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 | — | ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | Τί | What | Quid | What | τι | | | quid | ܡܢܐ | What | τί | What | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | totum | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϯϩⲏⲩ | profit | ὠφεληθήσεται | will it be profitable | prodest | will it be profitable | — | | | prodest | ܡܬܗܢܐ | will it be profitable | ὠφελεῖται | will it be profitable | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲉϥϣⲁⲛϯϩⲏⲩ | — | ἄνθρωπος, | for a man, | homini | for a man, | ανθρωπος | | | homini | — | — | ἄνθρωπος | for a man, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣϥ | — | ἐὰν | if | si | if | εαν | | | si | ܒܪܢܫܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | animae | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲥⲙⲟⲥ | world | κόσμον | world | mundum | world | κοσμον | | | mundum | ܐܢ | world | κόσμον | world | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥϯⲟⲥⲉ | suffer loss | ὅλον | whole | universum | whole | ολον | | | — | ܟܠܗ | whole | ὅλον | whole | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲏⲟⲩ | or | κερδήσῃ, | he shall gain, | lucretur | he shall gain, | κερδηση | | | lucretur | ܥܠܡܐ | he shall gain, | κερδήσῃ | he shall gain, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | — | — | την | | | suae | — | — | τὴν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | but | δὲ | but | vero | but | δε | | | animae | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | but | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ | the soul | ψυχὴν | the soul | animæ | of soul | ψυχην | | | autem | — | — | ψυχὴν | the soul | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | suæ | his | αυτου | | | suae | ܘܢܦܫܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ζημιωθῇ; | shall lose? | detrimentum patiatur | suffer loss | ζημιωθη | | | detrimentum | ܢܚܤܪ | shall lose? | ζημιωθῇ | shall lose? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉϥⲯⲩⲭⲏ | Or | ἢ | Or | — | — | η | | | faciat | — | — | Ἢ | Or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁϥ | give | τί | what | quam | what | τι | | | autem | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲃⲃⲓⲱ | — | δώσει | will give | dabit | will give | δωσει | | | — | ܢܬܠ | will give | δώσει | will give | ||||||
| lost | — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | homo | a man | ανθρωπος | | | dabit | — | — | ἄνθρωπος | a man | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀντάλλαγμα | as an exchange for | commutationem | exchange | — | | | homo | ܒܪܢܫܐ | as an exchange for | ἀντάλλαγμα | as an exchange for | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | the | — | — | της | | | aut | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ψυχῆς | soul | anima | soul | ψυχης | | | commutationem | ܬܚܠܘܦܐ | soul | ψυχῆς | soul | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ; | of him? | sua | his | αυτου | | | quid | ܕܢܦܫܗ | of him? | αὐτοῦ | of him? | ||||||
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