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> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | proximus | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | ille | Ille | he/that | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
θελωνP45 · P75 | desiring | θέλων | desiring | θελων | | | ad | autem | but/however | ܕܝܢ | desiring | θέλων | desiring | |||||
δικαιωσαιP45 · P75 | to justify | δικαιῶσαι | to justify | — | | | uolens | volens | ? | ܟܕ | to justify | δικαιοῦν | to justify | |||||
εαυτονP45 · P75 | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | εαυτον | | | iustificare | justificare | ? | — | — | ἑαυτὸν | himself | |||||
ειπενP45 · P75 | he said | εἶπεν | he said | ειπεν | | | se | seipsum | ? | ܨܒܐ | he said | εἶπεν | he said | |||||
προσP45 · P75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | dixit | dixit | said | ܠܡܙܕܩܘ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
ιηP45 · P75 | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦν· | Jesus; | ιην | | | ad | Jesum | Jesus | ܢܦܫܗ | Jesus; | Ἰησοῦν | Jesus; | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | ihm | Et | and | ܐܡܪ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
τισP45 · P75 | who | τίς | who | τις | | | et | quis | ? | — | — | τίς | who | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is | ἐστίν | is | εστιν | | | quis | est | is | ܠܗ | is | ἐστίν | is | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | my | μου | my | μου | | | est | meus | my | ܘܡܢܘ | my | μου | my | |||||
πλησιονP45 · P75 | neighbour? | πλησίον; | neighbour? | πλησιον | | | mihi | proximus | ? | ܩܪܝܒܝ | neighbour? | πλησίον | neighbour? | |||||
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