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 | — | ⲧⲟⲧⲉ | then | τοτε | Then | Tunc | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ | Herod* | ηρωδης | Herod | Herodes | Herod | ηρωδης | | | herodes | ܗܪܘܕܤ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | λαθρα | secretly | clam | privately | λαθρα | | | occultae | ܡܛܫܝܐܝܬ | privately | λάθρᾳ | secretly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ | sage | καλεσας | having called | vocatis | calling | καλεσας | | | uocans | ܩܪܐ | called | καλέσας | having called | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τους | the | magis | men learned | τους | | | magos | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ | steal | μαγους | Magi | diligenter | diligently | μαγους | | | — | ܠܡܓܘܫܐ | the Magi, | μάγους | Magi | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ηκρειβωσεν | inquired exactly | didicit | — | — | | | — | ܘܝܠܦ | and learned | ἠκρίβωσεν | inquired exactly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | παρ | of | ab | of | παρ | | | ab | ܡܢܗܘܢ | from them | παρ | of | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτων | them | eis | them | αυτων | | | eis | ܒܐܝܢܐ | at what | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τον | the | tempus | the time | τον | | | tempus | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ | — | χρονον | time | stellæ | of the star | χρονον | | | stellae | ܙܒܢܐ | time | χρόνον | time | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | of the | quæ | which | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ | time | φαινομενου | appearing | apparuit | appeared | φαινομενου | | | apparentis | ܐܬܚܙܝ | appeared | φαινομένου | appearing | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܠܗܘܢ | to them. | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲓⲟⲩ | star | αστερος | star, | eis | to them | αστερος | | | exquisiuit | ܟܘܟܒܐ | the star | ἀστέρος | star, | ||||||
| — | — | ⲛⲧⲁϥⲟⲩⲱⲛϩ | reveal | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
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*SCRIPTORIUM supplied