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 | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܥܠܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἐλθόντες | having come | intrantes | having come | ελθοντες | | | in | ܠܒܝܬܐ | having come | ἐλθόντες | having come | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲉⲓ | come | εἰς | into | domum | into | εις | | | domum | — | — | εἰς | into | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | uenientes | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | οἰκίαν | house | invenerunt | house | οικειαν | | | — | ܘܚܙܐܘܗܝ | house | οἰκίαν | house | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲏⲓ | house | εἶδον | they saw | puerum | they saw | ειδον | | | puerum | ܠܛܠܝܐ | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | — | | | uiderunt | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | παιδίον | Child | cum | Child | — | | | cum | — | — | παιδίον | Child | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | μετὰ | with | — | — | μετα | | | sua | ܥܡ | with | μετὰ | with | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ | Mary | Μαρίας | Mary | Maria | Mary | μαριας | | | maria | ܡܪܝܡ | Mary | Μαρίας | Mary | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | the | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | μητρὸς | mother | matre | mother | μητρος | | | matre | — | — | μητρὸς | mother | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ, | of Him, | ejus | of Him, | αυτου | | | ei | ܐܡܗ | of Him, | αὐτοῦ | of Him, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܢܦܠܘ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother | πεσόντες | having fallen down | procidentes | having fallen down | πεσοντες | | | cadentes | — | — | πεσόντες | having fallen down | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲡⲁϩⲧⲟⲩ | bend | προσεκύνησαν | they worshiped | adoraverunt | they worshiped | προσεκυνησαν | | | adorauerunt | ܤܓܕܘ | they worshiped | προσεκύνησαν | they worshiped | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ | worship | αὐτῷ, | Him, | eum | Him, | αυτω | | | — | ܠܗ | Him, | αὐτῷ | Him, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | ἀνοίξαντες | having opened | apertis | having opened | ανοιξαντες | | | aperientes | ܘܦܬܚܘ | having opened | ἀνοίξαντες | having opened | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | suos | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛ | open | θησαυροὺς | treasures | thesauris | treasures | — | | | thensauros | ܤܝܡܬܗܘܢ | treasures | θησαυροὺς | treasures | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | suis | of them | αυτων | | | et | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲁϩⲱⲱⲣ | treasure | προσήνεγκαν | they offered | obtulerunt | they offered | προσηνεγκαν | | | obtulerunt | ܘܩܪܒܘ | they offered | προσήνεγκαν | they offered | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲉⲓⲛⲉ | bring | αὐτῷ | to Him | — | — | αυτω | | | — | ܠܗ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | δῶρα, | gifts, | ei | gifts, | δωρα | | | ei | — | — | δῶρα | gifts, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲇⲱⲣⲟⲛ | gift | χρυσὸν | gold | munera | gold | χρυσον | | | munera | ܩܘܪܒܢܐ | gold | χρυσὸν | gold | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | aurum | and | και | | | aurum | ܕܗܒܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲗⲓⲃⲁⲛⲟⲥ | frankincense | λίβανον | frankincense | thus | frankincense | λιβανον | | | thus | — | — | λίβανον | frankincense | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܡܘܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩⲃ | gold | σμύρναν. | myrrh. | myrrham | myrrh. | — | | | smyrnam | ܘܠܒܘܢܬܐ | myrrh. | σμύρναν | myrrh. | ||||||
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