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 | Tunc | And | — | | | tu | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲛⲟⲩⲟⲩ | ask | αὐτὸς | He himself | dicit | He himself | αυτος | | | dicit | ܠܗܘܢ | He himself | αὐτὸς | He himself | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲱⲧⲛ | spathe | ἐπηρώτα | was questioning | illis | was questioning | — | | | illi | ܝܫܘܥ | was questioning | λέγει | was questioning | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲱ | say | αὐτούς· | them; | Vos | them; | — | | | uos | ܐܢܬܘܢ | them; | αὐτοῖς | them; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | — | — | — | | | ipse | ܕܝܢ | You yourselves | Ὑμεῖς | You yourselves | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | vero | however | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲉⲓ | to | τίνα | whom | quem | whom | — | | | quem | ܐܡܪܝܢ | whom | τίνα | whom | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲛⲅⲛⲓⲙ | spathe | με | Me | me | Me | — | | | me | ܐܢܬܘܢ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ | answer | λέγετε | do pronounce | esse | do pronounce | — | | | esse | ܥܠܝ | do pronounce | λέγετε | do pronounce | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | εἶναι; | to be? | dicitis | to be? | — | | | dicitis | ܕܐܝܬܝ | to be? | εἶναι | to be? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | Respondens | Answering | — | | | respondens | ܥܢܐ | Answering | Ἀποκριθεὶς | Answering | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | Petrus | now | δε | | | petrus | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ait | Peter | πετρος | | | interrogauit | ܠܗ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγει | says | — | — | λεγει | | | eos | ܐܢܬ | says | λέγει | says | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | αὐτῷ· | to Him; | ei | to Him; | αυτω | | | — | ܗܘ | to Him; | αὐτῷ | to Him; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲟⲕ | spathe | σὺ | You yourself | Tu | You yourself | συ | | | autem | ܡܫܝܚܐ | You yourself | Σὺ | You yourself | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εἶ | are | es | are | ϊ | | | es | ܒܪܗ | are | εἶ | are | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | autem | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | χριστός. | Christ. | Christus | Christ. | — | | | xps | ܚܝܐ | Christ. | χριστός | Christ. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Mark 8:34 | |||||||||||||||||||