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 | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | qui | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | At | And | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟϥ | he | εἶπεν· | He said; | ait | said | ειπεν | | | — | ܕܝܢ | He said; | εἶπεν | He said; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | ἐλθέ. | do come. | Veni | come | ελθε | | | ueni | ܐܡܪ | do come. | Ἐλθέ | do come. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | and | και | | | et | ܠܗ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | καταβὰς | having descended | descendens | descending | καταβας | | | descendens | ܬܐ | having descended | καταβὰς | having descended | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲙⲟⲩ | spathe | ἀπὸ | from | de | from | απο | | | de | ܘܢܚܬ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | autem | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | πλοίου | boat | navicula | the boat | πλοιου | | | naui | ܟܐܦܐ | boat | πλοίου | boat | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | Petrus | Peter | πετρος | | | petrus | ܡܢ | Peter | Πέτρος | Peter | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | περιεπάτησεν | walked | ambulabat | walked | περιεπατησεν | | | ambulauit | ܐܠܦܐ | walked | περιεπάτησεν | walked | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡϫⲟⲓ | — | ἐπὶ | upon | super | upon | επι | | | super | ܘܗܠܟ | upon | ἐπὶ | upon | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the | — | — | τα | | | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ | walk | ὕδατα | water | aquam | water | ϋδατα | | | aquas | ܥܠ | water | ὕδατα | water | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ut | so that | — | | | ut | ܡܝܐ | and | ἐλθεῖν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἦλθεν | came | veniret | he might come | — | | | ueniret | ܕܢܐܬܐ | came | πρὸς | came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲛⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | water | πρὸς | to | ad | to | προς | | | ad | ܠܘܬ | to | τὸν | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | dixit | — | — | Ἰησοῦν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν. | Jesus. | Jesum | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus. | Ἰησοῦν. | Jesus. | ||||||
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