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 | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܦܩܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲉϩⲥⲁϩⲛⲉ | lay a command | κελεύσας | having commanded | cum | having commanded | κελευσας | | | cum | ܠܟܢܫܐ | having commanded | κελεύσας | having commanded | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | — | | | turbis | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲛⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | ὄχλους | crowds | jussisset | crowds | — | | | iussisset | ܠܡܤܬܡܟܘ | crowds | ὄχλους | crowds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟϫⲟⲩ | throw | ἀνακλιθῆναι | to sit down | turbam | to sit down | — | | | turbas | — | — | ἀνακλιθῆναι | to sit down | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἐπὶ | on | discumbere | on | — | | | discumbere | ܥܠ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | — | | | faenum | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲙⲡⲉⲭⲟⲣⲧⲟⲥ | grass, | χόρτου, | grass, | super | grass, | — | | | super | ܐܪܥܐ | grass, | χόρτους | grass, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | fœnum | and | — | | | — | ܘܫܩܠ | and | λαβὼν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓ | receive | λαβὼν | having taken | acceptis | having taken | — | | | accepit | ܗܢܘܢ | having taken | τοὺς | having taken | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | πέντε | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲧⲓⲟⲩ | five | πέντε | five | quinque | five | — | | | quinque | ܚܡܫܐ | five | ἄρτους | five | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | bread | ἄρτους | loaves | panibus | loaves | — | | | panes | — | — | καὶ | loaves | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܠܚܡܝܢ | and | τοὺς | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | δύο | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲡⲧⲏⲃⲧ | — | δύο | two | duobus | two | — | | | duos | ܘܬܪܝܢ | two | ἰχθύας | two | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲛⲁⲩ | two | ἰχθύας, | fish, | piscibus | fish, | — | | | pisces | ܢܘܢܝܢ | fish, | ἀναβλέψας | fish, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϥⲓⲉⲓⲁⲧϥ | — | ἀναβλέψας | having looked up | aspiciens | having looked up | — | | | respiciens | ܘܚܪ | having looked up | εἰς | having looked up | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | εἰς | to | in | to | — | | | in | ܒܫܡܝܐ | to | τὸν | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | οὐρανόν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐρανὸν | heaven | cælum | heaven | — | | | — | — | — | εὐλόγησεν | heaven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ | bless | εὐλόγησεν, | He spoke a blessing, | benedixit | He spoke a blessing, | — | | | benedixit | ܘܒܪܟ | He spoke a blessing, | καὶ | He spoke a blessing, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | et | ܘܩܨܐ | and | κλάσας | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ | to | κλάσας | having broken | fregit | having broken | — | | | — | ܘܝܗܒ | having broken | ἔδωκεν | having broken | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲡⲟϣⲟⲩ | divide | ἔδωκεν | He gave | et | He gave | — | | | caelum | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | He gave | τοῖς | He gave | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | μαθηταῖς | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϯ | give | μαθηταῖς | disciples | dedit | disciples | — | | | dedit | ܘܗܢܘܢ | disciples | τοὺς | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | ἄρτους | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | adulterer | ἄρτους, | loaves, | discipulis | loaves, | αρτους | | | discipulis | — | — | οἱ | loaves, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | οἱ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | δὲ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | panes | and | — | | | panes | ܕܝܢ | but | μαθηταὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | discipuli | the disciples | — | | | discipuli | ܤܡܘ | the disciples | τοῖς | the disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | τοις | | | frangens | — | — | ὄχλοις | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | ὄχλοις. | crowds. | autem | crowds. | οχλοις | | | autem | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowds. | ὄχλοις. | crowds. | ||||||
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