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 | — | ⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩⲥⲧⲁⲩⲣⲟⲩ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | et | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Qui | And | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟϥ | he | λέγει | he says | dicit | he says | λεγει | | | dixit | ܐܡܪ | he says | λέγει | he says | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | αὐταῖς· | to them; | illis | to them; | — | | | ill | ܠܗܝܢ | to them; | αὐταῖς | to them; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲩ | with | μὴ | Not | Nolite | Not | — | | | nolite | ܠܐ | Not | Μὴ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉ | spathe | ἐκθαμβεῖσθε. | do be amazed. | expavescere | do be amazed. | — | | | is | ܬܕܚܠܢ | do be amazed. | ἐκθαμβεῖσθε | do be amazed. | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | Jesum | Jesus | — | | | ihm | ܠܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲕⲱⲧⲉ | turn | ζητεῖτε | you seek | quæritis | you seek | — | | | — | ܢܨܪܝܐ | you seek | ζητεῖτε | you seek | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | — | | | angelus | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲁⲍⲁⲣⲏⲛⲟⲥ | Nazarene | Ναζαρηνὸν | Nazarene | Nazarenum | Nazarene | — | | | timere | ܐܢܬܝܢ | Nazarene | Ναζαρηνὸν | Nazarene | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | — | ἐσταυρωμένον· | crucified; | crucifixum | crucified; | — | | | crucifixum | ܕܐܙܕܩܦ | crucified; | ἐσταυρωμένον | crucified; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our | ἠγέρθη, | He is risen! | surrexit | He is risen! | — | | | surrexit | ܩܡ | He is risen! | ἠγέρθη | He is risen! | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛϥ | arise | οὐκ | Not | non | Not | — | | | non | ܠܗ | Not | οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥϩⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁ | place | ἔστιν | He is | est | He is | — | | | est | ܠܐ | He is | ἔστιν | He is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | ὧδε· | here! | hic | here! | — | | | hic | ܗܘܐ | here! | ὧδε | here! | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἴδε | Behold | ecce | Behold | — | | | ecce | ܬܢܢ | Behold | ἴδε | Behold | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | quaeritis | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲙⲁ | place | τόπος | place | locus | place | — | | | locus | ܕܘܟܬܐ | place | τόπος | place | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲕⲁⲁϥ | place | ὅπου | where | ubi | where | οπου | | | ubi | ܐܝܟܐ | where | ὅπου | where | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ | in | ἔθηκαν | they laid | posuerunt | they laid | εθηκαν | | | posuerunt | ܕܤܝܡ | they laid | ἔθηκαν | they laid | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτόν. | Him. | eum | Him. | αυτον | | | eum | ܗܘܐ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Luke 1:54 | |||||||||||||||||||