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 | — | ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ | Amen | ἀμὴν | Amen | Amen | truly/amen | αμην | | | amen | ܐܡܝܢ | truly | Ἀμὴν | Amen | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲅⲁⲣ | for | γὰρ | for | quippe | ? | γαρ | | | enim | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ϯϫⲱ | say | λέγω | I say | dico | ? | λεγω | | | dico | ܐܡܪ | I say | λέγω | I say | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲙⲟⲥ | our | ὑμῖν· | to you; | vobis | ? | ϋμειν | | | uobis | ܐܢܐ | to you; | ὑμῖν | to you; | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲏⲧⲛ | my | ἕως | until | donec | ? | εως | | | — | — | — | ἕως | until | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲧⲡⲉ | sg. masc. copula | ἂν | when | transeat | ? | αν | | | donec | ܠܟܘܢ | when | ἂν | when | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲅⲉ | to pass by | παρέλθῃ | may pass away | c | ? | παρελθη | | | transeat | ܕܥܕܡܐ | may pass away | παρέλθῃ | may pass away | ||||||
| lost | — | ϩⲙⲡⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | ο | | | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲙⲛⲡⲕⲁϩ | earth | οὐρανὸς | heaven | lum | ? | ουρανος | | | — | ܕܢܥܒܪܘܢ | heaven | οὐρανὸς | heaven | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | καὶ | and | et | and | και | | | et | ܫܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἡ | the | — | — | η | | | caelum | — | — | ἡ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲟⲩⲓⲱⲧⲁ | iota | γῆ, | earth, | terra | land/earth | γη | | | terra | ܘܐܪܥܐ | earth, | γῆ | earth, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ | be raw | ἰῶτα | iota | jota | ? | ϊωτα | | | iota | ܝܘܕ | iota | ἰῶτα | iota | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲏⲟⲩϣⲱⲗϩ | make | ἓν | one | unum | ? | εν | | | — | — | — | ἓν | one | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ἢ | or | — | — | η | | | unum | — | — | ἢ | or | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲧ | be raw | μία | one | aut | ? | μια | | | aut | ܐܘ | one | μία | one | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲥⲉⲓⲛⲉ | — | κεραία | stroke of a letter | unus | one | κεραια | | | unus | ܚܕ | stroke of a letter | κεραία | stroke of a letter | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲉⲃⲟⲗ | out | οὐ | certainly | apex | ? | ου | | | apex | ܤܪܛܐ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | ||||||
| lost | — | ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩϣⲱⲡⲉ | become | μὴ | not | non | not | μη | | | non | ܠܐ | not | μὴ | not | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ | — | παρέλθῃ | may pass away | pr | ? | παρελθη | | | — | ܢܥܒܪ | may pass away | παρέλθῃ | may pass away | ||||||
| lost | — | ἀπὸ | from | teribit | ? | απο | | | a | ܡܢ | from | ἀπὸ | from | ||||||||
| lost | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | — | — | του | | | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | νόμου | law | a | from | νομου | | | transiet | — | — | νόμου | law | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἕως | until | lege | ? | εως | | | lege | ܢܡܘܤܐ | until | ἕως | until | ||||||||
| lost | — | ἂν | when | donec | ? | αν | | | donec | ܥܕܡܐ | when | ἂν | when | ||||||||
| lost | — | πάντα | everything | omnia | all things | — | | | omnes | ܕܟܠ | everything | πάντα | everything | ||||||||
| lost | — | γένηται.¶ | may happen. | fiant | ? | γενηται | | | fiant | ܢܗܘܐ | may happen. | γένηται | may happen. | ||||||||
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