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 | ||||||||||||
| — | οὕτως | Thus | ουτως | | | sic | Sic | Thus | ܗܟܢܐ | Thus | Οὕτως | Thus | ||||||
| — | οὐκ | not | ουκ | | | non | non | not | ܠܝܬ | not | οὐκ | not | ||||||
| — | ἔστιν | it is | εστιν | | | est | est | it is | — | — | ἔστιν | it is | ||||||
| — | θέλημα | the will | θελημα | | | uoluntas | voluntas | the will | ܨܒܝܢܐ | the will | θέλημα | the will | ||||||
| — | ἔμπροσθεν | of | — | | | coram | ante | of | ܩܕܡ | of | ἔμπροσθεν | of | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | the | του | | | patre | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | the | ||||||
| — | πατρὸς | Father | πατρος | | | uestro | Patrem | the Father | ܐܒܘܟܘܢ | Father | πατρὸς | Father | ||||||
| — | ὑμῶν | of you | — | | | qui | vestrum | your | — | — | ὑμῶν | of you | ||||||
| — | τοῦ | who is | του | | | in | — | — | — | — | τοῦ | who is | ||||||
| — | ἐν | in | εν | | | caelis | in | in | ܕܒܫܡܝܐ | in | ἐν | in | ||||||
| — | οὐρανοῖς | the heavens | ουρανοις | | | est | cælis | heaven | ܕܢܐܒܕ | the heavens | οὐρανοῖς | the heavens | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܚܕ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | ἀπόληται | may perish | αποληται | | | pereat | pereat | may perish | ܡܢ | may perish | ἀπόληται | may perish | ||||||
| — | ἓν | one | εν | | | unum | unus | one | — | — | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | τῶν | of the | των | | | de | — | — | — | — | τῶν | of the | ||||||
| — | μικρῶν | little ones | μεικρων | | | minimis | de pusillis | of these little ones | ܙܥܘܪܐ | little ones | μικρῶν | little ones | ||||||
| — | τούτων.¶ | of these. | τουτων | | | his | istis | of these. | ܗܠܝܢ | of these. | τούτων | of these. | ||||||
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