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 | — | — | — | Καὶ | And | Et | And | και | | | et | ܘܡܚܕܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἰδοὺ | behold | ecce | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | uelum | — | — | τὸ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲕⲁⲧⲁⲡⲉⲧⲁⲥⲙⲁ | veil | καταπέτασμα | veil | templi | veil | καταπετασμα | | | templi | ܬܪܥܐ | veil | καταπέτασμα | veil | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | — | — | του | | | scissum | — | — | τοῦ | of the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ναοῦ | temple | est | temple | ναου | | | est | — | — | ναοῦ | temple | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | ἐσχίσθη | was torn | in | was torn | εσχισθη | | | in | ܕܗܝܟܠܐ | was torn | ἐσχίσθη | was torn | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | ἀπ᾽ | from | duas | from | — | | | duas | ܐܨܛܪܝ | from | εἰς | from | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲣⲡⲉ | temple | ἄνωθεν | top | partes | top | — | | | partes | ܠܬܪܝܢ | top | δύο | top | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲡⲱϩ | break | ἕως | until | a | until | — | | | a | ܡܢ | until | ἀπὸ | until | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲓⲛⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | κάτω | bottom | summo | bottom | — | | | susu | — | — | ἄνωθεν | bottom | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | εἰς | into | usque | into | εις | | | usque | ܠܥܠ | into | ἕως | into | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲣⲥⲛⲁⲩ | become | δύο, | two, | deorsum | two, | δυο | | | deorsum | ܥܕܡܐ | two, | κάτω | two, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܠܬܚܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | terra | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲕⲁϩ | earth | γῆ | earth | mota | earth | γη | | | mota | ܘܐܪܥܐ | earth | γῆ | earth | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲟⲉⲓⲛ | shake | ἐσείσθη, | was shaken, | est | was shaken, | εσεισθη | | | est | — | — | ἐσείσθη | was shaken, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܐܬܬܙܝܥܬ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | αἱ | the | — | — | αι | | | petrae | — | — | αἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲉⲧⲣⲁ | rocks | πέτραι | rocks | scissæ | rocks | πετραι | | | fissae | ܘܟܐܦܐ | rocks | πέτραι | rocks | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲡⲱϩ | break | ἐσχίσθησαν, | were split, | sunt | were split, | εσχισθησαν | | | sunt | ܐܨܛܪܝ | were split, | ἐσχίσθησαν | were split, | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 27:62 | |||||||||||||||||||