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 | ||||||||||||
ειP45 · P75 | If | εἰ | If | — | | | — | Si | if | ܐܢ | If | Εἰ | If | |||||
ουνP45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | — | | | — | ergo | therefore | ܕܝܢ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
σωμαP45 · P75 | body | σῶμά | body | — | | | — | corpus | ? | ܦܓܪܟ | body | σῶμά | body | |||||
σουP45 · P75 | of you | σου | of you | — | | | — | tuum | your | ܟܠܗ | of you | σου | of you | |||||
ολονP45 · P75 | is full | ὅλον | is full | — | | | — | totum | ? | ܢܗܝܪ | is full | ὅλον | is full | |||||
φωτεινονP45 · P75 | of light | φωτεινὸν | of light | — | | | — | lucidum | ? | — | — | φωτεινόν | of light | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | — | fuerit | ? | ܘܠܝܬ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
εχωνP45 · P75 | having | ἔχον | having | — | | | — | non | not | ܒܗ | having | ἔχον | having | |||||
μελοσP45 · P75 | part | μέρος | part | — | | | — | habens | ? | ܡܢܬܐ | part | τι | part | |||||
τιP45 · P75 | any | τι | any | — | | | — | aliquam | ? | ܡܕܡ | any | μέρος | any | |||||
σκοτεινονP45 · P75 | dark, | σκοτεινόν, | dark, | — | | | — | partem | ? | ܚܫܘܟܐ | dark, | σκοτεινόν | dark, | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | it will be | ἔσται | it will be | — | | | — | tenebrarum | ? | ܢܗܘܐ | it will be | ἔσται | it will be | |||||
φωτεινονP45 · P75 | light | φωτεινὸν | light | — | | | — | erit | ? | ܡܢܗܪ | light | φωτεινὸν | light | |||||
ολονP45 · P75 | all, | ὅλον, | all, | — | | | — | lucidum | ? | ܟܠܗ | all, | ὅλον | all, | |||||
ωσP45 · P75 | as | ὡς | as | — | | | — | totum | ? | — | — | ὡς | as | |||||
οτανP45 · P75 | when | ὅταν | when | — | | | — | et | and | ܐܝܟ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
λυχνοσP45 · P75 | lamp | λύχνος | lamp | — | | | — | sicut | just as | ܕܫܪܓܐ | lamp | λύχνος | lamp | |||||
τηιP45 · P75 | so the | τῇ | so the | — | | | — | lucerna | ? | — | — | τῇ | so the | |||||
αστραπηιP45 · P75 | shining | ἀστραπῇ | shining | — | | | — | fulgoris | ? | ܒܕܠܩܗ | shining | ἀστραπῇ | shining | |||||
φωτιζηP45 · P75 | may light | φωτίζῃ | may light | — | | | — | illuminabit | ? | ܡܢܗܪ | may light | φωτίζῃ | may light | |||||
σεP45 · P75 | you. | σε.¶ | you. | — | | | — | te | you | ܠܟ | you. | σε | you. | |||||
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