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 | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | qui | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | illi | they | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | εἶπαν· | they said: | dixerunt | said | — | | | ïohannen | ܕܝܢ | they said: | εἶπον | they said: | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲟⲓⲛⲉ | — | οἱ | Some | — | — | — | | | prophetis | — | — | Οἱ | Some | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲉⲛ | indeed, | μέν· | indeed, | Alii | some | — | | | dixerunt | ܐܡܪܘ | indeed, | μὲν | indeed, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | Joannem | John | ϊωαννην | | | alii | ܐܝܬ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | heliam | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | βαπτιστήν, | Baptist, | Baptistam | the Baptist | βαπτιστην | | | — | ܕܐܡܪܝܢ | Baptist, | βαπτιστήν | Baptist, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἄλλοι | others | alii | others | αλλοι | | | baptistam | ܝܘܚܢܢ | others | ἄλλοι | others | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however, | δέ· | however, | autem | however | δε | | | alii | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | however, | δὲ | however, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | Ἠλίαν, | Elijah, | Eliam | Elijah | ηλειαν | | | autem | ܐܚܪܢܐ | Elijah, | Ἠλίαν | Elijah, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲉⲛⲕⲟⲟⲩⲉ | another | ἕτεροι | others | alii | others | ετεροι | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | others | ἕτεροι | others | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however, | δέ· | however, | vero | indeed | δε | | | hieremian | ܐܠܝܐ | however, | δὲ | however, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲓⲉⲣⲏⲙⲓⲁⲥ | Jeremiah | Ἰερεμίαν | Jeremiah | Jeremiam | Jeremiah | — | | | — | ܘܐܚܪܢܐ | Jeremiah | Ἰερεμίαν | Jeremiah | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ | or | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | aut | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲏⲗⲉⲓⲁⲥ | — | ἕνα | one | unum | one | ενα | | | autem | ܐܘ | one | ἕνα | one | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | de | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophets. | προφητῶν. | prophets. | ex prophetis | of the prophets | προφητων | | | unum | ܚܕ | prophets. | προφητῶν | prophets. | ||||||
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