The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ | know | εἰ | If | Si | If | ει | | | si | ܐܠܘ | If | Εἰ | If | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | autem | however | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | ἐγνώκειτε | you had known | sciretis | you had known | εγνωκειτε | | | sciretis | ܝܕܥܝܢ | you had known | ἐγνώκειτε | you had known | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | τί | what | quid | what | τι | | | quid | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲟⲩⲉϣⲟⲩⲛⲁ | wish | ἐστιν· | is; | est | is; | εστιν | | | sit | ܡܢܘ | is; | ἐστιν | is; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲧϭⲁⲓⲟ | — | ἔλεος | mercy | Misericordiam | mercy | ελεος | | | misericordiam | ܚܢܢܐ | mercy | Ἔλεον | mercy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | θέλω | I desire | — | — | θελω | | | — | ܨܒܐ | I desire | θέλω | I desire | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | volo | and | και | | | uolo | ܐܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐ | not desire | et | not desire | ου | | | et | ܘܠܐ | not desire | οὐ | not desire | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲉⲟⲩⲑⲩⲥⲓⲁ | sacrifice,’ | θυσίαν, | sacrifice,’ | non | sacrifice,’ | θυσιαν | | | non | ܕܒܚܬܐ | sacrifice,’ | θυσίαν | sacrifice,’ | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲉⲙⲛⲛⲟⲃⲉ | sin | οὐκ | not | sacrificium | not | ουκ | | | sacrificium | ܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | ἂν | then would | numquam | then would | αν | | | — | ܡܚܝܒܝܢ | then would | ἂν | then would | ||||||
| lost | — | κατεδικάσατε | you have condemned | condemnassetis | you have condemned | κατεδικασατε | | | condemnassetis | ܗܘܝܬܘܢ | you have condemned | κατεδικάσατε | you have condemned | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | non | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀναιτίους. | guiltless. | innocentes | guiltless. | — | | | innocentes | ܕܕܠܐ | guiltless. | ἀναιτίους | guiltless. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 12:24 | |||||||||||||||||||