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 | ܘܟܢܫ | And | καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲥⲱⲟⲩϩ | be gathered | συναγαγὼν | having gathered together | congregans | having gathered together | συναγαγων | | | congregans | ܟܠܗܘܢ | having gathered together | συναγαγὼν | having gathered together | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ | to inside | πάντας | all | omnes | all | παντας | | | omnes | ܪܒܝ | all | πάντας | all | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | nascitur | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | principes | chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | principes | ܟܗܢܐ | chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | chief priests | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | sacerdotum | and | και | | | sacerdotum | ܘܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | et | scribes | γραμματεις | | | et | ܕܥܡܐ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | interrogabat | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | — | λαοῦ | people | scribas | people | λαου | | | scribas | — | — | λαοῦ | people | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ἐπυνθάνετο | he was inquiring | populi | he was inquiring | επυνθανετο | | | populi | ܘܡܫܐܠ | he was inquiring | ἐπυνθάνετο | he was inquiring | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | παρ᾽ | of | sciscitabatur | of | — | | | — | ܗܘܐ | of | παρ’ | of | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | them | ab | them | — | | | — | ܠܗܘܢ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ | — | ποῦ | where | eis | where | που | | | — | ܕܐܝܟܐ | where | ποῦ | where | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | ubi | Christ | — | | | ubi | ܡܬܝܠܕ | Christ | χριστὸς | Christ | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲩⲛⲁϫⲡⲟ | beget | γεννᾶται. | is born. | Christus | is born. | γενναται | | | xps | ܡܫܝܚܐ | is born. | γεννᾶται | is born. | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 2:13 | |||||||||||||||||||