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 | ||||||||||||||
καιP70 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | Et | and | και | | | et | ܘܐܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
ελθωνP70 | having come | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | ἐλθὼν | having come | veniens | having come | ελθων | | | ueniens | ܥܡܪ | having come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
κατωκησενP70 | he dwelt | ⲁϥⲟⲩⲱϩ | put | κατῴκησεν | he dwelt | habitavit | he dwelt | κατωκησεν | | | habitauit | — | — | κατῴκησεν | he dwelt | ||||||
εισP70 | in | ⲛϣⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | εἰς | in | in | in | εις | | | in | ܒܡܕܝܢܬܐ | in | εἰς | in | ||||||
πολινP70 | a city | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ | a city | πόλιν | a city | civitate | a city | πολιν | | | ciuitate | ܕܡܬܩܪܝܐ | a city | πόλιν | a city | ||||||
λεγομενηνP70 | being named | ⲉⲣⲟⲥ | to | λεγομένην | being named | quæ vocatur | which is called | λεγομενην | | | quae | ܢܨܪܬ | being named | λεγομένην | being named | ||||||
ναζαραP70 | Nazareth, | ϫⲉⲛⲁⲍⲁⲣⲉⲑ | Nazareth, | Ναζαρέτ, | Nazareth, | Nazareth | Nazareth | ναζαρετ | | | nazaret | ܐܝܟ | Nazareth, | Ναζαρέτ | Nazareth, | ||||||
οπωσP70 | so that | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | that | ὅπως | so that | ut | so that | οπως | | | ut | — | — | ὅπως | so that | ||||||
πληρωθηP70 | it may be fulfilled | ⲉϥⲉϫⲱⲕ | be completed | πληρωθῇ | it may be fulfilled | adimpleretur | might be fulfilled | πληρωθη | | | adimpleretur | ܕܢܬܡܠܐ | it may be fulfilled | πληρωθῇ | it may be fulfilled | ||||||
τοP70 | that | — | — | τὸ | that | — | — | το | | | dictum | — | — | τὸ | that | ||||||
ρηθενP70 | having been spoken | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ῥηθὲν | having been spoken | quod dictum est | that which was spoken | ρηθεν | | | quod | ܡܕܡ | having been spoken | ῥηθὲν | having been spoken | ||||||
διαP70 | through | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲟⲟϥ | say | διὰ | through | per | through | δια | | | per | ܕܐܬܐܡܪ | through | διὰ | through | ||||||
τωνP70 | the | — | — | τῶν | the | — | — | των | | | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
προφητωνP70 | prophets | ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophets | προφητῶν | prophets | prophetas | prophets | προφητων | | | prophetas | ܒܢܒܝܐ | prophets | προφητῶν | prophets | ||||||
οτιP70 | that | ϫⲉⲥⲉⲛⲁⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | ὅτι | that | Quoniam | that | οτι | | | quoniam | — | — | ὅτι | that | ||||||
ναζωραιοσP70 | A Nazarene | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | Ναζωραῖος | A Nazarene | Nazaræus | a Nazarene | — | | | nazaręus | ܕܢܨܪܝܐ | A Nazarene | Ναζωραῖος | A Nazarene | ||||||
κληθησεταιP70 | He will be called. | ϫⲉⲡⲛⲁⲍⲱⲣⲁⲓⲟⲥ | Nazarene | κληθήσεται.¶ | He will be called. | vocabitur | he will be called | κληθησεται | | | uocatur | ܢܬܩܪܐ | He will be called. | κληθήσεται | He will be called. | ||||||
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