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 | — | ⲟⲩⲛϩⲁϩ | many | Πολλοὶ | Many | Multi | Many | πολλοι | | | multi | ܤܓܝܐܐ | Many | Πολλοὶ | Many | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | autem | however | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ | first | ἔσονται | will be | erunt | will be | εσονται | | | erunt | ܩܕܡܝܐ | will be | ἔσονται | will be | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲣϩⲁⲉ | — | πρῶτοι | first | primi | first | πρωτοι | | | primi | — | — | πρῶτοι | first | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἔσχατοι, | last, | novissimi | last, | — | | | nouissimi | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | last, | ἔσχατοι | last, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܚܪܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲛϩⲁⲉ | last thing | ἔσχατοι | last | novissimi | last | — | | | nobissimi | ܘܐܚܪܝܐ | last | ἔσχατοι | last | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲣϣⲟⲣⲡ | be first | πρῶτοι.¶ | first. | primi | first. | πρωτοι | | | primi | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first. | πρῶτοι | first. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 20:23 | |||||||||||||||||||