The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | sed | But | — | | | sed | ܐܠܐ | and | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ευθυς | immediately | misso | sending | — | | | mis | ܡܚܕܐ | immediately | εὐθέως | immediately | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | — | αποστειλας | having sent | spiculatore | — | αποστειλας | | | statim | ܫܕܪ | sent | ἀποστείλας | having sent | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲥⲡⲉⲕⲟⲩⲗⲁⲧⲱⲣ | — | ο | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲣⲟ | king | βασιλευς | king | præcepit | he commanded | — | | | speculatore | ܡܠܟܐ | the king | βασιλεὺς | king | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲩ | send | σπεκουλατορα | an executioner | afferri | brought | — | | | — | ܐܤܦܘܩܠܛܪܐ | an executioner, | σπεκουλάτορα | an executioner | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ | lay a command | επεταξεν | he commanded | caput | head | επεταξεν | | | caput | ܘܦܩܕ | commanded him | ἐπέταξεν | he commanded | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | ενεγκαι | to be brought | ejus | his | — | | | eius | ܕܢܝܬܐ | to bring | ἐνεχθῆναι | to be brought | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | την | the | — | — | την | | | praecepit | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲛⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ | bring | κεφαλην | head | — | — | κεφαλην | | | adferi | ܪܫܗ | the head | κεφαλὴν | head | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτου | of him. | in | in | αυτου | | | in | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | of John. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ | go | omitted | — | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | And | disco | a dish | — | | | cum | ܘܐܙܠ | And he went, | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | απελθων | having gone | Et | — | απελθων | | | et | ܦܤܩܗ | and struck off | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϥⲓⲧⲉϥⲁⲡⲉ | bear | απεκεφαλισεν | he beheaded | decollavit | — | απεκεφαλισεν | | | decollauit | ܪܫܗ | the head | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ | prison | αυτον | him | eum | — | αυτον | | | eum | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | of John in | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εν | in | in | — | εν | | | — | ܒܝܬ | and | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τη | the | — | — | τη | | | abisset | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | φυλακη | prison | carcere | — | φυλακη | | | carcerem | ܐܤܝܪܐ | the prison; | — | — | ||||||
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