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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | dei | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | qui | qui | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
αρνησαμενοσP45 · P75 | having denied | ἀρνησάμενός | having denied | αρνησαμενος | | | autem | autem | having denied | ܕܝܢ | having denied | ἀρνησάμενός | having denied | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | negauerit | negaverit | Me | ܕܟܦܪ | Me | με | Me | |||||
ενωπιονP45 · P75 | before | ἐνώπιον | before | — | | | me | me | before | ܒܝ | before | ἐνώπιον | before | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | <the> | τῶν | <the> | των | | | in | — | — | — | — | τῶν | <the> | |||||
ανωνP45 · P75 | men | ἀνθρώπων | men | ανθρωπων | | | conspectu | coram | men | ܩܕܡ | men | ἀνθρώπων | men | |||||
απαρνηθησεταιP45 · P75 | will be denied | ἀπαρνηθήσεται | will be denied | — | | | hominum | hominibus | will be denied | ܒܢܝܢܫܐ | will be denied | ἀπαρνηθήσεται | will be denied | |||||
ενωπιονP45 · P75 | before | ἐνώπιον | before | — | | | — | negabitur | before | ܢܬܟܦܪ | before | ἐνώπιον | before | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | abnegauitur | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
αγγελωνP45 · P75 | angels | ἀγγέλων | angels | αγγελων | | | in | coram | angels | ܒܗ | angels | ἀγγέλων | angels | |||||
τουP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | conspectu | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
θυP45 · P75 | of God. | θεοῦ. | of God. | θυ | | | angelorum | angelis | of God. | ܩܕܡ | of God. | θεοῦ | of God. | |||||
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