | ὃς | who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲙ | who? | λαλεῖ | speaks | qui | speaks | λαλει | | | suis | ܡܢܘ | speaks | λαλεῖ | speaks | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲩⲛϭⲟⲙ | power | βλασφημίας; | blasphemies? | loquitur | blasphemies? | βλασφημιας | | | loquitur | — | — | βλασφημίας | blasphemies? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our | τίς | Who | blasphemias | Who | τις | | | blasphemias | ܡܫܟܚ | Who | Τίς | Who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲕⲁⲛⲟⲃⲉ | — | δύναται | is able | quis | is able | δυναται | | | quis | ܠܡܫܒܩ | is able | δύναται | is able | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἁμαρτίας | sins | potest | sins | αμαρτιας | | | potest | ܚܛܗܐ | sins | ἀφιέναι | sins | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἀφεῖναι | to forgive | dimittere | to forgive | αφειναι | | | dimittere | ܐܠܐ | to forgive | ἁμαρτίας | to forgive | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲁⲣⲭⲓ | only | εἰ | only | peccata | only | ει | | | peccata | — | — | εἰ | only | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁϥ | — | μὴ | except | nisi | except | μη | | | nisi | ܐܢ | except | μὴ | except | ||||||
| lost | — | μόνος | the sole | solus | the sole | — | | | solus | ܐܠܗܐ | the sole | μόνος | the sole | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | θεός;¶ | God? | Deus | God? | — | | | ds | ܒܠܚܘܕ | God? | θεός | God? | ||||||||
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