The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | δια | Because of | Quare | Why | δια | | | quare | ܠܡܢܐ | Why do | Διὰ | Because of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲕⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | τι | why | discipuli | disciples | τι | | | discipuli | ܬܠܡܝܕܝܟ | thy disciples | τί | why | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲓⲱ | wash | οι | the | — | — | οι | | | labant | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | μαθηται | disciples | tui | thy | μαθηται | | | tui | — | — | μαθηταί | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩϭⲓϫ | hand | σου | of You | transgrediuntur | — | σου | | | transgrediuntur | ܥܒܪܝܢ | transgress | σου | of You | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉⲡⲁⲣⲁⲃⲁ | to turn aside from | παραβαινουσιν | break | traditionem | the tradition | παραβαινουσιν | | | traditionem | ܥܠ | not | παραβαίνουσιν | break | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | την | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲁⲣⲁⲇⲟⲥⲓⲥ | tradition | παραδοσιν | tradition | seniorum | — | παραδοσιν | | | seniorum | ܡܫܠܡܢܘܬܐ | the tradition | παράδοσιν | tradition | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | των | of the | — | — | των | | | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ | more important | πρεσβυτερων | elders? | non | not | πρεσβυτερων | | | non | ܕܩܫܝܫܐ | of the elders, | πρεσβυτέρων | elders? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲟⲩⲱⲙ | eat | ου | Not | — | — | ου | | | — | — | — | Οὐ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γαρ | for | enim | For | γαρ | | | enim | ܘܠܐ | and | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓⲕ | bread | νιπτονται | they wash | lavant | they wash | — | | | — | ܡܫܝܓܝܢ | wash | νίπτονται | they wash | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τας | the | — | — | τας | | | — | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | χειρας | hands | manus | hands | χειρας | | | manus | ܐܝܕܝܗܘܢ | their hands | χεῖρας | hands | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | omitted | — | suas | their | αυτων | | | suas | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | οταν | when | cum | when | οταν | | | cum | ܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αρτον | bread | panem | bread | αρτον | | | panem | ܠܚܡܐ | bread? | ἄρτον | bread | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εσθιωσιν | they may eat. | manducant | they eat | εσθιωσιν | | | manducant | ܕܐܟܠܝܢ | they eat | ἐσθίωσιν | they may eat. | ||||||
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