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 | — | ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ | say | Ἔφη | was saying | Ait | was saying | εφη | | | dicit | ܐܡܪ | was saying | Ἔφη | was saying | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | now | illis | now | δε | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | αὐτοῖς | to them | Pilatus | to them | αυτοις | | | pilatus | ܦܝܠܛܘܤ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲡⲓⲗⲁⲧⲟⲥ | Pilate; | Πιλᾶτος· | Pilate; | Habetis | Pilate; | πειλατος | | | habetis | ܠܟܘܢ | Pilate; | Πιλάτος | Pilate; | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϫⲓ | receive | ἔχετε | You have | — | — | — | | | eis | ܩܤܛܘܢܪܐ | You have | Ἔχετε | You have | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲕⲟⲩⲥⲧⲱⲇⲓⲁ | — | κουστωδίαν· | a guard; | custodiam | a guard; | — | | | custodes | ܙܠܘ | a guard; | κουστωδίαν | a guard; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲃⲱⲕ | go | ὑπάγετε | do go | ite | do go | — | | | ite | ܐܙܕܗܪܘ | do go | ὑπάγετε | do go | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲣϫϥ | be firm | ἀσφαλίσασθε | do make it as secure | custodite | do make it as secure | — | | | munite | ܐܝܟܢܐ | do make it as secure | ἀσφαλίσασθε | do make it as secure | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ὡς | as | sicut | as | ως | | | sicut | ܕܝܕܥܝܢ | as | ὡς | as | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ | know | οἴδατε.¶ | you know how. | scitis | you know how. | οιδατε | | | scitis | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you know how. | οἴδατε | you know how. | ||||||
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