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 | ||||||||||||
αγαπαP45 · P75 | he loves | ἀγαπᾷ | he loves | αγαπα | | | diligit | diligit | he loves | ܪܚܡ | he loves | ἀγαπᾷ | he loves | |||||
γαρP45 · P75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
τοP45 · P75 | the | τὸ | the | το | | | aedificabit | — | — | — | — | τὸ | the | |||||
εθνοσP45 · P75 | nation | ἔθνος | nation | εθνος | | | gentem | gentem | nation | ܠܥܡܢ | nation | ἔθνος | nation | |||||
ημωνP45 · P75 | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | ημων | | | nostram | nostram | of us | ܘܐܦ | of us | ἡμῶν | of us | |||||
καιP45 · P75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܒܝܬ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
τηνP45 · P75 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
συναγωγηνP45 · P75 | synagogue | συναγωγὴν | synagogue | συναγωγην | | | synagogam | synagogam | synagogue | ܟܢܘܫܬܐ | synagogue | συναγωγὴν | synagogue | |||||
αυτοσP45 · P75 | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | αυτος | | | ipse | ipse | he himself | ܗܘ | he himself | αὐτὸς | he himself | |||||
ωκοδομησενP45 · P75 | built | ᾠκοδόμησεν | built | — | | | — | ædificavit | built | ܒܢܐ | built | ᾠκοδόμησεν | built | |||||
ημινP45 · P75 | for us. | ἡμῖν.¶ | for us. | ημειν | | | nobis | nobis | for us. | ܠܢ | for us. | ἡμῖν | for us. | |||||
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