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 | ||||||||||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | iam | et | and | ܘܠܐ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
ουκετιP45 | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | — | | | — | ultra | beyond | ܫܒܩܝܢ | no longer | οὐκέτι | no longer | |||||
αφειετεP45 | you do allow | ἀφίετε | you do allow | — | | | non | non | not | — | — | ἀφίετε | you do allow | |||||
αυτονP45 | him | αὐτὸν | him | αυτον | | | — | dimittitis | ? | ܐܢܬܘܢ | him | αὐτὸν | him | |||||
ουδενP45 | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | ουδεν | | | eum | eum | him | ܠܗ | no thing | οὐδὲν | no thing | |||||
ποιησαιP45 | to do | ποιῆσαι | to do | ποιησαι | | | quidquam | quidquam | ? | ܕܢܥܒܕ | to do | ποιῆσαι | to do | |||||
τωιP45 | for the | τῷ | for the | τω | | | missum | — | — | — | — | τῷ | for the | |||||
πριP45 | father | πατρὶ | father | πατρι | | | facitis | facere | ? | ܡܕܡ | father | πατρὶ | father | |||||
ηP45 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | patri | patri | ? | — | — | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
τηιP45 | or | ἢ | or | η | | | — | — | — | — | — | ἢ | or | |||||
μητριP45 | for the | τῇ | for the | τη | | | facere | suo | his/her | — | — | τῇ | for the | |||||
μητρίP45 | mother | μητρί | mother | μητρι | | | aut | aut | ? | ܐܘ | mother | μητρὶ | mother | |||||
αὐτοῦ,P45 | of him | αὐτοῦ, | of him | — | | | matri | matri | ? | ܠܐܡܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
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