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 | — | ϩⲛⲧⲡⲁϣⲉ | division | Μέσης | At middle | Media | At middle | μεσης | | | media | ܘܒܦܠܓܗ | At middle | Μέσης | At middle | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | autem | then | δε | | | utem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩϣⲏ | night | νυκτὸς | of the night | nocte | of the night | νυκτος | | | nocte | — | — | νυκτὸς | of the night | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲩⲥⲙⲉ | — | κραυγὴ | a cry | clamor | a cry | κραυγη | | | clamor | ܗܘܬ | a cry | κραυγὴ | a cry | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | γέγονεν· | there was: | factus | there was: | γεγονεν | | | factus | ܩܥܬܐ | there was: | γέγονεν | there was: | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲉⲓⲥⲡⲁⲧϣⲉⲗⲉⲉⲧ | he of the bride | ἰδοὺ | Behold | est | Behold | ϊδου | | | est | ܗܐ | behold | Ἰδού | Behold | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲙⲏⲓⲧⲛ | come | νυμφίος | bridegroom | Ecce | bridegroom | νυμφιος | | | ecce | ܗܐ | bridegroom | νυμφίος | bridegroom | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἔρχεται, | comes | sponsus | comes | — | | | sponsus | ܚܬܢܐ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲱⲙⲛⲧ | — | ἐξέρχεσθε | do go forth | venit | do go forth | — | | | — | ܐܬܐ | do go forth | ἐξέρχεσθε | do go forth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | εἰς | to | exite | to | εις | | | exite | — | — | εἰς | to | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπάντησιν | meet | obviam | meet | απαντησιν | | | obuiam | ܦܘܩܘ | meet | ἀπάντησιν | meet | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ. | him! | ei | him! | αυτου | | | ei | ܠܐܘܪܥܗ | him! | αὐτοῦ | him! | ||||||
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