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 | — | ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧⲟⲩ | — | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | Beati | Blessed are | μακαριοι | | | beati | ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ | Blessed are | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲉⲧⲣϩⲃⲃⲉ | — | οἱ | those | — | — | οι | | | mites | — | — | οἱ | those | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | mountain | πενθοῦντες, | mourning, | quoniam | mourning, | — | | | quoniam | ܠܐܒܝܠܐ | mourning, | πενθοῦντες | mourning, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲥⲡⲥⲱⲡⲟⲩ | — | ὅτι | for | ipsi | for | οτι | | | ipsi | — | — | ὅτι | for | ||||||
| lost | — | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | possidebunt | they themselves | αυτοι | | | hereditabunt | ܕܗܢܘܢ | they themselves | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | ||||||||
| lost | — | παρακληθήσονται.¶ | will be comforted. | terram | will be comforted. | — | | | terram | ܢܬܒܝܐܘܢ | will be comforted. | παρακληθήσονται | will be comforted. | ||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | Next Fragment: Matt 5:13 | |||||||||||||||||||