The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ܘܕܒܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | παραλαμβάνει | He takes | assumit | He takes | παραλαμβανει | | | adsumpsit | — | — | παραλαμβάνει | He takes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | Petrum | Peter | πετρον | | | petrum | ܥܡܗ | Peter | Πέτρον | Peter | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | — | | | iohannen | — | — | Ἰάκωβον | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃⲟⲥ | James | Ἰάκωβον | James | Jacobum | James | ϊακωβον | | | iacobum | ܠܟܐܦܐ | James | καὶ | James | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | Ἰωάννην | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | μεθ’ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | — | — | ϊωαννην | | | — | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | John | ἑαυτοῦ | John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓ | receive | μετ᾽ | with | Joannem | with | μετ | | | coepit | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | with | καὶ | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | Him | secum | Him | αυτου | | | secum | — | — | ἤρξατο | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܫܪܝ | and | ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ | with | ἤρξατο | He began | cœpit | He began | ηρξατο | | | — | — | — | καὶ | He began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐκθαμβεῖσθαι | to be greatly awe-struck | pavere | to be greatly awe-struck | εκθαμβεισθαι | | | pauere | ܠܡܬܟܡܪܘ | to be greatly awe-struck | ἀδημονεῖν | to be greatly awe-struck | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲓ | to begin | ἀδημονεῖν. | to be deeply distressed. | tædere | to be deeply distressed. | — | | | taediari | ܘܠܡܬܬܥܩܘ | to be deeply distressed. | ἀδημονεῖν. | to be deeply distressed. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||