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 | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲉⲓ | come | Ἐλθὼν | Having come | Venit | Having come | ελθων | | | ueniens | ܟܕ | Having come | Ἐλθὼν | Having come | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲫⲓⲗⲓⲡⲡⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | caesariae | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܐܬܐ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | εἰς | into | in | into | εις | | | in | ܝܫܘܥ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the | — | — | τα | | | — | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ | walk | μέρη | district | partes | district | μερη | | | partes | ܠܐܬܪܐ | district | μέρη | district | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲕⲁⲓⲥⲁⲣⲓⲁ | of Caesarea | Καισαρείας | of Caesarea | Cæsareæ | of Caesarea | καισαριας | | | — | ܕܩܤܪܝܐ | of Caesarea | Καισαρείας | of Caesarea | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲛⲉ | ask | Φιλίππου | Philippi | Philippi | Philippi | φιλιππου | | | philippi | ܕܦܝܠܝܦܘܤ | Philippi | Φιλίππου | Philippi | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉϥⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | ἠρώτα | He was questioning | et | He was questioning | ηρωτα | | | — | ܡܫܐܠ | He was questioning | ἠρώτα | He was questioning | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | μαθητὰς | disciples | interrogabat | disciples | μαθητας | | | interrogabat | ܗܘܐ | disciples | μαθητὰς | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | discipulos | of Him | — | | | discipulos | ܠܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγων· | saying; | suos | saying; | λεγων | | | — | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲣⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | τίνα | Whom | dicens | Whom | τινα | | | dicens | ܡܢܘ | Whom | Τίνα | Whom | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲱ | say | με | Me | Quem | Me | με | | | quem | ܐܡܪܝܢ | Me | με | Me | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγουσιν | do pronounce | dicunt | do pronounce | — | | | dicunt | ܥܠܝ | do pronounce | λέγουσιν | do pronounce | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲓⲙ | spathe | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἄνθρωποι | men | homines | men | ανθρωποι | | | homines | ܐܢܫܐ | men | ἄνθρωποι | men | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | εἶναι | to be | esse | to be | ειναι | | | esse | ܕܐܝܬܝ | to be | εἶναι | to be | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | υἱὸν | Son | Filium | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | me | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀνθρώπου; | of man? | hominis | of man? | ανθρωπου | | | hominis | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of man? | ἀνθρώπου | of man? | ||||||||
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