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 | ||||||||||||||
καιP45 | And | — | — | καὶ | And | et | and | και | | | — | ܘܕܚܠܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
εφοβηθησανP45 | they feared | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐφοβήθησαν | they feared | timuerunt | they feared | εφοβηθησαν | | | — | ܕܚܠܬܐ | they feared | ἐφοβήθησαν | they feared | ||||||
φοβονP45 | with fear | ⲁⲩⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | φόβον | with fear | timore | fear | φοβον | | | — | — | — | φόβον | with fear | ||||||
μεγανP45 | great | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | μέγαν | great | magno | great | μεγαν | | | — | ܪܒܬܐ | great | μέγαν | great | ||||||
καιP45 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | — | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
ελεγονP45 | were saying | ⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ | fear | ἔλεγον | were saying | dicebant | they said | ελεγον | | | — | — | — | ἔλεγον | were saying | ||||||
προσP45 | to | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | πρὸς | to | ad | to | προς | | | — | ܗܘܘ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
αλληλουσP45 | each other; | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἀλλήλους· | each other; | alterutrum | one another | αλληλους | | | — | ܚܕ | each other; | ἀλλήλους | each other; | ||||||
τισP45 | Who | ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ | fellow | τίς | Who | Quis | who | τις | | | — | ܠܚܕ | Who | Τίς | Who | ||||||
αραP45 | then | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲁϣ | spathe | ἄρα | then | putas | do you think | αρα | | | — | — | — | ἄρα | then | ||||||
ουτοσP45 | this | ⲙⲙⲓⲛⲉ | sort | οὗτός | this | iste | this | — | | | — | ܡܢܘ | this | οὗτός | this | ||||||
εστινP45 | is | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστιν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | — | ܟܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
οτιP45 | that | ⲡⲁⲓ | this | ὅτι | that | quia | that | οτι | | | — | ܗܢܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
καιP45 | even | — | — | καὶ | even | et | even | και | | | — | — | — | καὶ | even | ||||||
οP45 | the | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
ανεμοσP45 | wind | ϫⲉⲡⲕⲉⲧⲏⲩ | wind | ἄνεμος | wind | ventus | wind | — | | | — | ܕܪܘܚܐ | wind | ἄνεμος | wind | ||||||
καιP45 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | — | ܘܝܡܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
ηP45 | the | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
θαλασσαP45 | sea | ⲛⲙⲧⲉⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ | sea | θάλασσα | sea | mare | sea | θαλασσα | | | — | — | — | θάλασσα | sea | ||||||
υπακουειP45 | it obeys | ⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ὑπακούει | it obeys | obediunt | obey | — | | | — | ܡܫܬܡܥܝܢ | it obeys | ὑπακούουσιν | it obeys | ||||||
αυτωιP45 | Him? | ⲛⲥⲱϥ | behind | αὐτῷ;¶ | Him? | ei | him | — | | | — | ܠܗ | Him? | αὐτῷ | Him? | ||||||
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