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 | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲥⲙⲏ | voice | φωνὴ | A voice | Vox | A voice | φωνη | | | uox | ܩܠܐ | A voice | Φωνὴ | A voice | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܐܫܬܡܥ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟⲥ | to | Ῥαμὰ | Ramah | Rama | Ramah | ραμα | | | rama | — | — | Ῥαμᾶ | Ramah | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛϩⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁ | — | ἠκούσθη, | was heard, | audita | was heard, | ηκουσθη | | | audita | ܒܪܡܬܐ | was heard, | ἠκούσθη | was heard, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲣⲓⲙⲉ | weep | θρῆνος | lamentation | est | lamentation | θρηνος | | | est | ܒܟܝܐ | lamentation | θρῆνος | lamentation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | — | — | και | | | planctus | ܘܐܠܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲟⲩⲧⲟⲉⲓⲧ | mourn | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | ploratus | weeping | κλαυθμος | | | ploratio | — | — | κλαυθμὸς | weeping | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܤܓܝܐܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲁϣⲱϥ | if [verbal prefix of the conditional] | ὀδυρμὸς | mourning | ululatus | mourning | οδυρμος | | | ululatus | ܪܚܝܠ | mourning | ὀδυρμὸς | mourning | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥⲣⲓⲙⲉ | weep | πολύς, | great, | multus | great, | πολυς | | | multus | ܒܟܝܐ | great, | πολύς | great, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲭⲏⲗ | Rachel | Ῥαχὴλ | Rachel | Rachel | Rachel | ραχηλ | | | rachel | — | — | Ῥαχὴλ | Rachel | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | κλαίουσα | weeping for | plorans | weeping for | κλαιουσα | | | — | ܥܠ | weeping for | κλαίουσα | weeping for | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the | — | — | τα | | | plangens | — | — | τὰ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | τέκνα | children | filios | children | τεκνα | | | filios | ܒܢܝܗ | children | τέκνα | children | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῆς, | of her, | suos | of her, | αυτης | | | suos | ܘܠܐ | of her, | αὐτῆς | of her, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲟⲩⲱϣ | wish | οὐκ | not | — | — | ουκ | | | et | ܨܒܝܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥⲗⲥⲱⲗⲥ | be comforted | ἤθελεν | was willing | noluit | was willing | — | | | noluit | ܠܡܬܒܝܐܘ | was willing | ἤθελεν | was willing | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲛⲟⲩⲥ | meaning unknown | παρακληθῆναι | to be comforted | consolari | to be comforted | παρακληθηναι | | | consulari | ܡܛܠ | to be comforted | παρακληθῆναι | to be comforted | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | ὅτι | because | quia | because | οτι | | | quia | — | — | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὐκ | no more | non | no more | ουκ | | | non | ܕܠܐ | no more | οὐκ | no more | ||||||
| lost | — | εἰσίν.¶ | they are. | sunt | they are. | εισιν | | | sunt | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | they are. | εἰσίν | they are. | ||||||||
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