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 | — | ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | Ἐγένετο | Came | Fuit | Came | εγενετο | | | fuit | ܗܘܐ | Came | Ἐγένετο | Came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | Joannes | John | ϊωαννης | | | iohannes | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲉⲧⲁⲛⲟⲓⲁ | who | ὁ | who | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | βαπτίζων | who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | βαπτίζων | is baptizing | in | is baptizing | — | | | in | — | — | ἐν | is baptizing | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ | desert | ἐν | in | deserto | in | εν | | | deserto | ܒܡܕܒܪܐ | in | τῇ | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | praedicans | — | — | ἐρήμῳ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲕⲏⲣⲩⲥⲥⲉ | to preach | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | baptizans | wilderness | ερημω | | | baptizans | ܡܥܡܕ | wilderness | καὶ | wilderness | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | κηρύσσων | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ | baptism | κηρύσσων | proclaiming | prædicans | proclaiming | κηρυσσων | | | — | ܘܡܟܪܙ | proclaiming | βάπτισμα | proclaiming | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϯⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ | a baptism | βάπτισμα | a baptism | baptismum | a baptism | βαπτισμα | | | baptismum | ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܐ | a baptism | μετανοίας | a baptism | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲕⲱ | place | μετανοίας | of repentance | pœnitentiæ | of repentance | μετανοιας | | | paenitentiae | ܕܬܝܒܘܬܐ | of repentance | εἰς | of repentance | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | εἰς | for | in | for | εις | | | in | — | — | ἄφεσιν | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲛⲟⲃⲉ | sin | ἄφεσιν | forgiveness | remissionem | forgiveness | αφεσιν | | | remissione | ܠܫܘܒܩܢܐ | forgiveness | ἁμαρτιῶν | forgiveness | ||||||
| lost | — | ἁμαρτιῶν. | of sins. | peccatorum | of sins. | αμαρτιων | | | peccatorum | ܕܚܛܗܐ | of sins. | ἁμαρτιῶν. | of sins. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Mark 1:7 | |||||||||||||||||||