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 | ܘܡܚܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | — | εὐθὺς | immediately | statim | immediately | — | | | caelos | ܕܤܠܩ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἀναβαίνων | going up | ascendens | going up | αναβαινων | | | ascendens | — | — | ἀναβαίνων | going up | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | ἐκ | from | de | from | εκ | | | de | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | — | | | in | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ὕδατος | water | aqua | water | — | | | aqua | ܡܝܐ | water | ὕδατος | water | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ | water | εἶδεν | he saw | vidit | he saw | — | | | uidit | ܚܙܐ | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | σχιζομένους | tearing open | cælos | tearing open | — | | | — | ܕܐܤܬܕܩܘ | tearing open | σχιζομένους | tearing open | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | — | | | ipsum | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐρανοὺς | heavens | apertos | heavens | — | | | apertos | — | — | οὐρανούς | heavens | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܫܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | Spiritum | Spirit | πνα | | | spm | ܘܪܘܚܐ | Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛ | open | ὡς | as | tamquam | as | ως | | | tamquam | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡσεὶ | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | περιστερὰν | a dove | columbam | a dove | περιστεραν | | | columbam | ܝܘܢܐ | a dove | περιστερὰν | a dove | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | καταβαῖνον | descending | descendentem | descending | — | | | descendentem | — | — | καταβαῖνον | descending | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | εἰς | upon | et | upon | εις | | | — | ܕܢܚܬܬ | upon | ἐπ’ | upon | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲱϥ | upon | αὐτόν· | Him; | manentem | Him; | αυτον | | | — | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Him; | αὐτόν | Him; | ||||||
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