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 | Et | and | και | | | et | ܘܫܪܝ | and | Ἤρξατο | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲓ | — | ἤρξατο | Began | cœpit | Began | ηρξατο | | | coipit | ܟܐܦܐ | Began | ὁ | Began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | λέγειν | to say | ei | to say | — | | | ei | — | — | Πέτρος | to say | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | petrus | — | — | λέγειν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | dicere | Peter | πετρος | | | dicere | ܠܡܐܡܪ | Peter | αὐτῷ | Peter | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | Ecce | to Him; | αυτω | | | ecce | ܗܐ | to Him; | Ἰδού | to Him; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | ἰδοὺ | Behold | nos | Behold | ειδου | | | nos | ܗܐ | behold | ἡμεῖς | Behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | spathe | ἡμεῖς | we ourselves | dimisimus | we ourselves | ημεις | | | missum | ܚܢܢ | we ourselves | ἀφήκαμεν | we ourselves | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲟⲛ | we | ἀφήκαμεν | left | omnia | left | αφηκαμεν | | | omnia | ܫܒܩܢ | left | πάντα | left | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲕⲁⲛⲕⲁ | place | πάντα | all | et | all | παντα | | | et | ܟܠ | all | καὶ | all | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | secuti | and | και | | | secuti | — | — | ἠκολουθήσαμέν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲙ | who? | ἠκολουθήκαμέν | have followed | sumus | have followed | ηκολουθηκαμεν | | | sumus | ܡܕܡ | have followed | σοι | have followed | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲱⲛ | behind | σοι.¶ | You. | te | You. | σοι | | | te | ܘܢܩܦܢܟ | You. | σοι.¶ | You. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||||