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 | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | — | λέγει | says | ait | ? | λεγει | | | ait | ܠܗ | says | λέγει | says | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | αὐτῷ | to him | illi | to him/those | αυτω | | | illi | ܝܫܘܥ | to him | αὐτῷ | to him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | negabis | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ | spathe | Ἰησοῦς· | Jesus; | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܐܡܝܢ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯϫⲱ | say | ἀμὴν | Amen | Amen | truly/amen | αμην | | | amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγω | I say | dico | ? | λεγω | | | dico | — | — | λέγω | I say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲕ | my | σοι | to you | tibi | ? | σοι | | | tibi | ܐܢܐ | to you | σοι | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲟⲕ | spathe | ὅτι | that | quia | because/that | οτι | | | quod | ܠܟ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ | today | σὺ | yourself | tu | you | — | | | — | ܕܐܢܬ | yourself | σὺ | yourself | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲓⲟⲩϣⲏ | night | σήμερον | now | hodie | ? | — | | | — | ܝܘܡܢܐ | now | σήμερον | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉⲟⲩⲁⲗⲉⲕⲧⲱⲣ | ταύτῃ | this | in | in | ταυτη | | | — | ܒܠܠܝܐ | this | ἐν | this | |||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | ἐν | in | nocte | at night | — | | | nocte | ܗܢܐ | in | τῇ | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | <the> | hac | ? | τη | | | — | — | — | νυκτὶ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲡⲥⲛⲁⲩ | — | νυκτὶ | night | priusquam | ? | νυκτει | | | hac | ܩܕܡ | night | ταύτῃ | night | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕⲛⲁⲁⲡⲁⲣⲛⲁ | to deny | πρὶν | before | gallus | ? | πριν | | | priusquam | ܕܢܩܪܐ | before | πρὶν | before | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | than | — | — | — | | | gallus | — | — | ἢ | than | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲓ | our | δὶς | twice | bis | ? | — | | | — | — | — | δὶς | twice | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲙⲛⲧⲥⲱⲱⲡ | three | ἀλέκτορα | the rooster | dederit | ? | αλεκτορα | | | — | ܬܪܬܝܢ | the rooster | ἀλέκτορα | the rooster | ||||||
| lost | — | φωνῆσαι | crowing | ter | ? | φωνησαι | | | — | ܙܒܢܝܢ | crowing | φωνῆσαι | crowing | ||||||||
| lost | — | τρίς | three times | me | me | τρις | | | ter | ܬܠܬ | three times | τρὶς | three times | ||||||||
| lost | — | με | Me | es | ? | με | | | me | ܬܟܦܘܪ | Me | ἀπαρνήσῃ | Me | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀπαρνήσῃ. | you will deny. | negaturus | ? | απαρνηση | | | cantet | ܒܝ | you will deny. | με | you will deny. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||