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 | — | — | — | Καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܫܐܠܘܗܝ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϫⲛⲟⲩϥ | ask | ἐπηρώτησαν | asked | interrogaverunt | asked | επηρωτησαν | | | interrogauerunt | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | asked | ἐπηρώτησαν | asked | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | αὐτὸν | Him | eum | Him | αυτον | | | eum | — | — | αὐτὸν | Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | quia | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | μαθηταὶ | disciples | discipuli | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | dicentes | of him | αυτου | | | dicentes | ܠܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγοντες· | saying; | Quid | saying; | λεγοντες | | | quid | ܡܢܐ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁϩⲣⲟⲟⲩ | spathe | τί | Why | ergo | Why | τι | | | ergo | ܗܟܝܠ | Why | Τί | Why | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | οὖν | then | — | — | ουν | | | — | — | — | οὖν | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ϭⲉ | then | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | scribæ | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | ܤܦܪܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲱ | say | λέγουσιν | say | dicunt | say | λεγουσιν | | | dicunt | ܐܡܪܝܢ | say | λέγουσιν | say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ὅτι | that | quod | that | οτι | | | — | ܕܐܠܝܐ | that | ὅτι | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲁⲡⲥ | it is needful | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | Eliam | Elijah | ηλειαν | | | heliam | ܘܠܐ | Elijah | Ἠλίαν | Elijah | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉϩⲏⲗⲉⲓⲁⲥ | — | δεῖ | it behooves | oporteat | it behooves | δει | | | oportet | — | — | δεῖ | it behooves | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓ | come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | primum | to come | ελθειν | | | primum | ܕܢܐܬܐ | to come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ | first | πρῶτον;¶ | first? | venire | first? | πρωτον | | | uenire | ܠܘܩܕܡ | first? | πρῶτον | first? | ||||||
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