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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 · P75 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | se | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 · P75 | But | δὲ | But | δε | | | autem | At | ? | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | But | |||||
ιηP45 · P75 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | ihs | Jesus | Jesus | ܕܝܢ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ειδωσP45 · P75 | knowing | εἰδὼς | knowing | — | | | uidens | videns | ? | — | — | ἰδὼν | knowing | |||||
τονP45 · P75 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the | |||||
διαλογισμονP45 · P75 | reasoning | διαλογισμὸν | reasoning | διαλογισμον | | | cogitationem | cordis | ? | ܝܕܥ | reasoning | διαλογισμὸν | reasoning | |||||
τησP45 · P75 | of the | τῆς | of the | — | | | eorum | — | — | — | — | τῆς | of the | |||||
καρδιασP45 · P75 | heart | καρδίας | heart | — | | | cordis | illorum | ? | ܡܚܫܒܬܐ | heart | καρδίας | heart | |||||
αυτωνP45 · P75 | of them, | αὐτῶν, | of them, | αυτων | | | — | apprehendit | ? | — | — | αὐτῶν | of them, | |||||
επιλαβομενοσP45 · P75 | having taken hold of | ἐπιλαβόμενος | having taken hold of | επιλαβομενος | | | adprehendens | puerum | ? | ܕܠܒܗܘܢ | having taken hold of | ἐπιλαβόμενος | having taken hold of | |||||
παιδιονP45 · P75 | a child | παιδίον | a child | παιδιον | | | — | et | and | ܘܢܤܒ | a child | παιδίου | a child | |||||
εστησενP45 · P75 | set | ἔστησεν | set | εστησεν | | | infantem | statuit | ? | ܛܠܝܐ | set | ἔστησεν | set | |||||
αυτοP45 · P75 | it | αὐτὸ | it | — | | | statuit | illum | him | — | — | αὐτὸ | it | |||||
παρP45 · P75 | by | παρ᾽ | by | παρ | | | — | secus | ? | ܘܐܩܝܡܗ | by | παρ’ | by | |||||
εαυτωιP45 · P75 | Himself | ἑαυτῷ | Himself | — | | | ad | se | ? | ܠܘܬܗ | Himself | ἑαυτῷ | Himself | |||||
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