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 | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | qui | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | At | And | δε | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ | say | εἶπαν | they said | dixerunt | said | — | | | dixerunt | ܕܝܢ | they said | εἶπον | they said | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | αὐτῷ· | to him; | ei | to him | αυτω | | | ei | ܐܡܪܘ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | voice | ἐν | In | In | In | εν | | | in | ܒܒܝܬ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem | Βηθλέεμ | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | βηθλεεμ | | | bethleem | ܠܚܡ | Bethlehem | Βηθλεὲμ | Bethlehem | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | autem | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | — | Ἰουδαίας. | of Judea. | Judæ | of Judea. | ϊουδαιας | | | iudaeae | — | — | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea. | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲥⲏϩ | write | οὕτως | thus | sic | thus | ουτως | | | sic | ܕܝܗܘܕܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲓϩⲉ | fall | γέγραπται | it has been written | scriptum est | it is written | γεγραπται | | | scriptum | ܓܝܪ | it has been written | γέγραπται | it has been written | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophet | διὰ | through | per | through | δια | | | per | ܟܬܝܒ | through | διὰ | through | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | est | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲉⲡⲣⲟⲫⲏⲧⲏⲥ | prophet: | προφήτου· | prophet: | prophetam | prophet | προφητου | | | profetam | ܒܢܒܝܐ | prophet: | προφήτου | prophet: | ||||||
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