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 | | | qui | — | — | — | — | Ὁ | The One | |||||
δεχομενοσP19 | receiving | δεχόμενος | receiving | δεχομενος | | | recipit | recipit | receiving | ܡܢ | receiving | δεχόμενος | receiving | |||||
υμασP19 | you | ὑμᾶς | you | ϋμας | | | uos | vos | you | ܕܡܩܒܠ | you | ὑμᾶς | you | |||||
εμεP19 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | ܠܟܘܢ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
δεχεταιP19 | receives, | δέχεται, | receives, | δεχεται | | | recipit | recipit | receives, | ܠܝ | receives, | δέχεται | receives, | |||||
καιP19 | and | καὶ | and | και | | | et | et | and | ܡܩܒܠ | and | καὶ | and | |||||
οP19 | the one | ὁ | the one | ο | | | qui | — | — | — | — | ὁ | the one | |||||
εμεP19 | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | εμε | | | me | me | Me myself | ܘܡܢ | Me myself | ἐμὲ | Me myself | |||||
δεχομενοσP19 | receiving | δεχόμενος | receiving | δεχομενος | | | recipit | recipit | receiving | ܕܠܝ | receiving | δεχόμενος | receiving | |||||
δεχεταιP19 | he receives | δέχεται | he receives | δεχεται | | | recipit | recipit | he receives | ܡܩܒܠ | he receives | δέχεται | he receives | |||||
τονP19 | the One | τὸν | the One | τον | | | eum | — | — | — | — | τὸν | the One | |||||
αποστειλανταP19 | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | αποστειλαντα | | | qui | qui | having sent | ܠܡܢ | having sent | ἀποστείλαντά | having sent | |||||
μεP19 | Me. | με. | Me. | με | | | me | me | Me. | ܕܫܠܚܢܝ | Me. | με | Me. | |||||
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