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 | dicunt | and | — | | | dicunt | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | λέγουσιν· | saying: | Cecinimus | saying: | λεγουσιν | | | cantauimus | ܙܡܪܢ | saying: | λέγουσιν | saying: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ηὐλήσαμεν | We piped | vobis | We piped | ηυλησαμεν | | | uobis | — | — | Ηὐλήσαμεν | We piped | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲛϫⲱ | say | ὑμῖν | for you | — | — | ϋμειν | | | — | ܠܟܘܢ | for you | ὑμῖν | for you | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ | to | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | — | — | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛϭⲟⲥϭⲥ | — | ὠρχήσασθε,¶¬ | you did dance, | saltastis | you did dance, | — | | | saltastis | ܪܩܕܬܘܢ | you did dance, | ὠρχήσασθε | you did dance, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛⲧⲟⲉⲓⲧ | mourn | ἐθρηνήσαμεν | we sang a dirge | lamentavimus | we sang a dirge | εθρηνησαμεν | | | lamentastis | ܘܐܠܝܢ | we sang a dirge | ἐθρηνήσαμεν | we sang a dirge | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲛⲛⲉϩⲡⲉ | mourn | ὑμῖν | to you | — | — | — | | | — | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐκόψασθε. | you did wail. | planxistis | you did wail. | — | | | fleuimus | ܐܪܩܕܬܘܢ | you did wail. | ἐκόψασθε | you did wail. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 11:26 | |||||||||||||||||||