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 | Qui | And | και | | | coepit | ܘܫܡܥ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἀκούσας | having heard | cum | having heard | ακουσας | | | cum | ܕܝܫܘܥ | having heard | ἀκούσας | having heard | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ὅτι | that | audisset | that | οτι | | | audisset | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | quia | Jesus | — | | | quia | ܗܘ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | et | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | Ναζαρηνός | of Nazareth | Jesus | of Nazareth | — | | | ihs | ܢܨܪܝܐ | of Nazareth | Ναζωραῖός | of Nazareth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲁⲍⲁⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ | — | ἐστιν, | it is, | Nazarenus | it is, | εστιν | | | nazorenus | — | — | ἐστιν | it is, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲓ | to begin | ἤρξατο | he began | est | he began | ηρξατο | | | est | ܘܫܪܝ | he began | ἤρξατο | he began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲓϣⲕⲁⲕ | cry out | κράζειν | to cry out | cœpit | to cry out | κραζειν | | | — | ܠܡܩܥܐ | to cry out | κράζειν | to cry out | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | clamare | and | και | | | clamare | ܘܠܡܐܡܪ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | λέγειν· | to say; | et | to say; | λεγειν | | | et | — | — | λέγειν | to say; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | O | — | — | — | | | ihu | — | — | Ὁ | O | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | υἱὲ | Son | dicere | Son | — | | | dicere | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | of David | Δαυὶδ | of David | Jesu | of David | δαυειδ | | | mihi | ܕܕܘܝܕ | of David | Δαυίδ | of David | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus, | Ἰησοῦ, | Jesus, | fili | Jesus, | ιηυ | | | fili | — | — | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἐλέησόν | do have mercy on | David | do have mercy on | ελεησον | | | dauid | ܐܬܪܚܡ | do have mercy on | ἐλέησόν | do have mercy on | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | με. | me. | miserere | me. | με | | | miserere | ܥܠܝ | me. | με | me. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||||