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 | — | ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | seminauit | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | autem | but | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϫⲁϫⲉ | be hard | ἐχθρὸς | the enemy | Inimicus | the enemy | εχθρος | | | inimicus | ܕܝܢ | the enemy | ἐχθρὸς | the enemy | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | which | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲩ | send | σπείρας | having sown | qui seminavit | who sowed | σπειρας | | | qui | ܕܙܪܥ | having sown | σπείρας | having sown | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | αὐτά | them | ea | them | αυτα | | | — | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτά | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲱϩⲥ | reap | ἐστιν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | est | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | is | ἐστιν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | saeculi | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲇⲓⲁⲃⲟⲗⲟⲥ | devil; | διάβολος· | devil; | diabolus | the devil | διαβολος | | | diabolus | ܤܛܢܐ | devil; | διάβολος | devil; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | — | — | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | θερισμὸς | the harvest | Messis vero | the harvest indeed | θερισμος | | | messis | — | — | θερισμὸς | the harvest | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲥⲩⲛⲧⲉⲗⲉⲓⲁ | the consummation | συντέλεια | the consummation | consummatio | completion | συντελεια | | | est | ܕܝܢ | the consummation | συντέλεια | the consummation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | — | | | autem | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲁⲓⲱⲛ | age | αἰῶνός | age | sæculi | of the age | αιωνος | | | consummatio | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | age | αἰῶνός | age | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲁⲓⲟϩⲥ | sickle-bearer | ἐστιν· | is; | est | is | εστιν | | | — | ܫܘܠܡܗ | is; | ἐστιν | is; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | and | autem | but | δε | | | sunt | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | θερισταὶ | the harvesters | Messores | reapers | θερεισται | | | autem | ܚܨܘܕܐ | the harvesters | θερισταὶ | the harvesters | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἄγγελοί | angels | angeli | angels | — | | | messores | ܕܝܢ | angels | ἄγγελοί | angels | ||||||||
| lost | — | εἰσιν. | are. | sunt | are | εισιν | | | angeli | ܡܠܐܟܐ | are. | εἰσιν | are. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 13:55 | |||||||||||||||||||