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 | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ὥσπερ | Just as | Sicut | Just as | ωσπερ | | | sicut | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Just as | Ὥσπερ | Just as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲡⲁⲣϩⲟⲩⲥⲓⲁ | the | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | hominis | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉϥⲣⲏϭⲉ | — | ἀστραπὴ | lightning | fulgur | lightning | αστραπη | | | scoriscatio | ܕܒܪܩܐ | lightning | ἀστραπὴ | lightning | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲁⲥⲉⲓ | come | ἐξέρχεται | comes forth | exit | comes forth | εξερχεται | | | exit | ܢܦܩ | comes forth | ἐξέρχεται | comes forth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἀπὸ | from the | ab | from the | απο | | | ab | — | — | ἀπὸ | from the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲛⲉⲙⲁⲛϣⲁ | — | ἀνατολῶν | east | oriente | east | ανατολων | | | oriente | ܡܢ | east | ἀνατολῶν | east | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܡܕܢܚܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲣⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | make/be light | φαίνεται | shines | paret | shines | — | | | — | ܘܡܬܚܙܐ | shines | φαίνεται | shines | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲛⲙⲁⲛϩⲱⲧⲡ | join | ἕως | until the | usque | until the | εως | | | usque | ܥܕܡܐ | until the | ἕως | until the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲁⲓ | this | δυσμῶν, | west, | in | west, | δυσμων | | | in | ܠܡܥܪܒܐ | west, | δυσμῶν | west, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὕτως | so | occidentem | so | ουτως | | | — | ܗܟܢܐ | so | οὕτως | so | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧϩⲉ | fall | ἔσται | will be | ita | will be | εσται | | | ita | — | — | ἔσται | will be | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | also | erit | also | — | | | erit | ܬܗܘܐ | also | καὶ | also | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | lucet | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | παρουσία | coming | et | coming | παρουσεια | | | — | ܡܐܬܝܬܗ | coming | παρουσία | coming | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υἱοῦ | Son | adventus | Son | ϋιου | | | aduentus | ܕܒܪܗ | Son | υἱοῦ | Son | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | orientem | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ | man | ἀνθρώπου. | of Man. | Filii | of Man. | ανθρωπου | | | fili | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man. | ἀνθρώπου | of Man. | ||||||
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