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 | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | ei | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Qui | And | δε | | | qui | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | εἶπαν | they said | responderunt | they said | — | | | responderunt | ܕܝܢ | they said | ἀπεκρίθησαν | they said | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲟⲓⲛⲉ | some | αὐτῷ | to Him | illi | to Him | αυτω | | | — | — | — | Ἰωάννην | to Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | λέγοντες· | saying: | dicentes | saying: | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | ܐܡܪܘ | saying: | τὸν | saying: | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ | another | ὅτι | that | Joannem | that | — | | | iohannen | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | that | βαπτιστήν | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | Baptistam | John | ϊωαννην | | | baptistam | — | — | καὶ | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | autem | — | — | ἄλλοι | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ | Baptist, | βαπτιστήν, | Baptist, | alii | Baptist, | βαπτιστην | | | alii | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | Baptist, | Ἠλίαν | Baptist, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | — | — | — | | | — | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | and | ἄλλοι | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲏⲗⲉⲓⲁⲥ | — | ἄλλοι· | others; | Eliam | others; | αλλοι | | | heliam | ܕܐܠܝܐ | others; | δὲ | others; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | Ἠλίαν, | Elijah, | alii | Elijah, | — | | | alii | — | — | ἕνα | Elijah, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ | another | ἄλλοι | others | vero | others | — | | | autem | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | others | τῶν | others | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | quasi | now | δε | | | quasi | ܕܝܢ | but | προφητῶν | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲁ | blasphemy | ὅτι | that | unum | that | — | | | unum | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εἷς | one | de | one | — | | | — | ܡܢ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | ex | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | prophetis | prophets. | προφητων | | | prophetis | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | ||||||
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