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 | ||||||||||||
οP45 | <the> | Ὁ | <the> | ο | | | et | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | <the> | |||||
δεP45 | And | δὲ | And | δε | | | continuo | Jesus | And | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | And | |||||
ιηP45 | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | — | | | exclamans | autem | Jesus | ܝܫܘܥ | Jesus | Ἰησοῦς | Jesus | |||||
ειπενP45 | said | εἶπεν | said | ειπεν | | | pater | ait | said | ܐܢ | said | εἶπεν | said | |||||
αυτωιP45 | to him; | αὐτῷ· | to him; | αυτω | | | pueri | illi | to him; | ܡܫܟܚ | to him; | αὐτῷ | to him; | |||||
ειP45 | <the> | τὸ | <the> | — | | | cum | — | — | — | — | Τὸ | <the> | |||||
δυνηP45 | If | εἰ | If | ει | | | lacrimis | Si | If | ܕܬܗܝܡܢ | If | εἰ | If | |||||
πανταP45 | You are able | δύνῃ | You are able | δυνη | | | ait | potes | You are able | ܟܠ | You are able | δύνασαι | You are able | |||||
δυναταP45 | to believe | πιστεῦσαι, | to believe | πιστευσαι | | | credo | credere | to believe | ܡܕܡ | to believe | πιστεῦσαι | to believe | |||||
τωιP45 | All things | πάντα | All things | παντα | | | — | omnia | All things | ܡܫܟܚ | All things | πάντα | All things | |||||
πιστευοντιP45 | are possible | δυνατὰ | are possible | δυνατα | | | adiuua | possibilia | are possible | ܕܢܗܘܐ | are possible | δυνατὰ | are possible | |||||
τῷP45 | to the one | τῷ | to the one | τω | | | incredulitatem | — | — | — | — | τῷ | to the one | |||||
πιστεύοντι.P45 | believing. | πιστεύοντι. | believing. | πιστευοντι | | | meam | sunt credenti | believing. | ܕܡܗܝܡܢ | believing. | πιστεύοντι | believing. | |||||
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