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 | — | ϫⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ | spathe | ἐγώ | I myself | Ego | I myself | εγω | | | ego | ܕܐܢܐ | I myself | Ἐγώ | I myself | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εἰμι | am | sum | am | ειμι | | | sum | ܐܢܐ | am | εἰμι | am | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | ds | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θεὸς | God | Deus | God | — | | | — | ܐܠܗܗ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ | of Abraham | Ἀβραὰμ | of Abraham | Abraham | of Abraham | αβρααμ | | | abraham | — | — | Ἀβραάμ | of Abraham | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܕܐܒܪܗܡ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θεὸς | God | Deus | God | — | | | ds | ܐܠܗܗ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲥⲁⲁⲕ | of Isaac | Ἰσαὰκ | of Isaac | Isaac | of Isaac | — | | | isac | ܕܐܝܤܚܩ | of Isaac | Ἰσαάκ | of Isaac | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܠܗܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | θεὸς | God | — | — | — | | | ds | — | — | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ | of Jacob?’ | Ἰακώβ; | of Jacob?’ | Deus | of Jacob?’ | ϊακωβ | | | — | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | of Jacob?’ | Ἰακώβ | of Jacob?’ | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | οὐκ | Not | Jacob | Not | ουκ | | | iacob | ܘܐܠܗܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲙⲟⲟⲩⲧ | die | ἔστιν | He is | Non | He is | εστιν | | | non | ܠܐ | He is | ἔστιν | He is | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | θεὸς | God | est | God | — | | | est | ܗܘܐ | God | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | θεὸς | God | Deus | God | — | | | ds | — | — | θεὸς | God | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲛⲉⲧⲟⲛϩ | live | νεκρῶν | of the dead | mortuorum | of the dead | νεκρων | | | mortuorum | ܕܡܝܬܐ | of the dead | νεκρῶν | of the dead | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲗⲗⲁ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | sed | but | αλλα | | | sed | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ζώντων.¶ | of the living. | viventium | of the living. | ζωντων | | | uiuorum | ܕܚܝܐ | of the living. | ζώντων | of the living. | ||||||
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