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 | ||||||||||||
αναστασP75 | Having risen up | ἀναστὰς | Having risen up | αναστας | | | surgens | surgam | Having risen up | ܐܩܘܡ | Having risen up | ἀναστὰς | Having risen up | |||||
πορευσομαιP75 | I will go | πορεύσομαι | I will go | πορευσομαι | | | et | et | I will go | — | — | πορεύσομαι | I will go | |||||
προσP75 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | ibo | ibo | to | ܐܙܠ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | illi | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
πατεραP75 | father | πατέρα | father | πατερα | | | ad | ad | father | ܠܘܬ | father | πατέρα | father | |||||
μουP75 | of mine | μου | of mine | μου | | | patrem | patrem | of mine | — | — | μου | of mine | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | meum | meum | and | ܐܒܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ερωP75 | I will say | ἐρῶ | I will say | ερω | | | et | et | I will say | ܘܐܡܪ | I will say | ἐρῶ | I will say | |||||
αυτωP75 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | dicam | dicam | to him; | — | — | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
πατερP75 | Father, | πάτερ, | Father, | πατερ | | | caelum | ei | Father, | ܠܗ | Father, | Πάτερ | Father, | |||||
ημαρτονP75 | I have sinned | ἥμαρτον | I have sinned | ημαρτον | | | pater | Pater | I have sinned | ܐܒܝ | I have sinned | ἥμαρτον | I have sinned | |||||
εισP75 | against | εἰς | against | εις | | | pecaui | peccavi | against | — | — | εἰς | against | |||||
ουρανονP75 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | <the> | |||||
καιP75 | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | ουρανον | | | in | in | heaven | ܚܛܝܬ | heaven | οὐρανὸν | heaven | |||||
ενωπιονP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | in | cælum | and | ܒܫܡܝܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
σουP75 | before | ἐνώπιόν | before | ενωπιον | | | conspecto | et | before | — | — | ἐνώπιόν | before | |||||
σου·P75 | you; | σου· | you; | σου | | | tuo | coram | you; | ܘܩܕܡܝܟ | you; | σου | you; | |||||
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