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 | ܥܬܝܕ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | — | μέλλων | soon to be | — | — | — | | | suscepit | ܗܘܐ | soon to be | ἀναβαίνων | soon to be | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | ascendens | now | — | | | ascendens | ܕܝܢ | but | ὁ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ | raven | ἀναβαίνων | going up | Jesus | going up | αναβαινων | | | ihs | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | going up | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | εἰς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | — | — | | | — | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓ | receive | εἰς | to | Jerosolymam | to | εις | | | hierosolyma | ܕܢܤܩ | to | παρέλαβεν | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲓⲉⲣⲟⲥⲟⲗⲩⲙⲁ | Jerusalem | Ἱεροσόλυμα | Jerusalem | assumpsit | Jerusalem | ϊεροσολυμα | | | seorsum | ܠܐܘܪܫܠܡ | Jerusalem | τοὺς | Jerusalem | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉϥⲙⲛⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ | — | παρέλαβεν | He took | — | — | παρελαβεν | | | — | ܘܕܒܪ | He took | δώδεκα | He took | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | in | — | — | μαθητὰς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲁⲩⲁⲁⲩ | — | δώδεκα | twelve | duodecim | twelve | — | | | duodecim | — | — | κατ’ | twelve | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | μαθητὰς | disciples | — | — | — | | | — | ܠܬܪܥܤܪ | disciples | ἰδίαν | disciples | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | κατ᾽ | aside | discipulos | aside | κατ | | | — | ܬܠܡܝܕܘܗܝ | aside | ἐν | aside | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉϩⲓⲏ | road | ἰδίαν | on their own | secreto | on their own | ϊδιαν | | | uia | ܒܝܢܘܗܝ | on their own | τῇ | on their own | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | — | — | — | | | — | ܘܠܗܘܢ | and | ὁδῷ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | ἐν | on | et | on | εν | | | et | — | — | καὶ | on | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲑⲏⲧⲏⲥ | the | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | dixit | — | — | εἶπεν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | ὁδῷ | way | ait | way | οδω | | | — | ܒܐܘܪܚܐ | way | αὐτοῖς | way | ||||||
| lost | — | εἶπεν | He said | — | — | ειπεν | | | — | ܘܐܡܪ | He said | εἶπεν | He said | ||||||||
| lost | — | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | illis | to them; | αυτοις | | | eis | ܠܗܘܢ | to them; | αὐτοῖς· | to them; | ||||||||
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