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 | — | ⲉϥϫⲱ | say | λέγων· | saying; | dicens | saying; | λεγων | | | dicens | ܘܐܡܪ | saying; | λέγων | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ἐπὶ | On | Super | On | επι | | | super | ܠܗܘܢ | On | Ἐπὶ | On | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲩϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ | sit | Μωϋσέως | Moses’ | cathedram | Moses’ | — | | | cathedram | ܥܠ | Moses’ | Μωσέως | Moses’ | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲕⲁⲑⲉⲇⲣⲁ | seat | καθέδρας | seat | Moysi | seat | καθεδρας | | | moysi | ܟܘܪܤܝܐ | seat | καθέδρας | seat | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ | — | ἐκάθισαν | sat down | sederunt | sat down | εκαθισαν | | | sederunt | ܕܡܘܫܐ | sat down | ἐκάθισαν | sat down | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲫⲁⲣⲓⲥⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉⲅⲣⲁⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉⲩⲥ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | scribæ | scribes | γραμματεις | | | scribae | ܝܬܒܘ | scribes | γραμματεῖς | scribes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܤܦܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | — | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | Φαρισαῖοι· | Pharisees; | pharisæi | Pharisees; | φαρισαιοι | | | pharisaei | ܘܦܪܝܫܐ | Pharisees; | Φαρισαῖοι | Pharisees; | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 23:30 | |||||||||||||||||||