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 | ܘܢܫܪܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲁⲣⲭⲉⲓ | to begin | ἄρξηται | may begin | cœperit | may begin | αρξηται | | | incipiat | ܠܡܡܚܐ | may begin | ἄρξηται | may begin | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϩⲓⲟⲩⲉ | strike | τύπτειν | to beat | percutere | to beat | τυπτειν | | | — | — | — | τύπτειν | to beat | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲛⲉϥϣⲃⲏⲣϩⲙϩⲁⲗ | — | συνδούλους | fellow servants | conservos | fellow servants | συνδουλους | | | conseruos | ܟܢܘܬܗ | fellow servants | συνδούλους | fellow servants | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ, | of him, | suos | of him, | αυτου | | | suos | ܘܢܗܘܐ | of him, | ἐσθίειν | of him, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲟⲩⲱⲙ | eat | ἐσθίῃ | he may eat | manducet | he may eat | εσθιη | | | manducet | — | — | δὲ | he may eat | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | καὶ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܫܬܐ | and | πίνειν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | πίνῃ | he may drink | bibat | he may drink | πεινη | | | bibat | — | — | μετὰ | he may drink | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϥⲥⲱ | soaked reed | μετὰ | with | cum | with | μετα | | | cum | ܥܡ | with | τῶν | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | those | — | — | των | | | caedere | — | — | μεθυόντων | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲧⲁϩⲉ | make to stand | μεθυόντων, | being drunkards, | ebriosis | being drunkards, | μεθυοντων | | | ebriosis | ܪܘܝܐ | being drunkards, | μεθυόντων, | being drunkards, | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 25:8 | |||||||||||||||||||