The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Earliest Papyrus c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Sinaiticus c. 350 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
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| ἦν | Was | ἦν | Was | ἦν | Was | Erat | — | ܚܕ | And | ἦν | Was | ||||||
| Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | autem | but (postpositive) | ܕܝܢ | Jeshu | Ἀνδρέας | Andrew | ||||||
| ὁ | the | ὁ | the | ὁ | the | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | ||||||
| ἀδελφὸς | brother | ἀδελφὸς | brother | ἀδελφὸς | brother | Andreas | Andrew | ܡܢ | himself | ἀδελφὸς | brother | ||||||
| Σίμωνος | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | Σίμωνος | of Simon | frater | brother | ܗܢܘܢ | saw | Σίμωνος | of Simon | ||||||
| Πέτρου | Peter | Πέτρου | Peter | Πέτρου | Peter | Simonis | top molding of a pediment placed above its cornice | ܕܫܡܥܘ | them | Πέτρου | Peter | ||||||
| εἷς | one | εἷς | one | εἷς | one | Petri | rock | ܡܢ | after | εἷς | one | ||||||
| ἐκ | of | ἐκ | of | ἐκ | of | unus | one | ܝܘܚܢܢ | and | ἐκ | of | ||||||
| τῶν | the | τῶν | the | τῶν | the | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | ||||||
| δύο | two | δύο | two | δύο | two | ex | out of | ܘܐܙܠܘ | said | δύο | two | ||||||
| τῶν | which | τῶν | which | τῶν | which | — | — | — | — | τῶν | which | ||||||
| ἀκουσάντων | having heard | ἀκουσάντων | having heard | ἀκουσάντων | having heard | duobus | — | ܒܬܪܗ | them | ἀκουσάντων | having heard | ||||||
| παρὰ | from | παρὰ | from | παρὰ | from | qui | how? | ܕܝܫܘܥ | seek | παρὰ | from | ||||||
| Ἰωάννου | John | Ἰωάννου | John | Ἰωάνου | John | audierant | hear | ܐܝܬܘܗܝ | you | Ἰωάννου | John | ||||||
| καὶ | and | καὶ | and | καὶ | and | a | Aulus (Roman praenomen) | ܗܘܐ | say | καὶ | and | ||||||
| ἀκολουθησάντων | having followed | ἀκολουθησάντων | having followed | ἀκολουθησάντων | having followed | Joanne | — | ܐܢܕܪܐܘܤ | him | ἀκολουθησάντων | having followed | ||||||
| αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | et | and | ܐܚܘܗܝ | Raban | αὐτῷ.¶ | Him. | ||||||