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 | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | filius | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | And | δὲ | And | Centurio | And | δε | | | centurio | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϩⲉⲕⲁⲧⲟⲛⲧⲁⲣⲭⲟⲥ | the centurion | ἑκατόνταρχος | the centurion | autem | the centurion | — | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | the centurion | ἑκατόνταρχος | the centurion | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܘܕܥܡܗ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ | with | οἱ | those | — | — | οι | | | serbabant | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲁⲣⲉϩ | keep | μετ᾽ | with | qui | with | μετ | | | qui | ܕܢܛܪܝܢ | with | μετ’ | with | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | him | cum | him | αυτου | | | cum | ܗܘܘ | him | αὐτοῦ | him | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲟⲩⲛⲁⲩ | look | τηροῦντες | keeping guard over | eo | keeping guard over | τηρουντες | | | eo | ܠܝܫܘܥ | keeping guard over | τηροῦντες | keeping guard over | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | erat | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | erant | Jesus | ιην | | | — | ܟܕ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲡⲕⲙⲧⲟ | moving of the earth | ἰδόντες | having seen | custodientes | having seen | ειδοντες | | | uidentes | ܚܙܘ | having seen | ἰδόντες | having seen | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | σεισμὸν | earthquake | Jesum | earthquake | σεισμον | | | ihm | ܙܘܥܐ | earthquake | σεισμὸν | earthquake | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | viso | and | και | | | di | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὰ | the things that | — | — | τα | | | — | — | — | τὰ | the things that | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲣϩⲟⲧⲉ | be afraid | γενόμενα | were happening | terræmotu | were happening | — | | | terremotum | ܕܗܘܝ | were happening | γενόμενα | were happening | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ | greatly | ἐφοβήθησαν | feared | et | feared | εφοβηθησαν | | | et | ܕܚܠܘ | feared | ἐφοβήθησαν | feared | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϫⲱ | say | σφόδρα | greatly | his | greatly | σφοδρα | | | hic | ܛܒ | greatly | σφόδρα | greatly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | λέγοντες· | saying; | quæ | saying; | — | | | quae | ܘܐܡܪܘ | saying; | λέγοντες | saying; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲁⲙⲉ | love | ἀληθῶς | Truly | fiebant | Truly | αληθως | | | fiebant | ܫܪܝܪܐܝܬ | Truly | Ἀληθῶς | Truly | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | θεοῦ | God’s | timuerunt | God’s | — | | | timuerunt | ܗܢܐ | God’s | θεοῦ | God’s | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ | son | υἱὸς | Son | valde | Son | ϋιος | | | ualde | ܒܪܗ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | ἦν | was | dicentes | was | ην | | | dicentes | ܗܘܐ | was | ἦν | was | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | οὗτος.¶ | this. | Vere | this. | ουτος | | | uere | ܕܐܠܗܐ | this. | οὗτος | this. | ||||||
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