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 | ||||||||||||
τιP75 | What | τί | What | τι | | | quid | Quid | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | |||||
γαρP75 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ωφελειταιP75 | is profited | ὠφελεῖται | is profited | ωφελει | | | prode | proficit | is profited | ܢܬܥܕܪ | is profited | ὠφελεῖται | is profited | |||||
ανθρωποσP75 | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | — | | | homini | homo | a man | ܒܪ | a man | ἄνθρωπος | a man | |||||
κερδησασP75 | having gained | κερδήσας | having gained | — | | | est | si | having gained | ܐܢܫܐ | having gained | κερδήσας | having gained | |||||
τονP75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | lucrari | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
κοσμονP75 | world | κόσμον | world | κοσμον | | | totum | universum | world | ܥܠܡܐ | world | κόσμον | world | |||||
ολονP75 | whole | ὅλον | whole | ολον | | | mundum | mundum | whole | ܟܠܗ | whole | ὅλον | whole | |||||
εαυτονP75 | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | εαυτον | | | semet | se | himself | ܢܦܫܗ | himself | ἑαυτὸν | himself | |||||
δεP75 | now | δὲ | now | δε | | | autem | autem | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
απολεσασP75 | having destroyed | ἀπολέσας | having destroyed | — | | | ipsum | ipsum | having destroyed | ܢܘܒܕ | having destroyed | ἀπολέσας | having destroyed | |||||
ηP75 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | perdere | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
ζημιωθεισP75 | having suffered the loss of? | ζημιωθείς; | having suffered the loss of? | — | | | — | et | having suffered the loss of? | ܢܚܤܪ | having suffered the loss of? | ζημιωθείς | having suffered the loss of? | |||||
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