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 | — | — | — | καί | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܐܢܫܝܢ | And | Καί | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | τινες | some | quidam | some | τινες | | | quidam | ܕܫܡܥܘ | some | τινες | some | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of those | — | — | των | | | de | — | — | τῶν | of those | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲟⲓⲛⲉ | some | παρεστηκότων | having stood by | circumstantibus | having stood by | — | | | circumstantibus | ܗܢܘܢ | having stood by | παρεστηκότων | having stood by | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧⲟⲩ | length | ἀκούσαντες | listening | audientes | listening | ακουσαντες | | | audientes | ܕܩܝܡܝܢ | listening | ἀκούσαντες | listening | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place | ἔλεγον· | were saying; | dicebant | were saying; | ελεγον | | | dixerunt | ܐܡܪܝܢ | were saying; | ἔλεγον | were saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ἴδε, | behold, | Ecce | behold, | — | | | heliam | ܗܘܘ | behold, | Ἰδού | behold, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | Eliam | Elijah | ηλιαν | | | iste | ܠܐܠܝܐ | Elijah | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | φωνεῖ. | He calls. | vocat | He calls. | φωνι | | | uocat | ܩܪܐ | He calls. | φωνεῖ | He calls. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||