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 | ||||||||||||
ουκP66 · P75 | Not | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | |||||
αφησωP66 · P75 | I will leave | ἀφήσω | I will leave | αφησω | | | dismittam | relinquam | I will leave | ܫܒܩ | I will leave | ἀφήσω | I will leave | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܐܢܐ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
ορφανουσP66 · P75 | as orphans, | ὀρφανούς, | as orphans, | ορφανους | | | orphanos | orphanos | as orphans, | ܠܟܘܢ | as orphans, | ὀρφανούς | as orphans, | |||||
ερχομαιP66 · P75 | I am coming | ἔρχομαι | I am coming | ερχομαι | | | uenio | veniam | I am coming | ܝܬܡܐ | I am coming | ἔρχομαι | I am coming | |||||
προσP66 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܐܬܐ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
υμασP66 · P75 | you. | ὑμᾶς.¶ | you. | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you. | ܐܢܐ | you. | ὑμᾶς | you. | |||||
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