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 | ܗܝܕܝܢ | And | Τότε | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | τότε | then | tunc | then | τοτε | | | tunc | ܐܢ | then | ἐάν | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣϣⲁⲛⲗⲁⲁⲩ | a textile material | ἐάν | if | si | if | — | | | si | ܐܢܫ | if | τις | if | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | τις | anyone | quis | anyone | τις | | | quis | ܢܐܡܪ | anyone | ὑμῖν | anyone | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | ὑμῖν | to you | vobis | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | εἴπῃ | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥ | spathe | εἴπῃ· | shall say; | dixerit | shall say; | ειπη | | | dixerit | ܕܗܐ | shall say; | Ἰδού | shall say; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁ | place | ἴδε | behold | Ecce | behold | — | | | ecce | — | — | ὧδε | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ὧδε | here is | hic | here is | ωδε | | | hic | ܗܪܟܐ | here is | ὁ | here is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | aut | — | — | χριστός | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | χριστός | Christ | est | Christ | — | | | — | ܗܘ | Christ | ἢ | Christ | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ, | or | Christus | or | η | | | xps | ܡܫܝܚܐ | or | Ἰδού | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | ἴδε | behold | ecce | behold | ειδε | | | ecce | ܘܗܐ | behold | ἐκεῖ | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϥϩⲛⲡⲓⲙⲁ | place | ἐκεῖ, | there! | illic | there! | εκει | | | illic | ܗܪܬܡܢ | there! | μὴ | there! | ||||||
| lost | — | μὴ | not | ne | not | μη | | | nolite | ܠܐ | not | πιστεύετε | not | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲡⲓⲥⲧⲉⲩⲉ | you do believe it. | πιστεύετε. | you do believe it. | credideritis | you do believe it. | πιστευετε | | | credere | ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ | you do believe it. | πιστεύετε. | you do believe it. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||