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 | ||||||||||||
ηP45 · P75 | The | ἡ | The | η | | | quam | — | — | — | — | Ἡ | The | |||||
ψυχηP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | anima | Anima | for | ܓܝܪ | for | ψυχὴ | for | |||||
πλειονP45 · P75 | life | ψυχὴ | life | ψυχη | | | plus | plus | life | ܓܝܪ | life | πλεῖόν | life | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | more | πλεῖόν | more | — | | | est | est | more | ܝܬܝܪܐ | more | ἐστιν | more | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστιν | | | enim | quam | is | ܡܢ | is | τῆς | is | |||||
τροφησP45 · P75 | than the | τῆς | than the | της | | | uestimento | — | — | — | — | τροφῆς | than the | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | food, | τροφῆς, | food, | τροφης | | | esca | esca | food, | ܤܝܒܪܬܐ | food, | καὶ | food, | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܦܓܪܐ | and | τὸ | and | |||||
σωμαP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | — | — | — | — | — | σῶμα | the | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | body | σῶμα | body | σωμα | | | corpus | corpus | body | ܡܢ | body | τοῦ | body | |||||
ενδυματοσP45 · P75 | than the | τοῦ | than the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἐνδύματος | than the | |||||
ἐνδύματος.P45 · P75 | clothing. | ἐνδύματος. | clothing. | ενδυματος | | | — | plus | clothing. | ܠܒܘܫܐ | clothing. | ἐνδύματος. | clothing. | |||||
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