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 | ||||||||||||
ουτωσP45 · P75 | So | Οὕτως | So | ουτως | | | sic | Sic | So | ܗܟܢܐ | So | Οὕτως | So | |||||
ουνP45 · P75 | therefore | οὖν | therefore | ουν | | | ergo | ergo | therefore | ܟܠܢܫ | therefore | οὖν | therefore | |||||
πασP45 · P75 | every one | πᾶς | every one | — | | | omnis | omnis | every one | — | — | πᾶς | every one | |||||
εξP45 · P75 | of | ἐξ | of | εξ | | | ex | ex | of | ܡܢܟܘܢ | of | ἐξ | of | |||||
υμωνP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῶν | you | ϋμων | | | uobis | vobis | you | ܕܠܐ | you | ὑμῶν | you | |||||
οσP45 · P75 | who | ὃς | who | ος | | | qui | qui | who | ܫܒܩ | who | ὃς | who | |||||
ουκP45 · P75 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | — | — | οὐκ | not | |||||
αποτασσεταιP45 · P75 | does give up | ἀποτάσσεται | does give up | αποτασσεται | | | et | renuntiat | does give up | ܟܠܗ | does give up | ἀποτάσσεται | does give up | |||||
πασινP45 · P75 | all | πᾶσιν | all | — | | | abrenuntiat | omnibus | all | ܩܢܝܢܗ | all | πᾶσιν | all | |||||
τοισP45 · P75 | <the> | τοῖς | <the> | τοις | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | <the> | |||||
εαυτουP45 · P75 | his own | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | — | | | substantiae | quæ | his own | — | — | ἑαυτοῦ | his own | |||||
υπαρχουσινP45 · P75 | possessions, | ὑπάρχουσιν, | possessions, | ϋπαρχουσιν | | | suae | possidet | possessions, | ܠܐ | possessions, | ὑπάρχουσιν | possessions, | |||||
οὐP45 · P75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܡܫܟܚ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
δύναταιP45 · P75 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | potest | potest | is able | ܕܢܗܘܐ | is able | δύναταί | is able | |||||
εἶναίP45 · P75 | to be | εἶναί | to be | — | | | meus | meus | to be | — | — | μου | to be | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | My | μου | My | μου | | | esse | esse | My | ܠܝ | My | εἶναι | My | |||||
μαθητής.¶P45 · P75 | disciple. | μαθητής.¶ | disciple. | μαθητης | | | discipulus | discipulus | disciple. | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | disciple. | μαθητής | disciple. | |||||
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