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 | ||||||||||||
οP19 | The one | ὁ | The one | ο | | | inueniet | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The one | |||||
ευρωνP19 | having found | εὑρὼν | having found | ευρων | | | qui | Qui | who/which | ܡܢ | having found | εὑρὼν | having found | |||||
τηνP19 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | eam | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP19 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | inuenit | animam | ? | — | — | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP19 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | animam | suam | his/her | ܕܐܫܟܚ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
απολεσειP19 | will lose | ἀπολέσει | will lose | απολεσει | | | suam | perdet | ? | ܢܦܫܗ | will lose | ἀπολέσει | will lose | |||||
αυτηνP19 | it | αὐτὴν | it | αυτην | | | perdet | illam | ? | — | — | αὐτήν | it | |||||
καιP19 | and | καὶ | and | — | | | illam | et | and | ܢܘܒܕܝܗ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP19 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | autem | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
απολεσασP19 | having lost | ἀπολέσας | having lost | απολεσας | | | — | qui | who/which | ܘܡܢ | having lost | ἀπολέσας | having lost | |||||
τηνP19 | the | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | |||||
ψυχηνP19 | life | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | qui | animam | ? | — | — | ψυχὴν | life | |||||
αυτουP19 | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | perdiderit | suam | his/her | ܕܢܘܒܕ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | |||||
ενεκενP19 | on account of | ἕνεκεν | on account of | ενεκεν | | | animam | propter | because of | ܢܦܫܗ | on account of | ἕνεκεν | on account of | |||||
εμουP19 | Me | ἐμοῦ | Me | εμου | | | suam | me | me | — | — | ἐμοῦ | Me | |||||
ευρησειP19 | will find | εὑρήσει | will find | ευρησει | | | propter | inveniet | ? | ܡܛܠܬܝ | will find | εὑρήσει | will find | |||||
αυτηνP19 | it. | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | αυτην | | | me | eam | her | ܢܫܟܚܝܗ | it. | αὐτήν | it. | |||||
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