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 | ||||||||||||
ουτωσP45 · P75 | So is | οὕτως | So is | — | | | — | Sic | So is | ܗܟܢܐ | So is | Οὕτως | So is | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
θησαυριζωνP45 · P75 | treasuring up | θησαυρίζων | treasuring up | — | | | — | qui | treasuring up | ܡܢ | treasuring up | θησαυρίζων | treasuring up | |||||
εαυτωιP45 · P75 | for himself | ἑαυτῷ | for himself | — | | | — | sibi | for himself | ܕܤܐܡ | for himself | ἑαυτῷ | for himself | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | — | thesaurizat | and | ܠܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | — | et | not | ܤܝܡܬܐ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
εισP45 · P75 | toward | εἰς | toward | — | | | — | non | toward | ܘܒܐܠܗܐ | toward | εἰς | toward | |||||
θνP45 · P75 | God | θεὸν | God | — | | | — | est | God | ܠܐ | God | θεὸν | God | |||||
πλουτωνP45 · P75 | being rich. | πλουτῶν. | being rich. | — | | | — | in | being rich. | ܥܬܝܪ | being rich. | πλουτῶν | being rich. | |||||
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