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 | — | ⲛⲉϫⲡⲟ | beget | γεννήματα | Offspring | Progenies | Offspring | γεννηματα | | | generatio | ܝܠܕܐ | Offspring | Γεννήματα | Offspring | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉϩⲃⲟⲩⲓ | — | ἐχιδνῶν, | of vipers, | viperarum | of vipers, | εχιδνων | | | uiperarum | ܕܐܟܕܢܐ | of vipers, | ἐχιδνῶν | of vipers, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϣ | our | πῶς | how | quomodo | how | πως | | | quomodo | ܐܝܟܢܐ | how | πῶς | how | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉ | fall | δύνασθε | are you able | potestis | are you able | — | | | potestes | ܡܫܟܚܝܢ | are you able | δύνασθε | are you able | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲛϭⲟⲙ | power | ἀγαθὰ | good things | bona | good things | αγαθα | | | bona | ܐܢܬܘܢ | good things | ἀγαθὰ | good things | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲱⲧⲛ | our | λαλεῖν | to speak | loqui | to speak | λαλειν | | | loqui | ܛܒܬܐ | to speak | λαλεῖν | to speak | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲉⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | to | πονηροὶ | evil | mali | evil | πονηροι | | | dum | ܠܡܡܠܠܘ | evil | πονηροὶ | evil | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲁ | fall | ὄντες; | being? | cum sitis | since you are | οντες | | | estis | ܕܒܝܫܐ | being? | ὄντες | being? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἐκ | Out of | ex | from | εκ | | | maligni | ܐܢܬܘܢ | Out of | Ἐκ | Out of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | — | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | loquitur | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | περισσεύματος | overflow | abundantia | abundance | περισσευματος | | | abundantia | ܬܘܬܪܝ | overflow | περισσεύματος | overflow | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | — | — | της | | | de | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉϩⲟⲩⲟ | greater part | καρδίας | heart | cordis | heart | καρδιας | | | autem | ܠܒܐ | heart | καρδίας | heart | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | bona | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϩⲏⲧ | heart | στόμα | mouth | os | mouth | στομα | | | cordis | ܓܝܪ | mouth | στόμα | mouth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲉⲧⲧⲁⲡⲣⲟ | mouth | λαλεῖ.¶ | speaks. | loquitur | speaks | λαλει | | | os | ܡܡܠܠ | speaks. | λαλεῖ | speaks. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||||