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 | — | — | — | τὰς | The | — | — | τας | | | praecepta | — | — | Τὰς | The | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ | commandment | ἐντολὰς | commandments | nosti | commandments | εντολας | | | nosti | ܦܘܩܕܢܐ | commandments | ἐντολὰς | commandments | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ | know | οἶδας· | you know: | ne | you know: | οιδας | | | ne | ܝܕܥ | you know: | οἶδας | you know: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | μὴ | Not | adulteres | Not | μη | | | adulteres | ܐܢܬ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲙⲡⲣϩⲱⲧⲃ | kill | φονεύσῃς, | shall you murder | ne | shall you murder | — | | | ne | ܠܐ | shall you murder | μοιχεύσῃς | shall you murder | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | commit adultery | μὴ | not | occidas | not | — | | | occidas | ܬܓܘܪ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ | steal | μοιχεύσῃς, | shall you commit adultery | ne | shall you commit adultery | μοιχευσης | | | ne | ܠܐ | shall you commit adultery | φονεύσῃς | shall you commit adultery | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲣⲙⲛⲧⲣⲉ | testify | μὴ | not | fureris | not | μη | | | fureris | ܬܓܢܘܒ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲟⲩϫ | lying | κλέψῃς, | shall you steal, | ne | shall you steal, | — | | | ne | ܠܐ | shall you steal, | κλέψῃς | shall you steal, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣϥⲱϭⲉ | leap | μὴ | not | falsum | not | μη | | | falsum | ܬܩܛܘܠ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲙⲁⲉⲓⲉ | — | ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς, | shall you bear false witness, | testimonium | shall you bear false witness, | — | | | testimonium | ܘܠܐ | shall you bear false witness, | ψευδομαρτυρήσῃς | shall you bear false witness, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲕⲉⲓⲱⲧ | father | μὴ | not | dixeris | not | μη | | | — | ܬܤܗܕ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲧⲉⲕⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother | ἀποστερήσῃς, | shall you defraud, | ne | shall you defraud, | — | | | ne | ܤܗܕܘܬܐ | shall you defraud, | ἀποστερήσῃς | shall you defraud, | ||||||
| lost | — | τίμα | do honor | fraudem | do honor | τειμα | | | fraudem | ܕܓܠܬܐ | do honor | τίμα | do honor | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | feceris | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | πατέρα | father | honora | father | πατερα | | | honora | ܠܐ | father | πατέρα | father | ||||||||
| lost | — | σου | of you | patrem | of you | — | | | patrem | ܬܛܠܘܡ | of you | σου | of you | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | tuum | and | και | | | dicas | ܝܩܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | et | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | μητέρα. | mother.’ | matrem | mother.’ | μητερα | | | matrem | ܠܐܒܘܟ | mother.’ | μητέρα | mother.’ | ||||||||
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