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 | ||||||||||||
ειπενP4 | Said | εἶπεν | Said | ειπεν | | | dixit | Ait | Said | ܐܡܪ | Said | Εἶπεν | Said | |||||
δεP4 | then | δὲ | then | δε | | | autem | autem | then | ܕܝܢ | but | οὖν | then | |||||
ισP4 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | perdere | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
προσP4 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ad | ad | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
αυτουσP4 | to | πρὸς | to | προς | | | illi | illos | to | ܐܫܐܠܟܘܢ | to | πρὸς | to | |||||
επερωτωP4 | them; | αὐτούς· | them; | αυτους | | | ihs | Jesus | them; | — | — | αὐτούς | them; | |||||
υμασP4 | I ask | ἐπερωτῶ | I ask | — | | | interrogabo | Interrogo | I ask | ܡܢܐ | I ask | Ἐπερωτήσω | I ask | |||||
ειP4 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܫܠܝܛ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
εξεστινP4 | if | εἰ | if | ει | | | si | si | if | ܒܫܒܬܐ | if | τί | if | |||||
τωP4 | it is lawful | ἔξεστιν | it is lawful | εξεστιν | | | licet | licet | it is lawful | ܕܛܒ | it is lawful | Ἔξεστιν | it is lawful | |||||
σαββατωP4 | on the | τῷ | on the | τω | | | eos | — | — | — | — | τοῖς | on the | |||||
αγαθοποιησαιP4 | Sabbath | σαββάτῳ | Sabbath | σαββατω | | | sabbato | sabbatis | Sabbath | ܠܡܥܒܕ | Sabbath | σάββασιν | Sabbath | |||||
ηP4 | to do good | ἀγαθοποιῆσαι | to do good | αγαθο ποιησαι | | | ben facere | benefacere | to do good | ܐܘ | to do good | ἀγαθοποιῆσαι | to do good | |||||
κακοποιησαιP4 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | aut | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
ψυχηνP4 | to do evil? | κακοποιῆσαι; | to do evil? | κακοποιησαι | | | male | male | to do evil? | — | — | κακοποιῆσαι | to do evil? | |||||
σωσαιP4 | Life | ψυχὴν | Life | ψυχην | | | animam | animam | Life | ܢܦܫܐ | Life | Ψυχὴν | Life | |||||
ηP4 | to save | σῶσαι | to save | σωσαι | | | saluare | salvam | to save | ܠܡܚܝܘ | to save | σῶσαι | to save | |||||
απολεσαιP4 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | facere | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
ἀπολέσαι;P4 | to destroy? | ἀπολέσαι; | to destroy? | απολεσαι | | | — | an | to destroy? | ܠܡܘܒܕܘ | to destroy? | ἀποκτεῖναι | to destroy? | |||||
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