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 | ||||||||||||
| — | Καὶ | And | και | | | et | Et | And | ܘܐܬܐ | And | Καὶ | And | ||||||
| — | ἰδοὺ | behold | ϊδου | | | ecce | ecce | behold | ܗܐ | behold | ἰδού | behold | ||||||
| — | εἷς | one | εις | | | unus | unus | one | ܩܪܒ | one | εἷς | one | ||||||
| — | προσελθὼν | having come | προσελθων | | | accedens | accedens | having come | ܘܐܡܪ | having come | προσελθὼν | having come | ||||||
| — | αὐτῷ | to Him | αυτω | | | ait | ait | to Him | ܠܗ | to Him | εἶπεν | to Him | ||||||
| — | εἶπεν· | said: | — | | | illi | illi | said: | ܡܠܦܢܐ | said: | αὐτῷ | said: | ||||||
| — | διδάσκαλε | Teacher | διδασκαλε | | | magister | Magister | Teacher | ܛܒܐ | Teacher | Διδάσκαλε | Teacher | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθέ, | good | — | | | aeternam | bone | good | — | — | ἀγαθέ | good | ||||||
| — | τί | what | τι | | | quid | quid | what | ܡܢܐ | what | τί | what | ||||||
| — | ἀγαθὸν | good thing | αγαθον | | | boni | boni | good thing | ܕܛܒ | good thing | ἀγαθὸν | good thing | ||||||
| — | ποιήσω | shall I do | ποιησω | | | faciam | faciam | shall I do | ܐܥܒܕ | shall I do | ποιήσω | shall I do | ||||||
| — | ἵνα | that | ϊνα | | | ut | ut | that | ܕܢܗܘܘܢ | that | ἵνα | that | ||||||
| — | σχῶ | I may have | σχω | | | habeam | habeam | I may have | ܠܝ | I may have | ἔχω | I may have | ||||||
| — | ζωὴν | life | ζωην | | | uitam | vitam | life | ܚܝܐ | life | ζωὴν | life | ||||||
| — | αἰώνιον; | eternal? | αιωνιον | | | — | æternam | eternal? | ܕܠܥܠܡ | eternal? | αἰώνιον | eternal? | ||||||
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