The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
| Greek Papyri | Coptic | Alexandrian | Latin | Western | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | — | ⲛⲁⲓⲁⲧⲟⲩ | blessed is . . . | μακαριοι | Blessed [are] | Beati | Blessed | μακαριοι | | | beati | ܛܘܒܝܗܘܢ | Blessed | Μακάριοι | Blessed are | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲛⲛⲁⲏⲧ | — | οι | the | misericordes | the merciful | οι | | | misericordes | — | — | οἱ | the | ||||||
| lost | — | ϫⲉⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ | mountain | ελεημονες | merciful, | quoniam | for | ελεημονες | | | quia | ܠܡܪܚܡܢܐ | are the merciful: | ἐλεήμονες | merciful, | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛⲁⲛⲁ | — | οτι | for | ipsi | — | οτι | | | ipsi | ܕܥܠܝܗܘܢ | for on | ὅτι | for | ||||||
| lost | — | ⲛⲁⲩ | my | αυτοι | they themselves | misericordiam | mercy | αυτοι | | | miserabuntur | ܢܗܘܘܢ | them shall be | αὐτοὶ | they themselves | ||||||
| lost | — | — | — | ελεηθησονται | will receive mercy. | consequentur | they shall obtain | ελεηθησονται | | | — | ܪܚܡܐ | mercies! | ἐλεηθήσονται | will receive mercy. | ||||||
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