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 | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Misitque | And | και | | | mittens | ܘܫܕܪ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲩ | send | πέμψας | he having sent | et | he having sent | πεμψας | | | et | ܦܤܩܗ | he having sent | πέμψας | he having sent | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϥⲓ | bear | ἀπεκεφάλισεν | beheaded | decollavit | beheaded | απεκεφαλισεν | | | decollauit | ܪܫܗ | beheaded | ἀπεκεφάλισεν | beheaded | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | Joannem | John | ϊωαννην | | | — | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲉ | head | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | iohannen | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲉϣⲧⲉⲕⲟ | prison | φυλακῇ. | prison. | carcere | prison. | φυλακη | | | carcerem | ܐܤܝܪܐ | prison. | φυλακῇ | prison. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||||