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 | — | ⲧⲟⲧⲉ | Then | Τότε | Then | Tunc | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲛⲁϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | ὁμοιωθήσεται | will be likened | simile | will be likened | ομοιωθησεται | | | similabitur | ܬܕܡܐ | will be likened | ὁμοιωθήσεται | will be likened | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | et | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥⲧⲛⲧⲱⲛ | be like | βασιλεία | kingdom | erit | kingdom | βασιλεια | | | caelorum | ܡܠܟܘܬܐ | kingdom | βασιλεία | kingdom | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | — | — | των | | | sponsi | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ | kingdom | οὐρανῶν | heavens | regnum | heavens | ουρανων | | | regnum | ܕܫܡܝܐ | heavens | οὐρανῶν | heavens | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | δέκα | to ten | cælorum | to ten | δεκα | | | — | ܠܥܤܪ | to ten | δέκα | to ten | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ | virgins | παρθένοις | virgins | decem | virgins | παρθενοις | | | decem | ܒܬܘܠܢ | virgins | παρθένοις | virgins | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲏⲧⲉ | ten | αἵτινες | who | virginibus | who | αιτινες | | | uirginibus | — | — | αἵτινες | who | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲓ | this | λαβοῦσαι | having taken | quæ | having taken | λαβουσαι | | | quae | ܗܢܝܢ | having taken | λαβοῦσαι | having taken | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰς | the | — | — | τας | | | in | — | — | τὰς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲁⲩϫⲓ | receive | λαμπάδας | lamps | accipientes | lamps | λαμπαδας | | | acceperunt | ܕܢܤܒ | lamps | λαμπάδας | lamps | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲗⲁⲙⲡⲁⲥ | lamp | ἑαυτῶν | their own | lampades | their own | εαυτων | | | lampadas | ܠܡܦܕܝܗܝܢ | their own | αὐτῶν | their own | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲉⲓ | come | ἐξῆλθον | went forth | suas | went forth | εξηλθον | | | suas | ܘܢܦܩ | went forth | ἐξῆλθον | went forth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | εἰς | to | exierunt | to | εις | | | exierunt | ܠܐܘܪܥ | to | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲱⲙⲛⲧ | — | ὑπάντησιν | meet | obviam | meet | — | | | obuiam | ܚܬܢܐ | meet | ἀπάντησιν | meet | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | et | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲁⲧϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | bride | νυμφίου. | bridegroom. | sponso | bridegroom. | νυμφιου | | | sponsae | ܘܟܠܬܐ | bridegroom. | νυμφίου | bridegroom. | ||||||
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