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 | ܘܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | ἔλεγεν | He was saying | dicebat | ? | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | ܠܗܘܢ | He was saying | ἔλεγεν | He was saying | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | αὐτοῖς | to them | illis | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | ܕܠܡܐ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | ὅτι· | that: | Numquid | ? | — | | | numquid | — | — | Μήτι | that: | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲙⲏ | spathe | μήτι | surely not ever | venit | came | μητι | | | accenditur | ܐܬܐ | surely not ever | ὁ | surely not ever | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲉⲡϩⲏⲃⲥ | lamp | ἔρχεται | is brought in | lucerna | ? | — | | | lucerna | ܫܪܓܐ | is brought in | λύχνος | is brought in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ἔρχεται | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲉⲓ | come | λύχνος | lamp | ut | that/so that | λυχνος | | | — | ܕܬܚܝܬ | lamp | ἵνα | lamp | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲩⲉⲕⲁⲁϥ | place | ἵνα | so that | sub | under | ϊνα | | | sub | ܤܐܬܐ | so that | ὑπὸ | so that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁⲟⲩϣⲓ | measure | ὑπὸ | under | modio | ? | ϋπο | | | modio | ܢܬܬܤܝܡ | under | τὸν | under | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | μόδιον | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲏ | or | μόδιον | basket | ponatur | ? | μοδιον | | | et | — | — | τεθῇ | basket | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁⲟⲩϭⲗⲟϭ | bed | τεθῇ | it may be put | aut | ? | τεθη | | | ponitur | ܐܘ | it may be put | ἢ | it may be put | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | aut | — | — | ὑπὸ | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲏ | urine | ὑπὸ | under | sub | under | ϋπο | | | sub | ܥܪܤܐ | under | τὴν | under | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | κλίνην | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲩⲛⲁⲕⲁⲁϥ | place | κλίνην; | bed? | lecto | ? | κλεινην | | | lectum | ܠܐ | bed? | Οὐχ | bed? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | οὐχ | Surely | nonne | ? | — | | | non | ܗܘܐ | Surely | ἵνα | Surely | ||||||
| lost | — | ἵνα | that | ut | that/so that | ϊνα | | | — | — | — | ἐπὶ | that | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐπὶ | upon | super | upon/over | επι | | | super | ܕܥܠ | upon | τὴν | upon | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | et | — | — | λυχνίαν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓϫⲛⲧⲗⲩⲭⲛⲓⲁ | lampstand | λυχνίαν | lampstand | candelabrum | ? | λυχνιαν | | | candelabrum | ܡܢܪܬܐ | lampstand | ἐπιτεθῇ | lampstand | ||||||
| lost | — | τεθῇ; | may it be put? | ponatur | ? | τεθη | | | ponatur | ܢܬܬܤܝܡ | may it be put? | τεθῇ; | may it be put? | ||||||||
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