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 | — | — | — | καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܐܠܘ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | εἰ | only | nisi | only | ει | | | nisi | ܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲁⲃⲏⲗ | — | μὴ | unless | breviati | unless | μη | | | breuiati | ܐܬܟܪܝܘ | unless | μὴ | unless | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲁⲩⲥⲃⲟⲕ | become | ἐκολοβώθησαν | was shortened | fuissent | was shortened | εκολοβωθησαν | | | essent | ܝܘܡܬܐ | was shortened | ἐκολοβώθησαν | was shortened | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | ox | αἱ | the | — | — | αι | | | — | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ἡμέραι | days | dies | days | ημεραι | | | dies | ܗܢܘܢ | days | ἡμέραι | days | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲁⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ | be whole | ἐκεῖναι, | those, | illi | those, | εκειναι | | | illi | ܠܐ | those, | ἐκεῖναι | those, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲛ | great one | οὐκ | not | non | not | ουκ | | | non | ܚܝܐ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἂν | then would | fieret | then would | αν | | | — | ܗܘܐ | then would | ἂν | then would | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲓⲙ | who? | ἐσώθη | there have been saved | salva | there have been saved | εσωθη | | | salbata | — | — | ἐσώθη | there have been saved | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲃⲉⲛⲥⲱⲧⲡ | choose | πᾶσα | any | omnis | any | πασα | | | omnis | ܟܠ | any | πᾶσα | any | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲥⲁⲣⲝ | flesh; | σάρξ· | flesh; | caro | flesh; | σαρξ | | | caro | ܒܤܪ | flesh; | σάρξ | flesh; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲉⲛⲁⲥⲃⲟⲕ | become | διὰ | because of | sed | because of | δια | | | esset | ܡܛܠ | because of | διὰ | because of | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | however | δὲ | however | propter | however | δε | | | propter | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | ox | ἐκλεκτοὺς | elect | electos | elect | εκλεκτους | | | electos | ܕܝܢ | elect | ἐκλεκτοὺς | elect | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | κολοβωθήσονται | will be shortened | breviabuntur | will be shortened | κολοβωθησονται | | | breuiabuntur | ܢܬܟܪܘܢ | will be shortened | κολοβωθήσονται | will be shortened | ||||||
| lost | — | αἱ | the | — | — | αι | | | autem | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἡμέραι | days | dies | days | ημεραι | | | dies | ܝܘܡܬܐ | days | ἡμέραι | days | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἐκεῖναι.¶ | those. | illi | those. | εκειναι | | | illi | ܗܢܘܢ | those. | ἐκεῖναι | those. | ||||||||
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