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 | ||||||||||||
εγνωνP75 | I know | ἔγνων | I know | — | | | scio | Scio | ? | ܝܕܥܬ | I know | Ἔγνων | I know | |||||
τιP75 | what | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | ? | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | |||||
ποιησωP75 | I may do | ποιήσω, | I may do | ποιησω | | | faciam | faciam | ? | — | — | ποιήσω | I may do | |||||
ινP75 | so that | ἵνα | so that | ϊνα | | | et | ut | that/so that | ܐܥܒܕ | so that | ἵνα | so that | |||||
οτανP75 | when | ὅταν | when | οταν | | | cum | cum | when/with | ܕܡܐ | when | ὅταν | when | |||||
μετασταθωP75 | I may have been removed | μετασταθῶ | I may have been removed | μετασταθω | | | amotus | amotus | ? | ܕܢܦܩܬ | I may have been removed | μετασταθῶ | I may have been removed | |||||
εκP75 | from | ἐκ | from | εκ | | | fuero | fuero | ? | — | — | τῆς | from | |||||
τησP75 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | suas | — | — | — | — | οἰκονομίας | the | |||||
οικονομιασP75 | management | οἰκονομίας | management | οικονομιας | | | accipiant | a | from | ܡܢ | management | δέξωνταί | management | |||||
δεξωνταιP75 | they may receive | δέξωνταί | they may receive | δεξωνται | | | uilicatione | villicatione | ? | ܪܒܬ | they may receive | με | they may receive | |||||
μεP75 | me | με | me | — | | | — | recipiant | ? | ܒܝܬܘܬܐ | me | εἰς | me | |||||
εισP75 | into | εἰς | into | εις | | | me | me | me | — | — | τοὺς | into | |||||
τουσP75 | the | τοὺς | the | τους | | | de | — | — | — | — | οἴκους | the | |||||
οικουσP75 | homes | οἴκους | homes | οικους | | | in | domos | ? | ܢܩܒܠܘܢܢܝ | homes | αὐτῶν | homes | |||||
αυτωνP75 | of them. | αὐτῶν. | of them. | αυτων | | | domus | suas | ? | ܒܒܬܝܗܘܢ | of them. | αὐτῶν. | of them. | |||||
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