The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | Et | And | και | | | et | — | — | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ | answer | αποκριθεις | answering | respondens | answering | αποκριθεις | | | respondens | ܘܥܢܐ | he answered and | ἀποκριθεὶς | answering | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | messiah | ο | <the> | — | — | ο | | | dixit | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ις | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus* | ελεγεν | was saying | dicebat | said | — | | | — | ܘܐܡܪ | in | ἔλεγεν | was saying | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܟܕ | And as | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | διδασκων | teaching | docens | teaching | διδασκων | | | docens | ܡܠܦ | was teaching | διδάσκων | teaching | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉⲣⲡⲉ | temple | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | the | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱⲙⲙⲟⲥ | say | ιερω | temple; | templo | the temple | ϊερω | | | templo | ܒܗܝܟܠܐ | the temple, | ἱερῷ | temple; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲁϣ | spathe | πως | How | — | — | πως | | | quia | ܐܝܟܢܐ | said: How can | Πῶς | How | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉ | fall | λεγουσιν | say | Quomodo | How | λεγουσιν | | | quomodo | — | — | λέγουσιν | say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉϫⲱⲙⲙⲟⲥ | say | οι | the | — | — | οι | | | — | ܐܡܪܝܢ | is | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribe | γραμματεις | scribes | dicunt | say | γραμματεις | | | dicunt | ܤܦܪܐ | the Scribes say, | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | οτι | that | scribæ | the scribes | οτι | | | scribae | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | χς | Christ | Christum | Christ | — | | | xps | ܕܡܫܝܚܐ | Messiah | χριστὸς | Christ | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | υιος | [the] son | filium | the son | ϋιος | | | filius | ܒܪܗ | the son | υἱός | the son | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ | David* | δαυειδ | of David | esse | — | δαυειδ | | | est | ܗܘ | that | ἐστιν | to be | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εστιν | is? | David | of David | εστιν | | | dauid | ܕܕܘܝܕ | of David? | Δαυίδ | of David | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||
*SCRIPTORIUM supplied