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 | — | — | — | Καὶ | and | Baptizatus | and | και | | | baptizatus | ܟܕ | and | Καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉϥⲃⲁⲡⲧⲓⲍⲉ | to baptize | Βαπτισθεὶς | Having been baptized | autem | Having been baptized | — | | | est | ܥܡܕ | Having been baptized | βαπτισθεὶς | Having been baptized | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | δὲ | now | Jesus | now | — | | | ihs | ܕܝܢ | but | ὁ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | — | — | ο | | | mox | — | — | Ἰησοῦς | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛϭⲓⲓⲏⲥⲟⲩⲥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | confestim | Jesus | — | | | — | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | ἀνέβη | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ϭⲉ | then | εὐθὺς | immediately | ascendit | immediately | ευθυς | | | ascendit | ܝܫܘܥ | immediately | εὐθὺς | immediately | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ | hour | ἀνέβη | went up | de | went up | ανεβη | | | de | ܡܚܕܐ | went up | ἀπὸ | went up | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲉⲓ | come | ἀπὸ | from | aqua | from | απο | | | aqua | ܤܠܩ | from | τοῦ | from | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | caeli | — | — | ὕδατος | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ὕδατος. | water. | et | water. | ϋδατος | | | et | — | — | καὶ | water. | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | ecce | and | και | | | ecce | ܡܢ | and | ἰδού | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲙⲟⲟⲩ | water | ἰδοὺ | behold | aperti | behold | ϊδου | | | aperti | ܗܐ | behold | ἀνεῴχθησαν | behold | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲱ | and | ἠνεῴχθησαν | were opened | sunt | were opened | — | | | sunt | ܘܐܬܦܬܚܘ | were opened | αὐτῷ | were opened | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲓⲥ | behold | αὐτῷ | to Him | ei | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | — | — | οἱ | to Him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ | — | οἱ | the | — | — | οι | | | de | — | — | οὐρανοί | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁⲩⲟⲩⲱⲛ | open | οὐρανοί, | heavens, | cæli | heavens, | ουρανοι | | | caelo | ܠܗ | heavens, | καὶ | heavens, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܫܡܝܐ | and | εἶδεν | and | ||||||
ειδενP101 | he saw | ⲛϭⲓⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ | sg. masc. copula | εἶδεν | he saw | vidit | he saw | ϊδεν | | | uidit | ܘܚܙܐ | he saw | τὸ | he saw | ||||||
τοP101 | the | — | — | τὸ | the | — | — | το | | | — | — | — | πνεῦμα | the | ||||||
ΠΝΑP101 | Spirit | ⲉⲡⲉⲡⲛⲉⲩⲙⲁ | Spirit | πνεῦμα | Spirit | Spiritum | Spirit | πνα | | | spiritum | ܪܘܚܐ | Spirit | τοῦ | Spirit | ||||||
τουP101 | <the> | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | — | — | του | | | et | — | — | θεοῦ | <the> | ||||||
ΘΥP101 | of God | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | θεοῦ | of God | Dei | of God | θυ | | | dei | — | — | καταβαῖνον | of God | ||||||
καταβαινονP101 | descending | ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ | god | καταβαῖνον | descending | descendentem | descending | καταβαινοντα | | | descendentem | ܕܐܠܗܐ | descending | ὡσεὶ | descending | ||||||
ωσP101 | as | ⲉϥⲛⲏⲩ | come | ὡσεὶ | as | sicut | as | — | | | sicut | ܕܢܚܬܐ | as | περιστερὰν | as | ||||||
περιστερανP101 | a dove | ⲉⲡⲉⲥⲏⲧ | ground | περιστερὰν | a dove | columbam | a dove | περιστεραν | | | columbam | ܐܝܟ | a dove | καὶ | a dove | ||||||
καιP101 | and | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܝܘܢܐ | and | ἐρχόμενον | and | ||||||
ερχομενονP101 | alighting | ⲛⲧϩⲉ | fall | ἐρχόμενον | alighting | venientem | alighting | ερχομενον | | | uenientem | — | — | ἐπ’ | alighting | ||||||
επ᾽P101 | upon | ⲛⲟⲩϭⲣⲟⲟⲙⲡⲉ | dove | ἐπ᾽ | upon | super | upon | — | | | super | ܘܐܬܬ | upon | αὐτόν | upon | ||||||
αυτον.P101 | Him. | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | αὐτόν. | Him. | se | Him. | αυτον | | | eum | ܥܠܘܗܝ | Him. | αὐτόν. | Him. | ||||||
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