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 | — | ⲟⲩⲛϩⲁϩ | many | πολλοὶ | Many | multi | Many | πολλοι | | | multi | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Many | Πολλοὶ | Many | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲉⲓ | come | ἐλεύσονται | will come | venient | will come | ελευσονται | | | uenient | ܓܝܪ | will come | ἐλεύσονται | will come | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲁⲣⲁⲛ | name | ἐπὶ | in | in | in | επι | | | in | ܢܐܬܘܢ | in | ἐπὶ | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱⲙⲙⲟⲥ | say | ὀνόματί | name | nomine | name | ονοματι | | | nomine | — | — | ὀνόματί | name | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ | spathe | μου | of Me | meo | of Me | μου | | | meo | ܒܫܡܝ | of Me | μου | of Me | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | λέγοντες | saying | dicentes | saying | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | ܘܢܐܡܪܘܢ | saying | λέγοντες | saying | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ὅτι | that | quia | that | — | | | — | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲡⲗⲁⲛⲁ | to go astray | ἐγώ | I myself | ego | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | εἰμι, | am He, | sum | am He, | ειμι | | | sum | ܐܢܐ | am He, | εἰμι | am He, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | πολλοὺς | many | multos | many | πολλου | | | multos | ܘܠܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὺς | many | ||||||||
| lost | — | πλανήσουσιν. | they will mislead. | seducent | they will mislead. | πλανησουσιν | | | seducent | ܢܛܥܘܢ | they will mislead. | πλανήσουσιν | they will mislead. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||