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 | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | λέγει | He says | dicit | He says | — | | | dixit | ܕܝܢ | He says | λέγει | He says | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | eis | to them; | — | | | ad | ܐܦ | to them; | αὐτοῖς | to them; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲝⲉⲥⲧⲓ | Is it lawful | ἔξεστιν | Is it lawful | Licet | Is it lawful | εξεστιν | | | licet | ܠܗܘܢ | Is it lawful | Ἔξεστιν | Is it lawful | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | on the | — | — | τοις | | | tacebant | — | — | τοῖς | on the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | σάββασιν | Sabbaths | sabbatis | Sabbaths | σαββασιν | | | sabbatis | ܒܫܒܬܐ | Sabbaths | σάββασιν | Sabbaths | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ | week | ἀγαθὸν | good | benefacere | good | αγαθον | | | benefacere | ܠܡܥܒܕ | good | ἀγαθοποιῆσαι | good | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | act | ποιῆσαι | to do | an | to do | ποιησαι | | | aut | ܕܛܒ | to do | ἢ | to do | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | malefacere | — | — | κακοποιῆσαι | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲛⲣⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | act | κακοποιῆσαι, | to do evil? | animam | to do evil? | κακοποιησαι | | | animam | ܕܒܝܫ | to do evil? | Ψυχὴν | to do evil? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲁⲛϩⲉⲟⲩⲯⲩⲭⲏ | make alive | ψυχὴν | Life | salvam | Life | ψυχην | | | salbam | ܢܦܫܐ | Life | σῶσαι | Life | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲛⲉⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧⲥ | kill | σῶσαι | to save | facere | to save | σωσαι | | | facere | ܠܡܚܝܘ | to save | ἢ | to save | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | magis | — | — | ἀποκτεῖναι | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | ἀποκτεῖναι; | to kill? | perdere | to kill? | — | | | perdere | ܠܡܘܒܕܘ | to kill? | Οἱ | to kill? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲕⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩ | place | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | quam | — | — | δὲ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | But | δὲ | But | At | But | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | ἐσιώπων | But | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐσιώπων. | they were silent. | illi | they were silent. | εσιωπων | | | illos | ܫܬܝܩܝܢ | they were silent. | ἐσιώπων. | they were silent. | ||||||||
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