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 | ||||||||||||
| — | ὃς | Whoever | ος | | | qui | Qui | Whoever | ܡܢ | Whoever | Ὃς | Whoever | ||||||
| — | γὰρ | for | γαρ | | | enim | enim | for | ܓܝܪ | for | γὰρ | for | ||||||
| — | ἐὰν | maybe | — | | | uoluerit | voluerit | maybe | ܕܨܒܐ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | θέλῃ | shall desire | — | | | animam | animam | shall desire | — | — | θέλῃ | shall desire | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | — | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ψυχὴν | life | — | | | suam | suam | life | ܓܝܪ | life | ψυχὴν | life | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | — | | | saluare | salvam | of him | ܕܢܚܐ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | σῶσαι, | to save, | — | | | — | facere | to save, | — | — | σῶσαι | to save, | ||||||
| — | ἀπολέσει | will lose | — | | | perdet | perdet | will lose | ܢܦܫܗ | will lose | ἀπολέσει | will lose | ||||||
| — | αὐτήν· | it; | — | | | eam | eam | it; | — | — | αὐτήν | it; | ||||||
| — | ὃς | whoever | — | | | — | — | — | ܢܘܒܕܝܗ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | ||||||
| — | δ᾽ | however | — | | | qui | qui | however | — | — | δ’ | however | ||||||
| — | ἂν | maybe | αν | | | autem | autem | maybe | ܘܡܢ | maybe | ἂν | maybe | ||||||
| — | ἀπολέσῃ | shall lose | — | | | perdiderit | perdiderit | shall lose | — | — | ἀπολέσῃ | shall lose | ||||||
| — | τὴν | the | την | | | — | — | — | — | — | τὴν | the | ||||||
| — | ψυχὴν | life | ψυχην | | | animam | animam | life | ܕܢܘܒܕ | life | ψυχὴν | life | ||||||
| — | αὐτοῦ | of him | αυτου | | | suam | suam | of him | ܢܦܫܗ | of him | αὐτοῦ | of him | ||||||
| — | ἕνεκεν | on account of | — | | | propter | propter | on account of | — | — | ἕνεκεν | on account of | ||||||
| — | ἐμοῦ, | Me, | — | | | me | me | Me, | ܡܛܠܬܝ | Me, | ἐμοῦ | Me, | ||||||
| — | εὑρήσει | will find | — | | | inueniet | inveniet | will find | — | — | εὑρήσει | will find | ||||||
| — | αὐτήν.¶ | it. | αυτην | | | eam | eam | it. | ܢܫܟܚܝܗ | it. | αὐτήν | it. | ||||||
| Next Fragment: Matt 17:1 | |||||||||||||||||
| See 65 Earliest Papyri | |||||||||||||||||