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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP45 · P66 · P75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | so that | ܕܟܠܢܫ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
παντεσP45 · P66 · P75 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | omnes | omnes | all | ܢܝܩܪ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
τιμωσιP45 · P66 · P75 | may honor | τιμῶσιν | may honor | τειμωσι | | | honorificent | honorificent | may honor | ܠܒܪܐ | may honor | τιμῶσιν | may honor | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | misit | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υνP45 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | filium | Filium | Son | ܐܝܟ | Son | υἱόν | Son | |||||
καθωσP45 · P66 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | sicut | even as | ܕܡܝܩܪ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
τιμωσιP45 · P66 · P75 | they honor | τιμῶσιν | they honor | τειμωσι | | | honorificant | honorificant | they honor | ܠܐܒܐ | they honor | τιμῶσιν | they honor | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | illum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP45 · P66 · P75 | Father. | πατέρα. | Father. | πατερα | | | patrem | Patrem | Father. | ܗܘ | Father. | πατέρα | Father. | |||||
οP45 · P66 · P75 | He who | ὁ | He who | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | He who | |||||
μηP45 · P66 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | qui | qui | not | — | — | μὴ | not | |||||
τιμωνP45 · P66 · P75 | is honoring | τιμῶν | is honoring | τειμων | | | non | non | is honoring | ܕܠܐ | is honoring | τιμῶν | is honoring | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
υνP45 · P66 · P75 | Son | υἱὸν | Son | ϋιον | | | honorificat | honorificat | Son | ܡܝܩܪ | Son | υἱόν | Son | |||||
ουP45 · P66 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | filium | Filium | not | ܠܒܪܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
τιμαP45 · P66 · P75 | is honoring | τιμᾷ | is honoring | τειμα | | | non | non | is honoring | ܠܐ | is honoring | τιμᾷ | is honoring | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πραP45 · P66 · P75 | Father | πατέρα | Father | πατερα | | | honorificat | honorificat | Father | ܡܝܩܪ | Father | πατέρα | Father | |||||
τονP45 · P66 · P75 | the One | τὸν | the One | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | |||||
πεμψανταP45 · P66 · P75 | having sent | πέμψαντα | having sent | πεμψαντα | | | patrem | Patrem | having sent | ܠܐܒܐ | having sent | πέμψαντα | having sent | |||||
αυτονP45 · P66 · P75 | Him. | αὐτόν.¶ | Him. | αυτον | | | qui | qui | Him. | ܕܫܕܪܗ | Him. | αὐτόν | Him. | |||||
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