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 | sed | And | — | | | sed | ܐܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | εὐθὺς | immediately | misso | immediately | — | | | mis | ܡܚܕܐ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | — | ἀποστείλας | having sent | spiculatore | having sent | αποστειλας | | | statim | ܫܕܪ | having sent | ἀποστείλας | having sent | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲗⲁⲧⲱⲣ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲣⲟ | king | βασιλεὺς | king | præcepit | king | — | | | speculatore | ܡܠܟܐ | king | βασιλεὺς | king | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲩ | send | σπεκουλάτορα | an executioner | afferri | an executioner | — | | | — | ܐܤܦܘܩܠܛܪܐ | an executioner | σπεκουλάτορα | an executioner | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ | lay a command | ἐπέταξεν | he commanded | caput | he commanded | επεταξεν | | | caput | ܘܦܩܕ | he commanded | ἐπέταξεν | he commanded | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | ἐνέγκαι | to be brought | ejus | to be brought | — | | | eius | ܕܢܝܬܐ | to be brought | ἐνεχθῆναι | to be brought | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | praecepit | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲛⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ | bring | κεφαλὴν | head | — | — | κεφαλην | | | adferi | ܪܫܗ | head | κεφαλὴν | head | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | in | of him. | αυτου | | | in | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | disco | And | — | | | cum | ܘܐܙܠ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ | go | ἀπελθὼν | having gone | Et | having gone | απελθων | | | et | ܦܤܩܗ | having gone | ἀπελθὼν | having gone | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ἀπεκεφάλισεν | he beheaded | decollavit | he beheaded | απεκεφαλισεν | | | decollauit | ܪܫܗ | he beheaded | ἀπεκεφάλισεν | he beheaded | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϥⲓⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ | bear | αὐτὸν | him | eum | him | αυτον | | | eum | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ | prison | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | — | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | abisset | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | φυλακῇ | prison | carcere | prison | φυλακη | | | carcerem | ܐܤܝܪܐ | prison | φυλακῇ | prison | ||||||||
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