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 | — | ϫⲉⲡⲥⲁϩ | awl | διδάσκαλε, | Teacher, | Magister | Teacher, | διδασκαλε | | | magister | ܡܠܦܢܐ | Teacher, | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϣ | who? | ποία | which | quod | which | ποια | | | quod | ܐܝܢܐ | which | ποία | which | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲛⲧⲟⲗⲏ | commandment | ἐντολὴ | commandment | est | commandment | εντολη | | | et | — | — | ἐντολὴ | commandment | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉ | sg. masc. copula | μεγάλη | is the greatest | mandatum | is the greatest | — | | | mandatum | ܦܘܩܕܢܐ | is the greatest | μεγάλη | is the greatest | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲛⲟϭ | great | ἐν | in | magnum | in | εν | | | — | ܪܒ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | the | — | — | τω | | | in | — | — | τῷ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | νόμῳ; | law? | lege | law? | νομω | | | lege | ܒܢܡܘܤܐ | law? | νόμῳ | law? | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||||