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 | ܐܠܐ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
ουP45 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܥܒܕ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
ποιωP45 · P66 · P75 | I do | ποιῶ | I do | ποιω | | | facio | facio | I do | — | — | ποιῶ | I do | |||||
ταP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
εργαP45 · P66 · P75 | works | ἔργα | works | εργα | | | opera | opera | works | ܐܢܐ | works | ἔργα | works | |||||
τουP45 · P66 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
πρσP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατρός | Father | πατρος | | | patris | Patris | Father | ܥܒܕܐ | Father | πατρός | Father | |||||
μουP45 · P66 · P75 | of Mine, | μου, | of Mine, | μου | | | mei | mei | of Mine, | ܕܐܒܝ | of Mine, | μου | of Mine, | |||||
μηP45 · P66 · P75 | then not | μὴ | then not | μη | | | nolite | nolite | then not | — | — | μὴ | then not | |||||
πιστευετεP45 · P66 · P75 | do believe | πιστεύετέ | do believe | — | | | credere | credere | do believe | ܠܐ | do believe | πιστεύετέ | do believe | |||||
μοιP45 · P66 · P75 | Me; | μοι· | Me; | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | Me; | ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢܢܝ | Me; | μοι | Me; | |||||
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