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 | ||||||||||||
ιναP88 | That | Ἵνα | That | ϊνα | | | ut | Ut | That | ܕܬܕܥܘܢ | That | Ἵνα | That | |||||
δεP88 | however | δὲ | however | δε | | | autem | autem | however | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | however | |||||
ειδητεP88 | you may know | εἰδῆτε | you may know | ειδητε | | | sciatis | sciatis | you may know | — | — | εἰδῆτε | you may know | |||||
οτιP88 | that | ὅτι | that | οτι | | | quia | quia | that | ܕܫܠܝܛ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
εξουσιανP88 | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | εξουσιαν | | | filius | Filius | authority | ܗܘ | authority | ἐξουσίαν | authority | |||||
εχειP88 | has | ἔχει | has | εχει | | | hominis | hominis | has | ܒܪܗ | has | ἔχει | has | |||||
οP88 | the | ὁ | the | ο | | | demittere | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the | |||||
υιοσP88 | Son | υἱὸς | Son | ϋιος | | | habet | habet | Son | — | — | υἱὸς | Son | |||||
τουP88 | <the> | τοῦ | <the> | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | <the> | |||||
ανουP88 | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | ανθρωπου | | | potestatem | potestatem | of Man | ܕܐܢܫܐ | of Man | ἀνθρώπου | of Man | |||||
επιP88 | to forgive | ἀφιέναι | to forgive | — | | | in | in | to forgive | ܒܐܪܥܐ | to forgive | ἀφιέναι | to forgive | |||||
τησP88 | sins | ἁμαρτίας | sins | — | | | terra | terra | sins | ܠܡܫܒܩ | sins | ἐπὶ | sins | |||||
γησP88 | on | ἐπὶ | on | επι | | | — | dimittendi | on | ܚܛܗܐ | on | τῆς | on | |||||
αφιενεP88 | the | τῆς | the | της | | | — | — | — | — | — | γῆς | the | |||||
αμαρτιασP88 | earth | γῆς, | earth | γης | | | peccata | peccata | earth | — | — | ἁμαρτίας- | earth | |||||
λεγειP88 | He says | λέγει | He says | λεγει | | | ait | ait | He says | ܐܡܪ | He says | λέγει | He says | |||||
τωP88 | to the | τῷ | to the | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the | |||||
παραλυτικωP88 | paralytic; | παραλυτικῷ· | paralytic; | παραλυτικω | | | paralytico | paralytico | paralytic; | ܠܡܫܪܝܐ | paralytic; | παραλυτικῷ- | paralytic; | |||||
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