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 | ||||||||||||
ωσπερP45 · P66 · P75 | Even as | ὥσπερ | Even as | ωσπερ | | | sicut | Sicut | Even as | ܐܝܟܢܐ | Even as | Ὥσπερ | Even as | |||||
γαρP45 · P66 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πρP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | πατηρ | | | pater | Pater | Father | ܕܐܒܐ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
εγειρειP45 · P66 · P75 | raises up | ἐγείρει | raises up | εγειρει | | | suscitat | suscitat | raises up | ܡܩܝܡ | raises up | ἐγείρει | raises up | |||||
τουσP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | the | |||||
νεκρουσP45 · P66 · P75 | dead | νεκροὺς | dead | νεκρους | | | mortuos | mortuos | dead | ܡܝܬܐ | dead | νεκροὺς | dead | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܡܚܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ζωοποιειP45 · P66 · P75 | gives life, | ζῳοποιεῖ, | gives life, | ζωοποιει | | | uiuificat | vivificat | gives life, | ܠܗܘܢ | gives life, | ζῳοποιεῖ | gives life, | |||||
ουτωσP45 · P66 · P75 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | sic | sic | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | |||||
καιP45 · P66 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | et | et | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υσP45 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܒܪܐ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
ουσP45 · P66 · P75 | to whom | οὓς | to whom | ους | | | quos | quos | to whom | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | to whom | οὓς | to whom | |||||
θελειP45 · P66 · P75 | He wishes | θέλει | He wishes | θελει | | | uult | vult | He wishes | ܕܨܒܐ | He wishes | θέλει | He wishes | |||||
ζωοποιειP45 · P66 · P75 | gives life. | ζῳοποιεῖ. | gives life. | ζωοποιει | | | uiuificat | vivificat | gives life. | ܡܚܐ | gives life. | ζῳοποιεῖ | gives life. | |||||
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