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 | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | Ἦν | It was | Erat | It was | ην | | | erat | ܒܬܪ | It was | Ἦν | It was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | futurum | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲣⲉⲡⲡⲁⲥⲭⲁ | Passover | πάσχα | Passover | Pascha | Passover | πασχα | | | pascha | ܬܪܝܢ | Passover | Πάσχα | Passover | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܝܘܡܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἄζυμα | Feast of Unleavened Bread | azyma | Feast of Unleavened Bread | — | | | — | — | — | ἄζυμα | Feast of Unleavened Bread | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲁⲑⲁⲃ | without leaven | μετὰ | after | post | after | μετα | | | post | ܗܘܐ | after | μετὰ | after | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | δύο | two | biduum | two | — | | | biduum | ܗܘܐ | two | δύο | two | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲛⲛⲥⲁϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἡμέρας, | days, | et | days, | ημερας | | | et | ܦܨܚܐ | days, | ἡμέρας | days, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | quærebant | And | και | | | — | ܕܦܛܝܪܐ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲛⲁⲩ | two | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | summi | were seeking | εζητουν | | | summi | ܘܒܥܝܢ | were seeking | ἐζήτουν | were seeking | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | quaerebant | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | sacerdotes | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | sacerdotes | ܗܘܘ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܪܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲕⲱⲧⲉ | turn | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | scribæ | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | ܟܗܢܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲧϩⲉ | fall | πῶς | how | quomodo | how | πως | | | quomodo | — | — | πῶς | how | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲟⲡϥ | seize | αὐτὸν | Him | eum | Him | αυτον | | | — | ܘܤܦܪܐ | Him | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲕⲣⲟϥ | guile | ἐν | by | dolo | by | — | | | dolo | ܐܝܟܢܐ | by | ἐν | by | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧϥ | kill | δόλῳ | stealth | tenerent | stealth | — | | | tenerent | ܒܢܟܠܐ | stealth | δόλῳ | stealth | ||||||
| lost | — | κρατήσαντες | having taken | et | having taken | κρατησαντες | | | illum | ܢܐܚܕܘܢ | having taken | κρατήσαντες | having taken | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀποκτείνωσιν· | they may kill Him; | occiderent | they may kill Him; | αποκτεινωσιν | | | occiderent | ܘܢܩܛܠܘܢܝܗܝ | they may kill Him; | ἀποκτείνωσιν | they may kill Him; | ||||||||
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