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 | — | — | — | και | And | et | And | και | | | et | ܘܫܕܪ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥⲉ | say | πεμψας | having sent | mittens | sending | πεμψας | | | mittens | ܐܢܘܢ | he sent | πέμψας | having sent | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | αυτους | them | illos | them | αυτους | | | eos | ܠܒܝܬ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | εις | to | in | into | εις | | | in | ܠܚܡ | to Bethlehem, | εἰς | to | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲏⲑⲗⲉⲉⲙ | Bethlehem* | βηθλεεμ | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | Bethlehem | βηθλεεμ | | | bethleem | ܠܗܘܢ | to them, | Βηθλεὲμ | Bethlehem | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ειπεν | he said; | dixit | said | ειπεν | | | dixit | ܘܐܡܪ | and said | εἶπεν | he said; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲃⲱⲕ | go | πορευθεντες | Having gone | Ite | Go | πορευθεντες | | | eis | ܙܠܘ | Go, | Πορευθέντες | Having gone | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ | seek | εξετασατε | do search | et | and | — | | | et | ܥܩܒܘ | search diligently | ἀκριβῶς | carefully | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲟⲩⲱⲣϫ | be firm | ακρειβως | carefully | interrogate | — | ακρειβως | | | interrogate | ܥܠ | for | ἐξετάσατε | to find out | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | περι | for | diligenter | diligently | περι | | | diligenter | ܛܠܝܐ | and | περὶ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | του | the | de | — | του | | | de | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | παιδιου | Child. | puero | the child | παιδιου | | | puero | ܚܦܝܛܐܝܬ | the child; | παιδίου | Child. | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ | if it befall | επαν | when | et | and | — | | | euntes | ܘܡܐ | when ye | ἐπὰν | when | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | then | cum | when | δε | | | cum | — | — | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲁⲛϩⲉ | fall | ευρητε | You may have found [Him], | inveneritis | you have found | ευρητε | | | inueneritis | ܕܐܫܟܚܬܘܢܝܗܝ | found him, | εὕρητε | You may have found Him, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | απαγγειλατε | do bring word back | renuntiate | — | — | | | renuntiate | ܐܢܐ | me, that I | ἀπαγγείλατέ | do bring word back | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲁⲧⲁⲙⲙⲟⲓ | — | μοι | to me | mihi | me | μοι | | | mihi | ܚܘܐܘܢܝ | and tell | μοι | I/we | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲱ | self | οπως | so that | ut | that | οπως | | | ut | — | — | ὅπως | so that | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | that | καγω | I myself also | et | also | καγω | | | — | ܕܐܦ | also may go | κἀγὼ | and I | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲉⲉⲓ | come | ελθων | having come | ego | I | ελθων | | | ego | ܬܘ | come | ἐλθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܐܙܠ | have | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲟⲩⲱϣⲧ | worship | προσκυνησω | may worship | veniens | come | προσκυνησω | | | ueniens | ܐܤܓܘܕ | and worship | προσκυνήσω | may worship | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁϥ | my | αυτω | Him. | adorem | adore | αυτω | | | adorem | ܠܗ | him. | αὐτῷ | Him. | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | eum | him | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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*SCRIPTORIUM supplied