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 | — | ⲁϥϫⲓ | receive | omitted | — | Et | And | — | | | et | ܘܫܩܠ | he took | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲁϣϥ | seven | ελαβεν | having taken | accipiens | taking | ελαβεν | | | accepit | ܠܗܠܝܢ | And | λαβὼν | having taken | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τους | the | — | — | τους | | | dabat | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | bread | επτα | seven | septem | the seven | — | | | septem | ܫܒܥܐ | seven loaves | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲧⲏⲃⲧ | — | αρτους | loaves | panes | loaves | αρτους | | | panes | — | — | ἄρτους | loaves | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܠܚܡܝܢ | the | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τους | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲡϩⲙⲟⲧ | take grace | ιχθυας | fish, | pisces | the fishes | ϊχθυας | | | pisces | ܘܠܢܘܢܐ | and the fishes, | ἰχθύας | fish, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | εὐχαριστήσας | having given thanks | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ευχαριστησας | having given thanks | gratias | thanks | ευχαριστησας | | | gratias | ܘܫܒܚ | and gave thanks, | ἔκλασεν | He broke them | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | agens | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲱⲟⲩ | upon | εκλασεν | He broke [them] | fregit | he brake | εκλασεν | | | agens | ܘܩܨܐ | and brake, and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | fregit | — | — | ἔδωκεν | gave | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲡⲟϣⲟⲩ | divide | εδιδου | was giving | dedit | gave | εδιδου | | | — | ܘܝܗܒ | gave to his | τοῖς | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοις | to the | — | — | τοις | | | — | — | — | μαθηταῖς | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϯ | give | μαθηταις | disciples | discipulis | disciples | μαθηταις | | | &om; | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | disciples; | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | omitted | — | suis | to his | — | | | discipulis | ܘܬܠܡܝܕܐ | multitudes. | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | οι | <the> | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | and | et | and | δε | | | — | — | — | μαθηταὶ | the disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | μαθηται | the disciples | discipuli | the disciples | μαθηται | | | — | ܝܗܒܘ | and the disciples | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοις | to the | dederunt | giving | — | | | turbae | — | — | ὄχλῳ | crowd | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϯ | give | οχλοις | crowds. | — | — | — | | | discipuli | ܠܟܢܫܐ | gave to the | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | — | — | populo | to the people | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
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