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 | ||||||||||||
παρεγενετοP45 · P75 | since | ἐπειδὴ | since | επειδη | | | quia | quoniam | since | ܡܛܠ | since | ἐπειδὴ | since | |||||
εξP45 · P75 | a friend | φίλος | a friend | φιλος | | | amicus | amicus | a friend | ܕܪܚܡܐ | a friend | φίλος | a friend | |||||
οδουP45 · P75 | of mine | μου | of mine | — | | | — | meus | of mine | — | — | παρεγένετο | of mine | |||||
προσP45 · P75 | is come | παρεγένετο | is come | — | | | mihi | venit | is come | ܐܬܐ | is come | ἐξ | is come | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | off | ἐξ | off | — | | | de | de | off | ܠܘܬܝ | off | ὁδοῦ | off | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | a journey | ὁδοῦ | a journey | — | | | superuenit | via | a journey | ܡܢ | a journey | πρός | a journey | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | to | πρός | to | — | | | adponam | ad | to | — | — | με | to | |||||
εχωP45 · P75 | me, | με, | me, | — | | | — | me | me, | ܐܘܪܚܐ | me, | καὶ | me, | |||||
οP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܬ | and | οὐκ | and | |||||
παραθησωP45 · P75 | nothing | οὐκ | nothing | ουκ | | | non | non | nothing | ܠܝ | nothing | ἔχω | nothing | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | I have | ἔχω | I have | εχω | | | habeo | habeo | I have | ܡܕܡ | I have | ὃ | I have | |||||
ὃP45 · P75 | what | ὃ | what | ο | | | quod | — | — | — | — | παραθήσω | what | |||||
παραθήσωP45 · P75 | I will set before | παραθήσω | I will set before | παραθησω | | | agro | ponam | I will set before | ܕܐܤܝܡ | I will set before | αὐτῷ | I will set before | |||||
αὐτῷ·P45 · P75 | him; | αὐτῷ· | him; | αυτω | | | illi | ante | him; | ܠܗ | him; | αὐτῷ· | him; | |||||
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