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 | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | Τελευτήσαντος | When was dying | Defuncto | When was dying | τελευτησαντος | | | defuncto | ܟܕ | When was dying | Τελευτήσαντος | When was dying | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | dmi | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ | — | Ἡρῴδου | Herod | Herode | Herod | ηρωδου | | | herode | ܕܝܢ | Herod | Ἡρῴδου | Herod | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ | lord | ἰδοὺ | behold | ecce | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥⲡⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲟⲥ | an angel | ἄγγελος | an angel | angelus | an angel | αγγελος | | | angelus | ܡܠܟܐ | an angel | ἄγγελος | an angel | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ | reveal | κυρίου | of the Lord | Domini | of the Lord | κυ | | | — | — | — | κυρίου | of the Lord | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | φαίνεται | appears | apparuit | appears | φαινεται | | | paruit | ܐܬܚܙܝ | appears | κατ’ | appears | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲣⲁⲥⲟⲩ | set value on | κατ᾽ | in | in | in | κατ | | | in | ܡܠܐܟܐ | in | ὄναρ | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲕⲏⲙⲉ | the black | ὄναρ | a dream | somnis | a dream | οναρ | | | somnis | ܕܡܪܝܐ | a dream | φαίνεται | a dream | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲱⲥⲏⲫ | to Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | to Joseph | Joseph | to Joseph | ϊωσηφ | | | ioseph | ܒܚܠܡܐ | to Joseph | Ἰωσὴφ | to Joseph | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܠܝܘܤܦ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||||
| lost | — | Αἰγύπτῳ | Egypt | Ægypto | Egypt | αιγυπτω | | | aegypto | ܒܡܨܪܝܢ | Egypt | Αἰγύπτῳ | Egypt | ||||||||
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