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 | — | ⲉⲩϣⲙϣⲉ | serve | ματην | in vain | Sine | — | ματην | | | sine | ܘܤܪܝܩܐܝܬ | And in vain | Μάτην | in vain | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | then | causa | vain | δε | | | causa | ܕܚܠܝܢ | they pay | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲓ | our | σεβονται | they worship | autem | And | σεβονται | | | autem | ܠܝ | me homage, | σέβονταί | they worship | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡϫⲓⲛϫⲏ | emptiness | με | Me | colunt | do they worship | με | | | colunt | ܟܕ | while | με | I/we | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | διδασκοντες | teaching [as] | me | me | διδασκοντες | | | me | ܡܠܦܝܢ | they teach doctrines | διδάσκοντες | teaching as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲃⲱ | doctrine | διδασκαλιας | doctrines | docentes | teaching | διδασκαλειας | | | docentes | ܝܘܠܦܢܐ | that are the | διδασκαλίας | doctrines | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ | commandment | ενταλματα | [the] precepts | doctrinas | doctrines | ενταλματα | | | doctrinas | ܕܦܘܩܕܢܐ | precepts | ἐντάλματα | the precepts | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ανθρωπων | of men.’ | et | and | ανθρωπων | | | mandata | ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ | of men. | ἀνθρώπων | of men.’ | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | mandata | commandments | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | hominum | of men | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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