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 | ||||||||||||
τιP45 | What | τί | What | τι | | | quid | Quid | What | ܡܢܐ | What | Τί | What | |||||
γαρP45 | for | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | |||||
ωφελειP45 | profits | ὠφελεῖ | profits | — | | | proderit | proderit | profits | ܢܬܥܕܪ | profits | ὠφελήσει | profits | |||||
τονP45 | <the> | τὸν | <the> | τον | | | uniuersum | — | — | — | — | ἄνθρωπον | <the> | |||||
ανθρωπονP45 | a man | ἄνθρωπον | a man | ανθρωπον | | | homini | homini | a man | — | — | ἐὰν | a man | |||||
εανP45 | if | ἐὰν | if | εαν | | | si | si | if | ܒܪܢܫܐ | if | κερδήσῃ | if | |||||
κερδησηP45 | to gain | κερδῆσαι | to gain | — | | | lucretur | lucretur | to gain | ܐܢ | to gain | τὸν | to gain | |||||
τονP45 | the | τὸν | the | τον | | | — | — | — | — | — | κόσμον | the | |||||
κοσμονP45 | world | κόσμον | world | κοσμον | | | orbem | mundum | world | ܥܠܡܐ | world | ὅλον | world | |||||
ολονP45 | whole | ὅλον | whole | ολον | | | — | totum | whole | ܟܠܗ | whole | καὶ | whole | |||||
καιP45 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | — | — | ζημιωθῇ | and | |||||
ζημιωθηP45 | to lose | ζημιωθῆναι | to lose | ζημιωθη | | | detrimentum | detrimentum | to lose | ܢܐܬܪ | to lose | τὴν | to lose | |||||
τηνP45 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | patiatur | — | — | — | — | ψυχὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP45 | soul | ψυχὴν | soul | ψυχην | | | animae | animæ | soul | ܘܢܦܫܗ | soul | αὐτοῦ | soul | |||||
αυτουP45 | of him? | αὐτοῦ; | of him? | αυτου | | | suae | suæ | of him? | ܢܚܤܪ | of him? | αὐτοῦ; | of him? | |||||
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