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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 · P75 | And | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | and | ܐܢ | And | Καὶ | And | |||||
ειP45 · P75 | if | εἰ | if | ει | | | si | si | if | ܓܝܪ | if | εἰ | if | |||||
αγαπατεP45 · P75 | you love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you love | αγαπατε | | | diligitis | diligitis | ? | ܡܚܒܝܢ | you love | ἀγαπᾶτε | you love | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | those | τοὺς | those | τους | | | enim | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | |||||
αγαπωντασP45 · P75 | loving | ἀγαπῶντας | loving | αγαπωντας | | | hoc | qui | who/which | ܐܢܬܘܢ | loving | ἀγαπῶντας | loving | |||||
υμασP45 · P75 | you, | ὑμᾶς, | you, | ϋμας | | | — | vos | you (pl) | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | you, | ὑμᾶς | you, | |||||
ποιαP45 · P75 | what | ποία | what | ποια | | | uos | diligunt | ? | ܕܡܚܒܝܢ | what | ποία | what | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | ϋμειν | | | diligentes | qu | ? | ܠܟܘܢ | to you | ὑμῖν | to you | |||||
χαρισP45 · P75 | credit | χάρις | credit | χαρις | | | quae | vobis | ? | ܐܝܕܐ | credit | χάρις | credit | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is it? | ἐστίν; | is it? | εστιν | | | uobis | est | is | ܗܝ | is it? | ἐστίν | is it? | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | Even | καὶ | Even | και | | | est | gratia | ? | ܛܝܒܘܬܟܘܢ | Even | Καὶ | Even | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | gratia | nam | ? | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
οιP45 · P75 | <the> | οἱ | <the> | οι | | | diligunt | — | — | — | — | οἱ | <the> | |||||
αμαρτωλοιP45 · P75 | sinners | ἁμαρτωλοὶ | sinners | αμαρτωλοι | | | faciunt | et | and | ܓܝܪ | sinners | ἁμαρτωλοὶ | sinners | |||||
τουσP45 · P75 | those | τοὺς | those | τους | | | illos | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | those | |||||
αγαπωντασP45 · P75 | loving | ἀγαπῶντας | loving | αγαπωντας | | | et | diligentes | ? | ܚܛܝܐ | loving | ἀγαπῶντας | loving | |||||
αυτουσP45 · P75 | them | αὐτοὺς | them | αυτους | | | peccatores | se | ? | ܠܐܝܠܝܢ | them | αὐτοὺς | them | |||||
αγαπωσινP45 · P75 | love. | ἀγαπῶσιν. | love. | αγαπωσιν | | | diligentes | diligunt | ? | ܕܡܚܒܝܢ | love. | ἀγαπῶσιν | love. | |||||
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