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 | — | ϫⲉⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | διὰ | Because of | Quare | Because of | δια | | | quare | ܠܡܢܐ | Because of | Διὰ | Because of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | τί | why | discipuli | why | τι | | | discipuli | ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ | why | τί | why | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲓⲱ | wash | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | labant | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | μαθηταί | disciples | tui | disciples | μαθηται | | | tui | — | — | μαθηταί | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩϭⲓϫ | hand | σου | of You | transgrediuntur | of You | σου | | | transgrediuntur | ܥܒܪܝܢ | of You | σου | of You | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲁ | break | παραβαίνουσιν | break | traditionem | break | παραβαινουσιν | | | traditionem | ܥܠ | break | παραβαίνουσιν | break | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲟⲥⲓⲥ | tradition | παράδοσιν | tradition | seniorum | tradition | παραδοσιν | | | seniorum | ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ | tradition | παράδοσιν | tradition | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ | elders? | πρεσβυτέρων; | elders? | non | elders? | πρεσβυτερων | | | non | ܕܩܫܝܫܐ | elders? | πρεσβυτέρων | elders? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲙ | eat | οὐ | Not | — | — | ου | | | — | — | — | Οὐ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓⲕ | bread | νίπτονται | they wash | lavant | they wash | — | | | — | ܡܫܝܓܝܢ | they wash | νίπτονται | they wash | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰς | the | — | — | τας | | | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | χεῖρας | hands | manus | hands | χειρας | | | manus | ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ | hands | χεῖρας | hands | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | suas | of them | αυτων | | | suas | ܡܐ | of them | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| lost | — | ὅταν | when | cum | when | οταν | | | cum | — | — | ὅταν | when | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἄρτον | bread | panem | bread | αρτον | | | panem | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | bread | ἄρτον | bread | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐσθίωσιν.¶ | they may eat. | manducant | they may eat. | εσθιωσιν | | | manducant | ܠܚܡܐ | they may eat. | ἐσθίωσιν | they may eat. | ||||||||
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