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 | ||||||||||||
οστισP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | Et | and | ܘܡܢ | and | Καὶ | and | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | Whoever | ὅστις | Whoever | — | | | qui | qui | Whoever | ܕܠܐ | Whoever | ὅστις | Whoever | |||||
βασταζειP45 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | — | — | οὐ | not | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | carries | βαστάζει | carries | βασταζει | | | baiulat | bajulat | carries | ܫܩܠ | carries | βαστάζει | carries | |||||
σνP45 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | retro | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | cross | σταυρὸν | cross | σταυρον | | | crucem | crucem | cross | ܨܠܝܒܗ | cross | σταυρὸν | cross | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | of himself | ἑαυτοῦ | of himself | — | | | suam | suam | of himself | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of himself | |||||
ερχεταιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܬܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οπισωP45 · P75 | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | ερχεται | | | uenit | venit | comes | ܒܬܪܝ | comes | ἔρχεται | comes | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | after | ὀπίσω | after | οπισω | | | — | post | after | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | after | ὀπίσω | after | |||||
ουP45 · P75 | Me, | μου, | Me, | μου | | | me | me | Me, | — | — | μου | Me, | |||||
δυναταιP45 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | potest | potest | is able | ܡܫܟܚ | is able | δύναται | is able | |||||
ειναιP45 · P75 | to be | εἶναί | to be | — | | | meus | meus | to be | — | — | εἶναί | to be | |||||
μαθητησP45 · P75 | My | μου | My | μου | | | esse | esse | My | ܕܢܗܘܐ | My | μου | My | |||||
μαθητής.¶P45 · P75 | disciple. | μαθητής.¶ | disciple. | μαθητης | | | discipulus | discipulus | disciple. | ܠܝ | disciple. | μαθητής | disciple. | |||||
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