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 | — | ⲥⲉⲙⲟⲩⲣ | bind | δεσμεύουσιν | They tie up | Alligant | They tie up | δεσμευουσιν | | | alligant | ܘܐܤܪܝܢ | They tie up | Δεσμεύουσιν | They tie up | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | enim | now | — | | | enim | ܕܝܢ | but | γὰρ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲉⲛⲉⲧⲡⲱ | burden | φορτία | burdens | onera | burdens | φορτεια | | | onera | — | — | φορτία | burdens | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϩⲟⲣϣ | be heavy | βαρέα | heavy | gravia | heavy | βαρεα | | | grauia | ܝܩܝܪܬܐ | heavy | βαρέα | heavy | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | — | — | και | | | non | ܘܤܝܡܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | δυσβάστακτα | hard to bear | et | hard to bear | — | | | et | ܥܠ | hard to bear | δυσβάστακτα | hard to bear | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | importabilia | and | και | | | — | ܟܬܦܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲙⲟⲕϩ | afflict | ἐπιτιθέασιν | lay them | et | lay them | επιτιθεασιν | | | et | — | — | ἐπιτιθέασιν | lay them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲓⲧⲟⲩ | bear | ἐπὶ | on | imponunt | on | επι | | | ferenda | ܕܒܢܝ | on | ἐπὶ | on | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉⲧⲁⲗⲟ | lift | ὤμους | shoulders | in | shoulders | ωμους | | | inponunt | ܐܢܫܐ | shoulders | ὤμους | shoulders | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | — | — | των | | | super | — | — | τῶν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ | our | ἀνθρώπων· | of men; | humeros | of men; | ανθρωπων | | | umera | ܗܢܘܢ | of men; | ἀνθρώπων | of men; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | αὐτοὶ | themselves | hominum | themselves | αυτοι | | | hominum | — | — | τῷ | themselves | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | digito | however | δε | | | digito | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῷ | with the | — | — | τω | | | — | — | — | δακτύλῳ | with the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲛⲛⲛⲁϩⲃⲉ | — | δακτύλῳ | finger | — | — | δακτυλω | | | ipsi | ܒܨܒܥܗܘܢ | finger | αὐτῶν | finger | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them | autem | of them | αυτων | | | autem | ܠܐ | of them | οὐ | of them | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | οὐ | not | suo | not | ου | | | suo | ܨܒܝܢ | not | θέλουσιν | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | they | θέλουσιν | are they willing | nolunt | are they willing | θελουσιν | | | nolunt | — | — | κινῆσαι | are they willing | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲟⲩⲱϣ | wish | κινῆσαι | to move | ea | to move | κεινησαι | | | ea | ܕܢܩܪܒܘܢ | to move | αὐτά | to move | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | αὐτά. | them. | movere | them. | αυτα | | | mouere | ܠܗܝܢ | them. | αὐτά. | them. | ||||||
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