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 | — | ⲉⲛⲉⲩϣⲟⲟⲡ | thousand | ἦσαν | There were | Erant | There were | ησαν | | | erant | ܐܝܬ | There were | Ἦσαν | There were | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | — | | | nubens | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁⲧⲏⲛ | — | παρ᾽ | among | apud | among | παρ | | | aput | ܕܝܢ | among | παρ’ | among | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἡμῖν | us | nos | us | ημειν | | | nos | ܠܘܬܢ | us | ἡμῖν | us | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲥⲁϣϥ | seven | ἑπτὰ | seven | septem | seven | επτα | | | septem | — | — | ἑπτὰ | seven | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲟⲛ | our | ἀδελφοί. | brothers. | fratres | brothers. | αδελφοι | | | fratres | ܐܚܐ | brothers. | ἀδελφοί | brothers. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܫܒܥܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | fratri | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | πρῶτος | first | primus | first | πρωτος | | | primus | ܩܕܡܝܐ | first | πρῶτος | first | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ | first | γήμας | having married | uxore | having married | — | | | — | ܫܩܠ | having married | γαμήσας | having married | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϫⲓϩⲓⲙⲉ | — | ἐτελεύτησεν, | died, | ducta | died, | ετελευτησεν | | | — | ܐܢܬܬܐ | died, | ἐτελεύτησεν | died, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | defunctus | and | και | | | mortuus | ܘܡܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲙⲟⲩ | die | μὴ | not | est | not | μη | | | est | ܘܕܠܝܬ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἔχων | having | et | having | εχων | | | et | ܗܘܐ | having | ἔχων | having | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲛⲧϥϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | σπέρμα | seed | non | seed | σπερμα | | | non | — | — | σπέρμα | seed | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲁⲩ | there | ἀφῆκεν | he left | habens | he left | αφηκεν | | | habens | ܠܗ | he left | ἀφῆκεν | he left | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | suo | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲕⲱ | place | γυναῖκα | wife | semen | wife | γυναικα | | | semen | ܒܢܝܐ | wife | γυναῖκα | wife | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | reliquit | of him | αυτου | | | — | ܫܒܩܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | — | — | τω | | | dimisit | — | — | τῷ | to the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉϥⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ | woman | ἀδελφῷ | brother | uxorem | brother | αδελφω | | | uxorem | ܐܢܬܬܗ | brother | ἀδελφῷ | brother | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ· | of him; | suam | of him; | αυτου | | | suam | ܠܐܚܘܗܝ | of him; | αὐτοῦ | of him; | ||||||
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