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 | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | hour | Ἐν | In | In | In | εν | | | in | ܒܗܝ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ἐκείνῃ | that very | illa | that very | εκεινη | | | illa | ܫܥܬܐ | that very | ἐκείνῃ | that very | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | <the> | τῇ | <the> | — | — | τη | | | nunc | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯⲡⲉⲩⲟⲩⲟⲓ | give | ὥρᾳ | hour | hora | hour | ωρα | | | hora | ܩܪܒܘ | hour | ὥρᾳ | hour | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | προσῆλθον | came | accesserunt | came | προσηλθον | | | accesserunt | — | — | προσῆλθον | came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲓⲙ | spathe | μαθηταὶ | disciples | discipuli | disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | disciples | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | to Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | to Jesus | ad Jesum | to Jesus | ιηυ | | | ad | ܠܘܬ | to Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | to Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | λέγοντες· | saying; | dicentes | saying | λεγοντες | | | ihm | ܝܫܘܥ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟϭ | great | τίς | Who | Quis | who | τις | | | dicentes | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | Who | Τίς | Who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲣⲁ | then | ἄρα | then | putas | do you think | αρα | | | quis | ܡܢܘ | then | ἄρα | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ | kingdom | μείζων | the greatest | major | greater | μειζω | | | — | ܟܝ | the greatest | μείζων | the greatest | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστὶν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | maior | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | est | ܪܒ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | regno | the kingdom | βασιλεια | | | in | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | caelorum | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | οὐρανῶν; | heavens? | cælorum | of heaven | ουρανων | | | regno | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavens? | οὐρανῶν | heavens? | ||||||||
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