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 | | | ds | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | For | γὰρ | For | Nam | for | γαρ | | | honora | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | For | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θεὸς | God | Deus | God | — | | | patrem | ܓܝܪ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | εἶπεν | commanded | dixit | said | ειπεν | | | — | — | — | ἐνετείλατο | commanded | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲙⲁⲧⲁⲓⲉⲡⲉⲕⲉⲓⲱⲧ | father | λέγων· | saying: | — | — | — | | | et | ܐܡܪ | saying: | λέγων | saying: | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother | τίμα | 'do honor | Honora | honor | τειμα | | | matrem | ܝܩܪ | 'do honor | Τίμα | 'do honor | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | enim | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | πατέρα | Father | patrem | father | πατερα | | | — | ܠܐܒܘܟ | Father | πατέρα | Father | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲧⲛⲁϫⲉⲡⲉⲑⲟⲟⲩ | say | σοῦ | of you | tuum | your | — | | | — | — | — | καὶ | of you | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | qui | ܘܠܐܡܟ | and | τὴν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | dixit | — | — | μητέρα | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉϥⲉⲓⲱⲧ | father | μητέρα, | mother’, | matrem tuam | your mother | μητερα | | | maledicit | ܘܡܢ | mother’, | καί | mother’, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | — | — | — | Ὁ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | The one | — | — | ο | | | aut | — | — | κακολογῶν | The one | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother | κακολογῶν | speaking evil of | qui maledixerit | whoever curses | κακολογων | | | patri | ܕܡܨܚܐ | speaking evil of | πατέρα | speaking evil of | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲙⲟⲩ | die | πατέρα | father | patri | father | πατερα | | | — | ܠܐܒܘܗܝ | father | ἢ | father | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | matri | — | — | μητέρα | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲁⲣⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | μητέρα | mother | matri | mother | μητερα | | | aut | — | — | θανάτῳ | mother | ||||||
| lost | — | θανάτῳ | in death | morte | in death | θανατω | | | morte | ܡܡܬ | in death | τελευτάτω | in death | ||||||||
| lost | — | τελευτάτω. | should end.’ | moriatur | should end.’ | τελευτατω | | | morietur | ܢܡܘܬ | should end.’ | τελευτάτω. | should end.’ | ||||||||
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