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 | Postquam | and | και | | | postquam | ܒܬܪ | and | Μετὰ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | μετὰ | after | autem | after | μετα | | | sed | ܕܐܫܬܠܡ | after | δὲ | after | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | And | traditus | And | — | | | traditus | ܕܝܢ | but | τὸ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | παραδοθῆναι | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ | to preach | παραδοθῆναι | delivering up | est | delivering up | παραδοθηναι | | | est | ܝܘܚܢܢ | delivering up | τὸν | delivering up | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | Ἰωάννην | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | of John | Ἰωάννην | of John | Joannes | of John | ϊωαννην | | | — | ܐܬܐ | of John | ἦλθεν | of John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἦλθεν | came | venit | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | ܠܗ | came | ὁ | came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁⲛⲥⲉⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲓⲇⲟⲩ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | εἰς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | εἰς | into | in | into | εις | | | in | ܠܓܠܝܠܐ | into | τὴν | into | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | — | — | την | | | iohannes | — | — | Γαλιλαίαν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίαν | Galilee | Galilæam | Galilee | γαλιλαιαν | | | galilaeam | ܘܡܟܪܙ | Galilee | κηρύσσων | Galilee | ||||||
| lost | — | κηρύσσων | proclaiming | prædicans | proclaiming | κηρυσσων | | | — | ܗܘܐ | proclaiming | τὸ | proclaiming | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | εὐαγγέλιον | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ | gospel | εὐαγγέλιον | gospel | Evangelium | gospel | ευαγγελιον | | | euangelium | ܤܒܪܬܐ | gospel | τῆς | gospel | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | βασιλείας | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | βασιλείας | kingdom | regni | kingdom | βασιλειας | | | regni | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ | kingdom | τοῦ | kingdom | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | praedicans | — | — | θεοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | θεοῦ | of God | Dei | of God | θυ | | | dei | ܕܐܠܗܐ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | ||||||||
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