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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | | | cum | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The | |||||
λυχνοσP45 · P75 | lamp | λύχνος | lamp | λυχνος | | | lucerna | Lucerna | lamp | ܫܪܓܗ | lamp | λύχνος | lamp | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
σωματοσP45 · P75 | of body | σώματός | of body | σωματος | | | corporis | corporis | of body | ܕܦܓܪܟ | of body | σώματός | of body | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | — | | | tui | tui | is | ܐܝܬܝܗ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
οφθαλμοσP45 · P75 | eye | ὀφθαλμός | eye | — | | | est | est | eye | — | — | ὀφθαλμός | eye | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | of you. | σου. | of you. | σου | | | oculus | oculus | of you. | ܥܝܢܟ | of you. | ὅταν | of you. | |||||
οτανP45 · P75 | When | ὅταν | When | — | | | tuus | tuus | When | ܐܡܬܝ | When | οὖν | When | |||||
οP45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | Si | therefore | ܗܟܝܠ | therefore | ὁ | therefore | |||||
οφθαλμοσP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | est | — | — | — | — | ὀφθαλμός | the | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | eye | ὀφθαλμός | eye | — | | | oculus | oculus | eye | ܕܥܝܢܟ | eye | σου | eye | |||||
απλουσP45 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | — | | | tuus | tuus | of you | ܦܫܝܛܐ | of you | ἁπλοῦς | of you | |||||
ηP45 · P75 | clear | ἁπλοῦς | clear | — | | | fuerit | fuerit | clear | — | — | ᾖ | clear | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | may be, | ᾖ, | may be, | — | | | simplex | simplex | may be, | ܐܦ | may be, | καὶ | may be, | |||||
πανP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | totum | totum | also | ܟܠܗ | also | ὅλον | also | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | all | ὅλον | all | — | | | corpus | corpus | all | ܦܓܪܟ | all | τὸ | all | |||||
σωμαP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | σῶμά | the | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | body | σῶμά | body | — | | | tuum | tuum | body | ܢܗܘܐ | body | σου | body | |||||
φωτεινονP45 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | — | | | lucidum | lucidum | of you | ܢܗܝܪ | of you | φωτεινόν | of you | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | light | φωτεινόν | light | — | | | cum | erit | light | — | — | ἐστιν | light | |||||
επανP45 · P75 | is; | ἐστιν· | is; | εστιν | | | malus | si | is; | ܐܢ | is; | ἐπὰν | is; | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | when | ἐπὰν | when | — | | | autem | autem | when | ܕܝܢ | when | δὲ | when | |||||
πονηροσP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | — | | | — | nequam | however | ܕܝܢ | but | πονηρὸς | however | |||||
ηP45 · P75 | evil | πονηρὸς | evil | — | | | est | fuerit | evil | ܒܝܫܐ | evil | ᾖ | evil | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | it may be, | ᾖ, | it may be, | — | | | et | etiam | it may be, | ܘܐܦ | it may be, | καὶ | it may be, | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | also | καὶ | also | — | | | corpus | corpus | also | — | — | τὸ | also | |||||
σωμαP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | σῶμά | the | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | body | σῶμά | body | — | | | tuum | tuum | body | ܦܓܪܟ | body | σου | body | |||||
σκοτεινονP45 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | σου | | | tenebrosum | tenebrosum | of you | ܢܗܘܐ | of you | σκοτεινόν | of you | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | is dark. | σκοτεινόν. | is dark. | σκοτινον | | | est | erit | is dark. | ܚܫܘܟ | is dark. | σκοτεινόν. | is dark. | |||||
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