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 | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | autem | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | vero | truly | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | εἶπεν· | said; | ait eis | said to them | ειπεν | | | dixit | ܝܫܘܥ | said; | εἶπεν | said; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ | place | ἄφετε | do permit | Sinite | allow | — | | | — | ܐܡܪ | do permit | Ἄφετε | do permit | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the | — | — | τα | | | eis | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | παιδία | little children | parvulos | little ones | παιδια | | | dimittite | ܠܗܘܢ | little children | παιδία | little children | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܫܒܘܩܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | μὴ | not | nolite | do not | μη | | | — | ܛܠܝܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲕⲱⲗⲩ | do forbid | κωλύετε | do forbid | prohibere | forbid | — | | | prohibueritis | ܐܬܝܢ | do forbid | κωλύετε | do forbid | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | αὐτὰ | them | eos | them | αυτα | | | eos | ܠܘܬܝ | them | αὐτὰ | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲩⲉⲓ | come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | venire | to come | ελθειν | | | uenire | ܘܠܐ | to come | ἐλθεῖν | to come | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲣⲟⲓ | to | πρός | to | ad | to | προς | | | ad | ܬܟܠܘܢ | to | πρός | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲓ | be pleasing | με· | Me; | me | me | με | | | me | ܐܢܘܢ | Me; | με | Me; | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | pueros | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲓⲙⲓⲛⲉ | sort | τοιούτων | of such kind | talium | of such | τοιουτων | | | talium | ܓܝܪ | of such kind | τοιούτων | of such kind | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐστὶν | is | est | is | εστιν | | | est | ܕܐܝܟ | is | ἐστὶν | is | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | — | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | regnum | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | regnum | ܗܠܝܢ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | ne | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐρανῶν. | heavens. | caelorum | of heavens | ουρανων | | | caelorum | ܐܢܘܢ | heavens. | οὐρανῶν | heavens. | ||||||
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