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 | — | | | et | ܘܫܩܠ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓ | receive | ἔλαβεν | having taken | accipiens | having taken | ελαβεν | | | accepit | ܠܗܠܝܢ | having taken | λαβὼν | having taken | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | dabat | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲁϣϥ | seven | ἑπτὰ | seven | septem | seven | — | | | septem | — | — | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | bread | ἄρτους | loaves | panes | loaves | αρτους | | | panes | ܫܒܥܐ | loaves | ἄρτους | loaves | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܠܚܡܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲏⲃⲧ | — | ἰχθύας, | fish, | pisces | fish, | ϊχθυας | | | pisces | ܘܠܢܘܢܐ | fish, | ἰχθύας | fish, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | εὐχαριστήσας | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ | take grace | εὐχαριστήσας | having given thanks | gratias agens | giving thanks | ευχαριστησας | | | gratias | ܘܫܒܚ | having given thanks | ἔκλασεν | having given thanks | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἔκλασεν | He broke them | fregit | broke | εκλασεν | | | agens | ܘܩܨܐ | He broke them | καὶ | He broke them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | fregit | — | — | ἔδωκεν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ | upon | ἐδίδου | was giving | dedit | gave | εδιδου | | | — | ܘܝܗܒ | was giving | τοῖς | was giving | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | τοις | | | — | — | — | μαθηταῖς | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲡⲟϣⲟⲩ | divide | μαθηταῖς | disciples | discipulis | disciples | μαθηταις | | | &om; | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples | αὐτοῦ | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ, | of him | suis | his | — | | | discipulis | ܘܬܠܡܝܕܐ | of him | οἱ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϯ | give | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | δὲ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | et | and | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | μαθηταὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | discipuli | the disciples | μαθηται | | | — | ܝܗܒܘ | the disciples | τῷ | the disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to the | — | — | — | | | turbae | — | — | ὄχλῳ | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | ὄχλοις. | crowds. | turbis | the crowds | — | | | discipuli | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowds. | ὄχλοις. | crowds. | ||||||
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