External Evidence: Irenaeus
External Evidence: IrenaeusNote: Greek text is rendered in Unicode. For help, see http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/unicode.html by Peter Kirby.
| Ita Mattheus in Hebraeis ipsorum lingua scripturam edidit Evangelii cum Petrus et Paulus Romae evangelizarent et fundarent Ecclesiam. | 2 ὁ μὲν δὴ Ματθαῖος ἐν τοῖς Ἑβραίοις τῇ ἰδίᾳ αὐτῶν διαλέκτῳ καὶ γραφὴν ἐξήνεγκεν εὐαγγέλιου τοῦ Πέτρου καὶ τοῦ Παύλου ἐν Ρώμῃ εὐαγγελιζομένων καὶ θεμελιούντων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν· | 2 So Matthew, among the Jews in their own dialect, brought forth a gospel writing when Peter and Paul in Rome were evangelizing and founding the church; |
| Post vero excessum Marcus discipulus et interpres Petri et ipse quae a Petro annuntiata erant per scripta nobis tradidit, | 3 μετὰ δὲ τὴν τούτων ἔξοδεν Μάρκος, ὁ μαθητὴς καὶ ἑρμηνευτὴς Πέτρου, καὶ αὐτὸς τὰ ὑπὸ Πέτρου κηρυσσόμενα ἐγγράφως ἡμῖν παραδέδωκεν· | 3 but after their departure Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, he too handed what was preached by Peter down to us in writing, |
| et Lucas autem sectator Pauli quod ab illo praedicabatur Evangelium in libro condidit. | καὶ Λουκᾶς δέ, ὁ ἀκόλουθος Παύλου, τὸ ὑπ' ἐκείνου κηρυσσόμενον εὐαγγέλιον ἐν βίβλῳ κατέθετο. | and Luke, the follower of Paul, set forth in a book the gospel that was preached by him. |
| Postea et Johannes discipulus Domini qui et supra pectus ejus recumbebat et ipse edidit Evangelium Ephesi Asiae commorans. | 4 ἔπειτα Ἰωάννης, ὁ μαθητὴς τοῦ κυρίου, ὁ καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσών, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐξέδωκεν τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἐν Ἐφέσῳ τῆς Ἀσίας διατρίβων. | 4 Then John, the disciple of the Lord and also the one who leaned against his chest (John 21:20), also put out the gospel when residing in Ephesus of Asia. |