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 | ||||||||||||
ουP75 | Nothing | οὐ | Nothing | ου | | | non | Non | not | ܠܝܬ | Nothing | Οὐ | Nothing | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γάρ | for | γαρ | | | est | est | is | ܓܝܪ | for | γάρ | for | |||||
εστινP75 | is | ἐστιν | is | εστι | | | enim | enim | ? | ܓܝܪ | is | ἐστιν | is | |||||
κρυπτονP75 | hidden | κρυπτὸν | hidden | κρυπτον | | | occultum | occultum | ? | ܡܕܡ | hidden | κρυπτόν | hidden | |||||
οP75 | which | ὃ | which | ο | | | sed | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
ουP75 | not | οὐ | not | ου | | | quod | quod | which/that | ܕܟܤܐ | not | οὐ | not | |||||
φανερονP75 | manifest | φανερὸν | manifest | φανερον | | | non | non | not | ܕܠܐ | manifest | φανερὸν | manifest | |||||
γενησεταιP75 | will become, | γενήσεται, | will become, | — | | | ut | manifestetur | ? | — | — | γενήσεται | will become, | |||||
ουδεP75 | nor is | οὐδὲ | nor is | ουδε | | | nec | nec | ? | ܢܬܓܠܐ | nor is | οὐδὲ | nor is | |||||
αποκρυφονP75 | secret | ἀπόκρυφον | secret | αποκρυφον | | | absconsum | absconditum | ? | ܘܠܐ | secret | ἀπόκρυφον | secret | |||||
οP75 | which | ὃ | which | — | | | sciatur | — | — | — | — | ὃ | which | |||||
ουP75 | certainly | οὐ | certainly | — | | | in | quod | which/that | ܕܡܛܫܝ | certainly | οὐ | certainly | |||||
μηP75 | not | μὴ | not | — | | | palam | non | not | ܕܠܐ | not | γνωσθήσεται | not | |||||
γνωσθηP75 | may be known | γνωσθῇ | may be known | γνωσθη | | | ueniet | cognoscatur | ? | — | — | καὶ | may be known | |||||
καιP75 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܢܬܝܕܥ | and | εἰς | and | |||||
εισP75 | to | εἰς | to | εις | | | in | in | in | ܘܢܐܬܐ | to | φανερὸν | to | |||||
φανερονP75 | light | φανερὸν | light | φανερον | | | palam | palam | ? | — | — | ἔλθῃ | light | |||||
ελθηP75 | come. | ἔλθῃ.¶ | come. | ελθη | | | uenit | veniat | ? | ܠܓܠܝܐ | come. | ἔλθῃ.¶ | come. | |||||
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