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 | — | ⲧⲟⲧⲉ | Then | Τότε | Then | Tunc | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | Herodes | Herod | ηρωδης | | | herodes | ܗܪܘܕܤ | Herod | Ἡρῴδης | Herod | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | λάθρᾳ | secretly | clam | secretly | λαθρα | | | occultae | ܡܛܫܝܐܝܬ | secretly | λάθρᾳ | secretly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲙⲁⲅⲟⲥ | sage | καλέσας | having called | vocatis | having called | καλεσας | | | uocans | ܩܪܐ | having called | καλέσας | having called | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | magos | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ | steal | μάγους | Magi | diligenter | Magi | μαγους | | | — | ܠܡܓܘܫܐ | Magi | μάγους | Magi | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | ἠκρίβωσεν | inquired exactly | didicit | inquired exactly | — | | | — | ܘܝܠܦ | inquired exactly | ἠκρίβωσεν | inquired exactly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | παρ᾽ | of | ab | of | παρ | | | ab | ܡܢܗܘܢ | of | παρ’ | of | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | them | eis | them | αυτων | | | eis | ܒܐܝܢܐ | them | αὐτῶν | them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | tempus | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧⲟⲩ | — | χρόνον | time | stellæ | time | χρονον | | | stellae | ܙܒܢܐ | time | χρόνον | time | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲡⲉⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ | time | φαινομένου | appearing | apparuit | appearing | φαινομενου | | | apparentis | ܐܬܚܙܝ | appearing | φαινομένου | appearing | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲥⲓⲟⲩ | star | ἀστέρος, | star, | eis | star, | αστερος | | | exquisiuit | ܠܗܘܢ | star, | ἀστέρος | star, | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 2:13 | |||||||||||||||||||