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 | ||||||||||||
ταυταP45 · P75 | these things | ταῦτα | these things | ταυτα | | | haec | hæc | these things | ܗܠܝܢ | these things | Ταῦτα | these things | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
πανταP45 · P75 | all | πάντα | all | παντα | | | omnia | omnia | all | ܟܠܗܝܢ | all | πάντα | all | |||||
ταP45 · P75 | the | τὰ | the | τα | | | quaerunt | — | — | — | — | τὰ | the | |||||
εθνηP45 · P75 | nations | ἔθνη | nations | εθνη | | | gentes | gentes | nations | ܥܡܡܐ | nations | ἔθνη | nations | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
κοσμουP45 · P75 | world | κόσμου | world | κοσμου | | | mundi | mundi | world | ܗܘ | world | κόσμου | world | |||||
επιζητειP45 · P75 | seek for; | ἐπιζητοῦσιν· | seek for; | — | | | enim | quærunt | seek for; | ܕܥܠܡܐ | seek for; | ἐπιζητεῖ | seek for; | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | pater | Pater | of you | ܒܥܝܢ | of you | ὑμῶν | of you | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | — | | | opus | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
οP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
πρP45 · P75 | Father | πατὴρ | Father | — | | | uester | vester | Father | ܠܟܘܢ | Father | πατὴρ | Father | |||||
οιδενP45 · P75 | knows | οἶδεν | knows | οιδεν | | | scit | scit | knows | ܕܝܢ | knows | οἶδεν | knows | |||||
οτιP45 · P75 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quoniam | quoniam | that | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
χρηζετεP45 · P75 | you have need | χρῄζετε | you have need | — | | | habetis | his | you have need | ܝܕܥ | you have need | χρῄζετε | you have need | |||||
τουτωνP45 · P75 | of these. | τούτων. | of these. | τουτων | | | horum | indigetis | of these. | ܕܡܬܒܥܝܢ | of these. | τούτων | of these. | |||||
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