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 | — | ⲁⲩⲡⲉⲓⲑⲉ | to be persuaded | Οἱ | <the> | — | — | οι | | | perderent | — | — | Οἱ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Principes | And | δε | | | principes | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲣⲭⲓⲉⲣⲉⲩⲥ | the chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | the chief priests | autem | the chief priests | αρχιερεις | | | autem | ܟܗܢܐ | the chief priests | ἀρχιερεῖς | the chief priests | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | sacerdotum | and | και | | | sacerdotum | ܕܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ | multitude | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | turbis | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | et | elders | πρεσβυτεροι | | | et | ܘܩܫܝܫܐ | elders | πρεσβύτεροι | elders | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲕⲁⲁⲥ | that | ἔπεισαν | persuaded | seniores | persuaded | επεισαν | | | seniores | ܐܦܝܤܘ | persuaded | ἔπεισαν | persuaded | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | — | — | τους | | | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲉⲁⲓⲧⲉⲓ | to ask | ὄχλους | crowds | persuaserunt | crowds | οχλους | | | persuaserunt | ܠܟܢܫܐ | crowds | ὄχλους | crowds | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲥⲉⲙⲟⲩⲟⲩⲧ | kill | ἵνα | that | populis | that | ϊνα | | | — | ܕܢܫܐܠܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟϥ | our | αἰτήσωνται | they may ask for | ut | they may ask for | αιτησωνται | | | ut | ܠܒܪ | they may ask for | αἰτήσωνται | they may ask for | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲃⲁⲣⲁⲃⲃⲁⲥ | Barabbas, | Βαραββᾶν, | Barabbas, | peterent | Barabbas, | βαραββαν | | | peterent | ܐܒܐ | Barabbas, | Βαραββᾶν | Barabbas, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | and | δὲ | and | Barabbam | and | δε | | | barabban | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | Jesum | Jesus | ιην | | | ihm | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπολέσωσιν.¶ | may destroy. | vero | may destroy. | απολεσωσιν | | | autem | ܕܢܘܒܕܘܢ | may destroy. | ἀπολέσωσιν | may destroy. | ||||||||
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