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 | — | ⲉϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ | walk | Περιπατῶν | Walking | Ambulans | Walking | — | | | transiens | ܘܟܕ | Walking | Περιπατῶν | Walking | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲇⲉ | now | δὲ | now | autem | now | — | | | autem | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | — | — | | | — | — | — | παρὰ | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ | look | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | Jesus | Jesus | — | | | — | ܥܠ | Jesus | τὴν | Jesus | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲥⲟⲛ | to | παρὰ | beside | juxta | beside | παραγων | | | secus | ܝܕ | beside | θάλασσαν | beside | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | τῆς | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲁⲧⲛⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ | Sea | θάλασσαν | Sea | mare | Sea | θαλασσαν | | | mare | ܝܡܐ | Sea | Γαλιλαίας | Sea | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τῆς | <the> | — | — | της | | | — | — | — | εἶδεν | <the> | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲧⲅⲁⲗⲓⲗⲁⲓⲁ | of Galilee | Γαλιλαίας | of Galilee | Galilææ | of Galilee | γαλιλαιας | | | galilaeae | — | — | δύο | of Galilee | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲛⲁⲩ | two | εἶδεν | He saw | vidit | He saw | ειδεν | | | uidit | ܕܓܠܝܠܐ | He saw | ἀδελφούς | He saw | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉⲧⲉϣⲁⲩⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ | speak | δύο | two | duos | two | δυο | | | duos | ܚܙܐ | two | Σίμωνα | two | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲣⲟϥ | to | ἀδελφούς, | brothers, | fratres | brothers, | αδελφους | | | fratres | ܬܪܝܢ | brothers, | τὸν | brothers, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲥⲓⲙⲱⲛ | Simon | Σίμωνα | Simon | Simonem | Simon | σιμωνα | | | simonem | ܐܚܝܢ | Simon | λεγόμενον | Simon | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the one | — | — | τον | | | dicitur | — | — | Πέτρον | the one | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲉϥⲥⲟⲛ | brother | λεγόμενον | being named | qui vocatur | who is called | λεγομενον | | | qui | ܫܡܥܘܢ | being named | καὶ | being named | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲩϩⲓϣⲛⲉ | — | Πέτρον | Peter | Petrus | Peter | πετρον | | | petrus | ܕܐܬܩܪܝ | Peter | Ἀνδρέαν | Peter | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܟܐܦܐ | and | τὸν | and | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ | Andrew | Ἀνδρέαν | Andrew | Andream | Andrew | ανδρεαν | | | andream | ܘܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | Andrew | ἀδελφὸν | Andrew | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὸν | the | — | — | τον | | | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ | to above | ἀδελφὸν | brother | fratrem | brother | αδελφον | | | fratrem | ܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | βάλλοντας | brother | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | ejus | his | αυτου | | | eius | ܕܪܡܝܢ | of him | ἀμφίβληστρον | of him | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲉϩⲉⲛⲟⲩⲱϩⲉ | fisher | βάλλοντας | casting | mittentes | casting | βαλλοντας | | | mittentes | — | — | εἰς | casting | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἀμφίβληστρον | a net | rete | a net | — | | | retiam | ܡܨܝܕܬܐ | a net | τὴν | a net | ||||||
| lost | — | εἰς | into | in | into | εις | | | in | ܒܝܡܐ | into | θάλασσαν | into | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τὴν | the | — | — | την | | | — | — | — | ἦσαν | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲑⲁⲗⲁⲥⲥⲁ | sea; | θάλασσαν· | sea; | mare | the sea | θαλασσαν | | | mari | ܐܝܬܝܗܘܢ | sea; | γὰρ | sea; | ||||||
| lost | — | ἦσαν | they were | erant | they were | ησαν | | | erant | ܗܘܘ | they were | ἁλιεῖς | they were | ||||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | enim | for | γαρ | | | autem | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ἁλιεῖς. | fishermen. | piscatores | fishermen | αλιεις | | | piscatores | ܨܝܕܐ | fishermen. | ἁλιεῖς. | fishermen. | ||||||||
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