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 | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲁⲓ | when | Τούτων | As these | Illis | As these | τουτων | | | his | ܟܕ | As these | Τούτων | As these | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲃⲱⲕ | go | πορευομένων | were going away | abeuntibus | were going away | πορευομενων | | | a | ܐܙܠܘ | were going away | πορευομένων | were going away | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲁⲣⲭⲉⲓ | to begin | ἤρξατο | began | cœpit | began | ηρξατο | | | — | ܫܪܝ | began | ἤρξατο | began | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲏⲙⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | abuntibus | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | λέγειν | to speak | dicere | to speak | λεγειν | | | dicere | ܠܡܐܡܪ | to speak | λέγειν | to speak | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | τοις | | | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | ὄχλοις | crowds | ad | crowds | οχλοις | | | coepit | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowds | ὄχλοις | crowds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | — | περὶ | concerning | turbas | concerning | περι | | | turbis | ܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓ | come | Ἰωάννου· | John: | de | John: | ϊωαννου | | | de | — | — | Ἰωάννου | John: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | τί | What | Joanne | What | τι | | | iohanne | ܝܘܚܢܢ | What | Τί | What | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἐξήλθατε | went you out | Quid | went you out | εξηλθατε | | | quid | ܡܢܐ | went you out | ἐξήλθετε | went you out | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲟⲩ | to | εἰς | into | existis | into | εις | | | existis | ܢܦܩܬܘܢ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲕⲁϣ | reed | ἔρημον | wilderness | in | wilderness | ερημον | | | in | ܠܚܘܪܒܐ | wilderness | ἔρημον | wilderness | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲧⲏⲩ | wind | θεάσασθαι; | to see? | desertum | to see? | θεασασθαι | | | desertum | ܠܡܚܙܐ | to see? | θεάσασθαι | to see? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲕⲓⲙ | move | κάλαμον | A reed | videre | A reed | καλαμον | | | uidere | ܩܢܝܐ | A reed | Κάλαμον | A reed | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | ὑπὸ | by the | arundinem | by the | ϋπο | | | arundinem | ܕܡܢ | by the | ὑπὸ | by the | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀνέμου | wind | vento | wind | ανεμου | | | uento | ܪܘܚܐ | wind | ἀνέμου | wind | ||||||||
| lost | — | σαλευόμενον; | shaken? | agitatam | shaken? | σαλευομενον | | | moueri | ܡܬܬܙܝܥ | shaken? | σαλευόμενον | shaken? | ||||||||
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