The Gospels across their earliest witnesses, and the tradition they carried forward
Hover any Greek or Syriac word for phonetic transliteration.
Six manuscript witness columns span the table; their descent flows into the timeline below.
| Greek Papyri | Alexandrian | Western | Latin | Syriac | Byzantine | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Earliest Papyri c. 125–250 CE · Greek TAGNT | Vaticanus c. 325 CE · Greek TAGNT | Bezae c. 400 CE · Greek Latin | Vulgate c. 400 CE · Latin Whitaker | Peshitta c. 400–450 CE · Syriac PayneSmith | Byzantine c. 5th–9th c. · Greek TAGNT | ||||||||||||
ειP45 · P66 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | si | Si | If | ܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
εκεινουσP45 · P66 · P75 | them | ἐκείνους | them | εκεινους | | | illos | illos | them | ܠܗܢܘܢ | them | ἐκείνους | them | |||||
ειπενP45 · P66 · P75 | he called | εἶπεν | he called | ειπεν | | | dixit | dixit | he called | ܐܡܪ | he called | εἶπεν | he called | |||||
θεουσP45 · P66 · P75 | gods | θεοὺς | gods | θεους | | | deos | deos | gods | ܐܠܗܐ | gods | θεούς | gods | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܡܛܠ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
ουP45 · P66 · P75 | whom | οὓς | whom | ους | | | quos | quos | whom | ܕܠܘܬܗܘܢ | whom | οὓς | whom | |||||
δυναταιP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | scriptura | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
λυθηναιP45 · P66 · P75 | word | λόγος | word | λογος | | | uerbum | sermo | word | — | — | λόγος | word | |||||
τοῦP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θεοῦP45 · P66 · P75 | of God | θεοῦ | of God | — | | | dei | Dei | of God | ܗܘܬ | of God | θεοῦ | of God | |||||
ἐγένετο,P45 · P66 · P75 | came, | ἐγένετο, | came, | εγενετο | | | factum | factus | came, | ܡܠܬܐ | came, | ἐγένετο- | came, | |||||
καὶP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | est | est | and | ܕܐܠܗܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οὐP45 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | et | et | not | ܘܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
δύναταιP45 · P66 · P75 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | non | non | is able | ܡܫܟܚ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||
λυθῆναιP45 · P66 · P75 | to be broken | λυθῆναι | to be broken | λυθηναι | | | potest | potest | to be broken | ܟܬܒܐ | to be broken | λυθῆναι | to be broken | |||||
ἡP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ἡ | the | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἡ | the | |||||
γραφή,P45 · P66 · P75 | Scripture, | γραφή, | Scripture, | γραφη | | | solui | solvi | Scripture, | ܕܢܫܬܪܐ | Scripture, | γραφή- | Scripture, | |||||
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