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 | ||||||||||||
φίλημάP3 | A kiss | φίλημά | A kiss | φιλημα | | | osculum | Osculum | A kiss | ܐܢܬ | A kiss | Φίλημά | A kiss | |||||
μοιP3 | to Me | μοι | to Me | μοι | | | mihi | mihi | to Me | ܠܐ | to Me | μοι | to Me | |||||
οὐκP3 | not | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܢܫܩܬܢܝ | not | οὐκ | not | |||||
ἔδωκας·P3 | you gave; | ἔδωκας· | you gave; | εδωκας | | | dedisti | dedisti | you gave; | — | — | ἔδωκας | you gave; | |||||
αὕτηP3 | she herself | αὕτη | she herself | αυτη | | | haec | hæc | she herself | ܗܕܐ | she herself | αὕτη | she herself | |||||
δὲP3 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δέ | however | |||||
ἀφ᾽P3 | from | ἀφ᾽ | from | αφ | | | ex | ex | from | ܗܐ | from | ἀφ’ | from | |||||
ἧςP3 | which time | ἧς | which time | ης | | | quo | quo | which time | ܡܢ | which time | ἧς | which time | |||||
εἰσῆλθονP3 | I came in | εἰσῆλθον | I came in | εισηλθον | | | introibi | intravit | I came in | ܕܥܠܬ | I came in | εἰσῆλθον | I came in | |||||
οὐP3 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | non | non | not | ܠܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
διέλιπενP3 | she has ceased | διέλιπεν | she has ceased | διελιπεν | | | cessauit | cessavit | she has ceased | — | — | διέλιπεν | she has ceased | |||||
καταφιλοῦσάP3 | kissing | καταφιλοῦσά | kissing | καταφιλουσα | | | osculans | osculari | kissing | ܫܠܝܬ | kissing | καταφιλοῦσά | kissing | |||||
μουP3 | My | μου | My | μου | | | pedes | pedes | My | ܪܓܠܝ | My | μου | My | |||||
τοὺςP3 | <the> | τοὺς | <the> | τους | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοὺς | <the> | |||||
πόδας.P3 | feet. | πόδας. | feet. | ποδας | | | mihi | meos | feet. | ܠܡܢܫܩܘ | feet. | πόδας | feet. | |||||
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