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