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 | ||||||||||||
| — | καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܠܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܫܒܩ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἀφῆκεν | He allowed | αφηκεν | | | admisit | admisit | He allowed | — | — | ἀφῆκεν | He allowed | ||||||
| — | οὐδένα | no one | ουδε | | | quemquam | quemquam | no one | ܠܐܢܫ | no one | οὐδένα | no one | ||||||
| — | μετ᾽ | with | — | | | iohannen | — | — | ܕܢܐܙܠ | with | αὐτῷ | with | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | Him | — | | | se | se | Him | ܥܡܗ | Him | συνακολουθῆσαι | Him | ||||||
| — | συνακολουθῆσαι | to follow | — | | | sequi | sequi | to follow | — | — | εἰ | to follow | ||||||
| — | εἰ | only | ει | | | nisi | nisi | only | ܐܠܐ | only | μὴ | only | ||||||
| — | μὴ | except | μη | | | petrum | Petrum | except | ܠܫܡܥܘܢ | except | Πέτρον | except | ||||||
| — | τὸν | <the> | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | καὶ | <the> | ||||||
| — | Πέτρον | Peter | πετρον | | | et | et | Peter | — | — | Ἰάκωβον | Peter | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | iacobum | Jacobum | and | ܟܐܦܐ | and | καὶ | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰάκωβον | James | ϊακωβον | | | — | — | — | ܘܠܝܥܩܘܒ | James | Ἰωάννην | James | ||||||
| — | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܘܠܝܘܚܢܢ | and | τὸν | and | ||||||
| — | Ἰωάννην | John | ιωαννην | | | — | Joannem | John | — | — | ἀδελφὸν | John | ||||||
| — | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | Ἰακώβου | the | ||||||
| — | ἀδελφὸν | brother | αδελφον | | | fratrem | fratrem | brother | ܐܚܘܗܝ | brother | ἀδελφὸν | brother | ||||||
| — | Ἰακώβου.¶ | of James. | — | | | eius | Jacobi | of James. | ܕܝܥܩܘܒ | of James. | Ἰακώβου.¶ | of James. | ||||||
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