The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܡܚܕܐ | And immediately | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | — | ευθυς | immediately | statim | — | — | | | caelos | ܕܤܠܩ | his coming | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | αναβαινων | going up | ascendens | up | αναβαινων | | | ascendens | — | — | ἀναβαίνων | going up | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | εκ | from | de | of | εκ | | | de | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | the | — | — | — | | | in | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | υδατος | water | aqua | the water | — | | | aqua | ܡܝܐ | the water, | ὕδατος | water | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ | water | ειδεν | he saw | vidit | he saw | — | | | uidit | ܚܙܐ | he saw | εἶδεν | he saw | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | σχιζομενους | tearing open | cælos | the heavens | — | | | — | ܕܐܤܬܕܩܘ | him. | σχιζομένους | tearing open | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τους | the | — | — | — | | | ipsum | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ουρανους | heavens | apertos | opened | — | | | apertos | — | — | οὐρανούς | heavens | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܫܡܝܐ | the heavens cleft, | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | το | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | spirit | πνευμα | Spirit | Spiritum | the Spirit | πνα | | | spm | ܘܪܘܚܐ | and the Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛ | open | ως | as | tamquam | — | ως | | | tamquam | ܐܝܟ | like | ὡσεὶ | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | περιστεραν | a dove | columbam | a dove | περιστεραν | | | columbam | ܝܘܢܐ | a dove upon | περιστερὰν | a dove | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | καταβαινον | descending | descendentem | descending | — | | | descendentem | ܕܢܚܬܬ | descending | καταβαῖνον | descending | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | εις | upon | et | and | εις | | | — | — | — | ἐπ | upon | ||||||
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| lost | — | ⲉϫⲱϥ | upon | αυτον | Him; | manentem | remaining | αυτον | | | — | ܥܠܘܗܝ | on | αὐτόν | Him; | ||||||
| — | — | ⲛⲑⲉ | fall | — | — | in | on | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | ⲛⲟⲩϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ | dove | — | — | ipso | him | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
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