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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP45 · P75 | Thus | ἵνα | Thus | ινα | | | ne | ne | Thus | ܕܠܐ | Thus | Ἵνα | Thus | |||||
μηποτεP45 · P75 | otherwise | μήποτε | otherwise | μηποτε | | | ut | posteaquam | otherwise | ܟܕ | otherwise | μήποτε | otherwise | |||||
θεντοσP45 · P75 | when laying | θέντος | when laying | θεντος | | | posuerit | posuerit | when laying | ܢܤܝܡ | when laying | θέντος | when laying | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | of it | αὐτοῦ | of it | αυτου | | | fundamentum | fundamentum | of it | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of it | |||||
θεμελιονP45 · P75 | a foundation | θεμέλιον | a foundation | θεμελειον | | | et | et | a foundation | ܫܬܐܤܬܐ | a foundation | θεμέλιον | a foundation | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | non | non | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
μηP45 · P75 | not | μὴ | not | μη | | | potuerit | potuerit | not | ܢܫܟܚ | not | μὴ | not | |||||
ισχυοντοσP45 · P75 | being able | ἰσχύοντος | being able | — | | | forte | perficere | being able | ܠܡܫܠܡܘ | being able | ἰσχύοντος | being able | |||||
εκτελεσαιP45 · P75 | to finish | ἐκτελέσαι | to finish | — | | | omnes | omnes | to finish | ܟܠ | to finish | ἐκτελέσαι | to finish | |||||
παντεσP45 · P75 | all | πάντες | all | παντες | | | qui | qui | all | ܕܚܙܝܢ | all | πάντες | all | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | those | οἱ | those | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | those | |||||
θεωρουντεσP45 · P75 | seeing it | θεωροῦντες | seeing it | θεωρουντες | | | uident | vident | seeing it | — | — | θεωροῦντες | seeing it | |||||
αρξωνταιP45 · P75 | may begin | ἄρξωνται | may begin | — | | | incipient | incipiant | may begin | ܢܗܘܘܢ | may begin | ἄρξωνται | may begin | |||||
εμπαιζεινP45 · P75 | him | αὐτῷ | him | — | | | cum | illudere | him | ܡܒܙܚܝܢ | him | ἐμπαίζειν | him | |||||
αυτωιP45 · P75 | to mock | ἐμπαίζειν | to mock | — | | | aedificare | ei | to mock | ܒܗ | to mock | αὐτῷ | to mock | |||||
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