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 | — | ⲧⲟⲧⲉ | Then | Τότε | Then | Tunc | Then | τοτε | | | tunc | ܗܝܕܝܢ | Then | Τότε | Then | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | παραγίνεται | comes | venit | comes | — | | | de | ܐܬܐ | comes | παραγίνεται | comes | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | ihs | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | ἀπὸ | from | a | from | απο | | | ad | — | — | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | ad | — | — | τῆς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | Galilæa | Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaea | ܡܢ | Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | Galilee | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἐπὶ | to | in | to | επι | | | — | ܓܠܝܠܐ | to | ἐπὶ | to | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | iohannen | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϫⲙⲡⲓⲟⲣⲇⲁⲛⲏⲥ | — | Ἰορδάνην | Jordan | Jordanem | Jordan | ϊορδανην | | | iordanen | ܠܝܘܪܕܢܢ | Jordan | Ἰορδάνην | Jordan | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ | to baptize | πρὸς | unto | ad | unto | προς | | | aduenit | ܠܘܬ | unto | πρὸς | unto | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | — | — | τον | | | baptistam | — | — | τὸν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ | John | Ἰωάννην | John | Joannem | John | ϊωαννην | | | — | — | — | Ἰωάννην | John | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | baptizaretur | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | ut baptizaretur | to be baptized | βαπτισθηναι | | | ut | ܝܘܚܢܢ | to be baptized | βαπτισθῆναι | to be baptized | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ | — | ὑπ᾽ | by | ab | by | ϋπ | | | ab | ܕܢܥܡܕ | by | ὑπ’ | by | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ. | him. | eo | him | αυτου | | | eo | ܡܢܗ | him. | αὐτοῦ | him. | ||||||
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