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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | The one | Ὁ | The one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
ακουωνP45 · P75 | hearing | ἀκούων | hearing | ακουων | | | uos | vos | hearing | ܡܢ | hearing | ἀκούων | hearing | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | ϋμων | | | audit | audit | you | ܕܠܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
εμουP45 · P75 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | me | me | Me | ܫܡܥ | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
ακουειP45 · P75 | hears, | ἀκούει, | hears, | ακουει | | | audit | audit | hears, | ܠܝ | hears, | ἀκούει | hears, | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܫܡܥ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
υμασP45 · P75 | rejecting | ἀθετῶν | rejecting | αθετων | | | uos | vos | rejecting | ܘܡܢ | rejecting | ἀθετῶν | rejecting | |||||
αθετωνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | spernit | spernit | you | ܕܠܟܘܢ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
εμεP45 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | ܛܠܡ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
αθετειP45 · P75 | rejects; | ἀθετεῖ· | rejects; | αθετει | | | spernit | spernit | rejects; | ܠܝ | rejects; | ἀθετεῖ | rejects; | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
εμεP45 · P75 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | — | | | me | me | Me myself | ܛܠܡ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
αθετωνP45 · P75 | rejecting | ἀθετῶν | rejecting | — | | | audit | spernit | rejecting | ܘܡܢ | rejecting | ἀθετῶν | rejecting | |||||
αθετειP45 · P75 | he rejects | ἀθετεῖ | he rejects | — | | | audit | spernit | he rejects | ܕܠܝ | he rejects | ἀθετεῖ | he rejects | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | the One | τὸν | the One | — | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | |||||
αποστειλανταP45 · P75 | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | — | | | qui | qui | having sent | ܛܠܡ | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | Me. | με.¶ | Me. | με | | | misit | misit | Me. | ܛܠܡ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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