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 | ܘܟܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ὅτε | when | cum | when | οτε | | | cum | ܩܪܒ | when | ὅτε | when | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩϩⲱⲛ | approach | ἐγγίζουσιν | they drew near | appropinquarent | they drew near | — | | | in | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | they drew near | ἐγγίζουσιν | they drew near | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ | to inside | εἰς | to | Jerosolymæ | to | εις | | | hierosolyma | ܥܠ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲥⲟⲗⲩⲙⲁ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | — | — | ϊεροσολυμα | | | — | ܓܢܒ | Jerusalem | Ἱερουσαλήμ | Jerusalem | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁϩⲧⲉⲡⲧⲟⲟⲩ | mountain | εἰς | to | et | to | — | | | et | ܒܝܬ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲏⲧⲫⲁⲅⲏ | Bethphage | Βηθφαγὴ | Bethphage | Bethaniæ | Bethphage | — | | | bethaniam | ܦܓܐ | Bethphage | Βηθσφαγὴ | Bethphage | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ad | and | και | | | adpropinquaret | ܘܒܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲃⲏⲑⲁⲛⲓⲁ | Bethany | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | montem | Bethany | βηθανιαν | | | montem | ܥܢܝܐ | Bethany | Βηθανίαν | Bethany | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲧ | olive tree | πρὸς | near | Olivarum | near | προς | | | oliueti | ܠܘܬ | near | πρὸς | near | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲉⲩⲥⲛⲁⲩ | receive | ὄρος | Mount | mittit | Mount | ορος | | | mittit | ܛܘܪܐ | Mount | ὄρος | Mount | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | — | — | των | | | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | ἐλαιῶν, | of Olives, | — | — | ελαιων | | | — | ܕܙܝܬܐ | of Olives, | Ἐλαιῶν | of Olives, | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀποστέλλει | He sends | duos | He sends | αποστελλει | | | duos | ܫܕܪ | He sends | ἀποστέλλει | He sends | ||||||||
| lost | — | δύο | two | ex | two | — | | | ex | ܬܪܝܢ | two | δύο | two | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | ad | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | μαθητῶν | disciples | discipulis | disciples | μαθητων | | | discipulis | ܡܢ | disciples | μαθητῶν | disciples | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | suis | of Him | αυτου | | | suis | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Mark 11:27 | |||||||||||||||||||