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 | ||||||||||||
τιP88 | Why | τί | Why | — | | | quid | Quid | Why | ܕܡܢܐ | Why | Τί | Why | |||||
ουτοσP88 | this man | οὗτος | this man | ουτος | | | hic | hic | this man | ܗܢܐ | this man | οὗτος | this man | |||||
ουτωσP88 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | sic | sic | thus | ܡܡܠܠ | thus | οὕτως | thus | |||||
λαλειP88 | does speak? | λαλεῖ; | does speak? | λαλει | | | loquitur | loquitur | does speak? | ܓܘܕܦܐ | does speak? | λαλεῖ | does speak? | |||||
βλασφημειP88 | He blasphemes! | βλασφημεῖ· | He blasphemes! | βλασφημει | | | blasphemat | blasphemat | He blasphemes! | ܡܢܘ | He blasphemes! | βλασφημίας | He blasphemes! | |||||
τισP88 | Who | τίς | Who | τις | | | quis | Quis | Who | ܡܫܟܚ | Who | Τίς | Who | |||||
δυναταιP88 | is able | δύναται | is able | δυναται | | | demittere | — | — | — | — | δύναται | is able | |||||
αφιεναιP88 | to forgive | ἀφιέναι | to forgive | αφιεναι | | | potest | potest | to forgive | ܠܡܫܒܩ | to forgive | ἀφιέναι | to forgive | |||||
αμαρτιασP88 | sins | ἁμαρτίας | sins | αμαρτιας | | | — | dimittere | sins | ܚܛܗܐ | sins | ἁμαρτίας | sins | |||||
ειP88 | only | εἰ | only | ει | | | peccata | peccata | only | ܐܠܐ | only | εἰ | only | |||||
μηP88 | except | μὴ | except | μη | | | nisi | nisi | except | ܐܢ | except | μὴ | except | |||||
εισP88 | one | εἷς | one | — | | | solus | solus | one | ܚܕ | one | εἷς | one | |||||
οP88 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | ο | | | — | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
θσP88 | God? | θεός; | God? | — | | | ds | Deus | God? | ܐܠܗܐ | God? | θεός | God? | |||||
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