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 | | | autem | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Qui | And | δε | | | qui | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟϥ | he | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܕܝܢ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲱϣⲃ | answer | ἀπεκρίθη | He answered | respondit | He answered | απεκριθη | | | respondit | — | — | ἀπεκρίθη | He answered | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲥ | my | αὐτῇ | to her | ei | to her | αυτη | | | ei | ܠܐ | to her | αὐτῇ | to her | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩϣⲁϫⲉ | speak | λόγον. | a word. | verbum | a word. | λογον | | | uerbum | ܦܢܝܗ | a word. | λόγον | a word. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | — | — | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϯⲡⲉⲩⲟⲩⲟⲓ | give | προσελθόντες | having come to him | accedentes | having come to him | προσελθοντες | | | accedentes | ܦܬܓܡܐ | having come to him | προσελθόντες | having come to him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | μαθηταὶ | disciples | discipuli | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | ܘܩܪܒܘ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ejus | of Him | αυτου | | | eius | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | ἠρώτουν | were imploring | rogabant | were imploring | ηρωτουν | | | rogabant | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | were imploring | ἠρώτων | were imploring | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲥⲡⲥⲱⲡϥ | — | αὐτὸν | Him | eum | Him | αυτον | | | eum | ܒܥܘ | Him | αὐτόν | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | λέγοντες· | saying; | dicentes | saying; | λεγοντες | | | dicentes | ܡܢܗ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἀπόλυσον | do dismiss | Dimitte | do dismiss | απολυσον | | | dimitte | — | — | Ἀπόλυσον | do dismiss | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕⲱ | place | αὐτήν, | her, | eam | her, | αυτην | | | illam | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | her, | αὐτήν | her, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ὅτι | for | quia | for | οτι | | | quia | ܫܪܝܗ | for | ὅτι | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | κράζει | she cries out | clamat | she cries out | κραζει | | | clamat | — | — | κράζει | she cries out | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲥϫⲓϣⲕⲁⲕ | cry out | ὄπισθεν | after | post | after | οπισθεν | | | post | ܕܩܥܝܐ | after | ὄπισθεν | after | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἡμῶν.¶ | us! | nos | us! | ημων | | | nos | ܒܬܪܢ | us! | ἡμῶν | us! | ||||||
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