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 | ||||||||||||
ουκP45 · P75 | Not | Οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܝܬ | Not | Οὐκ | Not | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | is | ἔστιν | is | εστιν | | | est | est | is | ܬܠܡܝܕܐ | is | ἔστιν | is | |||||
μαθητησP45 · P75 | a disciple | μαθητὴς | a disciple | μαθητης | | | discipulus | discipulus | a disciple | ܕܝܬܝܪ | a disciple | μαθητὴς | a disciple | |||||
υπερP45 · P75 | above | ὑπὲρ | above | ϋπερ | | | super | super | above | — | — | ὑπὲρ | above | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | eius | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
διδασκαλονP45 · P75 | teacher | διδάσκαλον | teacher | διδασκαλον | | | magistrum | magistrum | teacher | ܡܢ | teacher | διδάσκαλον | teacher | |||||
κατηρτισμενοσP45 · P75 | of him. | αὐτοῦ. | of him. | — | | | confectus | perfectus | of him. | ܪܒܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | fully trained | κατηρτισμένος | fully trained | κατηρτισμενος | | | autem | autem | fully trained | ܟܠܢܫ | fully trained | κατηρτισμένος | fully trained | |||||
πασP45 · P75 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | omnis | omnis | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
εσταιP45 · P75 | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | πας | | | erit | erit | everyone | ܕܓܡܝܪ | everyone | πᾶς | everyone | |||||
ωσP45 · P75 | will be | ἔσται | will be | εσται | | | — | si | will be | — | — | ἔσται | will be | |||||
οP45 · P75 | like | ὡς | like | ως | | | — | sit | like | ܢܗܘܐ | like | ὡς | like | |||||
διδασκαλοσP45 · P75 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
αυτουP45 · P75 | teacher | διδάσκαλος | teacher | διδασκαλος | | | sicut | sicut | teacher | ܐܝܟ | teacher | διδάσκαλος | teacher | |||||
αὐτοῦ.¶P45 · P75 | of him. | αὐτοῦ.¶ | of him. | αυτου | | | magister | magister | of him. | ܪܒܗ | of him. | αὐτοῦ | of him. | |||||
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