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 | ||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||
πασP45 · P75 | Everyone | Πᾶς | Everyone | πας | | | omnis | Omnis | Everyone | ܟܠ | Everyone | Πᾶς | Everyone | |||||
οP45 · P75 | who | ὁ | who | ο | | | mea | — | — | — | — | ὁ | who | |||||
ερχομενοσP45 · P75 | is coming | ἐρχόμενος | is coming | ερχομενος | | | qui | qui | is coming | — | — | ἐρχόμενος | is coming | |||||
προσP45 · P75 | to | πρός | to | προς | | | uenit | venit | to | ܐܢܫ | to | πρός | to | |||||
μεP45 · P75 | Me | με | Me | με | | | ad | ad | Me | ܕܐܬܐ | Me | με | Me | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | me | me | and | — | — | καὶ | and | |||||
ακουωνP45 · P75 | hearing | ἀκούων | hearing | ακουων | | | et | et | hearing | ܠܘܬܝ | hearing | ἀκούων | hearing | |||||
μουP45 · P75 | of Mine | μου | of Mine | μου | | | audit | audit | of Mine | ܘܫܡܥ | of Mine | μου | of Mine | |||||
τωνP45 · P75 | the | τῶν | the | των | | | berba | — | — | — | — | τῶν | the | |||||
λογωνP45 · P75 | words | λόγων | words | λογων | | | — | sermones | words | — | — | λόγων | words | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | ea | meos | and | ܡܠܝ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ποιωνP45 · P75 | doing | ποιῶν | doing | ποιων | | | et | et | doing | ܘܥܒܕ | doing | ποιῶν | doing | |||||
αυτουσP45 · P75 | them, | αὐτούς, | them, | αυτους | | | facit | facit | them, | — | — | αὐτούς | them, | |||||
υποδειξωP45 · P75 | I will show | ὑποδείξω | I will show | ϋποδειξω | | | est | eos | I will show | ܠܗܝܢ | I will show | ὑποδείξω | I will show | |||||
υμινP45 · P75 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | ostendam | ostendam | you | ܐܚܘܝܟܘܢ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
τινιP45 · P75 | to whom | τίνι | to whom | τινι | | | uobis | vobis | to whom | — | — | τίνι | to whom | |||||
εστινP45 · P75 | he is | ἐστὶν | he is | εστιν | | | cui | cui | he is | ܠܡܢܐ | he is | ἐστὶν | he is | |||||
ομοιοσP45 · P75 | like. | ὅμοιος. | like. | ομοιος | | | similis | similis | like. | ܕܡܐ | like. | ὅμοιος | like. | |||||
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