The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | hour | εν | In | In | At | εν | | | in | — | — | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | εκεινη | that [very] | illa | that | εκεινη | | | illa | ܒܗܝ | In that | ἐκείνῃ | that very | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | δε | thenLexical | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | disciple | τη | <the> | — | — | τη | | | nunc | — | — | τῇ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯⲡⲉⲩⲟⲩⲟⲓ | give | ωρα | hour | hora | hour | ωρα | | | hora | ܫܥܬܐ | hour | ὥρᾳ | hour | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | to Jesus | προσηλθον | came | accesserunt | came | προσηλθον | | | accesserunt | ܩܪܒܘ | the | προσῆλθον | came | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | οι | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | μαθηται | disciples | discipuli | the disciples | μαθηται | | | discipuli | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | disciples approached | μαθηταὶ | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | <the> | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲓⲙ | spathe | ιυ | to Jesus | ad | to | ιηυ | | | ad | ܠܘܬ | and | Ἰησοῦ | to Jesus | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Jesum | Jesus | — | | | — | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus, | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | λεγοντες | saying; | dicentes | saying | λεγοντες | | | ihm | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | said: Who | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟϭ | great | τις | Who | Quis | Who | τις | | | dicentes | — | — | Τίς | Who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲣⲁ | doorman | αρα | then | putas | — | αρα | | | quis | ܡܢܘ | is | ἄρα | no? | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ | kingdom | μειζων | [the] greatest | major | the greater | μειζω | | | — | ܟܝ | in | μείζων | the greatest | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εστιν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | maior | — | — | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | est | ܪܒ | the greatest | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τη | the | — | — | τη | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | βασιλεια | kingdom | regno | the kingdom | βασιλεια | | | in | ܒܡܠܟܘܬܐ | the kingdom | βασιλείᾳ | kingdom | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | των | of the | — | — | των | | | caelorum | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ουρανων | heavens? | cælorum | of heaven | ουρανων | | | regno | ܕܫܡܝܐ | of heaven? | οὐρανῶν | heavens? | ||||||
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