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 | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | ηλθεν | Came | Venit | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | ܐܬܐ | came, | Ἦλθεν | Came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γαρ | for | enim | For | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | For | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John* | ιωανης | John | Joannes | John | ϊωαννης | | | iohannes | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛϥⲟⲩⲱⲙ | eat | μητε | neither | neque | neither | μητε | | | neque | ܕܠܐ | not | μήτε | neither | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | εσθιων | eating | manducans | eating | εσθιων | | | manducans | ܐܟܠ | eating | ἐσθίων | eating | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲇⲉ | nor | μητε | nor | neque | nor | μητε | | | neque | ܘܠܐ | and not | μήτε | nor | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲥⲱ | soaked reed | πεινων | drinking, | bibens | drinking | πεινων | | | bibens | ܫܬܐ | drinking; | πίνων | drinking, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | λεγουσιν | they say; | dicunt | they say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | they said, | λέγουσιν | they say; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲙⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ | a demon | δαιμονιον | A demon | Dæmonium | a devil | δαιμονιον | | | daemonium | ܕܝܘܐ | hath a demon. | Δαιμόνιον | A demon | ||||||
| — | — | ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ | thresh | — | — | — | — | | | ܐܝܬ | and | — | — | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | εχει | he has! | habet | He hath | εχει | | | habet | ܒܗ | He | ἔχει | he has! | ||||||
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*SCRIPTORIUM supplied