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 | ܘܥܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ | answer | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | respondens | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | ܝܫܘܥ | answering | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | dixit | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܘܐܡܪ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἔλεγεν | was saying | dicebat | was saying | — | | | — | — | — | ἔλεγεν | was saying | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | διδάσκων | teaching | docens | teaching | διδασκων | | | docens | ܟܕ | teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉⲣⲡⲉ | temple | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܡܠܦ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱⲙⲙⲟⲥ | say | ἱερῷ· | temple; | templo | temple; | ϊερω | | | templo | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | temple; | ἱερῷ | temple; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲁϣ | spathe | πῶς | How | — | — | πως | | | quia | ܐܝܟܢܐ | How | Πῶς | How | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉ | fall | λέγουσιν | say | Quomodo | say | λεγουσιν | | | quomodo | ܐܡܪܝܢ | say | λέγουσιν | say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉϫⲱⲙⲙⲟⲥ | say | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | dicunt | scribes | γραμματεις | | | dicunt | ܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | ὅτι | that | scribæ | that | οτι | | | scribae | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | χριστὸς | Christ | Christum | Christ | — | | | xps | ܕܡܫܝܚܐ | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | ||||||
| lost | — | υἱὸς | the son | filium | the son | ϋιος | | | filius | ܒܪܗ | the son | υἱός | the son | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | of David | Δαυίδ | of David | esse | of David | δαυειδ | | | est | ܗܘ | of David | ἐστιν | of David | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐστιν; | is? | David | is? | εστιν | | | dauid | ܕܕܘܝܕ | is? | Δαυίδ | is? | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||