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 | Qui | who/which | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲥⲱⲧⲙ | hear | ἀκούσαντες | having heard | cum | when/with | ακουσαν | | | audientes | ܕܝܢ | having heard | ἀκούσαντες | having heard | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | βασιλέως | king | audissent | ? | βασιλεως | | | regem | ܟܕ | king | βασιλέως | king | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲙⲡⲣⲣⲟ | king | ἐπορεύθησαν. | they went away. | regem | king | επορευθησαν | | | abierunt | ܫܡܥܘ | they went away. | ἐπορεύθησαν | they went away. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | abierunt | ? | και | | | et | ܡܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ | go | ἰδοὺ | behold | et | and | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | praecedebat | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἀστὴρ | star | ecce | behold | αστηρ | | | stella | ܐܙܠܘ | star | ἀστήρ | star | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥⲡⲥⲓⲟⲩ | star | ὃν | which | stella | ? | ον | | | quam | ܘܗܐ | which | ὃν | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | εἶδον | they saw | quam | ? | ειδον | | | uiderant | ܟܘܟܒܐ | they saw | εἶδον | they saw | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | ἐν | in | viderant | ? | εν | | | in | ܗܘ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῇ | the | in | in | τη | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛϣⲁ | — | ἀνατολῇ | east | oriente | ? | ανατολη | | | oriente | ܕܚܙܘ | east | ἀνατολῇ | east | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ | walk | προῆγεν | was going before | antecedebat | ? | προηγεν | | | donec | ܒܡܕܢܚܐ | was going before | προῆγεν | was going before | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ | heart | αὐτοὺς | them | eos | them | αυτους | | | eos | ܐܙܠ | them | αὐτούς | them | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉϥⲉⲓ | come | ἕως | until | usque | until/even | εως | | | — | ܗܘܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲁϩⲉⲣⲁⲧϥ | stand | ἐλθὼν | having arrived | dum | ? | ελθων | | | uenit | ܩܕܡܝܗܘܢ | having arrived | ἐλθὼν | having arrived | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲙⲡⲙⲁ | place | ἐστάθη | it was stood | veniens | ? | εσταθη | | | — | ܥܕܡܐ | it was stood | ἔστη | it was stood | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲣⲉⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | ἐπάνω | over | staret | ? | επανω | | | supra | ܕܐܬܐ | over | ἐπάνω | over | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲏⲙ | small person | οὗ | where | supra | above | — | | | et | ܩܡ | where | οὗ | where | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲧϥ | in | ἦν | was | ubi | ? | — | | | — | ܠܥܠ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | — | | | stetit | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | παιδίον. | Child. | puer | ? | — | | | puerum | ܡܢ | Child. | παιδίον | Child. | ||||||||
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