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 | ||||||||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | The | — | — | ο | | | sebat | — | — | ὁ | The | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | people | λαος | nation | populus | The people | λαος | | | populus | ܥܡܐ | people that | λαὸς | nation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ο | the [one] | qui | that | ο | | | qui | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ | sit | καθημενος | sitting | sedebat | sat | καθημενος | | | sedebant | ܕܝܬܒ | the | καθήμενος | sitting | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁⲕⲉ | darkness | εν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | — | — | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | σκοτια | darknessLexical | tenebris | darkness | σκοτεια | | | tenebris | ܒܚܫܘܟܐ | in darkness, | σκότει | darkness | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | vidit | hath seen | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | φως | light | lucem | light | φως | | | lumen | ܢܘܗܪܐ | light; | εἶδεν | have seen | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | light | ειδεν | have seen | — | — | — | | | uiderunt | ܚܙܐ | have seen | φῶς | light | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ | put | μεγα | great, | magnam | great | μεγαν | | | magnum | ܪܒܐ | great | μέγα | great, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | et | and | — | | | — | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | who sat | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοις | to those | — | — | — | | | qui | — | — | τοῖς | to those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲧϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ | the shadow | καθημενοις | sitting | sedentibus | sat | καθημενοι | | | terra | — | — | καθημένοις | sitting | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲩ | die | εν | in [the] | in | in | εν | | | in | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | is arisen. | ἐν | in the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲭⲱⲣⲁ | land | χωρα | land | regione | the region | χωρα | | | — | ܒܐܬܪܐ | in the region | χώρᾳ | land | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | και | and | — | — | — | | | lumen | — | — | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | light | σκια | in a shadow | umbræ | of the shadow | σκεια | | | umbra | ܘܒܛܠܠܐ | and shadow | σκιᾷ | in a shadow | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲁ | to | θανατου | of death | mortis | of death | θανατου | | | mortis | ܕܡܘܬܐ | of death, | θανάτου | of death | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | φως | a light | lux | light | φως | | | est | ܢܘܗܪܐ | light | φῶς | a light | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ανετειλεν | has dawned | orta | — | ανετειλεν | | | ortum | ܕܢܚ | sat | ἀνέτειλεν | has dawned | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | est | is | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αυτοις | on them. | eis | to them | αυτοις | | | eis | ܠܗܘܢ | and to them | αὐτοῖς | on them. | ||||||
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