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 | | | esset | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Pilatus | ? | δε | | | pilatus | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲧⲟⲥ | Pilate | Πιλᾶτος | Pilate | autem | but/however | πειλατος | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | Pilate | Πιλάτος | Pilate | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲣϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ | be amazed | ἐθαύμασεν | wondered | mirabatur | ? | — | | | admirabatur | ܬܡܗ | wondered | ἐθαύμασεν | wondered | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲛⲉ | spathe | εἰ | if | si | if | ει | | | si | ܕܐܢ | if | εἰ | if | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲏⲇⲏ | already | ἤδη | already | jam | ? | ηδη | | | iam | ܡܢ | already | ἤδη | already | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | τέθνηκεν, | He has died, | obiisset | ? | — | | | obisset | ܟܕܘ | He has died, | τέθνηκεν | He has died, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | and | και | | | et | ܡܝܬ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | accersito | ? | προσκαλεσαμενος | | | — | ܘܩܪܐ | having called to him | προσκαλεσάμενος | having called to him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | uocans | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲕⲉⲛⲧⲩⲣⲓⲱⲛ | centurion | κεντυρίωνα | centurion | interrogavit | ? | κεντυριωνα | | | centurionem | ܠܩܢܛܪܘܢܐ | centurion | κεντυρίωνα | centurion | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | ἐπηρώτησεν | he questioned | eum | him | επηρωτησεν | | | interrogauit | ܘܫܐܠܗ | he questioned | ἐπηρώτησεν | he questioned | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲛⲟⲩϥ | ask | αὐτὸν | him | si | if | αυτον | | | eum | ܕܐܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲛⲉⲁϥⲱⲥⲕ | delay | εἰ | whether | jam | ? | ει | | | si | ܡܢ | whether | εἰ | whether | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲓⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | πάλαι | of old | mortuus | ? | — | | | iam | ܩܕܡ | of old | πάλαι | of old | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπέθανεν. | He had died. | esset | ? | — | | | mortuus | ܥܕܢܐ | He had died. | ἀπέθανεν | He had died. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||