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 | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | λέγων· | saying; | dicens | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἐγερθεὶς | Having arisen | Surge | Having arisen | εγερθεις | | | surgens | ܠܗ | Having arisen | Ἐγερθεὶς | Having arisen | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ | arise | παράλαβε | do take | et accipe | and take | παραλαβε | | | et | ܩܘܡ | do take | παράλαβε | do take | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | — | | | accipe | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲅϫⲓ | receive | παιδίον | Child | puerum | the child | — | | | puerum | ܕܒܪ | Child | παιδίον | Child | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܠܛܠܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | μητέρα | mother | matrem | mother | μητερα | | | matrem | ܘܠܐܡܗ | mother | μητέρα | mother | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ejus | his | αυτου | | | eius | ܘܙܠ | of Him | αὐτοῦ | of Him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | abi | ܠܐܪܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | πορεύου | do go | vade | go | πορευου | | | — | ܕܐܝܤܪܐܝܠ | do go | πορεύου | do go | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ | mother | εἰς | into | in | into | εις | | | in | ܡܝܬܘ | into | εἰς | into | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ | go | γῆν | the land | terram | the land | γην | | | terram | ܠܗܘܢ | the land | γῆν | the land | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲓⲥⲣⲁⲏⲗ | of Israel; | Ἰσραήλ· | of Israel; | Israël | of Israel | ϊσραηλ | | | israhel | ܓܝܪ | of Israel; | Ἰσραήλ | of Israel; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | τεθνήκασιν | they have died | defuncti sunt | have died | τεθνηκασιν | | | mortui | ܗܢܘܢ | they have died | τεθνήκασιν | they have died | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲕⲁϩ | earth | οἱ | those | — | — | οι | | | qui | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩ | die | ζητοῦντες | seeking | quærebant | were seeking | ζητουντες | | | sunt | ܗܘܘ | seeking | ζητοῦντες | seeking | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲧⲉⲯⲩⲭⲏ | life | ψυχὴν | life | animam | the life | ψυχην | | | animam | ܢܦܫܗ | life | ψυχὴν | life | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | quaerunt | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲧϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | παιδίου.¶ | Child. | pueri | of the child | παιδιου | | | pueri | ܕܛܠܝܐ | Child. | παιδίου | Child. | ||||||
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