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 | ||||||||||||||
ενP70 | In | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | Ἐν | In | In | In | εν | | | in | ܒܗܘܢ | In | Ἐν | In | ||||||
δεP70 | then | ⲇⲉ | then | δὲ | then | diebus | then | — | | | diebus | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | then | ||||||
ταισP70 | the | — | — | ταῖς | the | — | — | ταις | | | iohannes | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
ημεραισP70 | days | ϩⲛⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ἡμέραις | days | autem | days | ημεραις | | | autem | ܒܝܘܡܬܐ | days | ἡμέραις | days | ||||||
εκειναισP70 | those | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | ἐκείναις | those | illis | those | εκειναις | | | illis | ܗܢܘܢ | those | ἐκείναις | those | ||||||
παραγινεταιP70 | comes | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | παραγίνεται | comes | venit | comes | παραγεινεται | | | uenit | ܐܬܐ | comes | παραγίνεται | comes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | Joannes | John | — | | | — | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲧⲁϣⲉⲟⲉⲓϣ | increase crying | βαπτιστὴς | Baptist | Baptista | Baptist | βαπτιστης | | | baptista | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | Baptist | βαπτιστής | Baptist | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | κηρύσσων | preaching | prædicans | preaching | κηρυσσων | | | — | ܘܡܟܪܙ | preaching | κηρύσσων | preaching | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ | — | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܗܘܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ | the | τῇ | the | — | — | τη | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | deserto | wilderness | ερημω | | | deserto | ܒܚܘܪܒܐ | wilderness | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | praedicans | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | of Judea | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | Judææ | of Judea | ϊουδαιας | | | iudeae | ܕܝܗܘܕ | of Judea | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | ||||||
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