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 | ||||||||||||
ουδεP45 · P66 · P75 | Not | οὐδὲ | Not | ουδε | | | nec | Neque | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐδὲ | Not | |||||
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 | ܓܝܪ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
κρινειP45 · P66 · P75 | does judge | κρίνει | does judge | κρινει | | | iudicat | judicat | does judge | ܐܒܐ | does judge | κρίνει | does judge | |||||
ουδεναP45 · P66 · P75 | no one, | οὐδένα, | no one, | ουδενα | | | — | quemquam | no one, | ܕܐܢ | no one, | οὐδένα | no one, | |||||
αλλαP45 · P66 · P75 | but | ἀλλὰ | but | αλλα | | | sed | sed | but | ܐܠܐ | but | ἀλλὰ | but | |||||
τηνP45 · P66 · P75 | <the> | τὴν | <the> | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | <the> | |||||
κρισινP45 · P66 · P75 | judgment | κρίσιν | judgment | κρισιν | | | omne | omne | judgment | ܐܠܐ | judgment | κρίσιν | judgment | |||||
πασανP45 · P66 · P75 | all | πᾶσαν | all | πασαν | | | iudicium | judicium | all | ܟܠܗ | all | πᾶσαν | all | |||||
εδωκενP45 · P66 · P75 | has given | δέδωκεν | has given | δεδωκεν | | | dedit | dedit | has given | ܕܝܢܐ | has given | δέδωκεν | has given | |||||
τωιP45 · P66 · P75 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | aliquem | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
υωP45 · P66 · P75 | Son, | υἱῷ, | Son, | ϋιω | | | filio | Filio | Son, | ܝܗܒܗ | Son, | υἱῷ | Son, | |||||
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