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 | ||||||||||||
οσP75 | Whoever | ὃς | Whoever | ος | | | qui | Quicumque | Whoever | ܡܢ | Whoever | Ὃς | Whoever | |||||
εανP75 | if | ἐὰν | if | — | | | uoluerit | quæsierit | if | — | — | ἐὰν | if | |||||
ζητησηP75 | shall seek | ζητήσῃ | shall seek | — | | | animam | animam | shall seek | ܕܨܒܐ | shall seek | ζητήσῃ | shall seek | |||||
τηνP75 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP75 | life | ψυχὴν | life | — | | | suam | suam | life | — | — | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP75 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | — | — | — | ܕܢܚܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
περιποιησασθαιP75 | to gain | περιποιήσασθαι | to gain | — | | | — | salvam | to gain | — | — | σῶσαι | to gain | |||||
απολεσειP75 | will lose | ἀπολέσει | will lose | — | | | — | facere | will lose | ܢܦܫܗ | will lose | ἀπολέσει | will lose | |||||
αυτηνP75 | it, | αὐτήν, | it, | — | | | perdet | perdet | it, | — | — | αὐτήν | it, | |||||
οσP75 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | illam | illam | and | ܢܘܒܕܝܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
δP75 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | — | | | et | et | whoever | ܘܡܢ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | |||||
ανP75 | but | δ᾽ | but | — | | | qui | quicumque | but | — | — | ἐὰν | but | |||||
απολεσειP75 | maybe | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | — | — | — | ܕܢܘܒܕ | maybe | ἀπολέσῃ | maybe | |||||
ζωογονησειP75 | shall lose | ἀπολέσῃ | shall lose | — | | | perdiderit | perdiderit | shall lose | — | — | αὐτὴν | shall lose | |||||
αυτηνP75 | it | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | illam | illam | it | ܢܦܫܗ | it | ζῳογονήσει | it | |||||
ζῳογονήσειP75 | will preserve | ζῳογονήσει | will preserve | ζωογονησει | | | uiuificauit | vivificabit | will preserve | — | — | αὐτήν | will preserve | |||||
αὐτήν.¶P75 | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | αυτην | | | biuicare | eam | it. | ܢܚܝܗ | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | |||||
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