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 | — | ⲕⲁⲧⲁⲡⲉⲧⲥⲏϩ | write | καθως | Even as | Sicut | As | — | | | sicut | ܐܝܟ | As it | Ὡς | As | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | spathe | γεγραπται | it has been written | scriptum | written | γεγραπται | | | scriptum | — | — | γέγραπται | it has been written | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯⲛⲁϫⲉⲩⲡⲁⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | receive | εν | in | est | it is | εν | | | est | ܕܟܬܝܒ | is written | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | <the> | — | — | — | | | esaiam | — | — | τοῖς | in the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲏⲥⲁⲓⲁⲥ | Isaiah* | ησαια | Isaiah | in | in | ησαϊα | | | in | ܒܐܫܥܝܐ | in Isaiah | προφήταις | prophets | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | in the | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophet | προφητη | prophet: | Isaia | — | προφητη | | | — | ܢܒܝܐ | the prophet: | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓϩⲏ | fore part | ιδου | Behold | propheta | the prophet | ιδου | | | prophetam | ܗܐ | Behold, | ἀποστέλλω | send | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲕ | our | omitted | — | Ecce | Behold | — | | | ecce | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲥⲃⲧⲉ | — | αποστελλω | send | ego | I | αποστελλω | | | — | — | — | ἄγγελόν | messenger | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τον | the | mitto | send | τον | | | — | — | — | μου | I/we | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉⲕϩⲓⲏ | road | αγγελον | messenger | angelum | angel | αγγελον | | | mitto | ܡܫܕܪ | I | πρὸ | before | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | μου | of Mine | meum | my | μου | | | angelum | ܐܢܐ | send my | προσώπου | face | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܡܠܐܟܝ | messenger | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | προ | before | ante | before | προ | | | meum | ܩܕܡ | before | σου | of You, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | προσωπου | face | faciem | face | προσωπου | | | ante | ܦܪܨܘܦܟ | thy face, who | ὃς | who | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | σου | of You, | tuam | thy | σου | | | faciem | — | — | κατασκευάσει | will prepare | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ος | who | qui | who | ος | | | tuam | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | κατασκευασει | will prepare | — | — | κατασκευασει | | | qui | ܕܢܬܩܢ | shall prepare | ὁδόν | way | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | την | the | præparabit | shall prepare | την | | | — | — | — | σου | of You | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | οδον | way | viam | the way | οδον | | | — | ܐܘܪܚܟ | thy way. | ἔμπροσθέν | before | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | omitted | — | tuam | — | σου | | | uiam | — | — | σου | of you. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | omitted | — | ante | before | — | | | tuam | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | σου | of you. | te | thee | — | | | praeparauit | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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*SCRIPTORIUM supplied