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 | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | missa | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | But | δὲ | But | Jesus | But | δε | | | ihs | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | autem | Jesus | — | | | autem | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲛⲟⲩϫ | lying | ἀφεὶς | having uttered | emissa | having uttered | αφεις | | | — | ܩܥܐ | having uttered | ἀφεὶς | having uttered | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | φωνὴν | a cry | voce | a cry | φωνην | | | uoce | ܒܩܠܐ | a cry | φωνὴν | a cry | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ | voice | μεγάλην | loud | magna | loud | μεγαλην | | | magna | ܪܡܐ | loud | μεγάλην | loud | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϯ | give | ἐξέπνευσεν.¶ | breathed His last. | expiravit | breathed His last. | εξεπνευσεν | | | expirauit | ܘܫܠܡ | breathed His last. | ἐξέπνευσεν | breathed His last. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||