The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
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c. 125–250 AD · Greek TAGNT | alignment under review c. 250–300 AD · Coptic Lexical aid: Crum/KELLIA | c. 175–325 AD · Greek Certified English | Clementine 1592/1598 · Latin Douay-Rheims 1899 | c. 150–400 AD · Greek/Latin Latin | c. 170–400 AD · Syriac Murdock 1851 | c. 300–500 AD · Greek Certified English | ||||||||||||||
εν P70 | In | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | εν | In | In | in | εν | | | in | ܒܗܘܢ | in | Ἐν | In | ||||||
δε P70 | then | ⲇⲉ | and | δε | then | diebus | days | — | | | diebus | ܕܝܢ | And | δὲ | then | ||||||
ταισ P70 | the | — | — | ταις | the | — | — | ταις | | | iohannes | — | — | ταῖς | the | ||||||
ημεραισ P70 | days | ϩⲛⲛⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ | day | ημεραις | days | autem | And | ημεραις | | | autem | ܒܝܘܡܬܐ | days | ἡμέραις | days | ||||||
εκειναισ P70 | those | ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ | who | εκειναις | those | illis | — | εκειναις | | | illis | ܗܢܘܢ | those | ἐκείναις | those | ||||||
damagedπαραγινεται P70 | comes | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | παραγεινεται | comes | venit | cometh | παραγεινεται | | | uenit | ܐܬܐ | came | παραγίνεται | comes | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John* | ιωανης | John | Joannes | John | — | | | — | ܝܘܚܢܢ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϥⲧⲁϣⲉⲟⲉⲓϣ | increase crying | βαπτιστης | Baptist | Baptista | the Baptist | βαπτιστης | | | baptista | ܡܥܡܕܢܐ | the Baptizer. | βαπτιστής | Baptist | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲣⲁⲓ | upper part | κηρυσσων | preaching | prædicans | preaching | κηρυσσων | | | — | ܘܡܟܪܙ | he proclaimed | κηρύσσων | preaching | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡϫⲁⲓⲉ | — | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܗܘܐ | in the desert | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲥⲧⲏⲥ | baptist | τη | the | — | — | τη | | | — | — | — | τῇ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ερημω | wilderness | deserto | the desert | ερημω | | | deserto | ܒܚܘܪܒܐ | And | ἐρήμῳ | wilderness | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | της | <the> | — | — | της | | | praedicans | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲓⲟⲩⲇⲁⲓⲁ | Judea* | ιουδαιας | of Judea | Judææ | of Judea | ϊουδαιας | | | iudeae | ܕܝܗܘܕ | of Judaea, | Ἰουδαίας | of Judea | ||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 3:9 | |||||||||||||||||||
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