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 | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | ἰδόντες | Having seen | Videntes | Having seen | ϊδοντες | | | uidentes | ܟܕ | Having seen | Ἰδόντες | Having seen | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | stellam | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲥⲓⲟⲩ | star | ἀστέρα | star | gavisi | star | αστερα | | | gauisi | ܠܟܘܟܒܐ | star | ἀστέρα | star | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲣⲁϣⲉ | rejoice | ἐχάρησαν | they rejoiced with | sunt | they rejoiced with | εχαρησαν | | | sunt | ܚܕܝܘ | they rejoiced with | ἐχάρησαν | they rejoiced with | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | χαρὰν | joy | gaudio | joy | χαραν | | | gaudio | ܚܕܘܬܐ | joy | χαρὰν | joy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲣⲁϣⲉ | rejoice | μεγάλην | great | magno | great | μεγαλην | | | magno | ܪܒܬܐ | great | μεγάλην | great | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ | greatly | σφόδρα, | exceedingly, | valde | exceedingly, | σφοδρα | | | ualde | ܕܛܒ | exceedingly, | σφόδρα | exceedingly, | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 2:13 | |||||||||||||||||||