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 | ||||||||||||||
απερχομενωνP44 | While are going away | ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲃⲱⲕ | go | ἀπερχομένων | While are going away | Dum | While are going away | — | | | uadunt | ܘܟܕ | While are going away | Ἀπερχομένων | While are going away | ||||||
δεP44 | then | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | autem | then | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
αυτωνP44 | they | — | — | αὐτῶν | they | irent | they | — | | | cum | ܠܡܙܒܢ | they | αὐτῶν | they | ||||||
αγορασαιP44 | to buy | ⲉϣⲱⲡ | group of four | ἀγοράσαι | to buy | emere | to buy | αγορασαι | | | emere | ܐܬܐ | to buy | ἀγοράσαι | to buy | ||||||
ηλθενP44 | came | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | ἦλθεν | came | venit | came | ηλθεν | | | uenit | — | — | ἦλθεν | came | ||||||
οP44 | the | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
νυμφιος,P44 | bridegroom, | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲁⲧϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | he of the bride | νυμφίος, | bridegroom, | sponsus | bridegroom, | νυμφιος | | | sponsus | ܚܬܢܐ | bridegroom, | νυμφίος | bridegroom, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | αἱ | those | — | — | αι | | | est | — | — | αἱ | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧ | become | ἕτοιμοι | ready | quæ | ready | ετοιμοι | | | quae | ܕܡܛܝܒܢ | ready | ἕτοιμοι | ready | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ | go | εἰσῆλθον | went in | paratæ | went in | εισηλθον | | | paratae | ܗܘܝ | went in | εἰσῆλθον | went in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ | to inside | μετ᾽ | with | erant | with | μετ | | | erant | ܥܠ | with | μετ’ | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | him | intraverunt | him | αυτου | | | introierunt | ܥܡܗ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ | with | εἰς | to | cum | to | εις | | | cum | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | ianua | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲙⲁ | place | γάμους, | wedding feast, | eo | wedding feast, | γαμους | | | eo | ܠܒܝܬ | wedding feast, | γάμους | wedding feast, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ad | and | και | | | ad | ܚܠܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | bride | ἐκλείσθη | was shut | nuptias | was shut | εκλισθη | | | nuptias | ܘܐܬܬܚܕ | was shut | ἐκλείσθη | was shut | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | clusa | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩϣⲧⲁⲙ | shut | θύρα. | door. | et | door. | θυρα | | | et | ܬܪܥܐ | door. | θύρα | door. | ||||||
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