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 | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ὥσπερ | Just as | Sicut | Just as | ωσπερι | | | sicut | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Just as | Ὥσπερ | Just as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲣⲉⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ | — | ἦν | was | fuit | was | — | | | erat | ܕܗܘܐ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲟⲟⲡ | become | Ἰωνᾶς | Jonah | Jonas | Jonah | ϊωνας | | | — | — | — | Ἰωνᾶς | Jonah | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ | in | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܝܘܢܢ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | ïonas | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ | three | κοιλίᾳ | belly | ventre | belly | κοιλια | | | uentre | ܒܟܪܤܗ | belly | κοιλίᾳ | belly | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | κήτους | great fish | ceti | great fish | κητους | | | ceti | ܕܢܘܢܐ | great fish | κήτους | great fish | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ | — | τρεῖς | three | tribus | three | τρεις | | | tres | ܬܠܬܐ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏ | — | ἡμέρας | days | diebus | days | ημερας | | | dies | ܝܘܡܝܢ | days | ἡμέρας | days | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲁⲓ | this | τρεῖς | three | tribus | three | τρεις | | | — | ܘܬܠܬܐ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉ | sg. masc. copula | νύκτας, | nights, | noctibus | nights, | νυκτας | | | noctes | ܠܝܠܘܢ | nights, | νύκτας | nights, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧϩⲉ | fall | οὕτως | so | sic | so | ουτως | | | sic | ܗܟܢܐ | so | οὕτως | so | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | ἔσται | will be | erit | will be | — | | | erit | ܢܗܘܐ | will be | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲕⲏⲧⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | | | tres | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | υἱὸς | Son | Filius | Son | — | | | filius | — | — | υἱὸς | Son | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | — | | | tres | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | hominis | of Man | — | | | hominis | ܒܪܗ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἐν | in | in | in | — | | | in | ܕܐܢܫܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡϩⲏⲧ | heart | καρδίᾳ | heart | corde | heart | — | | | corde | ܒܠܒܗ | heart | καρδίᾳ | heart | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | — | — | — | | | et | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲕⲁϩ | earth | γῆς | earth | terræ | earth | — | | | terrae | ܕܐܪܥܐ | earth | γῆς | earth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ | three | τρεῖς | three | tribus | three | — | | | — | ܬܠܬܐ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἡμέρας | days | diebus | days | — | | | dies | — | — | ἡμέρας | days | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܝܡܡܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ | — | τρεῖς | three | tribus | three | τρεις | | | tres | ܘܬܠܬܐ | three | τρεῖς | three | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩϣⲏ | — | νύκτας.¶ | nights. | noctibus | nights. | νυκτας | | | noctes | ܠܝܠܘܢ | nights. | νύκτας | nights. | ||||||
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