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 | ||||||||||||
| — | περὶ | concerning | περι | | | de | De | concerning | ܥܠ | concerning | περὶ | concerning | ||||||
| — | δικαιοσύνης | righteousness | δικαιοσυνης | | | iustitia | justitia | righteousness | ܙܕܝܩܘܬܐ | righteousness | δικαιοσύνης | righteousness | ||||||
| — | δέ, | however, | δε | | | autem | vero | however, | ܕܝܢ | however, | δέ | however, | ||||||
| — | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | — | quia | because | ܕܠܘܬ | because | ὅτι | because | ||||||
| — | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ad | ad | to | ܐܒܝ | to | πρὸς | to | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | quoniam | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | ||||||
| — | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | patrem | Patrem | Father | ܐܙܠ | Father | πατέρα | Father | ||||||
| — | μου | of mine | — | | | uado | vado | of mine | ܐܢܐ | of mine | μου | of mine | ||||||
υπαγωP66 | I go away, | ὑπάγω, | I go away, | ϋπαγω | | | et | et | I go away, | ܘܠܐ | I go away, | ὑπάγω | I go away, | |||||
καιP66 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iam | jam | and | ܬܘܒ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκετιP66 | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | ουκετι | | | non | non | no longer | ܚܙܝܢ | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | |||||
θεωρειτεP66 | you behold | θεωρεῖτέ | you behold | θεωρειτε | | | uidetis | videbitis | you behold | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you behold | θεωρεῖτέ | you behold | |||||
μεP66 | Me; | με· | Me; | με | | | me | me | Me; | ܠܝ | Me; | με | Me; | |||||
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