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 | — | — | — | του | <the> | Cum | When | του | | | autem | ܟܕ | when | Τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | Now | ergo | therefore | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | Now | δὲ | Now | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܐܬܝܠܕ | was born | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus* | ιυ | Jesus | — | — | ιηυ | | | ihm | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦ | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩϫⲡⲟϥ | beget | γεννηθεντος | having been born | natus | born | γεννηθεντος | | | nato | — | — | γεννηθέντος | having been born | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | esset | was | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܒܒܝܬ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem* | βηθλεεμ | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | βηθλεεμ | | | bethleem | ܠܚܡ | Bethlehem | Βηθλεὲμ | Bethlehem | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | της | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | Judea* | ιουδαιας | of Judea | Juda | of Juda | ϊουδαιας | | | iudaeae | ܕܝܗܘܕܐ | of Judaea, | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲣⲣⲟ | king | ημεραις | [the] days | diebus | the days | ημεραις | | | diebus | ܒܝܘܡܝ | in the days | ἡμέραις | the days | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ | Herod* | ηρωδου | of Herod | Herodis | Herod | ηρωδους | | | herodes | ܗܪܘܕܤ | of Herod | Ἡρῴδου | of Herod | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | βασιλεως | king | regis | of king | βασιλεως | | | regis | ܡܠܟܐ | the king, | βασιλέως | king | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲉⲓ | come | ιδου | behold | ecce | behold there | ειδου | | | ecce | ܐܬܘ | there came | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲉⲛⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ | sage | μαγοι | Magi | magi | wise men | μαγοι | | | magi | ܡܓܘܫܐ | Magi | μάγοι | Magi | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | απο | from [the] | ab | from | απο | | | ab | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛϣⲁ | — | ανατολων | east | oriente | the east | ανατολων | | | oriente | ܡܕܢܚܐ | the east unto | ἀνατολῶν | east | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | παρεγενοντο | arrived | venerunt | came | παρεγενοντο | | | uenerunt | — | — | παρεγένοντο | arrived | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | εις | in | — | — | εις | | | in | — | — | εἰς | in | ||||||
| — | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲥⲟⲗⲩⲙⲁ | Jerusalem* | ιεροσολυμα | Jerusalem | Jerosolymam | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | hierosolyma | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem, | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | ||||||
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*SCRIPTORIUM supplied