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 | — | — | — | ὁ | The | — | — | ο | | | sebat | — | — | ὁ | The | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲗⲁⲟⲥ | nation | λαὸς | nation | populus | nation | λαος | | | populus | ܥܡܐ | nation | λαὸς | nation | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | — | — | ο | | | qui | — | — | ὁ | the one | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲧϩⲙⲟⲟⲥ | sit | καθήμενος | sitting | sedebat | was sitting | καθημενος | | | sedebant | ܕܝܬܒ | sitting | καθήμενος | sitting | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲕⲁⲕⲉ | darkness | ἐν | in | in | in | εν | | | in | ܒܚܫܘܟܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | σκότει | darkness | tenebris | darkness | σκοτεια | | | tenebris | — | — | σκότει | darkness | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩⲛⲟϭ | great | φῶς | light | lucem | light | φως | | | lumen | ܢܘܗܪܐ | light | εἶδεν | light | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | light | εἶδεν | have seen | vidit | saw | — | | | uiderunt | ܪܒܐ | have seen | φῶς | have seen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ | put | μέγα, | great, | magnam | great | μεγαν | | | magnum | ܚܙܐ | great, | μέγα | great, | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | — | | | — | ܘܐܝܠܝܢ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῖς | to those | — | — | — | | | qui | — | — | τοῖς | to those | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲧϩⲁⲓⲃⲉⲥ | — | καθημένοις | sitting | sedentibus | to those sitting | καθημενοι | | | terra | — | — | καθημένοις | sitting | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲡⲙⲟⲩ | die | ἐν | in the | in | in | εν | | | in | ܕܝܬܒܝܢ | in the | ἐν | in the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲛⲧⲉⲭⲱⲣⲁ | land | χώρᾳ | land | regione | the region | χωρα | | | — | ܒܐܬܪܐ | land | χώρᾳ | land | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | — | — | — | | | lumen | ܘܒܛܠܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓⲛ | light | σκιᾷ | in a shadow | umbræ | of shadow | σκεια | | | umbra | ܕܡܘܬܐ | in a shadow | σκιᾷ | in a shadow | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥϣⲁ | to | θανάτου | of death | mortis | of death | θανατου | | | mortis | — | — | θανάτου | of death | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | φῶς | a light | lux | light | φως | | | est | ܢܘܗܪܐ | a light | φῶς | a light | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀνέτειλεν | has dawned | orta est | has risen | ανετειλεν | | | ortum | ܕܢܚ | has dawned | ἀνέτειλεν | has dawned | ||||||||
| lost | — | αὐτοῖς.¶ | on them. | eis | on them | αυτοις | | | eis | ܠܗܘܢ | on them. | αὐτοῖς | on them. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 4:22 | |||||||||||||||||||