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 | ||||||||||||
αλλαP45 · P66 · P75 | Nevertheless | ἀλλὰ | Nevertheless | αλλα | | | sed | sed | Nevertheless | ܐܠܐ | but | Ἀλλὰ | Nevertheless | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | even | καὶ | even | και | | | quaecumque | et | even | ܐܦ | even | καὶ | even | |||||
νυνP45 · P66 · P75 | now | νῦν | now | νυν | | | nunc | nunc | now | ܗܫܐ | now | νῦν | now | |||||
οιδαP45 · P66 · P75 | I know | οἶδα | I know | οιδα | | | scio | scio | I know | — | — | οἶδα | I know | |||||
οτιP45 · P66 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܝܕܥܐ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
οσαP45 · P66 · P75 | as much as | ὅσα | as much as | οσα | | | — | quæcumque | as much as | ܐܢܐ | as much as | ὅσα | as much as | |||||
ανP45 · P66 · P75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | petieris | poposceris | maybe | ܕܟܡܐ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | |||||
αιτησησP45 · P66 · P75 | You may ask | αἰτήσῃ | You may ask | αιτηση | | | — | a | You may ask | ܕܬܫܐܠ | You may ask | αἰτήσῃ | You may ask | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
θνP45 · P66 · P75 | God | θεὸν | God | θν | | | dm | Deo | God | — | — | θεόν | God | |||||
δωσειP45 · P66 · P75 | will give | δώσει | will give | δωσει | | | dabit | dabit | will give | ܠܐܠܗܐ | will give | δώσει | will give | |||||
σοιP45 · P66 · P75 | You | σοι | You | σοι | | | tibi | tibi | You | ܝܗܒ | You | σοι | You | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
θσP45 · P66 · P75 | God. | θεός.¶ | God. | — | | | ds | Deus | God. | ܠܟ | God. | θεός | God. | |||||
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