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 | — | ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ | Amen | Ἀμὴν | Amen | Amen | Amen | αμην | | | amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | quippe | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯϫⲱ | say | λέγω | I say | dico | I say | λεγω | | | dico | ܐܡܪܢܐ | I say | λέγω | I say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ὑμῖν | to you | vobis | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | ὅτι | that | quia | that | οτι | | | quia | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁϩⲁϩ | many | πολλοὶ | many | multi | many | πολλοι | | | multi | ܕܤܓܝܐܐ | many | πολλοὶ | many | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophets | προφῆται | prophets | prophetæ | prophets | προφηται | | | prophetae | ܢܒܝܐ | prophets | προφῆται | prophets | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ | and | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܙܕܝܩܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲑⲩⲙⲉⲓ | to desire | δίκαιοι | righteous men | justi | righteous men | δικαιοι | | | iusti | ܐܬܪܓܪܓܘ | righteous men | δίκαιοι | righteous men | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἐπεθύμησαν | longed | cupierunt | longed | επεθυμησαν | | | cupierunt | ܕܢܚܙܘܢ | longed | ἐπεθύμησαν | longed | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἰδεῖν | to see | videre | to see | ειδειν | | | uidere | ܡܕܡ | to see | ἰδεῖν | to see | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | ἃ | what | quæ | what | α | | | quae | — | — | ἃ | what | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | βλέπετε, | you see, | videtis | you see, | — | | | uidetis | ܕܚܙܝܢ | you see, | βλέπετε | you see, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܢܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | εἶδαν, | saw, | viderunt | saw, | — | | | uidere | ܚܙܘ | saw, | εἶδον | saw, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܠܡܫܡܥ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | audire | to hear | ακουσαι | | | audire | ܡܕܡ | to hear | ἀκοῦσαι | to hear | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲓ | to | ἃ | what | quæ | what | α | | | quae | — | — | ἃ | what | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἀκούετε, | you hear, | auditis | you hear, | — | | | auditis | ܕܫܡܥܝܢ | you hear, | ἀκούετε | you hear, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܢܬܘܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἤκουσαν.¶ | heard. | audierunt | heard. | ηκουσαν | | | audierunt | ܫܡܥܘ | heard. | ἤκουσαν | heard. | ||||||
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