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 | ||||||||||||||
ειπενP4 | Said | ⲡⲉϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | — | εἶπεν | Said | Ait | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | ||||||
δεP4 | then | — | — | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | οὖν | then | ||||||
ισP4 | <the> | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | perdere | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
προσP4 | Jesus | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ad | Jesus | — | | | ad | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
αυτουσP4 | to | ϫⲉϯⲛⲁϫⲛⲉ | ask | πρὸς | to | illos | to | προς | | | illi | ܐܫܐܠܟܘܢ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
επερωτωP4 | them; | ⲧⲏⲟⲩⲧⲛ | — | αὐτούς· | them; | Jesus | them; | αυτους | | | ihs | — | — | αὐτούς | them; | ||||||
υμασP4 | I ask | ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | act | ἐπερωτῶ | I ask | Interrogo | I ask | — | | | interrogabo | ܡܢܐ | I ask | Ἐπερωτήσω | I ask | ||||||
ειP4 | you | ϩⲙⲡⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ | week | ὑμᾶς | you | vos | you | ϋμας | | | uos | ܫܠܝܛ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
εξεστινP4 | if | ϫⲉⲛⲉⲣⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | — | εἰ | if | si | if | ει | | | si | ܒܫܒܬܐ | if | τί | if | ||||||
τωP4 | it is lawful | ϫⲉⲉⲛⲉⲉⲝⲉⲥⲧⲓ | it is lawful | ἔξεστιν | it is lawful | licet | it is lawful | εξεστιν | | | licet | ܕܛܒ | it is lawful | Ἔξεστιν | it is lawful | ||||||
σαββατωP4 | on the | — | — | τῷ | on the | — | — | τω | | | eos | — | — | τοῖς | on the | ||||||
αγαθοποιησαιP4 | Sabbath | ⲉⲧⲟⲩϫⲉⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ | say | σαββάτῳ | Sabbath | sabbatis | Sabbath | σαββατω | | | sabbato | ܠܡܥܒܕ | Sabbath | σάββασιν | Sabbath | ||||||
ηP4 | to do good | ϫⲉⲛⲉⲧⲁⲕⲟⲥ | — | ἀγαθοποιῆσαι | to do good | benefacere | to do good | αγαθο ποιησαι | | | ben facere | ܐܘ | to do good | ἀγαθοποιῆσαι | to do good | ||||||
κακοποιησαιP4 | or | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | aut | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
ψυχηνP4 | to do evil? | κακοποιῆσαι; | to do evil? | male | to do evil? | κακοποιησαι | | | male | — | — | κακοποιῆσαι | to do evil? | ||||||||
σωσαιP4 | Life | ψυχὴν | Life | animam | Life | ψυχην | | | animam | ܢܦܫܐ | Life | Ψυχὴν | Life | ||||||||
ηP4 | to save | σῶσαι | to save | salvam | to save | σωσαι | | | saluare | ܠܡܚܝܘ | to save | σῶσαι | to save | ||||||||
| — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | facere | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
απολεσαι;P4 | to destroy? | ἀπολέσαι; | to destroy? | an | to destroy? | απολεσαι | | | — | ܠܡܘܒܕܘ | to destroy? | ἀποκτεῖναι | to destroy? | ||||||||
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