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 | ||||||||||||
υμεισP75 | You | ὑμεῖς | You | ϋμεις | | | uos | Vos | You | ܐܢܬܘܢ | You | Ὑμεῖς | You | |||||
δεP75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ουχP75 | not | οὐχ | not | ουχ | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐχ | not | |||||
ουτωσP75 | thus shall be, | οὕτως, | thus shall be, | ουτως | | | sic | sic | thus shall be, | ܗܟܢܐ | thus shall be, | οὕτως | thus shall be, | |||||
αλλP75 | Instead | ἀλλ᾽ | Instead | αλλ | | | sed | sed | Instead | ܐܠܐ | Instead | ἀλλ’ | Instead | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
μειζωνP75 | greater | μείζων | greater | μειζων | | | maior | major | greater | ܐܝܢܐ | greater | μείζων | greater | |||||
ενP75 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | est | est | among | ܕܪܒ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
υμινP75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | in | in | you | ܒܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
γενεσθωP75 | he should become | γινέσθω | he should become | γεινεσθω | | | uobis | vobis | he should become | ܢܗܘܐ | he should become | γενέσθω | he should become | |||||
ωσP75 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | fiat | fiat | as | ܐܝܟ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
οP75 | the | ὁ | the | — | | | sicut | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
νεωτεροσP75 | younger, | νεώτερος, | younger, | — | | | minus | minor | younger, | ܙܥܘܪܐ | younger, | νεώτερος | younger, | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܐܝܢܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
ηγουμενοσP75 | leading | ἡγούμενος | leading | ηγουμενος | | | ducatum | præcessor | leading | ܕܪܫܐ | leading | ἡγούμενος | leading | |||||
ωσP75 | as | ὡς | as | ως | | | agit | est | as | ܗܘ | as | ὡς | as | |||||
οP75 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | sicut | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
διακονωνP75 | serving. | διακονῶν. | serving. | — | | | ministrat | ministrator | serving. | ܐܝܟ | serving. | διακονῶν | serving. | |||||
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