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 | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲩϣⲟⲟⲡ | thousand | ησαν | There were | Erant | were | ησαν | | | erant | ܐܝܬ | The | Ἦσαν | There were | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܗܘܘ | there were | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | now | autem | — | — | | | nubens | ܕܝܢ | Now | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁⲧⲏⲛ | — | παρ | among | apud | with | παρ | | | aput | — | — | παρ | among | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ημιν | us | nos | us | ημειν | | | nos | ܠܘܬܢ | with us | ἡμῖν | I/we | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܐܚܐ | brothers. | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲥⲁϣϥ | seven | επτα | seven | septem | seven | επτα | | | septem | ܫܒܥܐ | seven | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲟⲛ | our | αδελφοι | brothers. | fratres | brethren | αδελφοι | | | fratres | — | — | ἀδελφοί | brothers. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the | — | — | ο | | | fratri | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | πρωτος | first | primus | the first | πρωτος | | | primus | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first took | πρῶτος | first | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ | first | γημας | having married | uxore | a wife | — | | | — | ܫܩܠ | wife, and | γαμήσας | to marry | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓϩⲓⲙⲉ | — | ετελευτησεν | died, | ducta | — | ετελευτησεν | | | — | ܐܢܬܬܐ | and, as | ἐτελεύτησεν | died, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | defunctus | died | και | | | mortuus | ܘܡܝܬ | he had no | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | μη | not | est | — | μη | | | est | ܘܕܠܝܬ | a | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | εχων | having | et | and | εχων | | | et | ܗܘܐ | deceased; | ἔχων | having | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲛⲧϥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | σπερμα | seed | non | not | σπερμα | | | non | — | — | σπέρμα | seed | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲩ | there | αφηκεν | he left | habens | having | αφηκεν | | | habens | ܠܗ | to | ἀφῆκεν | he left | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | την | the | — | — | την | | | suo | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲕⲱ | place | γυναικα | wife | semen | — | γυναικα | | | semen | ܒܢܝܐ | children, he left | γυναῖκα | wife | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτου | of him | reliquit | left | αυτου | | | — | ܫܒܩܗ | his | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τω | to the | — | — | τω | | | dimisit | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉϥⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | woman | αδελφω | brother | uxorem | wife | αδελφω | | | uxorem | ܐܢܬܬܗ | his wife | ἀδελφῷ | brother | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ | brother | αυτου | of him; | suam | his | αυτου | | | suam | ܠܐܚܘܗܝ | brother. | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | fratri | brother | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | suo | his | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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