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 | — | — | — | τὸ | The | — | — | το | | | iohannis | — | — | Τὸ | The | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲙⲁ | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | Baptismus | baptism | βαπτισμα | | | baptisma | ܡܥܡܘܕܝܬܗ | baptism | βάπτισμα | baptism | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | <the> | — | — | — | | | de | — | — | Ἰωάννου | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | — | Ἰωάννου | of John | — | — | ϊωαννου | | | — | ܕܝܘܚܢܢ | of John | πόθεν | of John | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | a | πόθεν | from where | Joannis | from where | ποθεν | | | caelo | ܐܝܡܟܐ | from where | ἦν | from where | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲱⲛ | where? | ἦν; | was it? | — | — | ην | | | aut | ܐܝܬܝܗ | was it? | Ἐξ | was it? | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐξ | From | unde | From | εξ | | | unde | ܡܢ | From | οὐρανοῦ | From | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | a | οὐρανοῦ | heaven | erat | heaven | ουρανου | | | qui | ܫܡܝܐ | heaven | ἢ | heaven | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | autem | — | — | ἐξ | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐξ | from | e | from | εξ | | | est | ܐܘ | from | ἀνθρώπων | from | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἀνθρώπων;¶ | men? | — | — | ανθρωπων | | | — | ܡܢ | men? | Οἱ | men? | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲛⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | or | Οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | altercabantur | — | — | δὲ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | cælo | And | δε | | | si | ܕܝܢ | but | διελογίζοντο | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | διελογίζοντο | they were reasoning | — | — | διελογιζοντο | | | dixerimus | ܗܢܘܢ | they were reasoning | παρ’ | they were reasoning | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἐν | among | an | among | — | | | de | ܕܝܢ | among | ἑαυτοῖς | among | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | ἑαυτοῖς | themselves | — | — | εαυτοις | | | — | ܡܬܪܥܝܢ | themselves | λέγοντες | themselves | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ | think | λέγοντες· | saying; | ex | saying; | λεγοντες | | | ex | ܗܘܘ | saying; | Ἐὰν | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | ἐὰν | If | hominibus | If | εαν | | | hominibus | ܒܢܦܫܗܘܢ | If | εἴπωμεν | If | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ | in | εἴπωμεν· | we shall say; | — | — | ειπωμεν | | | caelo | ܘܐܡܪܝܢ | we shall say; | Ἐξ | we shall say; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | ἐξ | From | At | From | εξ | | | dicet | ܕܐܢ | From | οὐρανοῦ | From | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | οὐρανοῦ, | heaven, | — | — | ουρανου | | | nobis | ܢܐܡܪ | heaven, | ἐρεῖ | heaven, | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲛϣⲁⲛϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | ἐρεῖ | He will say | illi | He will say | ερει | | | quare | ܡܢ | He will say | ἡμῖν | He will say | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲟⲩⲉⲃⲟⲗ | spathe | ἡμῖν· | to us; | — | — | ημειν | | | — | ܫܡܝܐ | to us; | Διὰ | to us; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | διὰ | Because of | cogitabant | Because of | δια | | | non | ܐܡܪ | Because of | τί | Because of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | τί | why | inter | why | τι | | | inter | ܠܢ | why | οὖν | why | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | οὖν | then | — | — | — | | | crededistis | ܘܥܠ | then | οὐκ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ϥⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲥ | say | οὐκ | not | se | not | ουκ | | | se | ܡܢܐ | not | ἐπιστεύσατε | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲛ | my | ἐπιστεύσατε | did you believe | — | — | επιστευσατε | | | ei | ܠܐ | did you believe | αὐτῷ | did you believe | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲧⲃⲉⲟⲩ | spathe | αὐτῷ; | in him? | dicentes | in him? | αυτω | | | dicentes | ܗܝܡܢܬܘܢܝܗܝ | in him? | αὐτῷ; | in him? | ||||||
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