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 | — | ⲉⲩϣⲙϣⲉ | serve | μάτην | in vain | Sine | in vain | ματην | | | sine | ܘܤܪܝܩܐܝܬ | in vain | Μάτην | in vain | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | causa | then | δε | | | causa | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲓ | our | σέβονταί | they worship | autem | they worship | σεβονται | | | autem | ܠܝ | they worship | σέβονταί | they worship | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡϫⲓⲛϫⲏ | emptiness | με | Me | colunt | Me | με | | | colunt | ܟܕ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϯⲥⲃⲱ | teach | διδάσκοντες | teaching as | me | teaching as | διδασκοντες | | | me | ܡܠܦܝܢ | teaching as | διδάσκοντες | teaching as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲥⲃⲱ | doctrine | διδασκαλίας, | doctrines | docentes | doctrines | διδασκαλειας | | | docentes | ܝܘܠܦܢܐ | doctrines | διδασκαλίας | doctrines | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ | commandment | ἐντάλματα | the precepts | doctrinas | the precepts | ενταλματα | | | doctrinas | ܕܦܘܩܕܢܐ | the precepts | ἐντάλματα | the precepts | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ἀνθρώπων.¶ | of men.’ | et | of men.’ | ανθρωπων | | | mandata | ܕܒܢܝܢܫܐ | of men.’ | ἀνθρώπων | of men.’ | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||||