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 | ||||||||||||
καιP66 · P75 · P95 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | et | And | ܘܐܫܠܛܗ | And | καὶ | And | |||||
εξουσιανP66 · P75 · P95 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | potestatem | potestatem | authority | — | — | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
εδωκεP66 · P75 · P95 | He gave | ἔδωκεν | He gave | εδωκεν | | | dedit | dedit | He gave | — | — | ἔδωκεν | He gave | |||||
αυτωP66 · P75 · P95 | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ei | ei | to Him | ܕܢܗܘܐ | to Him | αὐτῷ | to Him | |||||
κρισινP66 · P75 · P95 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | iudicium | judicium | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ποιεινP66 · P75 · P95 | judgment | κρίσιν | judgment | κρισιν | | | quoniam | — | — | ܥܒܕ | judgment | κρίσιν | judgment | |||||
οτιP66 · P75 · P95 | to carry out, | ποιεῖν, | to carry out, | ποιειν | | | facere | facere | to carry out, | — | — | ποιεῖν | to carry out, | |||||
υσP66 · P75 · P95 | because | ὅτι | because | οτι | | | — | quia | because | — | — | ὅτι | because | |||||
ανθρωπουP66 · P75 · P95 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | filius | Filius | Son | ܐܦ | Son | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
εστινP66 · P75 · P95 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | honis | hominis | of Man | — | — | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
ἐστίν.¶P66 · P75 · P95 | He is. | ἐστίν.¶ | He is. | εστιν | | | est | est | He is. | ܕܝܢܐ | He is. | ἐστίν | He is. | |||||
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