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 | ||||||||||||
ουχP45 | Not | οὐχ | Not | ουχ | | | non | Non | Not | ܠܐ | Not | Οὐχ | Not | |||||
ουτωσP45 | thus | οὕτως | thus | ουτως | | | ita | ita | thus | ܗܟܢܐ | thus | οὕτως | thus | |||||
εσταιP45 | now | δέ | now | — | | | erit | erit | now | ܕܝܢ | but | δὲ | now | |||||
ενP45 | will it be | ἔσται | will it be | — | | | in | inter | will it be | ܢܗܘܐ | will it be | ἔσται | will it be | |||||
υμινP45 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | est | — | — | ܒܝܢܬܟܘܢ | among | ἐν | among | |||||
αλλP45 | you, | ὑμῖν, | you, | ϋμειν | | | — | vos | you, | ܐܠܐ | you, | ὑμῖν | you, | |||||
οσP45 | but | ἀλλ᾽ | but | αλλ | | | sed | sed | but | — | — | ἀλλ’ | but | |||||
εανP45 | whoever | ὃς | whoever | ος | | | qui | quicumque | whoever | ܡܢ | whoever | ὃς | whoever | |||||
θεληP45 | if | ἐὰν | if | — | | | uoluerit | voluerit | if | ܕܨܒܐ | if | ἐὰν | if | |||||
ενP45 | shall wish | θέλῃ | shall wish | θελη | | | in | inter | shall wish | ܒܟܘܢ | shall wish | θέλῃ | shall wish | |||||
υμινP45 | among | ἐν | among | εν | | | uobis | vos | among | — | — | ἐν | among | |||||
μεγασP45 | you | ὑμῖν | you | ϋμειν | | | uobis | major | you | ܕܢܗܘܐ | you | ὑμῖν | you | |||||
γενεσθαιP45 | great | μέγας | great | μεγας | | | — | — | — | ܪܒܐ | great | μέγας | great | |||||
εσταιP45 | to become, | γενέσθαι, | to become, | — | | | fieri | fieri | to become, | ܢܗܘܐ | to become, | γενέσθαι | to become, | |||||
υμωνP45 | he will be | ἔσται | he will be | — | | | magnus | sit | he will be | — | — | ἔσται | he will be | |||||
διακονοσP45 | your | ὑμῶν | your | ϋμων | | | uester | vester | your | ܠܟܘܢ | your | ὑμῶν | your | |||||
διάκονος·P45 | servant; | διάκονος· | servant; | διακονος | | | minister | minister | servant; | ܡܫܡܫܢܐ | servant; | διάκονος | servant; | |||||
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