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 | ||||||||||||
ελεγενP45 | Were saying | ἔλεγεν | Were saying | ελεγεν | | | dicebat | Dicebat | Were saying | ܐܡܪ | Were saying | Ἔλεγεν | Were saying | |||||
γαρP45 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
οP45 | <the> | ὁ | <the> | — | | | iohannes | — | — | — | — | ὁ | <the> | |||||
ιωαννησP45 | John | Ἰωάννης | John | ϊωαννης | | | — | Joannes | John | ܓܝܪ | John | Ἰωάννης | John | |||||
τωιP45 | <the> | τῷ | <the> | τω | | | — | — | — | — | — | τῷ | <the> | |||||
ηρωδηιP45 | to Herod | Ἡρῴδῃ | to Herod | ηρωδη | | | herodi | Herodi | to Herod | ܝܘܚܢܢ | to Herod | Ἡρῴδῃ | to Herod | |||||
οτιP45 | that | ὅτι | that | — | | | non | Non | that | ܠܗܪܘܕܤ | that | ὅτι | that | |||||
ουκP45 | Not | οὐκ | Not | ουκ | | | — | — | — | — | — | Οὐκ | Not | |||||
εξεστινP45 | it is lawful | ἔξεστίν | it is lawful | εξεστιν | | | licet | licet | it is lawful | ܕܠܐ | it is lawful | ἔξεστίν | it is lawful | |||||
σοιP45 | for you | σοι | for you | — | | | tibi | tibi | for you | ܫܠܝܛ | for you | σοι | for you | |||||
εχεινP45 | to have | ἔχειν | to have | εχειν | | | habere | habere | to have | ܠܟ | to have | ἔχειν | to have | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
γυναικαP45 | wife | γυναῖκα | wife | γυναικα | | | uxorem | uxorem | wife | ܕܬܤܒ | wife | γυναῖκα | wife | |||||
τουP45 | of the | τοῦ | of the | του | | | — | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | of the | |||||
αδελφουP45 | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | αδελφου | | | fratris | fratris | brother | ܐܢܬܬ | brother | ἀδελφοῦ | brother | |||||
σουP45 | of you. | σου. | of you. | σου | | | tui | tui | of you. | ܐܚܘܟ | of you. | σου | of you. | |||||
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