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 | — | ϫⲉⲧⲅⲉⲛⲉⲁ | A generation | γενεὰ | A generation | Generatio | generation | γενεα | | | faciem | ܫܪܒܬܐ | A generation | Γενεὰ | A generation | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲟⲛⲏⲣⲟⲛ | evil one | πονηρὰ | evil | mala | evil | πονηρα | | | quidem | ܒܝܫܬܐ | evil | πονηρὰ | evil | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | caeli | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | μοιχαλὶς | adulterous | adultera | adulterous | — | | | querit | ܘܓܝܪܬܐ | adulterous | μοιχαλὶς | adulterous | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲟⲉⲓⲕ | adulterer | σημεῖον | a sign | signum | sign | σημιον | | | signum | ܐܬܐ | a sign | σημεῖον | a sign | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ἐπιζητεῖ· | seeks; | quærit | seeks | — | | | signa | ܒܥܝܐ | seeks; | ἐπιζητεῖ | seeks; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | autem | ܘܐܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲟⲩⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ | sign | σημεῖον | a sign | signum | sign | — | | | temporum | — | — | σημεῖον | a sign | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | οὐ | not | non | not | ου | | | non | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩϯⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ | give sign | δοθήσεται | will be given | dabitur | will be given | δοθησεται | | | potestis | ܡܬܝܗܒܐ | will be given | δοθήσεται | will be given | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲥ | my | αὐτῇ | to it | ei | to it | αυτη | | | scitis | ܠܗ | to it | αὐτῇ | to it | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲙⲁⲉⲓⲛ | sign | εἰ | only | — | — | ει | | | generatio | ܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲱⲛⲁⲥ | — | μὴ | except | nisi | except | μη | | | mala | — | — | μὴ | except | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | et | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲕⲁⲁⲩ | place | σημεῖον | sign | signum | sign | σημιον | | | — | ܐܬܗ | sign | σημεῖον | sign | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | Ἰωνᾶ | of Jonah | Jonæ | of Jonah | ιωνα | | | signum | ܕܝܘܢܢ | of Jonah | Ἰωνᾶ | of Jonah | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲱϥ | behind | προφήτου. | prophet. | prophetæ | the prophet | — | | | et | ܢܒܝܐ | prophet. | προφήτου | prophet. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | and | και | | | signum | ܘܫܒܩ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲃⲱⲕ | go | καταλιπὼν | having left | relictis | having left | καταλιπων | | | non | — | — | καταλιπὼν | having left | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτοὺς | them | illis | them | αυτους | | | dabitur | ܐܢܘܢ | them | αὐτούς | them | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἀπῆλθεν.¶ | He went away. | abiit | went away | απηλθεν | | | ei | ܘܐܙܠ | He went away. | ἀπῆλθεν | He went away. | ||||||||
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