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 | ||||||||||||
οP75 | The one | Ὁ | The one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
πιστοσP75 | faithful | πιστὸς | faithful | πιστος | | | fidelis | fidelis | faithful | ܡܢ | faithful | πιστὸς | faithful | |||||
ενP75 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | est | est | with | ܕܒܩܠܝܠ | with | ἐν | with | |||||
ελαχιστωP75 | very little | ἐλαχίστῳ | very little | ελαχιστω | | | in | in | very little | ܡܗܝܡܢ | very little | ἐλαχίστῳ | very little | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | multo | minimo | also | — | — | καὶ | also | |||||
ενP75 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | et | et | with | ܐܦ | with | ἐν | with | |||||
πολλωP75 | much | πολλῷ | much | πολλω | | | in | in | much | ܒܤܓܝ | much | πολλῷ | much | |||||
πιστοσP75 | faithful | πιστός | faithful | πιστος | | | modico | majori | faithful | ܡܗܝܡܢ | faithful | πιστός | faithful | |||||
εστινP75 | is, | ἐστιν, | is, | εστιν | | | fidelis | fidelis | is, | ܗܘ | is, | ἐστιν | is, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | est | est | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
οP75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
ενP75 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | qui | qui | with | ܘܡܢ | with | ἐν | with | |||||
ελαχιστωP75 | very little | ἐλαχίστῳ | very little | — | | | in | in | very little | ܕܒܩܠܝܠ | very little | ἐλαχίστῳ | very little | |||||
αδικοσP75 | unrighteous | ἄδικος | unrighteous | αδικος | | | modico | modico | unrighteous | ܥܘܠ | unrighteous | ἄδικος | unrighteous | |||||
καιP75 | also | καὶ | also | και | | | inicus | iniquus | also | ܐܦ | also | καὶ | also | |||||
ενP75 | with | ἐν | with | εν | | | multo | est | with | — | — | ἐν | with | |||||
πολλωP75 | much | πολλῷ | much | πολλω | | | et | et | much | ܒܤܓܝ | much | πολλῷ | much | |||||
αδικοσP75 | unrighteous | ἄδικός | unrighteous | αδικος | | | in | in | unrighteous | ܥܘܠ | unrighteous | ἄδικός | unrighteous | |||||
εστινP75 | is. | ἐστιν. | is. | — | | | — | majori | is. | ܗܘ | is. | ἐστιν | is. | |||||
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