The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | ܘܟܕ | And while | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ | go | απερχομενων | [While] are going away | Dum | whilst | — | | | uadunt | ܐܙܠ | they went | Ἀπερχομένων | While are going away | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | then | autem | — | — | | | — | — | — | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτων | they | irent | they went | — | | | cum | — | — | αὐτῶν | they | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϣⲱⲡ | group of four | αγορασαι | to buy | emere | to buy | αγορασαι | | | emere | ܠܡܙܒܢ | to buy, | ἀγοράσαι | to buy | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | ηλθεν | came | venit | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | ܐܬܐ | came; and they | ἦλθεν | came | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲁⲧϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | he of the bride | νυμφιος | bridegroom, | sponsus | the bridegroom | νυμφιος | | | sponsus | ܚܬܢܐ | the bridegroom | νυμφίος | bridegroom, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | went | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | αι | those | — | — | αι | | | est | — | — | αἱ | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧ | become | ετοιμοι | ready | quæ | that | ετοιμοι | | | quae | ܕܡܛܝܒܢ | ready, | ἕτοιμοι | ready | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ | go | εισηλθον | went in | paratæ | ready | εισηλθον | | | paratae | ܗܘܝ | that were | εἰσῆλθον | went in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ | to inside | μετ | with | erant | were | μετ | | | erant | ܥܠ | him into | μετ | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτου | him | intraverunt | went | αυτου | | | introierunt | ܥܡܗ | with | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ | with | εις | to | cum | with | εις | | | cum | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τους | the | — | — | τους | | | ianua | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲙⲁ | place | γαμους | wedding feast, | eo | him | γαμους | | | eo | ܠܒܝܬ | the house of | γάμους | wedding feast, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | ad | to | και | | | ad | ܚܠܘܠܐ | the nuptials, and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | bride | ηκλεισθη | was shut | nuptias | the marriage | εκλισθη | | | nuptias | ܘܐܬܬܚܕ | was shut. | ἐκλείσθη | was shut | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | η | the | — | — | η | | | clusa | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϣⲧⲁⲙ | shut | θυρα | door. | et | and | θυρα | | | et | ܬܪܥܐ | the door | θύρα | door. | ||||||
| — | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲟ | mouth | — | — | clausa | shut | | | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | est | was | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | janua | the door | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
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