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 | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ἰδοὺ | Behold | Ecce | Behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | ἐγὼ | I myself | ego | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ܐܢܐ | I myself | ἐγὼ | I myself | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲟⲕ | I | ἀποστέλλω | send forth | mitto | send forth | αποστελλω | | | mitto | ܡܫܕܪ | send forth | ἀποστέλλω | send forth | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯϫⲟⲟⲩ | send | ὑμᾶς | you | vos | you | ϋμας | | | uos | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ | our | ὡς | as | sicut | as | ως | | | sicut | ܠܟܘܢ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | πρόβατα | sheep | oves | sheep | προβατα | | | oues | ܐܝܟ | sheep | πρόβατα | sheep | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲉⲥⲟⲟⲩ | sheep | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܐܡܪܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲙⲏⲧⲉ | ten | μέσῳ | the midst | medio | the midst | μεσω | | | medio | ܒܝܢܝ | the midst | μέσῳ | the midst | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱⲛϣ | Egyptian wolf | λύκων· | of wolves; | luporum | of wolves; | λυκων | | | luporum | — | — | λύκων | of wolves; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | γίνεσθε | do be | Estote | do be | γεινεσθε | | | estote | ܕܐܒܐ | do be | γίνεσθε | do be | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | οὖν | therefore | ergo | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ܗܘܘ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ||||||
| lost | — | ϭⲉ | then | φρόνιμοι | shrewd | prudentes | shrewd | φρονιμοι | | | sapientes | ܗܟܝܠ | shrewd | φρόνιμοι | shrewd | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲉ | wise person | ὡς | as | sicut | as | ως | | | sicut | ܚܟܝܡܐ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛϩⲟϥ | serpent | ὄφεις | serpents | serpentes | serpents | οφεις | | | serpentes | ܐܝܟ | serpents | ὄφεις | serpents | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܚܘܘܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἀκέραιοι | innocent | simplices | innocent | — | | | simplices | ܘܬܡܝܡܐ | innocent | ἀκέραιοι | innocent | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ὡς | as | sicut | as | ως | | | sicut | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲕⲉⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ | the | αἱ | the | — | — | αι | | | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲓϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ | dove | περιστεραί.¶ | doves. | columbæ | doves. | περιστεραι | | | columbae | ܝܘܢܐ | doves. | περιστεραί | doves. | ||||||
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