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 | — | ⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | saeculum | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | Ager | and | δε | | | ager | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲥⲱϣⲉ | drag | ἀγρός | the field | autem | the field | αγρος | | | autem | ܐܝܬܝܗ | the field | ἀγρός | the field | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστιν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | est | ܥܠܡܐ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϭⲣⲟϭ | seed | κόσμος· | world; | mundus | world; | κοσμος | | | — | ܙܪܥܐ | world; | κόσμος | world; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | Bonum | and | δε | | | bonum | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ | good | καλὸν | the good | vero | the good | καλον | | | — | ܕܝܢ | the good | καλὸν | the good | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | σπέρμα, | seed, | semen | seed, | σπερμα | | | semen | ܛܒܐ | seed, | σπέρμα | seed, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | οὗτοί | these | hi | these | ουτοι | | | hii | ܒܢܝܗ | these | οὗτοί | these | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ | kingdom | εἰσιν | are | sunt | are | εισιν | | | sunt | ܐܢܘܢ | are | εἰσιν | are | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲏϭ | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | autem | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | υἱοὶ | sons | filii | sons | — | | | fili | ܕܡܠܟܘܬܐ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | βασιλείας· | kingdom; | regni | kingdom; | βασιλειας | | | regni | ܙܝܙܢܐ | kingdom; | βασιλείας | kingdom; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | — | — | τα | | | — | — | — | τὰ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | and | Zizania | and | δε | | | zizania | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ζιζάνιά | the weeds | autem | the weeds | ζιζανια | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | the weeds | ζιζάνιά | the weeds | ||||||||
| lost | — | εἰσιν | are | filii | are | εισιν | | | fili | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | are | εἰσιν | are | ||||||||
| lost | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | υἱοὶ | sons | sunt | sons | υιοι | | | sunt | ܒܢܘܗܝ | sons | υἱοὶ | sons | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | πονηροῦ· | evil one; | nequam | evil one; | πονηρου | | | maligni | ܕܒܝܫܐ | evil one; | πονηροῦ | evil one; | ||||||||
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