The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | οι | <the> | — | — | οι | | | qui | ܗܢܘܢ | they | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | And | At | But | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | And | δὲ | And | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | illi | they | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | ειπαν | they said | dixerunt | said | — | | | dixerunt | ܐܡܪܘ | said: | εἶπον | I say, speak | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | αυτω | to him; | — | — | αυτω | | | ei | — | — | αὐτῷ | to him; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | voice | εν | In | In | In | εν | | | in | ܒܒܝܬ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem* | βηθλεεμ | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | βηθλεεμ | | | bethleem | ܠܚܡ | Bethlehem | Βηθλεὲμ | Bethlehem | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | της | <the> | — | — | της | | | autem | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | Judea* | ιουδαιας | of Judea. | Judæ | of Juda | ϊουδαιας | | | iudaeae | ܕܝܗܘܕܐ | of Judaea; | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea. | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲥⲏϩ | write | ουτως | thus | sic | so | ουτως | | | sic | ܗܟܢܐ | thus it | οὕτως | thus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γαρ | for | enim | For | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ | fall | γεγραπται | it has been written | scriptum | written | γεγραπται | | | scriptum | — | — | γέγραπται | it has been written | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | est | it is | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δια | through | per | by | δια | | | per | ܟܬܝܒ | is written | διὰ | through | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | the | — | — | του | | | est | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophet | προφητου | prophet: | prophetam | the prophet | προφητου | | | profetam | ܒܢܒܝܐ | in the prophet: | προφήτου | prophet: | ||||||
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