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 | ||||||||||||
καθωσP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܝܟܢܐ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
θελετεP45 · P75 | even as | καθὼς | even as | καθως | | | sicut | prout | even as | ܕܨܒܝܢ | even as | καθὼς | even as | |||||
ιναP45 · P75 | you desire | θέλετε | you desire | θελετε | | | uultis | vultis | you desire | ܐܢܬܘܢ | you desire | θέλετε | you desire | |||||
ποιωσινP45 · P75 | that | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܢܥܒܕܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | they may perform | ποιῶσιν | they may perform | ποιωσιν | | | faciam | faciant | they may perform | ܠܟܘܢ | they may perform | ποιῶσιν | they may perform | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | vobis | to you | ܒܢܝ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
ανθρωποιP45 · P75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | — | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | |||||
ποιειτεP45 · P75 | men, | ἄνθρωποι, | men, | ανθρωποι | | | homines | homines | men, | ܐܢܫܐ | men, | ἄνθρωποι | men, | |||||
αυτοισP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܗܟܘܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ομοιωσP45 · P75 | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | ϋμεις | | | uos | vos | you yourselves | ܥܒܕܘ | you yourselves | ὑμεῖς | you yourselves | |||||
ποιεῖτεP45 · P75 | do perform | ποιεῖτε | do perform | ποιειτε | | | facite | facite | do perform | ܠܗܘܢ | do perform | ποιεῖτε | do perform | |||||
αὐτοῖςP45 · P75 | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | αυτοις | | | illis | illis | to them | ܐܦ | to them | αὐτοῖς | to them | |||||
ὁμοίως.P45 · P75 | likewise. | ὁμοίως. | likewise. | — | | | — | similiter | likewise. | ܐܢܬܘܢ | likewise. | ὁμοίως | likewise. | |||||
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